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I recently learned from one of our sister blogs, Gadling, that there is a museum devoted to sake, one of my all-time favorite libations. That such a place exists is no surprise. There are several sakaguras, or sake breweries, that offer tours, but most are in Japan. The cool thing about this sake shrine is that it's in Berkeley, Calif., and it's free. The museum is the creation of Takara Sake USA and features tastings, brief tutorials on sake making and exhibits of sake brewing equipment. It is my sincere hope that such a place will help broaden the tastes Americans whose only experience with the fermented rice wine has been hot sake or overly alcoholic and nasty tasting cheap cold sake. There's a whole world of flavor out there to experience in premium cold sakes. Among the many notes that can appear in a good sake are: licorice, peaches, cherry, herbal grassy flavors, and, of course, rice. If you're curious about sake and live outside the Berkeley area, seek out your local izakaya, or Japanese pub. Another good place to learn about sake is John Gauntner's Sake World. Kanpai!
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8-04-2006 @6:03PM PopFitnez said... I have visited this museum once. It was very education experience.
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8-05-2006 @4:01AM Alex said... Not being pedantic or anything, but it is probably worth pointing out that, as the museum and tasting room is run by Takara, it does look to have rather an emphasis on their products and a fair whack of corporate propaganda to boot. For example, from the Takara website - "Emphasizing Takara's commitment to conservation of the environment..." and (most obviously) "Most Takara products are available for purchase".
I've got no problem with companies offering tours, tastings and displays (life would be a lot duller without Belgian brewery tours), but they are, ultimately, marketing tools rather than, um, educational experiences!
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8-06-2006 @9:49PM Bruce Anderson said... Rice wine is an innacurate description of sake (and please people, say it with me: "sah kay", not "sockee") since it's brewed. It has more in common with beer than wine.
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