In the future, the Nordics will be major wine producers as traditional wine making countries like France and Spain become too hot from climate change to sustain production.
Listen in as I talk to Betina Newberry who owns Denmark’s largest vineyard. We discuss how wine is made in the Nordics, the grapes’ flavor profile, the economics of a Northern vineyard, and how the scene is developing. Currently, there are 90 commercial vineyards in Denmark, 40 in Sweden, and about a dozen in Norway.
1:40 How the vineyard started
5:00 Lessons learned in starting a Danish vineyard
14:50 How climate change is changing the wine scene
18:30 The taste of Nordic wine
24:50 The future of wine making