MORE vineyards in the Winchester area have been battling frost to protect the young shoots of this year’s crop. Last week the Chronicle reported how the Grange Estate near Itchen Stoke had alerted a team of volunteers to go out in the early hours to light hundreds of bougies, French for candles, to keep the ground temperature above freezing. The Raimes vineyard, with two fields at Harnham Hill and Lamborough Lane, near Cheriton, has been forced to take the same measures last Thursday night. These beautiful images were captured by local photographer Simon Newman. In the top photo the candles at both vineyards can be seen.