Ice Wine Vineyard in Northeastern China

A tourist tastes the frozen grapes in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 8, 2016.

A journalist takes photos of the frozen grapes in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 7, 2016.

Local farmer Huang Jintang checks the frozen grapes at Haozigou Village in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 7, 2016.

A staff member shows the frozen grapes in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 8, 2016.

A farmer checks the frozen grapes in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 7, 2016.

A visitor watches the making of ice wine at a chateau in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 8, 2016.

A staff member shows a bottle of ice wine in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 7, 2016.

An orchard for the frozen grapes is seen in Ji'an of Tonghua City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 7, 2016.

As a dessert wine, the ice wine is produced from frozen grapes. In recent years, the local government of Ji'an encouraged the research and development of ice wine industry. The growing area of the special grapes has exceeded 330 hectares and local yearly production of the ice wine reaches 500 tonnes. The Ji'an ice wine has become an example of the Chinese ice wine in the global market.

Credit: Xinhua