Awesome Sake

The 30-year dream of Dassai sake’s founder, Dassai Blue, is their first American brewery, now producing its first American-made sake. Dassai Blue is a premium Junmai Daiginjo sake made with Yamada Nishiki rice — the gold standard for sake — through traditional methods such as “tokomomi,” drying the rice by hand.

This beautiful wood sake set is handmade in Japan’s Tokushima prefecture. Each piece is crafted from 100-year-old hinoki cedar wood with a natural indigo gradient. The set includes two sake cups and a bottle for decanting. Pair it with the book Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake and a bottle of good sake to complete the perfect gift.

Pairing sake with sushi is eight times better with this swimmingly fine sake set. Artist Kim Rody converts her marine paintings onto fine porcelain tableware such as this 5-piece, 8-legged charmer based on her original painting “Out of the Blue Octopus.” Confession – we can’t resist serving calamari on the matching platter.

This distinctive and elegant sake vessel gets its inspiration from the drips that occur during the Japanese spirit’s distillation process. Each one is crafted from stainless steel and features a removable cup and saucer that looks like rippling liquid. The bottom of the saucer can also be inscribed.

Heavensake sake is a Franco-Japanese marriage made in heaven. Award-winning sparkling wine maker Régis Camus teamed with Japanese brew-masters to artfully blend sake for Western palates with three elegant expressions: Junmai Daiginjo, Junmai Ginjo, and Junmai 12. Like delicious revenge, they’re best served cold.

Take the edge off the day with a shot of good sake. Drink up in style with the Sake Bomb set by Alexander Purcell, who describes it as combo of “a Fugu Fish… and a WWII sea mine.”

The fine art of sake bombing goes upscale with this Ty Ku Sake Bomb Kit; it includes 750ml of Ty Ku’s Super Premium Junmai Ginju Sake, two black cups and four stirrers.