TWTT - (Taste with the Toji)
Episodes
Alex Harrison - Mottox Craft Sake
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julian and Simone catch up with Tokyo based Alex Harrison from Mottox Craft Sake.Craft Sake is a term that has been thrown around a l...
Catching Up with Andy Russell
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Julian and Simone catch-up with good friend, Andy Russell.Andy was TWTT's very first podcast guest - and, alongside Miho Imada, h...
Julian's 'Sake House - Osaka'
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the gang are back together for the first time since last year, to chat to Julian about his brand new venture: Sake House!Sake House i...
A catch-up with Cindy Bissig and Giulia Maglio
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the first for 2025, Simone catches up with the team from 'Sake Unplugged' - who also just happen to be two fabulous women doi...
End of Year Wrap
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the final one for 2024, Julian, Simone and Maki reflect a little on some of their sake highlights from this year. A casual conversat...
Co-Host Catch-Up
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Maki, Simone and Julian are all together again - for the first time in a long time! We've used this as an opportunity to catch-up wi...
A chat with Giulia Maglio
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of TWTT, Simone and Julian chat with Giulia Maglio. Giulia was born and raised in Italy and moved to Japan in 2015. From then she wor...
A chat with John Gauntner
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of TWTT, Simone and Julian chat with a guest who needs very little introduction to those who are in the sake industry... Mr. John Gaun...
A chat with Marcus Consolini from Daimon Shuzo
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of TWTT, Simone and Julian chat with Marcus Consolini, CEO of Daimon Shuzo in Osaka. Marcus hails from New York but has held strong b...
A chat with Michael Ryan from The Provenance
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the TWTT gang chat all things sake to sandwiches with Australian chef, Michael Ryan. Michael Ryan is the owner/chef of two-hatted re...
Sake Brewing Experiences
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Maki and Simone chat with good friends, and fellow TWTT community members, Arline Lyons and Cindy Bissig. Both women are doing remark...
Kicking-off 2024
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The TWTT Podcast team is back for a new year after a 2 month break. In this episode Julian, Maki and Simone are kicking-off the TWTT Podcast for 202...
End of Year Wrap
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the final episode for 2023, Maki, Simone and Julian reflect a little on some of their sake moments from this year. They also chat wit...
A chat with Etsuko and Jason from Sake Tours
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Simone and Julian catch up with their good friends Etsuko Nakamura and Jason Adamson, from Sake Tours Japan. Etsuko Nakamura - Sake T...
A chat with Hannah Kirshner
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Simone and Maki catch up with Hannah Kirshner and see what's been happening since they visited her in Yamanaka Onsen in September...
Catching up with Justin Potts
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the TWTT team catches up with good friend Justin Potts.Justin was our special guest for Episode 4, back in December, 2022, when he ha...
A chat with Wolfgang Angyal
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the TWTT crew chat with Wolfgang Angyal, President of Riedel (The Wine Glass Company) in Japan. Wolfgang Angyal was born in Kufstein,...
A chat with Robert Yellin
28 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Simone, Maki and Julian bust out their ceramic sake-ware and chat with TWTT's Yakimono Guru, Robert Yellin. No Stranger to the T...
Chatting with Philip Harper (Part 2)
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Simone, Maki and Julian pick up where they left off in Episode 12 and continue their conversation with Tamagawa Toji, Philip Harper. ...
Chatting with Philip Harper (Part 1)
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Maki and Simone are once again joined by Julian Houseman, and they chat with Philip Harper, from Kinoshita Shuzo in Kyoto Prefecture...
Chatting with Eiko Kodama
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Maki and Simone are once again joined by Julian Houseman, and they chat with the lovely Eiko Kodama, from Kodama Jozo in Akita Prefec...
Speaking 'Nihonshu-go' with David Cheek
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Maki and Simone catch up with good friend and TWTT faithful, Mr. David Cheek. Those who frequent the TWTT Project Zoom sessions will ...
Just Talking Sake (with Julian Houseman)
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after a brief hiatus and trying something a little different and more laid back for this episode. It's been a busy month for Maki a...
Interview with Matt Kingsley Shaw (Melbourne Sake)
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we audibly cross the seas to Australia and spend time chatting with Matt Kingsley Shaw, one half of the team that is Melbourne Sake. ...
Interview with Jim Rion
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with Jim Rion, aka: The Yamaguchi Sake Guy and speak to him about his soon to be released book: Discovering Yamaguchi Sake...
Interview with Jorge Navarrete
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with Jorge Navarrete from Matsui Shuzo in Kyoto. Jorge was a guest in the Zoom room on the Taste with the Toji Project for...
Interview with Darryl Cody Brailsford
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we catch up with Darryl Cody Brailsford. Originally from Utah in the USA, 'Cody', as he is affectionately known by friends, family an...
Interview with Justin Potts
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with our good friend and fermentation guru: Justin Potts. Originally from Seattle, USA, Justin has called Japan home for t...
Interview with Keith Norum
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with the ever-charming Keith Norum from Masumi / Miyasaka Brewery in Nagano Prefecture. We are thrilled to be able to inte...
Interview with Andrew Russell
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we catch up with Scottish-born, Japan-based, sake brewer: Andrew Russell. It seemed only fitting that Andrew be the first guest on the...
Introduction
30 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the very first episode of TWTT The Podcast. Your hosts: Simone Maynard (Australia) and Maki Tanaka (Japan). This podcast is inspired ...