Agronomy engineer and oenologue graduated from Bordeaux University, Peter Sisseck is a visionary Danish winemaker. He worked for several important Bordeaux wine cellars and for Simi Winery (California), and together with his uncle, Peter Vinding-Diers, he became known for pioneering a new style of Bordeaux white wines. He arrived in Spain in 1993 to manage a new project, Hacienda Monasterio.

While planting and developing Monasterio, he began to dream about the old vines he saw dotted around the Ribera del Duero landscape. By the 1995 vintage, Peter had found a group of old vines that spurred him to embark on his own project. He called it “Pingus,” after his childhood nickname. Robert Parker announced the wine on the back cover of his Wine Advocate -“One of the greatest young red wines I have ever tasted”- bestowing an unheard of 100-100 point score in 2004. Over the past decade, Peter has continually refined his original vision. Since 2001, he has employed biodynamic viticulture to capture a healthier balance in his vineyards in new projects as Quinta Sardonia.

He raised his wine to the highest imaginable level of international recognition.