Viktor Trojaborg

My name is Viktor Trojaborg, I am 30 years old and have spent the last 13 years of my life in the restaurant industry. My real interest in wine arose 8 years ago when my then employer suggested I take a wine education – this cemented my path into the world of wine, and I began my education at the Danish Sommelier Education in 2016. This has subsequently led to a series of educations, and as the latest addition, I have just finished my last exam for the WSET Diploma in London, from which I am eagerly awaiting the results.

On a daily basis, I work as the Wine Director for Kong Hans Kælder, Henne Kirkeby Kro, and Connection by Alan Bates, where I have the pleasure of purchasing for our combined wine cellars and, in collaboration with our skilled head sommeliers, assembling wine lists and wine menus at the respective restaurants as well as ensuring that in the future, we can continue to offer the best bottles and thus maintain our place among the best Danish restaurants.

For me, wine has not only become a livelihood but also a hobby – I engage in all aspects, from heavy theory to the flavorful blind tasting, and have even cultivated 3 rows of grapes together with a few partners on a farm up in North Zealand. My vacations always take me past a wine region, and I make a virtue of going on wine trips at least once a year, partly to keep myself updated, partly to dive into the cellars of the winemakers and expand my understanding of what, for me, has become the seed of my livelihood: Wine.