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Claire wants to try a bottle of sake, but doesn't know where to start. Mr Otaru tries to help...

So what is ‘Premium Sake’? What qualifies it as such and how can we tell what it is? Even though sake has been around between 1000-2000 years, the concept of Premium Sake is only about 40 years old. It has however caught on with great speed and premium sake is the fastest growing category in the market, especially in regard to exports outside of Japan. Premium sake current represents about 30% of all national sake production by volume. The rest is collectively known as Futsu-shu or, Table Sake. Note though, that while the grading does give a ballpark indication to...