Sake Handbook
Published on 20. December 2011
248 pages
978-1-4629-0154-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Sake Handbook is the foremost guide to the history, brewing, and distinctive flavors of sake.
Just what are jizake, namazake and ginjoshu? The Sake Handbook answers all these questions and many more about sake wine, and will help you enjoy Japan's national beverage in style.
Author John Gauntner is recognized as the world's leading non-Japanese sake expert. A longtime Japan resident, he is well known among sake brewers and others within the sake industry. He wrote the Nihonshu Column in the Japan Times for many years before writing a weekly column on sake in Japanese for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's and the world's most widely distributed Japanese newspaper. In 2006, John received the Sake Samurai award. He has published five books on sake including Sake Confidential
This sake book features:
Just what are jizake, namazake and ginjoshu? The Sake Handbook answers all these questions and many more about sake wine, and will help you enjoy Japan's national beverage in style.
Author John Gauntner is recognized as the world's leading non-Japanese sake expert. A longtime Japan resident, he is well known among sake brewers and others within the sake industry. He wrote the Nihonshu Column in the Japan Times for many years before writing a weekly column on sake in Japanese for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's and the world's most widely distributed Japanese newspaper. In 2006, John received the Sake Samurai award. He has published five books on sake including Sake Confidential
This sake book features:
- This new edition has been completely revised and updated
- Gives you all the information you need in an handy, portable format
- Offers a detailed explanation of the sake brewing process
- Reviews over a hundred sake brands, with illustrations of their labels for easy identification
- Profiles over 50 Japanese izakaya or pub-style restaurants in Tokyo and the surrounding environs
- Lists specialty shops in Japan where you can purchase hard-to-find Japanese wine brands
- Lists specialty retailers in the United States and elsewhere
More details
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
11/2002
2nd Edition
Tuttle Publishing
€14.50
Shipment within 10-20 days
Person
John Gauntner is a leading authority on Japanese sake. He writes a semi-monthly column on sake for The Japan Times and publishes Sake World, a newsletter on all things related to sake. He currently resides in Tokyo, where he spends his spare time searching for that special izakaya.
Content
- Frontcover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One
- 1 How Saké Is Made
- The Saké-Making Process
- Making Different Types of Saké
- 2 Types of Saké, Nomenclature, & Terminology
- 3 Ginjoshu: Its Charms, Joys, and Production
- 4 Saké Parameters and What They Really Mean
- 5 Saké Tasting
- 6 The People of the Saké Brewing World
- PART TWO
- 7 Recommended Nihonshu Selections
- 8 On Collecting Saké Labels
- PART THREE
- 9 Saké Pubs and Retailers of Good Saké
- Glossary
- Index
