Is the term Sake used for rice wine made in Japan only? -

can the term Sake be used for rice wine made in every country? or does it have to be made in Japan to name is as Sake? Are there any legal issues for using the term Sake for rice wine made in different countries?

Sake has not had the same jurisdictional claims that champagne, port and burgundy have forced. You can have california Sake

A long time ago, Sake referred only to the product made in Japan. Today, with globalization, Sake has become a generic term to refer to a drink from fermented rice, served warm in thinble-sized porcelain or ceramic containers.

not really, sake, while referred to as rice wine really is not wine, it s made with multiple fermentation periods (like a beer and unlike wine) so other rice wine s from other countries may be Very different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake

Japan and as stated Califorian which grows alot of the sushi based rice make the sake beverages, I work in Japan and there are over 600 varieties there, in other Asian contrys like Korea it is called Shoji, in Chinese they make a beverage like sake and others from rice, even liquers from a rice alcohol like vodka, in Vietnam and Thailand there sre ones, some are flavoured with fruits,and leaf from the screw pine called Pandan leaf.

im not sure. but scotch, bourbon, and all that other crap are whiskeys, its jut they are made in different countries. so my guess is the same with sake...