“Sake is growing in importance in international market, and it is a beverage that offers increasing business opportunities. This one day sessions offers introduction to WSET level3 award in Sake; intro to sake tasting, main categories and label terms, ingredients, production steps and sake service including food matching.”

In occasione del Milano Sake Festival abbiamo concordato una straordinaria partnership con il Wine & Spirit Education Trust, la prestigiosa scuola di Londra, prima a introdurre corsi professionali sul sake in Europa. Una insegnate del WSET, Natsuki Kikuya, sarà presente a Milano per una esclusiva Masterclass a posti limitati.

Natsuki Kikuya, del WSET, conduce una Masterclass sul Sake.

La Masterclass si svolgerà in inglese, con presenza di personale italiano in coadiuvamento e avrà il seguente programma:

Domenica 13 settembre 2015, presso MILANO SAKE FESTIVAL, Chiostri dell’Umanitaria, via San Barnaba, 48 Milano 

08:30-09:00 Enrolment

09:00-09:30 Introduction: what is Sake? How differs from beer, wine, spirits

09:30-10:00 Introduction to sake tasting • Average sake (futsū-shu/honjōzō) • Junmai • Daiginjō/ginjō

10:00-10:30 How Sake is made: ingredients Rice (polishing, washing, soaking, steaming) Koji (purpose and how propagated) Yeast Water (discuss distilled alcohol later)

10:30-11:00 How Sake is made: production steps Fermentation starter Building the ferment Managing and stopping parallel ferment Pressing, pasteurisation, storage, bottling

BREAK

11:30-12:15 Premium Sake Categories: junmai and ginjō Rice polishing Use of distilled alcohol

12:15-12:45 Specialist Sake Categories and styles: nigori, nama Pressing Pasteurisation

12:45-13:30 Introduction to sake service

13:15-13:30 Review of learning

LUNCH

14:30-16:00 Sake and food, tied to review of learning. Guided tasting of: Dewanoyuki Kimoto Junmai –  Hatsumago Hon-Karakuchi “dry” – Kozaemon Junmai Daiginjo – Gekkeikan Namazake – Hakutsuru “Sayuri” nigori sake – Kozaemon Junmai Umeshu

Il costo, comprensivo di corso, degustazione e attestato di partecipazione è di 180€ a persona. Per riservare un posto:  info@laviadelsake.it