BANGOR DAILY NEWS • August 31, 2020
The old saying is that when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade. When life gives you wild blueberries, though, making wine not only tastes delicious — it may help save Maine’s iconic crop. Though Maine is the United States’s only producer of wild blueberries, the industry has struggled over the past few years with dwindling harvests, disease, falling prices and increased international competition. There have been a number of attempts to creatively address the issue. Nothing has stuck, but the latest effort is showing some promise: wild blueberry wine.