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The Speciality Fine Food Fair 2024, a trade exhibition of fine foods, wines and spirits, was held on 10-11 September at Olympia Events (formerly Olympia Exhibition Centre), London. Here are some are my favourite scenes from the Fair. Product details are given after the gallery slideshow. Continue reading “Speciality Fine Food Fair 2024”
The 36th London Wine Fair turned out again to be one of the world’s leading wine and trade events. With an anticipated 700 exhibitors from across the globe, showing some 13,000 wines, there was much to see and expect.
This year’s wine fair was held two weeks earlier than usual, so as to ensure a better fit with UK and International buying schedules – a good move.
It was interesting to see a selection of Japanese sake at the Fair, so it was an easy decision to start with sake tastings!
Continue reading “36th London Wine Fair 2016”
This year has seen an increase in the popularity of Japanese food in London, and there are now nearly 500 Japanese restaurants in the Greater London area. However, and more importantly, there has been a surge of interest in Japanese sake ( Nihonshu日本酒 ).
During 2015, there have been many interesting events and tastings to promote this marvellous drink. The IWC 2015 Award Winning Sake Tasting, held at the Embassy of Japan, and events by World Sake Imports: including a talk given by Philip Harper, the first non-Japanese sake master brewer( Toji 杜氏 ) in Japan, from the Kinoshita-Shuzou brewery, Kyoto. Continue reading “2015 Sake and Fujii Honke 藤居本家”