Sake is popping up all over the wine lists of Michelin star restaurants in the UK and globally, as sommeliers and chefs fall in love with its charms and exceptional food pairing versatility. Sake offers just as much complexity, depth and breadth as wine and reveals a whole new range of aroma and flavour profiles. Like wine, it is a fermented beverage and has an average ABV of 14-16%, but has no tannins and boasts oodles of umami (‘savoury
deliciousness’), making it a secret weapon for easily matching with all sorts of food.

If you’ve been on the fence about sake and not sure where to begin exploring this exciting beverage category, this is the class for you. Our sake and wine educator Sarah will introduce you to sake and share how it can be a great alternative for food pairings that are traditionally difficult with wine. During this class you will taste six premium sake across a range of styles curated specifically to appeal to wine lovers’ palates, optionally accompanied by an assortment of fine cheeses and charcuterie specially selected to showcase sake’s food pairing prowess.

This tasting will be is perfect for those who already love wine and haven’t had a chance to explore much sake yet, or those who’ve tried some sake but weren’t sure about it – sake is quite delicate and must be stored carefully, so many people who think they don’t like sake unfortunately experienced old or improperly stored product. Be sure to give sake another chance if you fall into this category!

Speaker Bio:

Dr. Sarah Stewart teaches sake, wine and cheese at West London Wine School. She is a WSET Certified Sake Educator and Academy of Cheese Instructor, judges for the International Wine Challenge Sake division and the Great Taste Awards, holds extensive sake and wine qualifications, and serves as the Membership & Events Officer for the British Sake Association. She lived in Japan for two years and returns annually to continue her beverage studies there. You can find her @sakestudies on Instagram.

£30 per person, or £45 including optional cheese & charcuterie pairing board