Frozen Vines (and Fingers) Yield a Sweet Reward

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Dan Stouck, center, was among the volunteers picking grapes recently at Malivoire Wine Company in Bearnsville, Ontario.
By JULIA LAWLOR
Published: February 26, 2010
Beamsville, Ontario

IT is 14 degrees above zero as a group of wine lovers converges in a vineyard on the Niagara Peninsula. Frosty bundles of Riesling grapes hang on rows of vines in the pale, gathering daylight. A storm the night before has left behind six inches of fresh snow. More