Åke Nordgren

1991 - Start travel to Japan, 2024 it has been 111 trips to Japan
1998 - Started Akebono Unlimited AB (Ltd)
2001 - Diploma Swedish sommelier school
2007 - 2021 - IWC Sake senior judge (today) Co Chairman
2009 - 2010 - John Gauntner Sake SPC 1 / SPC 2
2010 - Sake Contributor Award (Japanese Sake junior council)
2011 - Sake Samurai (Japanese Sake junior council)
2014 - Japanese Foreign Ministers Commendation.
2015 - WSET Level 3 Award in Sake.
2015 - WSET Sake Educator Level 3 Award in Sake.
2016 - 2021 - WSET Level 3 & Level 1 Award in Sake (9 courses).
2020 - The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.