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The answer is yes! I know because I went to Voie Vin and had a wine tasting. It all started as a hobby four years ago. Now they make award winning wines. It’s only a few months since I found out about this small winery, located in the outskirts of Kristiansand. They have an Instagram account. That is how I found out. Together with a few friends we ordered a wine tasting. The winery doesn’t look like a winery. It’s located in the buildings of an old farm. The only thing that makes you think about wine are the fields with grapes that we passed on our way to the tasting.

We were met by the owner himself. Besides serving us sparkling wine, white and red, he spended time talking to us. Together with his wife, they started all this in 2020 when they bought the first 350 plants. They chose to start with three varieties of grapes: Solaris, Rondo and Bolero. Now they have expanded both the amount of fields with a variety when it comes to the grapes. The plan is to experiment with blends.

They make white, rose and red wine and the name of the wines are Komorebi. It’s a Japanese expression meaning something like “sunbeams through leaves”. We started with two sparkling wines. A white made of Solaris and a rosé from Rondo. They were both great wines, but the white sparkling was a real surprise! Last year they produced 450 bottles of wine. He did tell us that it takes time and lots of work. He told us about the different stages of winemaking. There is something to do all year round. Along the way this couple has had help from other winemakers and they have a couch. They make experiments and they do fail now and then. But then they try again. They do have an idea of making more arrangements that includes tastings and food.

After the first three years of winemaking, they were awarded at the “Norsk Vinskue” in Sandefjord. Gold medal and first price for a sparkling wine (the one we tasted). Third price for a white wine. That is quite a good start for such a small winery. As we talked about wine the winemaker also told us that England makes excellent wine as well. All over the southern coast of Norway there keep coming new wineries. The raise of temperature makes this possible (probably). I also know that there are lots of wineries in Denmark where the Solaris grape is the most popular. It seems as a grape that grows well in Nordic countries.

Will Voie Vin be able to make better and better wines? I guess I will just have to wait and see.

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