The Sake Shop

My name is Greg Beck, owner and founder of Sake Secret, LA County's first and only Sake Specialty Shop. I started t Now I'm asking for your help to turn t Why sake? Sake is a truly one-of-a-kind beverage. We call it rice wine, but typically it has more alcohol than wine. It's brewed All of t I developed a passion for sake living in Japan for six years and I've spent the last 15 years learning about sake the fun way, drinking and talking with bartenders, brewers and sake experts until I became one myself. I was certified as a sake sommelier and I realized how few sake experts there are outside of Japan, w Sales of sake domestically in Japan are actually falling every year and premi One place where sake sales are rising is in America and that's despite the lack of education around sake. My hope is that the more people understand sake, the more they'll buy from these authentic family-owned small craft breweries instead of the big, cheap, major players that have no trouble staying open. And can we talk about food pairings for a second? Sake is a great way to elevate your gourmet experience. It pairs better with cheese than even wine. I say t Sake pairs better with cheese than wine. For t I am so excited to do food pairings with local chefs for sake and cheese pairings that will blow your mind and non-traditional, non-Japanese cuisine and show how versatile sake can be outside of its traditional cuisine. There's a saying in the gourmet world, if it grows together, it goes together. Pairing sake and sus But if you have a deeper understanding of sake, w It doesn't matter. T Whether you're coming to Sake Secret for an event or you want to plan your own food pairing, t In every small city, town and village in Japan, there's a sake shop. In America, it's the opposite. Every big city or small town has a wine or beer shop. But where are the big city sake shops? Sake shops are a great idea whose time has finally come. By helping me open Sake Secret, you're going to be helping the small, family-owned, craft sake breweries in Japan to stay open and thrive. And at the same time, building a community of If we can really blow t I can't wait to see how we grow t Arigatou gozaimas Kanpai.