In Pictures: The making of Georgian Hills' dessert wine
Take a closer look at how the winery produces its 'Frozen on the Vine'
A winter view of Georgian Hills Vineyards in The Blue Mountains, Ont.ROBERT KETCHIN
A landscape view of the vineyard in winter. It produces a wine that meets all of the standards of being an ice wine but one, so it can't officially label its product 'ice wine.'ROBERT KETCHIN
Vidal blanc grapes on the vine, growing under protective netting.ROBERT KETCHIN
Another view of the grapes. Vidal blanc are the same grapes that line several vineyards in the Niagara region, the most popular area where ice wine is made.ROBERT KETCHIN
Harvesting time: Georgian Hills retail manager and assistant wine maker Vanessa McKean picks grapes.ROBERT KETCHIN
Volunteers pick the frozen grapes.ROBERT KETCHIN
Checking the temperature: Harvesting and crushing of the grapes occurs at a temperature between -8 and -12 degrees CelsiusROBERT KETCHIN
Georgian Hills retail manager and assistant wine maker Vanesssa McKean fills a basket press with frozen grapes.ROBERT KETCHIN
The basket press, where the grapes are pressed.ROBERT KETCHIN
The juice from the grapes pours from a basket press into a pail, which is then taken to fermentation tanks.ROBERT KETCHIN
Head wine maker Lindsay Puddicombe with the fermentation tanks. The wine is then bottled.ROBERT KETCHIN
Bottles of Georgian Hills Vineyards’ 'Frozen on the Vine' dessert wine.JULIE CARD, LEFT; ROBERT KETCHIN