Making wine at 57 degrees north: An interview with Martins Barkans

Sustainable Wine

English - October 06, 2020 14:12 - 31 minutes - 44 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Originally published on December 4, 2018.

Interview with Martins Barkans, owner of Abavas in Latvia. Martins makes fruit wines and Rhubarb sparkling, but also has five hectares of wine grapes, at one point with 40 varietals planted, to try and make wine at 57 degrees north (In UK terms that's Aberdeen). In this interview we talk about what he's trying to do, the varietals, the weather, burying vines, and how he's managed to make good white wine in Latvia, about as far North as you can get in wine making.