They needed a hand pouring 250 wines for thousands of Danes over the weekend … could we help? Skovgaard import a lot of our wines; 60% of what they offer and 80% of what they sell – from Laithwaites Wine.
Young Nicolai and also young - well, almost my age - Jens have shops across Denmark including this huge one just outside Copenhagen.
I had to go to Denmark to see so many of my wines beautifully laid out in this vast hall. Valhalla! Very Viking. They were roasting large animals (outside) and quaffing big quantities inside.
They can drink can the Danes. I don't suppose we ever doubted it. Consumption per head about twice ours. Makes them the biggest wine consumers outside the big wine producing countries. The biggest consumers of appellation wines according to my new friend, the sprightly 80-year-old wine writer. Met him at a dinner they put on after where instead of a rest Jean-Marc and I had a dozen wines to present to 50 or so avid customers in the noisiest restaurant ever. The customers were so nice and kind. I mean, we were flagging but they laughed at all our jokes and some of J-MS French jokes aren't really jokes at all! We normally do 6 to 8 wines a dinner. The full dozen here and no effects whatsoever.
Didn't really see much Copenhagen. Just wine.
You have friend in Denmark? Or Sweden near the bridge? Tell them your favourite wines are at Skovgaard.
And if you ever invite a Dane to dinner, double your wine order.
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