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Published: 24 September, 2025
I recently read that the UK is on the verge of a sake boom. The trade press article reported “a healthy increase in popularity”, with the St James’s wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd noting “a 1,000% increase in sales between 2023 and 2024” and “heaps of coverage in the press”. Normally sake gets next to no coverage in the press so this was news to me. I thought then that I should check and see if there really is a breakthrough, or if, like previous claims for Riesling or Muscat, the hype outweighs the evidence.
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Leading distributor Speciality Brands has welcomed a UK-based sake brewery into its diverse portfolio, strengthening its already strong Japanese offering.
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Published: 09 December, 2024
Aumont Brewery, a leading firm based in the province of Niigata, has unveiled a new brand of Japanese rice wine called Kay Sake.
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Published: 13 March, 2019
Thanks to two key trade deals, Japan has increased its reach to a billion people so far in 2019. Jo Gilbert looks at the knock-on effect for the country’s drinkable exports
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Published: 18 September, 2018
Majestic Wine is launching a campaign to encourage consumption of Japanese rice wine Sake after introducing three new products to its range.
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The Joy of Sake, the world’s largest sake celebration outside Japan, has announced the date of its first-ever London date.
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Liberty Wines has become the UK agent for Tosa Brewery’s Keigetsu range, marking the first time they’ve added a Sake into their portfolio.
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A wave of young brewers are shaking things up in sake, increasing its popularity with a new generation
in Japan and internationally.
Anna Greenhous reports
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Published: 23 January, 2017
The Wakatsuru Shuzo sake brewery is to reinvest in whisky production again following a round of crowdfunding.
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Published: 01 November, 2016
The International Wine Challenge (IWC) has announced a shuffle of its judging panel ahead of its November tastings.
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Published: 25 October, 2016
Building is now underway at what is believed to be the UK's first sake brewery having appointed a local contractor to carry out construction work.
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Published: 05 September, 2016
Not long ago sake was the preserve of Japanese restaurants, often low quality, cheap and served hot. But standards and times have changed with the rise in popularity of superior premium sakes.
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International Wine Challenge Sake 2016 awarded 59 gold medals to 50 sake breweries across Japan at this year's competition.
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Published: 30 March, 2016
Isake International has announced the launch of a new premium yuzu liqueur, which will be available through Selfridges from next month.
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Published: 23 March, 2016
The London Wine Fair is to feature a major sake presence for the first time.
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Published: 27 January, 2016
The winner of the inaugural Gekkeikan Masters Cooking Competition 2016 has been announced.
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Published: 21 January, 2016
Anna Greenhous, talks to one of the greatest Japanese footballers of all time, Hidetoshi Nakata, about retiring and becoming an international sake ambassador.
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Published: 22 December, 2015
Looking at the recent history of the sake trade - the boom in sake, and sudden falling out of fashion in Japan which has resulted in the closure of 100s of sake breweries. Which types of sake Brewery survived? How have sake producers changed to meet different market conditions? Anna Greenhaus reports
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Published: 09 December, 2015
From sipping tequila to shorter wine lists, Douglas Blyde asked leading figures in the on-trade what trends they predict will lead the way in 2016
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Published: 09 November, 2015
The Hyper Japan Christmas Market has announced its inaugural sake cocktail competition.
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