El sake (酒 sake?) (AFI: sɑ.kɛAcerca de este sonido pronunciación (?·i)) es una palabra japonesa que significa "bebida alcohólica", sin embargo en los países occidentales se refiere a un tipo de bebida alcohólica japonesa preparada de una infusión hecha a partir del arroz, y conocida en Japón como nihonshu (日本酒 nihonshu? "alcohol japonés"). Este artículo hará mención de la palabra "sake" como se conoce en los países occidentales. En Occidente, el sake es comúnmente referido como "vino de arroz"; sin embargo, esta designación no es apropiada puesto que "vino" es exclusivamente la bebida obtenida por fermentación alcohólica del mosto de la uva. La producción de bebidas alcohólicas por fermentación del grano es más común en la cerveza que en el vino. También existen otras bebidas conocidas como "vino de arroz" que son significativamente diferentes del nihonshu. Según la marca del producto puede alcanzar de 14 a 20 grados de alcohol.

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(This article is about the beverage. For other uses, see Sake (disambiguation).) Sake (Japanese: 酒), also spelled saké (IPA /ˈsɑːkeɪ/ SAH-kay or /ˈsɑːki/ SAH-kee) in English, is a Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Unlike wine, in which alcohol (ethanol) is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in grapes, sake is produced by a brewing process more like that of beer, where the starch is converted into sugars before being converted to alcohol. The brewing process for sake differs from the process for beer in that, for beer, the conversion from starch to sugar and from sugar to alcohol occurs in two discrete steps. Like other rice wines, when sake is brewed, these conversions occur simultaneously. Furthermore, the alcohol content differs between sake, wine, and beer. Wine generally contains 9%–16% ABV, while most beer contains 3%–9%, and undiluted sake contains 18%–20% (although this is often lowered to about 15% by diluting with water prior to bottling). In the Japanese language, the word "sake" (酒, "liquor", also pronounced shu) can refer to any alcoholic drink, while the beverage called "sake" in English is usually termed nihonshu (日本酒, "Japanese liquor"). Under Japanese liquor laws, sake is labelled with the word seishu (清酒, "clear liquor"), a synonym less commonly used in conversation. In Japan, where it is the national beverage, sake is often served with special ceremony – gently warmed in a small earthenware or porcelain bottle called a tokkuri, and sipped from a small porcelain cup called a sakazuki.

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