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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Miranda Bryant

Global heating helps turns icy Sweden into unique wine-making territory

The grape harvest underway at Kullabergs Vingård in Skåne, Sweden.
The grape harvest underway at Kullabergs Vingård in Skåne, Sweden. Photograph: Axel Wiktor/Kullabergs Vingård

Across most of the northern hemisphere, the grape harvest finished months ago. But in a small vineyard not far from Stockholm, in temperatures of -8C and 15cm of snow, it’s only just begun.

“It’s perfect,” said Göran Amnegård, whose Blaxsta winery claims to be one of the world’s most northerly vineyards, as they started the harvest last week.

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