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Episode 25: The Sake Evangelist, John Gauntner
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Dec 14, 2015
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Podcast episode
Description
Known as “The Sake Guy,” and “The Sake Evangelist,” John Gauntner is recognized as the world’s leading non-Japanese sake expert and this week he joins in studio for the season wrap-up of Japan Eats. He chats with host Akiko Katayama about his residency in Japan since 1988, he (necessarily) both speaks and reads Japanese fluently, and is well known in the sake industry as the window to making sake understandable and popular outside of Japan. Tune in for a chat on all things sake and more!
Released:
Dec 14, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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