Rice, Water, Earth: Notes on Sake
These posts are the continuation of my thoughts and reporting on sake for the James Beard award-winning Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake, which I co-wrote with sake sommelier and Sake Samurai Michael Tremblay.
Arkansan Chris Isbell: America's Pioneering Premium Sake Rice Farmer, Part II
The early 1990s were the celebrity years for Isbell and his farm. He counted a total of 100 articles written about him and his Koshihikari rice in the Japanese press, which in turn brought Japanese tourists by the Greyhound bus load…. A film crew from Japanese broadcaster NHK embedded at the farm for a year to make a 90-minute documentary on him.