INTRODUCTION; [Part One]; CHAPTER ONE: HOW SAKÉ IS MADE; THE SAKÉ -- MAKING PROCESS; MAKING DIFFERNT TYPES OF SAKÉ; CHAPTER TWO: TYPES OF SAKÉ, NOMENCLATURE, AND TERMINOLOGY; CHAPTER THREE: GINJ-OSHU: ITS CHARMS, JOYS, AND PRODUCTION; CHAPTER FOUR: SAKÉ PARAMETERS AND WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN; CHAPTER FIVE: SAKÉ TASTING; CHAPTER SIX: THE PEOPLE OF THE SAKÉ BREWING WORLD; [Part Two]; CHAPTER SEVEN: RECOMMENDED NIHONSHU SELECTIONS; CHAPTER EIGHT: ON COLLECTING SAKÉ LABELS; [Part Three]; CHAPTER NINE: SAKÉ PUBS AND RETAILERS OF GOOD SAKÉ; GLOSSARY; INDEX.
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A compact guidebook to Japan's national beverage, The Sake Handbook is the perfect introduction to the history, brewing, and merits of a variety of sake. Gauntner gives readers all the information they need to become sake experts. Now revised with updated sake recommendations and pubs, this book includes a detailed explanation of the sake brewing process and profiles of over fifty Japanese izakaya (sake pubs) in Tokyo. There are also reviews of over one hundred sake brands, sake labels for easy identification and a list of specialty liquor shops throughout Japan, with addresses and phone numbe.