Yellow Barn Winery

As you stroll the rolling hills of the Thousand Islands, the waters of the St. Lawrence River not far away, you might think: This is a great place for a vineyard. And then the winters set in, and the mercury plummets to 40 below – enough to kill a weaker grape – and you think, maybe not. But the development of cold-hardy grapes has given rise to Yellow Barn and several other wineries and vineyards that make up the Thousand Islands-Seaway Wine Trail. Yellow Barn produces several varietals of whites and dry or sweet reds.