CASSELTON, N.D. -- Harvest season is in full swing to produce North Dakota's version of red wine. Maple River Winery owner Greg Kempel expects to turn 14,000 pounds of chokecherries into wine. On ...

Enterprising pickers use fruit for syrup, wine and jelly. The scientific name for chokecherry is Prunus virginiana. Prunus tells us that chokecherry is related to fruit-bearing trees such as plums, ...

Just as you can divine the story of the land, or the "terroir," in a good French Burgundy, a glass of Minnesota fruit wine tells the story of this area: its caches of wild fruit, its early inhabitants ...

Medora, so famous for cowboy history, may gain another reputation. This one will be for its chokecherry wine. The Billings County Historical Society has struck a deal with the Maple River Winery at ...

Chokecherry, Prunus virginiana, is a small shrub or tree found near Montana's rivers and streams. It is one of our most important edible native plants. The scientific name for the genus, Prunus, ...

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