Wine Guy: A rice wine interlude

Gomenasai, sake! It really has been too long.
My interest in sake started many years ago thanks to time spent in Japan and subsequent annual “sake night” potlucks hosted by friends, consisting of copious Japanese dishes paired with various bottles of sake procured both at home and abroad.
Admittedly, those were bygone days — in recent years not much sake has passed through my tasting glass. Thus it was a pleasant surprise to take a wayward walk through the sake aisle during a r