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Our cheese and sake pop-up dinner featured a 5-course tasting menu by Keisuke Akabori and Hakkaisan Brewery sakes poured by Sake Samurai, Tim Sullivan.

Get ready for SAKQUESO!, our first dinner event with Timothy Sullivan of Hakkaisan Brewery and Casa de Kei (Keisuke Akabori) of Delage. Join us for a special meal paired with Hakkaisan Sake from Niigata, Japan, at Sequoia Diner in...

February sakes ship today for Sake Gumi, our monthly sake subscription club. If you like what's on deck here, you should probably join! Every winter, we take a trip to Niigata Pref. where sake and rice are king. Coincidentally, it is also where...

A lecture and sake tasting event with Hakkaisan brand ambassador Tim Sullivan (Urban Sake) at Alchemy Bottle Shop on Grand Avenue, Oakland.

It's been a crazy sake week here at Umami Mart -- first we launched the Sake Gumi, and now, we're happy to announce a special tasting event with renowned Hakkaisan Brewery! We will be hosting an evening with Timothy Sullivan, founder...

In 2011, we visited Hakkaisan, a sake brewery in Niigata. As one of the most well-known breweries in Japan, it was a wonderful experience to walk through the vast facilities, hosted by the production master, Mr. Nagumo. You can read about our visit here. Yoko and...