Sake Tasting on Wine Library TV

Sake Tasting on Wine Library TV – Episode #355

November 21, 2007

We have waited too long for the Sake episode and finally Gary Vaynerchuk sits down and tastes away and on this day before Thanksgiving.

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“Great to see that you are willing to try different things. Great show….” by Adrian aka AnGkEr
“Cool episode, Gary! Didn’t know you were a big sake fan!
QOTD: Otok…” by Logan
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Tozai Snow Maiden NigoriJapanese Sake
Shadows Of Katano Nigori SakeJapanese Sake
Ginga Shizuku Sake Divine DropletsJapanese Sake
Nanbu Bijin Sake Ancient PillarsJapanese Sake

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July 2, 2009

Adrian aka AnGkEr
Great to see that you are willing to try different things. Great show..and nice to see the sakes getting the thumbs up….
April 8, 2009

Logan
Cool episode, Gary! Didn’t know you were a big sake fan!

QOTD: Otoko-yama! Actually not a big sake fan- I prefer Japanese Shochu (Japan’s distilled alcohol) instead, but I recently tried Otoko-yama at an izakaya on St. Marks and it wasn’t bad.
March 10, 2009

Yusuf
How come you don’t have a single episode about plum wine? Please consider to taste some of those asian fruit wines.
January 7, 2009

nnothing
qotd: I haven’t had much sake, but my favorite so far is g. it’s from oregon, but I like it. Haven’t had any of the super premiums tho.
December 29, 2008

Dessert Wine Nerd
Finally some sake! Great to learn a bit about it and see your opinion on it. QOTD: I tried my first sake about a month ago and quite enjoyed it, though I cant remember the name of it. Ive got a $25 gift card to Whole Foods and I think Im going to get a a bottle of the good stuff!
September 16, 2008

Darren
Yuki no Bosha junmai daiginjo is my current favorite….Gary, sorry brah your Japanese is horrendous but you rock anyway!
July 17, 2008

SpoiledinCalbyPinot
This is after the fact. Sake is great especially with sushi.
I like the creamy colored kind.

Jets have a chance of beating Dallas. This was a pretty safe bet.
May 8, 2008

victor
QOTD.
A friend’s(Helen)Brother(George)traveling back from Japan brought a Sake I tasted that I called “Dangerous” It was soooooo smooth I would have EASILY drunk
the whole bottle right there. That started my love of, and alas my search for
good quality sake. Edmonton Alberta Canada may have GREAT beef, bison, duck
but SAKE???? NOT. I have since requested from Helen’s other brother (Matt) a bottle of the Ancient Pillars and he, through great effort procured and delivered a bottle. I haven’t tried it yet but look forward to sharing it.
Wish you’d have another sake episode…or at least throw the occasional bottle of it into the mix?
February 16, 2008

sev
This episode has totally inspired me to give sake a try! Great show Gary.
February 14, 2008

Naysen
Question of the Day: Which Pinot did you last Taste

Last Pinot I had was the 2005 Toulouse Vineyards Pinot Noir Estate. This is an Anderson Valley Pinot, which is a region I absolutely adore.

I had a vertical tasting at the winery of 2002 through 2006 (barrel), and this wine stood out. I’d love to see more shoes on Anderson Valley (Pinot Focussed in particular) and here what Gary has to say about Toulouse:
http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=345593
-n
December 26, 2007

Albert Ko
QOTD: GV’s ep with the steak and white wine recently… got me thinking about this ep. There’s sake I really love with summer BBQs because it’s dry and BIG feel and really a great complement to a good steak. Tenzan. Yes, comes in a weird husk wrap and is a bit higher on the alcohol scale but I love it.

There are quite a few other sakes I like for different occassions. I’m saddened that Mitsuwa supermarket shrunk it’s selection of sakes and mostly swapped it for sochu.

GV… Sochu drinker???
December 4, 2007

Paul
Nice foray into the sake world Gary. I haven’t had much sake in the US. I liked Junichi’s post, if you could do one thing to educate your viewers about sake, it would be to stop pronouncing it incorrectly. It should be pronounced sah-kay, not sah-kee. A major pet peeve of mine ever since Sean Connery did it in the best Bond movie of all time, “You Only Live Twice.”
I don’t mean to sound snobby about it, as I certainly am not a sake expert. However, it would be like putting a hard “t” on the end of cabernet.
Cheers!
November 29, 2007

klags
“pride of the village.” that’s my favorite so far…
November 29, 2007

SoCal
QOTD: I have had lots of cheap stuff nothing good.
November 29, 2007

yowens
QOTD: the cheap stuff with SAKE BOMBS!!! Maybe its time to grow up.
November 28, 2007

Mr. Ambassador
Sampled some sparkling saki at one of our “wine nights” in which we attempted to make home-made sushi rolls. The night was quite a success and the sparkling saki was a big hit (we tried some inexpensive sakis as well, though none made as much of an impression as the sparkling saki).
November 27, 2007

JayZee
QOTD: Okay, I don’t have a favorite sake. I’ve had sake when I visited Japan in 1998 and a couple of weeks ago at the Japanese reception at the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. That one was served from a barrel in wooden boxes (yes, you drank the sake out of a square, bamboo box – supposedly traditional). It was very good.

Nice show, BTW.
November 27, 2007

Oregon Sipper
Loved the show Gary, Sake is always interesting but for the most part I am afraid to try it in most Sushi bars because I am afraid they will be the cheap stuff.
November 27, 2007

keith (wineberries)
AWESOME!!

I Rep Vine Connections in NH (Both Sake and Argentina), and know all of these well… Couldn’t agree more on the Ancient Pillars – Nanbu Bijin also does The Southern Beauty, which is one of my favs in the lower price points.

Last year, ED and Nick (Vine Connections) brought John Gauntner to town for a Sake seminar – mindblowing….

It should be noted that VC puts English translations on the back label for the stuff the import.

Thanks for the great show!
November 26, 2007

Elliot Essman
Anything but the cheap domestic sake (and there are some good American-produced sakes out there.
November 26, 2007

sonnybobiche
QOTD: Black and Gold! ~14 bones at the overpriced shop next to my favorite sushi place in hoboken.
November 26, 2007

Junichi Fujita
Great show Gary. It was nice to see sake getting some coverage. As a native Japanese speaker it was a bit painful to hear you pronounce sake lingo. I found a site that has audio of sake terms bring pronounced correctly. (http://www.wineintro.com/sake/audio/). I hope it helps. It is unfortunate that most sakes currently sold in the US are double or triple what they cost in Japan and most of the best sakes are never exported. I hope demand picks up in the US and we see more sake in the states.
November 26, 2007

MtnCharlie
Great episode. I have only had warm sake. I enjoy it very much but have yet to venture into premium sake. Now I will.

QOTD: No best yet.
November 26, 2007

KW
The good and fine sake’s are so smooth with the alcohol very well controlled that if you don’t watch out, you’ll be in a very happy mood very soon. Friends at work in Japan took me out some years back and I learnt how good sake really was compared to the stuff we normally get over here that tastes like unfiltered grain alcohol.
November 25, 2007

2thdr
Looking forward to trying the Sakis. What do you eat with it?