FDV (Foreningen af Danske Vinavlere) - The Association of Danish Wine Growers
In 1993 a small group of hobby wine growers formed the Foreningen af Danske Vinavlere, the Association of Danish Wine Growers. Today there are more than 1,300 members. The members are a combination of people interested in wine, hobby growers and commercial wine growers.
One of the goals of the association is to gather experience from grape varieties and cultivation of vines outdoors in Denmark and thereby create possibilities for a lasting, viable wine production.
As from 1 August 2000, thanks to the fierce pressure from FDV, Denmark was officially approved as a commercial wine growing country by the EU. The doors were thus open for Danes to cultivate vine as agricultural crops, under the supervision of the Danish Plant Directorate, and subsequently make wine from the grapes under the control of the Danisk Veterinary and Food Administration.
