Jamie Graves ’02 manages wholesaler Skurnik Wines’ Japanese beverage division. Officially, his day job involves supervising the logistics of warehousing and legalities of labels, but his overarching mission is to find and share stories that illuminate the subtleties of the Japanese drink landscape. He first discovered his passion while attending trade shows as a manager of high-end restaurants in New York City. Years before, however, his interest in Japanese culture— sparked by playing Nintendo games as a kid in Connecticut and stoked by hearing the Osakan experimental rock band the Boredoms—was also nurtured at Oberlin by Ron DiCenzo, a professor of history and East Asian studies. Learn more about Graves—and get his recipe for miso marinated cream cheese—in this story from the fall 2023 issue of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine by Hanna Raskin ’98. Photo credit: Courtesy of Jamie Graves • • • • • • • • • #Oberlin #OberlinCollege #OberlinAlumni #JapaneseSake #Japan #JapaneseCulture #East...