Sake retailer Supersake from Perth are coming to South Melbourne's Monou Japanese restaurant to bring you a free, open sake class hosted by Simone Maynard (Sake Professional Certification - Sake Education Council Japan/WSET Sake Level 3). The event is designed not only for sake professionals or exi… Read More
This year, Sydney's local '90s-rock-meets-izakaya' institution Kid Kyoto are introducing a monthly Sake Masterclass event - on the last Friday of each month - currently projected to run until at least October. Participants will be introduced to the world of Japanese sake and learn about industr… Read More
Fusion restaurant Wagyu Bar & Wine Ten in Broadbeach on the Gold Coast are hosting a Dassai sake tasting event this January the 23rd. Dassai is a well known, generally lighter-flavoured sake brand hailing from Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Awa ("sparkling"), 50, 39, 23 and Beyond (premium) varie… Read More
Sydney liquor store The Oak Barrel are collaborating with Supersake - a Perth-based operation renowned for their constant pursuit of the best and most obscure sake's, to bring you their first sake event of 2019! Tika of Supersake will guide guests through a tasting range of newly arrived sake's … Read More
Just a quick notification for any interested parties - TAFE NSW, Ultimo College with the Sydney Wine Academy are holding a sake certification course in March 2019! The course adheres to the certifications of the WSET 3 (UK-based industry body 'Wine and Spirit Education Trust' - WSET 3 content goes … Read More
On the 1st of September 2018, JAMS.TV Pty Ltd started the web media site Sake News. The site presents information on events and news related to sake, people in the sake industry and sake companies all revolving around the Australian market. The total monetary value of Japanese sake into the Aust… Read More
Small Forest by Atsuko, a winery in the town of Denman in the Upper Hunter Valley wine-country, is hosting a number of sake tasting events over this weekend from Saturday the 15th to Sunday the 16th of December. The tasting will be hosted by the wineries founder and panel chair Sake judge for the I… Read More
Sake is a very unique but under-represented drink in Australia, and the folks at The Oak Barrel are keen to change that reality. They will be running an evening sake appreciation and tasting night built as an introduction to sake - ranging from how it is made and its various quality grades, to how … Read More
Matsuri Japan Festival 2018, having long since been established as a yearly seasonal traditional in Sydney, is again this year taking place on the Saturday the 8th of December at Darling Harbour’s Tumbalong Park. Last year, 55,000 people attended in the largest gathering in the events history. I… Read More
On the evening of Friday the 7th of December this year, Sydney Saké Society are collaborating with Deja Vu Sake Co. and Sydney's premier local liquor store The Oak Barrel to bring sake fans an exclusive tasting event featuring Japan's oldest sake brand, Kenbishi. Co-Founder of Deja Vu Saké and very… Read More
Saké Restaurant and Bar in Manly, on the 4th, and Double Bay, on the 5th of December, are working together with sake promoters Deja Vu Sake Co. to host two six-course sake dinners, with menu's designed by Saké's renowned executive chef Shaun Presland, and presented each night with uniquely-matched … Read More
In accordance with the season, Sakeshop are offering up a free sake tasting event at their Sydney and Melbourne stores on Saturday the 1st of December. Drop in to any store, try some sake, and maybe find out which one you'd be interested getting as a Christmas gift or dinner entertainer. Open tasti… Read More
In accordance with the season, Sakeshop are offering up a free sake tasting event at their Sydney and Melbourne stores on Saturday the 1st of December. Drop in to any store, try some sake, and maybe find out which one you'd be interested getting as a Christmas gift or dinner entertainer. Open tasti… Read More
On Tuesday December 4th, Fusion restaurant Automata in Chippendale, Sydney are hosting a sake dinner in cooperation with sake import/retail firm Black Market Sake: 5 courses with matching sakes designed by Matt Young of Black Market Sake and the kitchen staff of Automata; including head chef Sar… Read More
Neutral Bay's Japanese mainstay Jugemu and Shimbashi are working together with Sakenet Australia to bring you a special 'soba and sake' event - bringing together sake and the classic Japanese noodle dish 'soba' - traditionally comprised of cold, buckwheat noodles served with a dipping sauce. Syd… Read More
Melbourne-based French restaurant Philippe, owned by renowned French-turned-local chef Philippe Mouchel, in collaboration with sake promoters Sake Connect, is hosting a special sake-matched five course plus dessert dinner on Friday the 30th of this month. A French-Japanese influenced fusion menu… Read More
A series of floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains devastated extensive areas of western Japan in July. Popular sake maker Asahi Shuzo are amongst those affected. Their brewing facilities in Iwakuni city, Yamaguchi Prefecture suffered heavy damage under the extreme conditions - an overflow… Read More
A one-night only Izakaya Sake Night is coming to Perth Teppanyaki restaurant Hiss & Smoke! First session: 6:30-8:00pm (Please arrive at 6.30pm for an immediate start.) Second session : 7:00pm - 8.30pm (Please arrive at 7pm for an immediate start.) At this special event, you will be a… Read More
Hello sake lovers! Lion Oriental Foods Co. would like to invite you their special tasting event. You will be able to meet a very special guest direct from Tottori, Japan, Mr Tadashi Sano from Chiyomusubi Sake Brewery, and there will be a tasting session of a new "Sorah Sparkling" sake that wa… Read More
Sydney independent brewery The Oak Barrel are running a recap evening for their top sake of year. Celebrate the best sake of 2018 with resident sake expert Daniel Zahrooni as he guides us through the wide range that will be up for tasting on the day, including "an industry-favourite daiginjo", "a f… Read More
Sakeshop will be holding WSET Level 1 Award in Sake on Saturday 2 February in Sydney. 6+ hours of sake discovery. Learn the lingo, how to taste and the foundation knowledge behind one of the world’s greatest beverages. The WSET Level 1 Award in Sake is an industry accreditation that will bene… Read More
Sakeshop will be holding WSET Level 1 Award in Sake on Sunday 2 December in Melbourne (and apparently there are only TWO spaces left!!) 6+ hours of sake discovery. Learn the lingo, how to taste and the foundation knowledge behind one of the world's greatest beverages. The WSET Level 1 Award i… Read More
All Perth sake enthusiasts, rejoice! SuperSake Australia, a large, Perth-based importer of sake, in collaboration with local Teppanyaki restaurant Tsunami Ko, are holding the 2018 SuperSake Summer Festival on the weekend of the 24/25th of November next month. Sample over 50 different types of sa… Read More
Perth teppanyaki restaurant Tsunami Ko are holding an exclusive Sake Matching Dinner on Thursday the 8th of November from 6:00PM to 8:30PM. "Chef Tetsuya has created a 6 course meal and our resident SSI certified sake Sommelier Ai Tsujino will match each course with a particular sake guiding… Read More
