compact format, packed with information and priced below competition (now just the Tuttle book)sake is cool! burgeoning sake industry in the US/Canada represented by trendy izakaya drinking spots and 'craft sake' breweries (Austin, Minneapolis, Asheville NC, Toronto)emphasis on "beyond the basics" anyone can get online these days; not your typical generic overview but goes into "insider" details and has opinions not elsewhere availableincludes photos of recommended brandsauthor is the only non-Japanese certified Master of Sake Tasting in the world, with large web presence www.sake-world.comaut...
compact format, packed with information and priced below competition (now just the Tuttle book)
sake is cool! burgeoning sake industry in the US/Canada represented by trendy izakaya drinking spots and 'craft sake' breweries (Austin, Minneapolis, Asheville NC, Toronto)
emphasis on "beyond the basics" anyone can get online these days; not your typical generic overview but goes into "insider" details and has opinions not elsewhere available
includes photos of recommended brands
author is the only non-Japanese certified Master of Sake Tasting in the world, with large web presence www.sake-world.com
author offers sake seminars in USA a few times each year
"The best currently available sake guidebook in English is The Sake Handbook by John Gauntner, an American living in Japan."-San Francisco Chronicle [this is review of same author's competing Tuttle book; NOT for posting]
In May 2012, Motohisa Furukawa, then Minister of State for National Policy, launched the "ENJOYJAPANESEKOKUSHU"project. This government-backed initiative aims to increase the global visibility of sake and shochu, Japan's distinctive "national alcoholic drinks" or kokushu, and to promote these exports. (JETRO)