The Western gateway to sake credentials, where WSET's Award in Sake draws the densest cohort of non-Japanese sommeliers serious about the craft.
The Western gateway to sake credentials, where WSET's Award in Sake draws the densest cohort of non-Japanese sommeliers serious about the craft.
Living sceneVerified schoolsGold credentialInternational Kikisake-shi (Sake Sommelier), up to WSET Level 3 Award in Sake · Certifying body: SSI (Sake Service Institute) / WSET (Sake program)
I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.
If a place dodges these, that's your answer. It costs you nothing to ask, and it tells you everything.
This is the short version. The full method is here — the six questions, in order, for any craft anywhere.