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Winemakers turn to torches to keep grapes from freezing

Winemakers in France turned to torches to keep their grapes from freezing during some unexpectedly cold nights this week, CBS News' Elaine Cobbe reports.

Photographer Aurélien Ibanez captured scenes of grapes in Chablis bathed in a warm glow and posted them online.

One winemaker told the website Decanter.com that the Burgundy region, which includes Chablis, hasn't seen such a frost since 1981.

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