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Talking about Denmark, would you even consider talking about wine? Probably not. You would talk about Lego, Tivoli and Hans Christian Andersen – and more recently, Novo Nordisk – and this is all quite logical, since Denmark is located quite far to the north and at 56 degrees north, we sit way off the ‘ribbonFortsæt læsning “Denmark, a Future ‘Ugly Duckling’? – 25 Years of Wine Making in the Far North”

Mantineia in western Peloponnese is both the birthplace and the homeland of the highly interesting Moschofilero variety, a variety probably originating from this very area, where it was allegedly mentioned already in the early 17th century. The vine of Pausanias, which is believed by many to be the oldest vine in the world, is locatedFortsæt læsning “Kalogris Organic Winery and the Many Faces of Moschofilero”

Modern day wine world is so big. Grapes are grown across the globe including in places, most people could not imagine. One such example is the planning of vineyards in Bhutan in the Himmalaya Mountains. Only a decade ago, who would have thought… At the same time, more and more different grape varieties draw attentionFortsæt læsning “Le Mondial des Vins Blancs 2025 – Gold medal awarded to Danish Wine”

The 27th edition of Le Mondial des Vins Blancs is will take place early April in Strasbourg. The competition is the only global competition, which is entirely dedicated to the diversity of the world’s white wines, and wines from every continent will be challenging each other. Since its earliest days as Riesling du Monde inFortsæt læsning “Le Mondial des Vins Blancs 2025 to take place this April, 2025 marks the inclusion of dealcoholized and partially dealcoholized wines in the competition”

Champagne as a wine region dates back centuries and today the prevailing style of Champagne is Brut and consequently the vast majority of Champagne is sent on the market labelled as Brut, but this was by no means the case, when Champagne was first discovered. Although wine was made in Champagne at least back inFortsæt læsning “Champagne Pommery – Let Us Celebrate 150 Years of Brut Champagne “

If there was ever a vastly underappreciated, yet highly interesting wine region, that region would be the Balkans – and this should not be the case, since the region has everything in place to secure a spot in the limelight. Talking about the Balkans, I refer to all of Western Balkans, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, GreeceFortsæt læsning “Exploring The Balkans – let’s go treasure hunting!”

In a world continuing to heat up, wine lovers worldwide increasingly worry what shall become of their favourite wine region. One such region is Champagne. Champagne and other premium traditional method sparkling wines require grapes with delicate, not too intense, flavours and plenty of acid and as the world warms up, grapes inevitably will endFortsæt læsning “Could England be The Next Big Thing in European Sparkling Wine?”

A headline with more truths to it than just one. Due to the geometric peculiarities of a globe being printed on a rectangular piece of cardboard, when most people think about Canada, they think of a country in the far north and accordingly, people tend to think of Nova Scotia as an extremely northerly locationFortsæt læsning “Nova Scotia’s Sparkling Future”

Not many people are aware that Denmark even produces wine and fewer yet know about Europe’s northern most PDO, which happens to be located in Denmark.Yes, Denmark is very much a wine producing country. At 56 degrees latitude, Denmark is located much farther north than any well-known wine region in the world and since, accordingFortsæt læsning “Denmark – Climate and its Effects on Wine Growing in a Most Marginal Region”