Artisan Sake Maker

MIRAI 2010 Traditional Method Sparkling Sake

In 2008, Artisan SakeMaker’s Masa Shiroki began experimenting to make sparkling sake using the traditional Champagne method, Méthode Champenoise. In August 2011, Shiroki bottled his first 20 cases of Artisan SakeMaker’s MIRAI Sparkling Sake 2010 in traditional 750ml French Champagne-style bottles. MIRAI 2010 Sparkling Sake will be released at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival [...]

GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN

Masa Shiroki, the first person in Canada to craft rice into sake by hand, looks around his 1,000-square-foot shop on Vancouver’s Granville Island and glances up at the catwalk-sized loft. “I want what the other [winery] guys have,” he says. “A château. With one difference—no grapes.” It’s a big dream for his little grain. click [...]

Sake Whisperer

Rice defines Japan and what it means to be Japanese. Rice is my comfort food, my carbohydrate weakness. We all seem to have one – pasta, potatoes, bread – a basic staple that is often associated with our childhood and linked to our heritage. Rice takes me back to my obaachan’s (grandmother’s) cooking, to a [...]

JUNO’s Sake Night with Sake Hitosuji

Artisan SakeMaker at Granville Island invites you to a fun and informative sake tasting event with a guest appearance of Japan’s respected sakemaker’s principal,Hiromitsu Toshimori, of Sake Hitosuji located in western region of Okayama, Japan. Date: Tuesday February 28, 2012 Time: 17:30 – 19:00 Place: JUNO VANCOUVER SUSHI BISTO 572 Davie Street (at Seymour St.) [...]

Japanese Sake Maker’s Reception @ Shuraku

Meet the sake maker from Toshimori Shuzo, Japan’s highly respected sake winery established in 1868. Carefully handpicked selections of traditional Japanese sake and Shuraku Executive Chef Masahiro Omori’s creative Japanese appetizers are offered. Please join us for this fun and informative evening of SAKE! Date: Tuesday, Nov. 9th Time: 8:15pm to 10:15pm Where: Shuraku Japanese [...]

Kasu Drinks

Artisan SakeMaker, Canada’s first sake producer, is proud to offer a handmade non-alcoholic “Kasu Apple-Yuzu” and “Kasu Cherry Drink” in time to refresh for summer. This drink is made by hand at our Granville Island studio with our Artisan Kasu and is 100% natural. Great for both adults and children! KASU (Sakekasu) is the “lees” [...]

WINESPEAK: OSAKE JUNMAI SPARKLING SAKE

Who – Osake Artisan Sake Maker What – Junmai Sparkling Sake Where – Granville Island, Vancouver Why – Writing about Masa’s special Artisan Sake winemaker’s dinner coming up at The Mark reminded me about this sparkling sake I had stashed away for a special occasion. Well – happy September! This is about as far away [...]

ARTISAN SAKEMAKER MASA PLANTING HIS OWN SAKE RICE LOCALLY

Masa Shiroki, owner and sake maker at Artisan SakeMaker on Granville Island has announced that his experimental crop of sake rice (sakamai), planted on a small plot in Ashcroft in May this year, will be ready for harvest on or around September 20.

36 Hours in Vancouver, British Columbia

NO wonder Vancouver is often heralded as one of the world’s most livable cities. It is blessed with a snowcapped mountain backdrop and crystal blue harbors. It is also a gateway to the Inside Passage — the marvelous maze of glacier-carved fjords and forested islands that are a cruise lover’s delight. But what really sets Vancouver apart is its urban density. With sprawl kept in check by geography, the city thinks vertically. Neighborhoods overlap, apartments rise. That seems to heighten the city’s international mix, and not just when the Olympic Games are in town.

ECO CHIC TV: Osake Artisan Sake Maker