Online sake purchasing

[hanako]

Anyone have a source to buy sake online? They don't seem to sell it anywhere here (not a big call for it in italy I suppose..) and I'd like to start experimenting. Thank you in advance.

Hanako

[Imagawa Tadamori]

Well, see, here's the kicker... you live in Italy.

I contacted three different sake distributors on your behalf this morning, and I got the same answer out of all three - they cannot ship internationally due to the U.S. laws pertaining to age verification for alcohol purchase.

My suggestion would be: get to know your local wine merchant and see if he/she would be willing to stock some sake or have it imported for you.

- Imagawa

[erink]

Several US companies will ship to the US, but if you're in Italy I have no idea. SakeOne actually lists the states it can ship to: www.sakeone.com/sakeone/checkout/ship_states.jsp
They list distributors too but there's none in Italy.

In the US, TrueSake is another decent choice. They're run by an American fellow who suddenly became a sake connoisseur, and there's a lovely store of mysterious and beautiful bottles in San Francisco that might even convince me to check luggage on my next trip (I especially hate my airport's baggage system). But I digress...

Hey, here's a list of Japanese brewers. You might research them to see if they have any distributors near you. esake.com/Brewers/brewers.html

[hanako]

Thanks for your help! I'll check at the mini mart on base and see (my Italian is limited). They usually can get stuff that we request.

[Water_Tengu]

hanako said:

Thanks for your help! I'll check at the mini mart on base and see (my Italian is limited). They usually can get stuff that we request.

if you're on base, check the BX, there should be some there, or in the comissary. which base are you at, i have been to one of them in italy.

[hanako]

They don't, I've checked. I'm at NSA Naples.

[Water_Tengu]

hanako said:

They don't, I've checked. I'm at NSA Naples.

hmm, when i was there there was. weird.

[Water_Tengu]

check the class 6 store, my on base friend says that should work. it's not a guarantee