Imogen Baker, Concrete Playground, 30th June 2017
Love a sip of sake? Fans of Japanese rice wine should heed the imminent arrival of Sakeshop. The store is opening in Stanmore and trading in everything sake (as you may have guessed from the name, which pulls very few punches). Sakeshop will open on July 8 and specialise in nihonshu, shochu, umeshu (all variations of sake) and Japanese beer.
The team behind Sakeshop have run this gamble before. A sake store was introduced to Chef's Armoury in Richmond four years ago and enthusiastically received by Melbourne's sake fiends. Owner Leigh Hudson, a form chef, sommelier and accredited sake educator, is expanding to Sydney but Sakeshop will be more than just a shop...
