a swedish wine renaissance?

A few years back I actually tasted a Norwegian merlot.

I guess climate change hadn't advanced far enough at that time...
 
Hey, that would have been a saving grace - covering up for that cabbage-like vegetal unripeness...
 
Ha, ha. That's why we Euro-types are always a little out of step here at Disorder, I guess. We've had a zillion occasions over the past 44 years to think about Norway, see Norway, go to Norway, other than that rather justly forgotten lysergic ditty... Then again, being one of the few here old enough to actually remember the song, perhaps I should have said 'ha, ha' right away...
 
originally posted by VS:
A few years back I actually tasted a Norwegian merlot.
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And I've tasted a Norwegian Pinot Noir that cost more than DRC!

But Sweden? They are horribly expensive, but I have tasted two good wines from Blaxsta Vingrd: Vidal and Cabernet Franc Ice Wines. They aren't German Riesling but they are fun. Sadly the Vidal is 60 and the CF 300 or so for 0,25 l. Just as with the Norwegian PN costing more than DRC, I find it amusing that a Swedish dessert wine costs more than d'Yquem. And more amusing/depressing I find that they seem to have a market for such things.

If my memory doesn't fail me, Blaxsta has more trouble from bees than from less than ideal ripeness!
 
I'm trying to remember if there are more wines priced in the four-digit American dollar range on the average Norwegian wine list, or on the list at the average French three-star, or at Veritas. I'd bet good money on the first of the three.
 
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