Kelleris Vineyard is situated in North Zealand, Denmark close to the coast of Oresund - in the beautiful and protected area stretching inland from the Louisiana Museum and Krogerup Folk High School. The vineyard is owned by Susanne and Søren Hartvig Jensen.
The vineyard was established in 2001. On a southeast slope providing favourable growing conditions, 1,000 vines of mixed varieties were planted. The following year another 3,000 vines of the Rondo variety were added. Today the vineyard has a total of 4,200 vines on an area of 1.3 hectares, or 3.2 acres, equalling 6 kilometres of vine espaliers.
In 2007 the vineyard's subterranean winery was completed which means that all processes in the wine production are now done at the vineyard.
Passion and Focus on Quality
The goal of Kelleris Vineyard is to make commercial Danish wines of the highest possible quality. Utopia wines from Kelleris Vineyard are made with passion and dedication to quality. The vines are cut and pruned intensively during the growth season, and green harvesting is done. The grape clusters are hand picked and hand sorted to ensure that only the very best grapes are used. The vinification follows traditional procedures; fermentation in open vessels with manual stirring. The wines mature primarily in French, American and Hungarian oak barriques.
- Søren Hartvig Jensen together with the President of the Sommelier Society of Denmark, Mr. Jesper Boelskifte
Utopia wines have achieved several awards, gold-, silver- and bronze medals at numerous wine shows.
