Sound real smart at the bar after just reading these Features. From how whiskies are made to how rums are marqued. We know high school Chemistry wasn't fun, so we'll try to keep things light and interesting.
Special Features
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The Story of Dassai Sake From Rice Polishing Ratios to Brewing in New York & Outer Space: Kazuhiro Sakurai Tells Us How Dassai Out-polished, Out-planned & Out-travelled Every Other Sake
Mr Kazuhiro Sakurai, the current president and the fourth generation owner of Dassai Inc. There is a room inside Dassai's brewery where brewery ... -
A New Dawn For France's Historic Wine Valleys: Renaissance In The Making At The Heart Of The Côtes du Rhône And Alsace
An exploration into why the two-thousand-year-old wine regions of Alsace and Rhône are now among the coolest wines on the block. What if I told... -
Probiotic Pills & Koji: Johnny Kyunghwo Shows How You Can Make Real Makgeolli With Simple Everyday Ingredients
(Source: Johnny Kyunghwo Sheldrick / @johnnykyunghwo) Before 20th-century liquor licensing and commercial consolidation, Korean brewing was deep... -
Inside The Smallest Wine Fair: In Tropical Singapore, China’s Wines Take A No Frills Approach To Their Grand Introduction
(Source: @tswf.sg) A wine writer friend recently corrected me. I had been raving about discovering Chinese natural wines, all the surprisingly... -
Of Granite, Schist, Iron, Old & Wise Vines & A Century-Old Vineyard: An Evening With Chris Mullineux of Mullineux & Leeu Passant Across Six Wines
“Vines are kind of like people in a way. When they're young, they're vigorous... some vintages produce too many grapes, and then the quality is no... -
How To Taste Like A Master Sommelier: The Inside Scoop On How Anyone Can Blind Taste Wines
For a long time as a casual wine drinker, I have quietly assumed that the people who can sniff a glass and announce the specific grape, the coun... -
Sato, Reborn: Thailand’s Devanom Brewery Reshapes a Folk Ferment as Modern Craft
By Gerard Alexis, Master Sommelier of Sake, OMU NOMU Craft Sake & Raw Bar Modernity in Sato: Devanom Brewery in the nighttime Across Asia, a... -
Inside The Japanese Highball Through Every Era: Seven Ways To Put Water Into Whisky with Suntory
A Toki Whisky highball being professionally prepared (Source: House of Suntory) There is a drink so culturally embedded in Japanese drinking cul... -
The Starter Guide To Enjoying Shochu | Part 1: What is Shochu, Really?
This is a three-part series, written after we attended Kurara Singapore's and Suiraku's "Shochu Bao-Ga-Liao course. Bao-Ga-Liao, in Mandarin Chi... -
8 Craft Sake Breweries You Need to Try Next: All Tried & Tasted!
Before we get started, it's key to clarify that Craft Sake isn’t at all like traditional Sake! To be legally recognised as a Sake brewery in Japan... -
Between Roots and Reinvention: Hungary’s Wine Regions in Transition
By Jaclene Liew dipWSET and Vincent Tan Both authors are based in Singapore, and have travelled to Hungary in January 2026 on a ten-day study tri... -
Orchid Sake Brewery: Inside Singapore’s Only Sake Brewery, Where Making Serious Junmai Daiginjo Feels Like Raising a Newborn Every Month
“[It's] like taking care of a living thing. It takes so much attention.” –Reuben Luke Oh, Founder CEO at Orchid Sake Brewery on brewing sake O...
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