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China’s Cold Gamble on Ice Wine Is Paying Off

In Tonghua’s frozen vineyards, native grapes and Canadian expertise yield an ice wine vintage that is winning global acclaim Tonghua, North East China — The Yalu River cuts a restless line between China and North Korea, flanked by the ridges of the Changbai Mountains In the valleys below, summer sunlight ripens grapes that will hang into winter, where they freeze into purple beads of ice From this unlikely borderland comes a wine now winning international respect: Chinese ice wine Once known for “red national wine” poured at […]