in the conclusion of the Sake Around the World miniseries, I am talking with Jamie Ryder, the publisher of the fantastic Yamato Magazine, about the sake scene in Manchester.

This is the last episode of the Brewery Focus miniseries for the season talking to Nao san and Hiro san from Japan Centre about the Kuheiji sake brewery and its fantastic sake.

We continue our journey around the world to find out how sake fares in different countries. And today I am talking to Tony Yip from VSF Wine Education about France.

Talking to Tim and John from Sake Revolution is always fun. This time they came on my podcast to talk about sake in the US and New York in particular.

In this episode, I am talking to Elena and Laury from Sake Collective about Niida Honke, which has been brewing sake in Fukushima Prefecture for more than 300 years. The name of the brewery's flagship brand, Shizenshu, means “natural sake". Niida Honke uses only organic rice, fresh water from the local spring, and natural yeast from its own brewery.  They even use frogs on their own rice paddies to get rid of harmful insects. 

A new episode of the Sugidama podcast is about the sake scene in Hong Kong with Eric Fung from Flavour of Life, a sake importer and retailer and Will Jarvis from Sake Matters, a consulting business, both are based in Hong Kong.