One of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world, dating back to 300 A.D., is becoming the drink of choice for many of today's consumers. In Japan, sake (pronounced sah-kay) is referred to as the "drink of the gods" and was used as an offering to Japanese Shinto gods. Now, it is offered up to restaurant diners around the globe; in fact, according to Oregon-based sake-maker SakeOne, one in every five glasses of wine served in the world is sake.

Sake master Grif Frost, founder and CEO of SakeOne, credits the dramatic rise in sake's popularity to the fact that diners are becoming more sophisticated and better educated about food in general, including sake. "With over 300 labels of sake to choose from in the U.S. and 40,000 labels worldwide, sake is definitely a trend that will happen," he says.