Why it matters
The producer
Suttungs Bryggeri is a small-scale mead producer in Skåne. Its reference point is drinks associated with the Viking Age and Middle Ages, but its bottles are defined by present-day ingredients: Swedish honey, raspberries or cinnamon, fermentation and bottle age. There are no grapes or formal wine appellations in the range; the name on the bottle instead signals which honey-based expression is inside.
Suttungs Mjöd is the central bottle. It uses locally produced honey from one farm in Skåne and contains no additives, leaving the honey source and fermentation to carry the flavour. Kvaser and Yggdrasil begin from the same honey-based idea, then turn the profile toward fruit or spice.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
Staffanstorp is the practical setting for Suttungs Bryggeri, which has worked in the countryside outside the town since 2015. Skåne matters here through the raw material: the producer uses Swedish honey from the heart of the region, and the standard mead draws its honey from a single local farm. Place therefore appears in the bottle through honey rather than a named vineyard.
That distinction changes how to read the range. A grape wine often directs attention to variety and site; Suttungs Mjöd directs it to the honey base, while Kvaser and Yggdrasil show what happens when fresh raspberries or cinnamon stick are added to it.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
In their place are honey sources and a fermentation schedule: traditional Suttungs Mjöd is made from locally produced single-farm honey, ferments for up to two months, then is bottled directly. That extended fermentation establishes the drink’s honey-led body before bottle development adds deeper dried-fruit character.
The production uses local raw materials and no additives. For Kvaser, a large quantity of fresh raspberries shifts the honey base toward fruit; for Yggdrasil, a substantial portion of cinnamon stick moves it toward warm spice. The cellar work is simple in outline, but each ingredient changes the aroma and palate direction of the finished mead.
Wines to know
The range in view
Suttungs Mjöd is the foundation of the range: a sweet traditional mead from honey produced on one Skåne farm. The 2023 bottling is fruit-driven and honey-led, with clover blossom, sultana, beeswax and spice among its recorded notes. Its role is to show the full, sweet texture of the honey base before a flavouring ingredient takes over.
Kvaser Hallonmjöd is the fruit branch. Fresh raspberries provide the main change, bringing raspberry aroma and flavour into a sweet honey drink with palpable texture. It is not a different grape or site; it is a raspberry-led version of the same mead format.
A useful way in
A bottle to begin with
Start with Suttungs Mjöd. It is the standard mead, made from additive-free honey sourced from one Skåne farm and fermented for up to two months before bottling. Expect sweetness, honey, clover blossom, sultana, beeswax and spice, with a broad honey-based texture and the possibility of raisin and date notes after time in bottle. It comes before Kvaser or Yggdrasil because it shows the unflavoured honey foundation from which the raspberry and cinnamon versions depart.