Latest blog post gone live: sakematters.com/home/in-defenc… Help save the “hapless” Honjozo and just drink more Sake, you know it makes sense! Thanks Timothy Sullivan for the cool Grades Of Sake chart 🙏 #haplesshonjozo #drinkmore #drinkmoresake #stopthedecline

A little tribute to the wonderful Sake of Hiroshima Prefecture, and an experiment that led to a typical Sake industry inconclusive conclusion! Read more here: sakematters.com/home/especiall… #hiroshimasake #nihonshu #sakematters

A tasting experiment that proved what I already knew, but was a lot of fun to end up with an "I told you so". Latest blog post is here sakematters.com/home/hello-moto Please follow me on Instagram too @sakematters

It's still summer, so I'm just in time with this seasonal Sake article: sakematters.com/home/natsu-fast Hoping it makes for a sunny distraction to the black clouds of 2020. #isit2021yet #enoughalready #summersipping #summersake #daimonbrewery #kojisake #natsuzake

Any excuse to crack open 4 bottles of Niigata Sake but I felt it time I needed to recalibrate my views on this Prefecture. Here's what I thought: lnkd.in/g7At27x #stillgotit #niigatasake #tastingisbelieving #themorethemerrier

A little home chemistry experiment to see just where poorly looked after Sake can go. The results were surprisingly palatable! #betterthanithought #worksforme #dotrythisathome #hiochikin #sakeexperiment

Latest blog here in celebration of World Sake Day on 1 October! My nostalgic tribute to a wonderful Hokkaido Daiginjo sakematters.com/home/northern-…

New(ish) blog about the cracking new Junmai Daiginjo from Zenkuro Sake Have a look at their stunning new model but please don’t blame me for any drooling that ensues: sakematters.com/home/special-d… #zenkurosake #newzealandsake

Possibly my ‘label of 2020’! Latest blog is out and what a lot of fun it was tasting some sublime aged Sake, the renowned Choki Jukusei-shu 長期熟成酒 from Daruma Masamune. Check it out here: sakematters.com/home/ratfaced #agedsake #darumamasamune #koshusake

What a lovely way to end what has otherwise been a year pretty bereft of good news! sakematters.com/home/newsflash

Reflecting on a year of great Sake in, well, a crappy 2020. Kanpai to a more sane 2021 everyone sakematters.com/home/2020-wrap…

Had a really interesting update with Melbourne Sake - it's all systems go - great starting article to kick off 2021... sakematters.com/home/coming-up…

2021's Year of the Ox started off with a shock, a good one, as my Sake traditionalist stance got a rather pleasant wake up call with a tasting of the epic IWA 5... sakematters.com/home/ima-iwa #tastingisbelieving #iwa5 #newandold #wakeupcall #唎酒師 #純米吟醸 #釀酒

If ever I wanted to demonstrate how “Sake doesn’t fight with food”, this lunch at Zoku would be proof enough, served in the great surroundings of the Hari Hotel, Hong Kong. Many thanks to Sabrina Cantini for guiding me through, full article now at sakematters.com/home/on-tour-w…

What kind of Sake does quadragenarian water, guitar music, local rice and an unpretentious twenty something year old make? Find out here! sakematters.com/home/making-a-…

This brilliant bottle reminded me of just what I like to drink when it comes to Sake - "Hello Tartness My Old Friend" - a great leveller sakematters.com/home/hello-tar…

It’s not exactly fighting for your life in front of thousands of Colosseum season ticket holders but it’s still an unnerving experience... Life as a Sake educator, learnings and "must do better"! All in today's latest blog article: sakematters.com/home/are-you-n…

sakematters.com/home/age-is-ju… It seems with the right care and attention, unpasteurised Sake can stand the test of time. A lighthearted look at cheating the science.

Out of the COVID gloom comes the news that Hong Kong's interest in Sake is riding a wave of growth and diversification. See what they city's industry is saying in my latest blog: sakematters.com/home/hong-kong…

Bucking the trend, IWA 5's sequel is something to behold. Even more remarkable, the blending was done by Richard Geoffrey remotely in Champagne. Please take a read sakematters.com/home/iwa-5-enc…