Hof van 't Hogeland
Top wine from Groningen soil
You might think: wine from the far north, that can never be anything. But more and more places in Groningen are successfully growing grapes to make wine. With a good dose of down-to-earth entrepreneurship, Wijngaard Hof 't Hogeland has managed to make beautiful wines. You can taste them in several restaurants.
Making a virtue of necessity
The adventure of Hof van 't Hogeland began in 2013. Elma Middel's old farmhouse in hamlet Groot Maarslag proved unsaleable due to earthquake problems. And then you have to do something. Elma decided to plant two thousand vines of the Solaris and Johanniter grape varieties, among others, on the southern slope of the mound. A wonderful example of the typical Groningen entrepreneurial spirit. Don't whine, just shrug. Or better still: kop d'r veur.
