Life on the Edge - Norway
The Sydney Morning Herald and The AgeExcerpt
You don’t have to be a Viking to experience the fundamental joy of plunder. Albanian-born Tani Gurra steps forward, retrieves the wax-sealed bottle encrusted with coral and, with a flourish befitting his role as beverage director of Hurtigruten, pops the cork. Sparkling wine fresh as an oyster flows into my champagne coupe.
“Say ‘bubbles’,” he grins, taking a bow for the classic cuvee that’s been ocean-aged above the Arctic Circle over six months at a depth of 34 metres …