Grape growers in other northern countries

Hakon Lysne and Timo Taskinen have vineyards on 61 North latitude
Pauls Sukatnieks (1913-1989) was a Latvian grape breeder
Romuald Loiko (1937-2004) was a scientist in Belorussia. There is a great collection of grape varieties in Pinsk.

Grapes can be grown outdoors in areas where the accumulated temperatures above +10 C exceed 1500 margin

Norway - Arild Syversen
Sweden - Bo Bernström Bo.Bernstrom@home.se
Sweden (Gotland) - Lauri Pappinen - Gute Vin
Finland - Juha Karvonen ansa.karvonen@pp.fimnet.fi
Latvia - Latvijas vinkopju un vindaru biedriba; Gvido Dobelis, Andris Dishlers dishlers@biomed.lu.lv;
Edgars Zihmanis Vinogu Darzs
Lithuania - Andrius Diliautas
Denmark - Peter Lorenzen peterlorenzen@mail.tele.dk
Poland - Jerzy Siemaszko
USA (Minnesota) - Tom Plocher tplocher@msn.com
International Association for Northern Viticulture

Mr. Gvido Dobelis, the president of Latvian Grape Growers and Wine Makers Club, lives behind this gate.