North Carolina Sake: True Sake and Sakaya

I am so thankful to all the great local wine shops and Asian markets around the Carolinas that carry "true" high quality Japanese sakes I've found on my journey over the past two years here in my native American South, as we now know we're "Not Alone".

I've met incredible people like James Voltz who operates The Raleigh Wine Shop, Mr. Forrest who manages the sake department at The Grand Asian Market (in Charlotte), Master Chef Masa of Waraji Restaurant (here in Raleigh); Waraji is the true oasis of North Carolina sake (http://www.warajijapaneserestaurant.com/about/)

I have some very special posts planned in their dedication.

Locating, highlighting, and supporting local places around the Carolinas that carry high quality sakes is the main goal of this blog. But I would also like to highlight a few places online where you can order rare sometimes hard to find sakes and while they’re not exactly local to us, they are still helping bring “True” sake to America and they offer online orders.

True Sake in San Francisco and Sakaya in NYC are prime examples of passionate sake merchants who operate “Sake Only” stores here in the US. They’re both operated by very special folks, experts in sake, and eager to make sake more widely understood, available, and popular. Check them out at their digital store fronts!

Sakaya

324 East 9th Street

New York, NY 10003