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Headline: Winery Uses Flaming Torches To Protect Grapes From Freezing

Caption: This Italian vineyard is being kept ablaze – to magical effect. The Abbazia di Novacella winery in South Tyrol is using three hundred anti-freeze lanterns to warm vulnerable grapes to protect them against rare freezing temperatures. A part of an ancient monastery, Abbazia di Novacella is among the oldest active wineries in the world, dating from 1177. According to Italian news service Ansa, the region has not seen such low temperatures in May since 1987. Temperatures of between -3 and -9 degrees C were recorded last Wednesday morning. The winery commented: “A cold night in the vineyards of Novacella. With candles, we tried to keep the damage on the vines as low as possible.”

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