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2011 Favorite Sake Items

12/23/11 - This is my final list, my Favorite Sake Items of the past year. This is certainly not a complete list but it is more a sampling of memorable matters I have experienced and posted about over the past year.

Of Rice and Men

12/14/11 - There are hundreds of styles and brands out there, but here's a selection of my favorites that you should be able to find at better wine and liquor stores anywhere.

Sake Steps Up, Branches Out

12/01/11 - From P.F. Changs to The French Laundry and from BevMo to specialty wine retailers, sake is establishing a place on beverage lists and retail shelves around the country.

U.S. Sake vs. Japan Sake - Context Is Everything

11/14/11 - In a battle of perception, one wine blogger takes on another's discussion of sake brewed in the U.S.

Bling Beverages That Bedazzle

10/28/11 - Best Of The Bins: Behind the glittery names, luminous flavors.

Bling Beverages That Bedazzle

10/28/11 - Best Of The Bins: Behind the glittery names, luminous flavors.

Bling Beverages That Bedazzle

10/28/11 - Best Of The Bins: Behind the glittery names, luminous flavors.

Tasting Report: Momokawa Sake

09/13/11 - When he stopped by with six bottles of domestic rice wine, I asked Dewey Weddington, VP of Marketing for Momokawa, why anyone would want to drink an American sake.

Shaking up Sake

08/15/11 - With it's remarkably diverse flavor profiles and styles, the rice-based beverage known as sake is as varied and complex as any sourced from the vine.

50 State Dinners (Plus One): Food Treks Worth Taking This Summer

05/23/11 - Some people say the journey is more important than the destination — Grub Street says the journey is bunk if there isn't something tasty waiting at the end. When summer hits and the urge to skip town strikes, it's especially tricky to sha

Sake School: A Chat with Greg Lorenz, Sake Brewer

04/26/11 - Sake comes from Japan, right? Not always. Greg Lorenz, brewmaster of Momokawa brewery in Oregon, is on a mission to open people's minds about American-brewed sake.

Oregon's Sake Master (What Don't They Master Out There)

04/21/11 - From their kura (sake brewery) in Forest Grove, OR, Momokawa puts out award-winning sake, which, they're letting everyone know, pairs as well with food as wine does. And not just Japanese food.

BOTTOM LINE How sake works with food

03/15/11 - Today's ultra-premium sakes are as food-versatile as table wines.

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