Winners announced for Japan’s Sakura Awards
The winners for Japan’s biggest wine competition, Sakura Awards, are announced. Despite Covid, the competition received the highest number of entries.
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The winners for Japan’s biggest wine competition, Sakura Awards, are announced. Despite Covid, the competition received the highest number of entries.
Not all Japanese whisky is really Japanese whisky. For the first time, Japan introduced new regulations to clearly define the sought-after spirit. Mari Yasuda details the new changes and charts the history of Japanese whisky.
While Covid-19 is confining people at home, virtual tour taking visitors to experience sake and shochu production is booming in Japan, writes Mari Yasuda.
Japan’s wine imports in 2020 dropped by 7% in volume in 2020 compared with the previous year, as stay-at-home requests during the pandemic reduced wine consumption at restaurants and bars.
Japan’s Mercian Corporation is looking to millennials, “casual sparkling” and organic wines as growth engines for the company’s future.
OIV has approved and recognized a new grape varietal called Yamasachi, the third indigenous Japanese grape to be recognized by the association.
Mari Yasuda explains here the history of Japan’s love affair with Beaujolais Nouveau, a light and fruity red wine that so intently captivated the Asian country.
Sotheby’s is offering a collection of Japanese Sake from prominent brewery Dassai for the first time, the auction house has announced.
Japan’s first zero-sugar and zero-carb beer proves to be a huge success upon release, affirming the country’s growing health trend for low-carb beverages.
A Chinese logistics company made a costly mistake by freezing 2,000 cases of wine destined to Japan after misreading the dash sign in temperature instruction as a minus sign.