The difference between British and US Music awards is that you actually remember the US awards, soley for the fact that everyone is pretty sober compared to the carnage of, say, the Brit Awards for example.
Imagine my surprise and joy that the GRAMMY Style Studio's drink sponsors include the must exclusive and pure sake in the world. Of course, being a rock n roll Brit, the drink sampling was my first stop!
Iwao Niizawa is the 9th generation toji (sake brewmaster) of niizawa Brewery. With his extremely sharp sense of taste, he became the youngest toji at just 25 years old.His legendary sake is nowavailable for the first time in the US in limited qualities and , I can assure you is well worth the wait and money. SUPER is the most luxurious and expensive sake ever made, with each grain of rice being polished for 250 hours straight, and the price of this luxary? A mere $2000 per bottle , well there are only 100 bottles made per year!
Shoichi Sato is the most highly regarded toji of the past 20 years. He has won 16 Gold prizes at the National New Sake awards. He begins by conceptualizing a sake with specific flavors and aromas, then begins the brewing process to create the exact sake he invisioned. My favorites were the sake champagne ( who knew!) and the plum sake ( again, who knew!!!)
It seems that sake has won it way
into the rock n roll hall of fame.
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