Most people who drink sake learn right off the bat that a ginjo (吟醸) or daiginjo (大吟醸) means something exceptional is happening in the bottle.
Also a Kubota fan.
PS another sake substack is https://sakefromthesource.substack.com/ I suspect you and that author have much in common
Great article. Love the discussion about the Kanji and the history lesson. But I disagree about the pleasure of (dai)ginjo as opposed to the more humble and less refined plain junmaishu
https://lessknownjapan.substack.com/p/sake-part-3-of-several?r=7yrqz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Also a Kubota fan.
PS another sake substack is https://sakefromthesource.substack.com/ I suspect you and that author have much in common
Great article. Love the discussion about the Kanji and the history lesson. But I disagree about the pleasure of (dai)ginjo as opposed to the more humble and less refined plain junmaishu
https://lessknownjapan.substack.com/p/sake-part-3-of-several?r=7yrqz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web