The Joy of Sake, the world’s largest sake tasting outside Japan, returns to NYC on April 30th with 492 competition-level sakes available to taste alongside sake-inspired appetizers from top restaurants, including Bond St, Sakagura, Insa, Sake No Hana, Mishik, Hirohisa, Towa, Yopparai, Zuma and more. 

Celebrating the ancient art of sake-brewing, The Joy of Sake is a walkaround tasting where attendees are able to taste the full spectrum of sake styles in the premium daiginjo, ginjo and junmai categories from every sake-brewing region in Japan, including 293 sakes not otherwise available in the U.S. Sakes are grouped by style so attendees can explore each in depth, including recipients of silver and gold awards from the U.S. National Sake Appraisal, a rigorous blind tasting conducted by 10 judges from the U.S. and Japan that takes place prior to the public event. This is an opportunity to sample bottles of the actual competition entries in excellent condition, both Japanese and US-made sakes from local breweries like Brooklyn Kura and Dassai Blue in Hudson Valley.

The Joy of Sake will take place on Thursday, April 30th from 6:30pm – 9:30pm at the Metropolitan Pavilion 125 W. 18th Street, NYC. Tickets are $140 and available at www.joyofsake.com/newyork/; IG: @joyofsake.