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

Andrew Sica
Great episode Gary – this one goes in the hall of fame. I’ve been wanting to try some better sake for some time but have been procrastinating, I think that will change tonight.
June 25, 2009

Kell Brigan
“John” said: “…the appreciation that quality wine, beer, coffee, tea, root beer, good food, art, literature, music, beautiful women, architecture, etc. lets us celebrate all the positive aspects of mankind, and in our appreciation, we are all united. Peace!”

Yeah, right. While you guys are busy bonding and stuff, this might be a good time to point out that this attitude is one of the reasons you don’t find a whole lot of women willing to hang around with you. a) Women are fully enfranchised human beings, made by and in the image of a loving God, and therefore are all “beautiful”. You wording implies that there could somehow be women who aren’t “beautiful”; this is by definition an impossibility.

Oh, and, by the way — WOMEN ARE NOT FUCKING CONSUMABLES, ASSHOLE.
June 25, 2009

Richie
Great great episode.

QOTD: 1. I had that moment with wine about 2 years ago when I had a stunning Riesling from the Ahr.
2. Skiing ist my seconde passion and that started years ago when I was a small kid and went skiing for the first time.
June 25, 2009

Andrew D
Thanks guys

Fantastic show.

GARY I CAN”T BELEIVE IT – EAT THE SKIN OF THE KIWI, JUST BITE THE WHOLE THING LIKE AN APPLE. KIWI SKIN RULES!

Thanks
Andrew
June 25, 2009

Uncle Meate
GREAT EPISODE …… LMAO AT THE BANTER.

QOTD: My eye opening alcohol moment was on my 14th birthday. My buddies made me drink a Gorilla Fart and I was off to the races. Been drinking everything ever since. I’ll try anything once – twice if I like it.

I have only had the Sake’ at Japanese restaurants (and I liked them), so I must get some good Sake’ tonight (chances are I will love it). Can’t wait!!!

Arigato!
June 25, 2009

Matto
Loved the episode! Definitely top 5 ever out of the 200 or so I’ve seen! Right up there with the Nicolas Joly episode on biodyanmics for content. Thanks again!

QOTD: I’ve been living in Japan for the past 5 years and in addition to sake or nihonshu I also love shochu, a distilled spirit like a kind of Japanese whiskey with a more focused flavor profile and higher alcohol content than sake. It can be made from rice, potato, sesame, brown sugar or even plum leaf. Totally interesting stuff! I’d be really keen to know if anyone is importing the quality stuff into the US yet. I’m sure it will have legs as sake gets bigger and people start to explore more Japanese cuisine.
June 25, 2009

Søren Vrist
QOTD: Islay Whisky!
now turned into Beers
June 25, 2009

Adrian aka AnGkEr
Great show as usual and what a guest…..very entertaining and informative. I didn’t know that sake can be drank chill, all the while I thought was drink it warm….sigh..what limited knowledge…
June 25, 2009

JosermJ
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June 25, 2009

55555
Gotta add:

TV.SAKESOCIAL.COM

right?
June 25, 2009

55555
Great episode, love Beau!

QOTD: I have not had that moment in my life, but I’m in college and experiencing so many new great things that I’m positive its not far away.
June 25, 2009

MaRc
not a bad episode…wished that he could give more insight in sakes and how they are graded. But, honestly…I couldn’t really hear your guest.

Just got back from my holiday, and was catching up on some of your previous episodes and I have to say, your dad is probably the most hilarious guest of all time!
Happy father’s day to you!
June 25, 2009

Holladown
Love Love Love this episode
Sake is amazing. Thanks for taking the time out of the grapes drinks to look at the rice brew.

QOTD: the first time i had great moonshine.
June 25, 2009

kklain
Loved the show. I love sake and learned a ton. This guy should have his own show. Great show Gary and congrats on being a father.
June 25, 2009

legend
fabulously entertaining and informative show with great double act chemistry!
QOTD-new years eve 2005 and a 2000 cantemerle that opened my eyes to the possibilities of wine
June 25, 2009

Dan B
This guy is a genuinely chill, charismatic character. I wish I could sit down and pick his brain for an hour or two on Sake, and have a few with him. I absolutely love Sake more than any other drink.

QOTD: My epiphany was truly the moment, back in 2006, when I watched Wine Library TV for the first time. I didn’t know jack about wine, and the way you broke down the tasting and smells made me realize there was a world I was missing. I had never gotten into wine, and the extent of my wine experience had been lived in a blur, in a dorm, and out of a jug. This show is what has made me the discerning wine drinker I am today.
June 25, 2009

Medo
Killer EP Gary! Top 5 guest and Top 5 show! Wow – can’t wait to see Dirk Würtz from Germany on your show in September. Till this I will dig in Sake!

@QOTD

It was a sip of a 1998 Sená on a wine tasting in 2002. The silky mouthfeel made me completly freaking out – this was a magic moment!
June 25, 2009

Ben
Killing it Gary! Great episodes recently.. can’t tell you how much I want to try sake right now, will hunt some down this weekend.

Ben
June 25, 2009

Andy
As a Japanese, I really appreciate this episode. Beau Timken is a great guy.
I believe we can change the sake world as well.

One point to mention. “Gin” in “Ginjo” is not pronounced like “ginger”, it should be pronounced like “gingham”.
June 25, 2009

Agnieszka
Hi Gary,

Hilarious episode!!! I love this guy. I really, truly feel his passion for Sake. It’s so great to listen to someone so devoted to something. He definitely made me think more about the ‘Japanese brew ‘ and … next time I go to my wine shop I’ll have a look for some good Sake.

QOTD: hmmm, not so easy, I guess for me, it wasn’t The one single moment, it was more like an evolution – the more wine I drank the more interested I was. I was being dragged but the diversity of it and I wanted to know: WHY? So that’s how I got into wine. And since then is my biggest passion. And I’m getting more and more hungry for knowledge, the more I know!

Cheers,
A
June 25, 2009

Steve Yamakami
Hey Gary

I really enjoyed this episode of Wine Library TV. Having lived in Japan for the last 22 years, I have always been able to enjoy the massive variety of sake (also known as Nihonshu) . And it’s great to see you enjoying this wonderful beverage so much. Your guest was very knowledgeable and I enjoyed the dynamics between you two. However, I was disappointed that he didn’t give my friend Justin Renard, who lives in Kashima, a shout out for hooking the two of you up. Maybe you can!

I hope to be able to host you in Japan one day to expand your palate with some of the amazing delicacies, such as crab brains, abalone livers, squid in entrails, and sea cucumbers. You will be blown away by the beautiful menagerie of flavor, while eating such delicacies and drinking sake.

cybersensei
June 25, 2009

BrianAF
Great Episode, I am totally going to get into sake now! You guys had great chemistry and your passions certainly fed off of each other. I think you should do a thunder show where you drink a bunch of different alcohols and get drunk on camera, call it the Drunk Under the Thunder show! QOTD My first wow moment was tasting a sauterenes at a formal french wine tasting.
June 25, 2009

AUSSIE SAMMY S
Nice show gary & Beau,

GV I think Beau had your measure in this two parter…He looks to be very experienced in SAKE as you are in Wine…This was a really educational ep.I would rate that in my top 10 eps ever – from an educational point of view.
June 25, 2009

E. Heagy
Great episode with two very genuine individuals sharing their passion — love it! I’m travelling to Japan in a few weeks with the fam and will explore this fascinating drink.

QOTD: I’m setting in my Taiwanese in-laws living room sipping on high mountain tea from Alishan at the moment. Gary I’m a big wine enthusiast from the states and I’m finding so many complexities in tea right now that it blows my mind. I’ll probably drive through the Taiwanese mountain towns and do some tea tasting next week. Hope your predictions are right. BTW, Alex F, Taiwan Gold Medal beer is a great brew and cheap. Just don’t drink it out of a can.
June 25, 2009

Andreas Dantz
I love that Episode. Especially how much you love Beau. Never tried sake before. I’ll definitely give it a shot now!

QOTD: About three years ago i started really tasting new stuff. I figured out, that there are so many great flavours out there to discover. So, i still can’t tell some single taste i’m that passionate about. But i think if you really deal with great meals and drinks, life just gets so much greater. So my new passion is to try differnt things.