UNITED WE TASTE: Session 5 Sake Takeover

Yes you read the title right! After completing 4 consecutive weeks of wine tastings around the world we are celebrating by taking a dip into a different beverage this week, SAKE!

I will always have a fond memory of Sake or shall I say scary, I was asked during my Certified Sommelier exam while prepping for Champagne service about Sake. To be honest I Froze! The topic came out of left field, but according to the criteria of the exam Sake was fair game. I must have said enough to be convincing because I passed and there is no mentioned of bombing my Sake portion. Here is where I get my sake news these days Sake Industry .

United We Taste is heading to Japan first via Instagram Live at Friday 9pm NYC time and Saturday 10am in Japan Time with Chris Hughes a Sake loving Brit living in Tokyo. Hughes is a certified WSET Sake Educator and SSI Kikisake - Shi. If you want to learn more about Sake I would advise checking him out on the podcast Sake On Air and follow his adventures on Instagram @Sakenotabibito

UNITED WE TASTE: The goal is to inspire connection, promote peer wine education, and provide hope to the wine community near and far. And if you have the means and if its available to you, please SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL WINE SHOPS and POP SHOPS* during these difficult times and to promote more virtual events for the for the future. Check out our feature on Wine Enthusiast.

Current Theme: SAKE Saturday, April 18th Click Here for Link To Live Stream at the following time:

Check Your Local Time Zone

9:30am Cali, 12:30 NYC, 5:30pm Lisbon/London

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Host:

Cha McCoy Sommelier & Wine Experience Producer - Current Location NYC, USA @chasquared

  • Tasting: Sawanotsuru, Tokubetsu Junmai Sake "JItsuraku" Nada Available At The Winery NYC

Sake Representatives :

USA

Monica Samuels Director of Sake & Spirits at Vine Connections, Wine Enthusiast Top 40 Under 40 and previously Southern Wine & Spirits’ Sake Ambassador. Current Location - NYC, USA

Eduardo Dingler Sake Ambassador working with the Japanese Government prompting Sake, Shochu, Japanese Spirits and Japanese Craft Beer. Independent Journalist and International Wine and Spirits judge since 2013 annually judging in The US and Japan. Current Location California

LONDON:

Jean-Louis Naveilhan - A French native, Sommelier diploma from world-renowned Tain l’Hermitage and certified by the International Court of Sommeliers as well as one of a handful of holders of the Sake Educator certificate. Current Location London, UK

Cha McCoy