Sake, Wine, and the Theoretical Physicist Who Brings Them Together

Sugiyama says that with training, anyone can distinguish the “nose” of different wines.

Enyaa, the Japanese sake and champagne restaurant Sugiyama has produced in Paris. There is a sake gallery in the back room.

Enyaa, the Japanese restaurant produced by Sugiyama in Paris, is next door to the Palais-Royal in a building that was the birthplace of the renowned seventeenth-century playwright Molière.

Sugiyama’s own books about wine. She publishes an updated version of her book on how to pass the sommelier test (second from right) every April.