OME, Japan--Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...

TENDO, Yamagata Prefecture--Serious rice wine drinkers overseas tend to fall over themselves trying to get their hands on “ginjo” high-quality sake produced by Dewazakura Sake Brewery Co ...

"I like to age sake like wine." Sato is the fifth-generation owner at Kaetsu Brewery, which he runs with his wife, Yoshiko, in the rice-growing Niigata prefecture, wedged between white-capped ...

Now, some are seeing similarities with a different offering from Japan: sake, the fermented rice wine that's been a staple for millennia. Arkansas brewery aims to become a hub America's newest ...

now offers a sparkling sake. Not a wine, beer or spirit, the alcoholic drink doesn't slot neatly into a category. Brewed in Japan for over 1,000 years, it's made from fermented rice, water ...

In 2024, the export value of sake reached 43.5 billion yen, with 3.45 million cases (9L equivalent) exported to a record-high ...