Hot, dry summer making for a very good wine year, say grapegrowers

When grapegrowers look back on the hot, dry summer of 2016, they may raise a glass to toast one of the best growing seasons they’ve had in a while. The sun has baked much of the land in southern Ontario this summer to the point where most farmers are crying for mercy. But for those looking to harvest grapes to produce wine, the sun is a grape grower’s best friend.