Although wine made from grapes is the most well-known, wine is also made from fruits, berries, honey, and herbs.
Both the quality and quantity have increased considerably. In many areas, Denmark can begin to measure itself against the more traditional producing countries.
Wine made from Danish grapes is rapidly increasing in popularity. Denmark has gone from a handful of hobby producers in the 1990s to more than 140 commercial wineries and more than 170 hectares of vineyards in 2025.
Fruit wine is made from Danish fruits, grapes, and berries. The production method is almost the same as for regular wine, but using raw materials such as rhubarb, apples, pears, cherries, blackcurrants, and redcurrants. Fruit wine is produced both as still or sparkling, and can also be produced as fortified wines and alcohol-free versions.
Cider is a fermented wine made from apples. Cider is usually sparkling. You can see other definitions of cider, e.g. a mixture of pears and apples or with the use of other flavor enhancers.
Mead is a wine that has deep historical roots in Denmark and the other Nordic countries. The process itself is similar to regular wine production, but where grape wine is made from grapes and fruit wine from fruit, the mead brewer uses honey as a basis – and can also add fruit, berries, herbs or spices to create unique flavor profiles.
