Recent content by Vinod Vijayakumar

Did you find the Tentaka Kuni on the savoury side? I ask because it's already a full sake, but your bottle is, well, not fresh. It might actually be from 2008, if those numbers are written as "20 07" (year 20 in the Heisei calendar), but either way, it's a bit long in the tooth, at least as...

If you get Shinsei to supply their namazake and fried chicken knuckles, I'm there.

Anywhere and everywhere between 1 hour and 3 days. I find it runs out before it stops improving.

I'm going to stick with my recommendation of going with the '95. It may just be the bottle, but the '91 didn't have the brightness I'm used to in both younger and older wines. Doesn't come across as particularly mature either, though it's still familiar as Musar Blanc. Dimmer, less complex, less...

If you haven't liked the Blanc on release, I don't think you'll find these vintages tremendously different, the aging is glacial. Of these, I'd recommend the '95, I liked it a lot, though it's a lighter style than the vintages since. The '92 would be the one I wouldn't experiment with. Haven't...

I'll add Breece D'J Pancake, Sherman Alexie, and Walker Percy. And the '69 Musar Blanc rocks.

You forgot the Kracher, the Daishichi Houreki, and my favorite, the Wine-o-Rita. Not sure if I'm a hipster, pretty certain I'm not a shill, but if memory serves, I believe the Clouet Millsim is about 90% PN.

Unless Peruvian-Chinese is your thing. Amada and Tinto are solid (though having only a couple of Basque wines is a poor effort for an allegedly Basque-themed wine bar). Dmitri's is a good BYO choice, Matyson and Melograno as well. I'd add Copper Kitchen in Northern Liberties, Chle in Old City...

As a general rule, drink nama as soon as possible. And, once opened, try to drink it off within a couple of days. I opened an isshobin (1.8litre) of nama two weeks ago and it was going downhill within a day. I will not be opening nama in that size again (well, except today, since I have another...

Personally, I like the bowls or the glass tumblers that are popular at sake pubs in Japan. Awashu isn't in the infused category, but I don't care for it either - it's very much in the sweet alco-pop style, and that's how it's being marketed. I don't know for certain that nigori is always...