"Youku"
The second largest video hosting site on the internet, can you guess the first?
Well unlike their bigger brother Youtube, Youku hosts a lot of copyrighted material but I think in this one instance this is a minor infraction at best. So not only is this link a great chance to experience the Youtube of Asia, you get to see a little bit of Sake history, culture, and production. This is taken from a TV show called "The Thirsty Traveler", originally aired in Canada and I believe re-ran on the Travel Network.
You get to see the Gekkeikan factory (very cool, sort of the Budweiser of Sake, very old, very family run, but not quite the best sake by any means, and certainly mass produced, Gekkeikan does produce a Daiginjo, I've had it, well... we'll get to that). http://www.gekkeikan-sake.com/
BUT. Most importantly you get to meet arguably the most knowledgeable, experienced, and recognized figure in the English-Speaking Sake world- John Gauntner. His books are mandatory, his teaching (which I hope to someday have first hand experience of), and his overall status in the Sake world is unprecedented.
I will have much more information and links to his work, education seminars, and everything else in another post here shortly.
Enjoy.
Second post in and we're already departed from the purpose of this blog but nonetheless it's a nice video.
-Brad Russell
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