Sake is a versatile and delicious drink, but it's often misunderstood. It is not a wine as it is made from grain — in this case rice — instead of fruit juice. It is not a spirit since it's not ...

A primer on how to drink sake mirrors that of Japanese whisky: you savor it. Considered the national drink of Japan, sake has ...

Once confined to Japanese restaurants and karaoke clubs, sake has found its way onto drinks lists and supermarket shelves up and down the country. Waitrose announced searches on its website for ...

Embedded in Japanese culture is the iconic rice wine, sake, but despite its household name, it has long been misunderstood.

I had never tasted expensive high-grade sake before, which prompted another question. How delicious can a drink made from fermented rice and rice mold really be? Long, long before the arrival of ...

To make a big batch of these drinks, combine the grapefruit, lemon, simple syrup, and gin up to three hours in advance, then divide over ice and top with the sake and seltzer to serve.

OSAKA, Japan—The Japanese have been drinking sake since the eighth century. Back then, it was believed the rice-based liquor warded off ghosts. Today, it has a stronger spirit to contend with ...

Sake has been the biggest loser in the alcohol market from the shift to drinking at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, statistics show. Although wine and other alcoholic beverages have largely ...