Las Vegas Sake Bar Insider Reports on Finding the Best Sake Selection on the Strip

Sake, the divine beverage brewed from special sake rice, is the national beverage of Japan. It has more than 1,500 sake breweries. Sake is distinguished by region and quality levels from Junmai, to Junmai Ginjo, to Junmai Daiginjo.

If you're out to impress someone or just have a Sake experience for yourself, the Nanbu Bijin, Frozen Beauty, 12 yr aged Sake in 720 ml is offered at $2388 USD. Price subject to change and availability at the time of your visit to Las Vegas.

For the same size bottle you can have a Seasonal Sake such as Sawanoi, Hiyaroshi, Namazume Junmai, Tokyo for around $75 USD.

In the Junmai Daiginjo category 300 ml small format Sake, the Sato No Homare, Mountain Crossing, Ibaraki is $225USD. In the same small format ,Junmai Ginjo Shichiken , Seven Wise Men, Yamanashi is $29 for 300ml.

According to Sake Sommalier, and General Manager of Shibuya, Dieter Xiao, "Only about 250 varieties of Sake get exported to the US. Of those 250 ,you can experience 150 of them at Shibuya ."

That's what makes Shibuya the best-stocked Sake bar selection in Las Vegas.

Although the Sake selection is huge at Shibuya, you would not consider this restaurant a traditional bar location. It would have to win the Sake selection category, not true bar setting category. Let Dieter Xiao help you with your food and Sake pairings.

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We are fortunate in Las Vegas, according to another culinary expert, Chef Les Kincaid, to have more sommaliers in our city now than almost anywhere in the world. The experts are here , and those who want to experience world-class food and beverages are coming to Las Vegas and enjoying them.

For Sake categorized by 10 major regions: Hyogo, Kyoto, Nugata, Akita, Hiroshoma, Fukushima, Shizuoka, Miyagi, Kochi, and Shimane.

With Hyogo: from the Nada ward of the city of Kobe you will find some of the largest and most prestigious breweries in the sake industry.

Most people are now familiar with the world-famous, massaged Kobe beef. The Hyogo region of Japan is known for "masculine" varieties of sake. While Kyoto is the second largest Sake brewing city and known for it's sllightly soft and slightly sweet "feminine" Sake.

Also on the Las Vegas Strip, at Wynn Las Vegas, is a restaurant surrounded by waterfalls, lush gardens, and a koi-filled lagoon . Chef Masa Ishizawa presents his restaurant and bar Okada. From top quality food and spectacular setting inside Wynn Las Vegas, you will have a memorable experience. For reservations go to http://www.WynnLasVegas.com