Live music at NY Wines/Yokaban NY in Fukuoka from 8-10 PM. No cover charge. Bring your friends and enjoy a wide variety of carefully curated drinks (hint: Yokaban NY is connected to NY Wines, so you have access to an amazing selection of shochu and awamori as well). Kanpai! … [Read more...]
Sakeba Happy Hour – Okinawa Awamori x Networking
An awamori tasting featuring Chuko Shuzo's amazing creations! Check here for more information and to RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/423637981504328/ … [Read more...]
Chef Marc Matsumoto Explains Honkaku Shochu and Awamori
If you're looking for an well-written and extremely easy to understand rundown of what makes shochu and awamori unique, then look no further than Chef Marc Matsumoto's website, No Recipes. Marc splits his time between talking food trends and cooking on TV, creating content for his website, reinventing classic recipes, and leading cooking classes at various studios around … [Read more...]
Free Shochu & Awamori Tasting
Sign up soon! Follow the link to get in the lottery and (hopefully) on the guest list at one of the year's biggest tastings! Click here for more information. … [Read more...]
Updated: Sake and Shochu Academy February 2017 Dates Announced!
The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association (JSS) recently announced that it will hold its second ever "kokushu" certification course. The course, which runs from February 5-9 and costs ￥100,000 (accommodations included), is designed to give attendees an up-close look at these drinks that can't be gleaned from books. The first day will involve seminars about shochu, … [Read more...]