Why grapes if there are rowanberries?

Discover the Flavors of Lithuania: The Rise of Rowanberry Wine

Aivar Hanson, 09.07.2024

Over the years, the chefs behind the New Nordic Cuisine have been bringing all the flavours that the Nordic nature has to offer onto the plate. But these dishes have usually been enjoyed with drinks made elsewhere. Now, it seems, we are at the beginning of a boom in local drinks. To see how a rare rowan wine is made, Falstaff went to Lithuania.

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Small beverage producers in Lithuania have become a very diverse bunch of very different people who seem to be united by a common desire: to do something completely different. Irma and Giedrius Kaukas are specialists in information technology. They bought 10 hectares of land. The main reason was to change their lifestyle. Once they'd bought the land, they started thinking about what to do with it, and decided to grow something that wouldn't need permanent tending.

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