Sakurai’s Sake

Arizona winemakers have been gaining recognition and acclaim for decades with vineyards and tasting rooms in the Verde Valley, Willcox, Sonoita and Elgin that’s been coupled with a boom in craft breweries across the state. Now, a new player is 44-year-old Atsuo Sakurai, a Japanese immigrant. He is making a name for himself as a small-batch brewer of premium sake, also mistakenly known as rice wine. Brewing sake is far different from making wine from grapes but Sakurai’s Arizona Sake business … [Read more...] about Big Splash: Award-Winning Sake Brewer Lands in Northern Arizona