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Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! As we approach the end of 2023, I look forward to...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! Considering that sake is made of 80% water, it is no wonder why almost every brewer we visit obsesses...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! Natsuzakes (summer sakes) typically get released starting in June, and satisfy thirsty sake lovers through the hottest months in...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! I am going out on a bit of a limb here, introducing umeshu for Sake Gumi, but Umami Mart has always been about breaking boundaries. And based on the...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! Greetings Gumi folks, your whisky liaison and friendly neighborhood Dre is taking over Sake Gumi this month! It's the same feeling as when you played Pokemon Red on your...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! Ah, June – it’s when summer break kicks in, the days are long, and the tank tops come out. And, if you’ve been a part of our little Umamiverse for a while,...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! These days, there has been a bit of buzz about blending for sake, with the emergence of bottles blended by legends of the wine world in Europe and Canada....

The rice used to make Uka sake, KR55 Koda Farms® Heirloom Organic Kokuho Rose rice is grown in California’s San Joaquin Valley Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200+ members throughout the country. Join today! Since the start of Sake Gumi in 2015, it has been...

Hiroko Yokozawa (L), toji at Tsukinowa Shuzo and Nobuko Inaba (R), toji at Inaba Shuzo Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! It's March which means it's Female Frontrunner's month! Coinciding with International Women's Day and Girl's...

The Shiman Torocco one-man-car that brought us into Kochi Prefecture from Ehime Prefecture Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! I hightailed it out of Oakland the...

Thermometer at the fermentation room at Kita Shuzo during our 2019 visit Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today!

Making koji at Nishi Shuzo Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 200 members throughout the country. Join today! Koji is a mold used to make sake, shochu, soy sauce, mirin, and miso. There are three main types of koji used in Japan –...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 250 members throughout the country. Join today! Fall is here! As much as I love having crisp, fruity natsuzake (unpasteurized summer sakes), one of my favorite times of year to have sake is during...

Aging alcohol in wood is an ancient technique, and in Japan, sugi or Japanese cedar was used to ferment and age sake during the Edo period (1603-1867), as well as to transport it to Tokyo. These vessels made of sugi are called taru. In fact, until the creation of stainless...

Daiji Shimizu Spring in Iwate (photo courtesy of Asabiraki) Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 250 members throughout the country. Join today! Iwate Prefecture is one of the northernmost prefectures on Honshu, just south of Aomori and east of Akita. It is the...

To celebrate 10 Years of Umami Mart, Kayoko and I have been collaborating with our favorite makers. So far, this year we've launched the Kabamaru x Umami Mart Furoshiki, and the Umami Mart Bitters by Miracle Mile to commemorate this milestone. If you've been reading...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 250 members throughout the country. Join today! On August 3, 2012, Kayoko and I opened the...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 250 members throughout the country. Join today! Ever since March 2020, getting...

Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 250 members throughout the country. Join today! Before I dive into this month’s theme...

L to R: Troy Nakamatsu and Russell Wolfe of Sawtelle Sake, James Jin of Nova Brewing Co., Brandon Doughan of Brooklyn Kura Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 250 members throughout the country. Join today! I am a...