two famous foreigners of Japanese sake experts
The Sake Handbook2014/3/30: John Gauntner I also continued the introduction of sake, but I would like to think about the theme of how foreigners are involved in sake and in Japan, with a different perspective. In Japan, as far as I know, there are two famous foreigners of Japanese sake experts. It is a Japanese sake mission evangelist John Gauntner from Ohio and USA, and Philip Harper Philip Harpe who became a master of Kinoshita Shuzo (Kyoto). Born in Ohio, USA, 54 years old, Gontner who worked as an engineer was invi...