Danish wine is

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made in

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Grapes

Despite its northerly location, Denmark has been fostering a developing wine industry since the late 20th century that has benefited from

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and the legalization of wine production in 1999. Today there are small

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s in

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Lolland Lolland (; formerly spelled ''Laaland'', literally "low land") is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of . Located in the Baltic Sea, it is part of Region Sjælland (Region Zealand). As of 1 January 2022, it has 57,618 inhabitant ...

Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

and Northern

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growing various

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, mainly

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and

Cabernet Cantor Cabernet can refer to several different things: Wine grape varieties * Cabernet Sauvignon, a hybrid of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon blanc, and one of the most popular wine grapes in the world * Cabernet Franc, a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon an ...

. In 2006 the twenty vineyards in the country together produced around 40,000 bottles of wine. In 2007, Danish wine gained prominence when a 2006 Dons Cuvée

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from Skæresøgård Vin won a silver medal in the 2007 Effervescents du Monde

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Other fruits

Denmark has been a producer of

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s for many years, especially cherry wines (Danish: ''kirsebærvin'') and apple wines (Danish: ''æblevin''). The Danish climate is very well suited for growing these fruits and the country has a quite large variety of unique

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s. In particular the Danish

Cherry Heering Heering Cherry Liqueur is a Danish liqueur flavored with cherries. It is often referred to simply as ''Peter Heering'' or ''Cherry Heering'' in cocktail recipes. Heering Cherry Liqueur has been produced since 1818, and the company is purveyor ...

liquor wine is well known abroad and, since 2006, new producers at

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has experimented with cherry wines, with much praised results.

References

External links

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A BBC News story about the Skæresøgård Vin vineyard in Jutland back in 2002

Wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

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