Serious rice wine drinkers overseas tend to fall over themselves trying to get their hands on “ginjo” high-quality sake ...

The Japanese drink, sake, is growing in popularity and now with a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage designation, brewers ...

The old way of making Japanese sake is finally getting its due. This week, UNESCO officially added the Japanese rice wine to its list of the "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.” ...

OME, Japan--Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing ...

Deep in a dark warehouse the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks, each holding more than 10,000 liters (2,640 gallons) of the Japanese rice wine that is the product of brewing techniques ...

Japan's sake industry is hoping for a lift in exports, particularly to Asia and the United States, after UNESCO added the rice wine-brewing process to its list of intangible cultural heritage.

With Japanese sake? No problem. The lack of tannins ... Sake is made with rice, water, yeast and koji. Unlike wine grapes, rice needs to convert its starch into sugar before starting fermentation.