The Sake Education Show – Part 2

The Sake Education Show – Part 2 – Episode #694

June 24, 2009

Beau Timken continues teaching Gary Vaynerchuk about Sake while they taste 3 different kinds.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Joto Chikurin Fukamari JunmaiJapanese Sake
Tsukinokatsura Yanagi “Willow Tree”
Taiheizan Tenko “Heavenly Grace”

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June 25, 2009

Don
WOW!!! DOUBLE WOW!!! That was incredible content… It was a real treat to have someone so knowledgeable about Sake educate us on the Thunder Show. I live in Washington DC, but I will make sure to visit your shop next time I’m in San Fran.

QOTD: Christmas this year I had my epiphany with wine. I had always enjoyed wine in the past, but in December I had a realization that I like it so much and I’m a passionate person that I want to become involved in the wine world.I have been trying to learn as much as I can ever since and have been experiencing a lot of different wine. Discovering Wine Library TV has been great for me. Gary’s passion is both motivating and contagious.
June 25, 2009

Jon
Gary,

Definitely one of the best episodes ever, great guest, bring him back. I am going to expand my palate and learn about sake now. VERY interesting guy. Thanks for a great episode!
June 25, 2009

teatime
former lurker coming out… great episode.

love the old world style wines, sake and green tea!
June 24, 2009

Tedd
Gary, super duper episode here man! More guests please! you are passionate but bring in someone else to compliment you and you go to another level buddy! Rock it! Twitter ID = TeddGCM
June 24, 2009

Hillman Ball
LOVED this episode soo soo much! I know nothing about Sake and now feel like Im addicted to it. If Beau doesnt do a Sake TV then it will be a devastation to the future game of the industry.
June 24, 2009

Topher
Great subject. Good info. Could you two BE more gay for each other?
June 24, 2009

@Armond_
Gary, this was a unique, entertaining and highly educational show. You gotta do one like it for tea. I would love to see you doing one with tea from Russia. It would be awesome.

QOTD: a trip to Venice, Slovenia and Croatia completely overwhelmed my soul. I started to appreciate wine at the same time. My favorites are from the southern Rhone esp. Chateauneuf Du Pape.

Cheers!
June 24, 2009

Mike Palmason
I love that you occasionally try new things (Sake, Beer, etc.) I didn’t care for the Sake the first few times I tried it, but after a couple at Ra, I starter to enjoyed it. It might have been the good company since it was just my lovely wife and me in Las Vegas
June 24, 2009

Ivan
great episode… a real THUNDER episode. Cant wait to try some sake.

qotd: epiphany moment… the taste of my wife’s kisses…. she became a lifelong passion.
June 24, 2009

Braden -D
Gary-

Definitely one of the best shows that I have seen you do and I have been lurking around now for 3 years or so. Amazing job and great coverage of Sake which is completely needed for ‘murican folk out there, especially the correct pronunciation of words.

QOTD: Uber Dark Chocolate.
June 24, 2009

teckdeck2008
Great guest, I’ve always wanted to get into sake more, but there isn’t anyplace in town to get it and I can barely afford my wine habit…so its not quite panned out yet.

Qotd: My big passion started with at trip I took to south america two years ago. And in turn, that also got me more passionate about tasting other stuff. Its kind of gone in cycles now too. Recently I’ve tried to do better with coffee. before that beer, and obviously immediately after the trip it was wine. But now I think its kind of spread to a conglomeration of all of those recently, whatever I’m in the mood for I make a real effort to taste it and enjoy it properly. oh yeah, whiskey (preferably scotch) is another biggy, I’ve always enjoyed that since I turned 21. for that it was a roommate who got a bottle of crown royal reserve for his 21st birthday. great way to start…wow! but yeah, as you can tell, I’m into almost anything and everything as far as tasting goes.
June 24, 2009

wyld
QOTD: I guess my point was at a swimbot in Germany(basically a pool/beach) drinking a red wine thinking… this ain’t so bad warm. And i wonder how many Roman or Greece people have thought that in history. Its good cool, good room temp, and even ok warm. I love wine!!!

Sake on the other hand… not so much, i’ve been to Japan, drank some sake and after trying it hot, cold and warm, i think it ain’t my thing… but great show.
June 24, 2009

Brock
Gary

I eat the Kiwi whole, fuzz included. I know you’re going to do that now.

QOTD: Quail’s Gate Rose from the Okanagan, BC. I was one of those people who thought rose was white zinfandel sugary crap.
Quail’s Gate is by far the best Rose I’ve had, but it’s encouraged me to try and discover many amazing rose’s.

Side note: We now drink all our white wine and rose room temperature, best advice ever Gary!
June 24, 2009

David S.
QOTD: I ordered a Lindemans Pêche off the dessert menu of a cafe not knowing what it was purely because it was the only thing on the menu I couldn’t pronounce. The first sip completely transformed my idea of beer turning me into a total beer geek and eventually a home brewer.
June 24, 2009

*/^_^\*
phenomenal. went by incredibly quickly for such a long episode.

this guest not only had something to teach us, but was entertaining as well.

QOTD: it was a cheap red burgundy (bouchard aine et fils….iirc). something popped in my head. have not been the same since.
June 24, 2009

Libby'sgirl
You have inspired me to revisit sake!!! never thought i would say it. Great show, thanks for sharing the passion!! Lively , good natured guest!, Beau did a great job rolling with all of the crazy interuptions!
June 24, 2009

Mike D.
Your 100% right about tea, I’ve been saying the same thing for about a year now… a local grocer here in Rochester,NY, Wegman’s, has dedicated an entire section to tea and they even have a tea bar. Whose the Gary V. of tea? Anyone?

Great episode if I ever get over to the West Coast I’ll have to check out Beau’s place.

QOTD: Drinking a great wine (Justin Vineyard Isosceles) in The Middle of Nowhere, Canada with my future father in-law, mother in-law, and wife and having the best conversations ever! Turned me on to Wine for life!
June 24, 2009

Scott EJ
One of the more accurate statements on WL: Sake goes w/much more than sushi. It is amazing how well sake goes with so many every day foods, chicken, pork, salads, etc. It may not be the best thing with heavy red meat, but it certainly is more versatile than people are led to believe.

Very good show and great chemistry and fun facts. For me to want some GOOD sake right now says something.

QOTD: A trip to Napa opened my eyes to good wine. It’s been downhill ever since.

Thanks for knowledge.
June 24, 2009

WineWoman
QOTD: I’ll limit my answer to wines. Krug Champagne did it for me. One of my first official wine-tastings I attended at Clark Circle Liquors continued the passion. We tasted Rubicon, Insignia, Kenwood Artist Series, BV Tapestry, Silverado Cab, Ferrari-Carano Tresor–all for something like 10 or 12 bones a person. When we began visiting wineries, Young’s Zinfandel out of Plymouth, CA knocked our socks off and the quest continues…..

Excellent educational show from the Sake expert. We’ll have to investigate further. I liked when he spoke Japanese–kind of sounded like the Iron Chef.
June 24, 2009

Kevin
QOTD: Pearl Jam’s performance of Alive and Porch in 1991 on SNL. Prior I had no interest in music. Ended up as a music teacher/writer/producer.
June 24, 2009

bluna
QOTD : Guiness in Dublin Pub across from the brewery

Both episodes were interesting to exploding with information – thanks for your passions
June 24, 2009

urbwes
QOTD: My alcoholic bervergae is wine and my eye opening moment came not from experience, but from reading. I read a book by a passionate person and caught the fever.

subset::: Jazz, it was the complex and amazing theory behind improvisation that led to my insatiable thirst for jazz music.
June 24, 2009

pawncop
This was great, just great.

QOTD – New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Great wine, and started my journey.
June 24, 2009

brooks
Great Episode!!! Keep up the awesome work!
June 24, 2009

Frozen Summers
Best show ever, good enough to make me delurk and comment.

I’d definitely watch a sake show with beau (even though I’ve never had any)

As for epiphany moment, when I had James Squire Amber Ale in my first year at uni. I realised that beer was supposed to have a flavour, and not be chilled to virtually frozen.