Ground Detective Simon Wallis: File #4 "The Case of the Sake"

15 Minutes

15m 00s
Broadcast on February 2, 2022 Available until October 26, 2023

Best known for its beef, the city of Kobe is also a long-standing powerhouse in the world of sake. There's one small corner of the city that's provided the distinctively mineral-rich water used in sake brewing here for centuries. In this episode, the Ground Detective's challenge is to investigate and explain the local geologic, atmospheric and historical factors that helped make the Nada area sake famous.

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