Sunflower Club Monthly Archives
JAN 25: Another Themeless January- A Watercolor ochoko chart, Kid Shiboritate cheese pairing, & Chochin's US debut
Sake cup sheet: PDF version, please use with credit to Nina Murphy, Sunflower SakeSUNFLOWER SAKE CLUB, JANUARY 2025ANOTHER THEMELESS JANUARY FROM THE HEART For...
AUG 24: The History and Legacy of Japan's Toji Guilds
This August, we dip into the fascinating, and mostly hidden, story of toji guilds: associations of toji (master brewers) and kurabito (brewery workers) in...
MARCH 2024, The Great Old Ones (Shichi Hon Yari & Mimurosugi)
The earliest mentions of sake come from the ancient texts the Kojiki ~(711 AD) and the Nihon Shoki (720), which chronicle sake’s place in...
JULY 24, Pirates, Petitions, Natsuzake and Nomikiri: Oh My! The story of Summer Sake and the Start of a new Brewing Year.
SUNFLOWER SAKE CLUB: JULY 2024PIRATES, NATSUZAKE, NOMIKIRI & BY Natsuzake, Summer sake, has begun to arrive in the US. In Japan, these seasonal bottles...
JUNE 24, Treasures from Okayama, Part 2: Gozenshu Bodaimoto Nigori
“Making the Fermentation Starter,” "Nihon Sankai Meisan Zue" 日本山海名産圖會 ( 日本山海名産図会 ), 1799 Gozenshu Bodaimoto Junmai Nigori Genshu Talk to any sake nerd (Japan...
JUNE 24, Treasures from Okayama, Part 1: Chikurin Otoro Namazake + the protein contradiction
Dinner & impromptu kanzake with new friends at Love Song, a natural wine, raw fish & okonomiyaki bar, Okayama City Sunflower Sake Club, June...
Matsunoi: The Lone Pine of Tokamachi
Yutaka Furusawa is a classically trained Echigo Guild toji. His style is clean, dry on the finish, with a robust core. Everything in the...
SEPTEMBER 2023: Tedorigawa
This month’s club looks at two different interpretations of elegance under the Yoshida Shuzo banner. Tedorigawa Daiginjo Iki na Onna, which translates roughly to...
