ABOUT
About MARINA
Marina’s love affair with sake began at the table and quickly grew into a lifelong pursuit of learning, tasting, and sharing. She is a WSET Certified Sake Educator, holds the Japan Sommelier Association Sake Diploma, and has earned her Wine & Spirits Diploma with WSET. Marina’s real joy comes from helping others discover and enjoy sake.
She has traveled throughout Japan visiting sake breweries, learning from producers, and tasting sake right where it’s made. She believes sake should be fun, approachable, and always better when shared. She loves helping people discover just how good it can be. For Marina, sharing sake is a win-win: more fans, more great bottles, and more chances to enjoy them together.
When she’s not teaching classes or leading tastings with WineSakeChick, Marina is an EMMY Award–winning television director for 7 NEWS at Boston’s WHDH-TV, balancing life behind the camera with life behind the glass.
ABOUT SAKE
What is Sake? Sake is an alcoholic beverage made with rice. Because sake is made from a grain, it is actually brewed – similar to how beer is made. Sake is made with water, rice, yeast and koji (a molded rice that breaks down the starches to allow fermentation). Although its production is more like a beer, its flavor profile is closer to wine.
ABOUT WSET
The Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Provides high-quality education in wines and spirits to more than 61,000 people every year around the globe making it the biggest and most respected wine education and certification organization of its kind in the world. Established in London in 1969 and currently offering its prestigious wine courses in over 69 countries and 19 languages it has become the foremost international organization in the field of wines and spirits education. The Wine and Spirit Education Trust offers a suite of sought-after qualifications.
About Sake Day East
Sake Day East is a celebration of World Sake Day.
This annual sake tasting event is held in Boston every fall to celebrate the Sake Brewing Season. Guests are able to enjoy various styles of sake from all over Japan and the United States. It’s a chance to learn from the experts while sampling sake with your friends.
