An essential part of the vineyard is a serving temperature. The wrong choice can ruin the taste almost completely.
Norwegian Black Metal band Satyricon’s bell character, Sigurd Wongraven is also a distinguished wine maker.
Wongraven says he makes wines with the same attitude as music.
The most important thing is that the end result is the best possible. In this case, you do not first think about what might be in the minds of people or markets.
With this guideline, Wongraven has managed to create wines that are not the cheapest but still want to buy.
He says he wants to make wine as art.
“Wine is history, wine is people, the wine is nature,” Wongraven describes.
Sigurd Wongraven’s work is also the winner of the wine tasting, or Pruck. Heljä Salonen
The best in the box
WONGRAVEN MORGENSTERN Riesling was selected as the white tap wine of the year in 2025.
– I wanted to make the best box wine. And that’s what it became! says Wongraven.
Wongraven promises that this tap wine will not lose its shades in the box, but even matures beautifully for a while. The maturation occurs at refrigerator temperature.
When serving wines, it is good to remember the importance of serving temperature. Temperature has a big impact on how wine opens to our senses.
White wines, champagne and sparkling wines are at their best cooled. Red wine is often served at room temperature, which Wongraven does not recommend.
In the video, Wongraven gives advice on the best serving temperature of red wine.