We first met by chance - and the business at hand wasn't cherries.

 

Harald, however, had uniquely good cherry orchards in a unique corner of Denmark while Jan and Morten had both the knowledge and the aspiration to produce a dessert wine. Common to all three was the desire to move Danish agriculture away from industrial production to a world where the most most important parameter was quality.

 

After some years of research, cherry wine from Frederiksdal Manor was created.

 

HARALD KRABBE

Harald owns Frederiksdal Manor. After training as an agrarian economist he travelled to Africa where he learned the value of a healthy flora in the soil. This knowledge is now evident in Frederiksdal's cherry orchards. Harald sits on the board of the Danish Berries Organisation, among others, and was awarded Fruit Grower of the Year in 2010.

E-mail: hk@frederiksdal.com

Jan is the head chef and restaurateur of ‘Tinggården', near Helsinge. Besides serving French-inspired food using the best possible Danish produce, he's known for his tireless efforts to better Danish food - a battle that has, among other things, led him to an award for 'raising Danish food culture' from the Danish Gastronomic Academy. Jan has also published several cookbooks and produced a cookery show on the Danish national broadcaster, DR, with Claus Meyer.

E-mail: jfm@frederiksdal.com

 

MORTEN BRINK IWERSEN

Morten trained as a journalist and now works as the Business Editor at DR News. He is passionate about wine—a passion that took off after high school, living in Languedoc-Roussillon, working in wineries. Since that time he's imported, lectured, written articles and published a book on wine. He has discussed wine, and restaurants and cafes, in 24 Hours, Nyhedsavisen and Politiken respectively.

E-mail: mbi@frederiksdal.com