Sunflower Club Monthly Archives
NOVEMBER 23: Celebratory Feasts (Tsuchida Kimoto & Tsukinokatsura Iwai)
It’s undeniable: Portland is getting colder, wetter, and cozier by the day. I went to the Japanese Garden a week ago and couldn’t help...
MAY 24: The Kamoizumi Story
May 2024, we used a one-page comic to highlight Kidoizumi Shuzo & the inaugural arrival of AFS, as well as a fresh batch of...
JUNE 2023: All About Kirinzan
June 2023, we used a one-page comic to highlight a brand-new arrival to Oregon: the seasonal junmai ginjo nama, Potari Potari Blue, as well...
JULY 23: The US Import Pathway: How Sake Gets from Japan to You
Sourcing sake is a complicated process. Alcohol is highly regulated, and the path from brewery to customer is complex: in all but one state,...
FEB 24: Cool climate rice: How Kamenoo saved the north
Japan’s record heatwaves are flipping the script on a century of rice breeding for cold tolerance. From the 1600s to as late as the...
APRIL 24: Terada Honke's Gonin Musume, three ways
Terada Honke, maker of Gonin Musume, is an unusual brewery. Their sake is made with organic rice, entirely ambient microorganisms, and ancient methods. Their...
JAN 24: A sake diary entry for a difficult month
the sake I chose for January– Hakuto Tokubetsu Junmai, Tahoma Fuji Namagenshu, and Bizen Maboroshi Junmai Ginjo-- are a bit of a diary entry....
DEC 23: Kokken Shuzo: a Fukushima Tale
For December 2023 sake club, in honor of the recent arrival of two super-fresh Kokken Shuzo bottlings, the (aged) Yamahai Junmai and Tokubetsu Junmai,...
