Cate Blanchett (yes, that one) is the Australian Creative Director for Toku Saké, the British-owned saké brand that is brewed, of course, in Japan. C&TH sit down with her in this interview to find out ...

Sake drinkers at first see only a cherry tree with empty branches adorning their cup. But as cold sake is poured, they watch cherry flowers appear and bloom one by one, as if by magic.

Beyond just hot or cold, filtered or unfiltered, there are a variety of sakes based on their rice polish ratio (RPR). There’s ...