Michael Tremblay is a Sake Samurai and Wine Spirit Education Trust (WSET) certified Educator residing in Toronto. He is the Sommelier at ki modern Japanese + bar, a Japanese restaurant with one of Canada's largest sake programs. He is the Founder of the Sake Scholar Course, a certification course that explores the regionality of sake. @mtrsake Nancy Matsumoto is a writer and editor who covers sake, food, agroecology, and Japanese arts and culture. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Time, The Los Angeles Times, The Toronto Globe and Mail, Food and Wine, and theAtlantic.com. She is the editor of By the Shore of Lake Michigan, an English-language translation of Japanese tanka poems, and a contributor to a number of other books and publications. The holder of three sake certifications, she divides her time between Toronto and New York City. Find her at nancymatsumoto.com and at @NancyMatsumoto. John Gauntner is recognized as the world's leading non-Japanese sake expert. A longtime Japan resident, he is well known among sake brewers and others within the sake industry. He wrote the Nihonshu Column in the Japan Times for many years before writing a weekly column on sake in Japanese for the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan's and the world's most widely distributed Japanese newspaper. In 2006, John received the Sake Samurai award, the first year it was awarded. He has published five books on sake.
This will undoubtedly be a great addition to the literature, able to transcend sake geekdom thanks to its strong cultural narrative. A future must-read for Japan-lovers and Sake-freaks alike! Pascaline Lepeltier, Master Sommelier, Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Michael and Nancy are fearless in their pursuit of capturing the essence of sake, and are the best mouthpiece to tell its incredible story. -Beau Timken, author of Sake: A Modern Guide (Chronicle) and owner of True Sake. [Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake ] reveals secrets about sake that are deeply rooted in the climate, history, culture, and people of Japan. I am a Japanese Sake Samurai, and even I learned a lot about our national drink! - Kenjiro Monji, Japanese Ambassador