The classic Icelandic spirit is Brennivin (burnt wine) – a snaps with a strong caraway / fennel taste. It's marketed in a distinctly unappealing green bottle with an ugly black and white label.
Vegetables, flowers and fodder crops Even bananas and grapes can be grown in this way—but not usually on a commercial scale. Fodder crops are also important: this includes grass (which in Iceland is exceptionally nutritious as a result of the long periods of daylight in the short, cool summers), rye and barley.