2012 Memorial Day Weekend

The 2012 Memorial Day Weekend is off to a busy start.  We brought in over 1000 pounds of Rhubarb at the Maple River Winery.  We had groups stop by to visit today from 10 different states and Canada.  Looks like the rest of the weekend with rain in the forecast will be a time to spend it indoors.  That means we'll be busy this weekend.  Think everything is in place for staff to be there til 7pm on Friday night...6 or 7 on Saturday night...noon to 5pm on Sunday and then 9 to 5 on Monday.  We went through a lot of wine and spirits today.  The top seller was Chokecherry Vodka.  It seems the Chokecherry Truffle and the Chokecherry Fluff have become big hits.  Might have to mix a couple of them up later.

Remember to take time this weekend and remember the reason we have a 3 day weekend.  Memorial Day Services in Casselton begin at 10am with a parade from the Fire Hall to the Cemetery.  Our thanks go out to each and every veteran as well as their families.  We are glad that we are free.  Thank you!!

2012 Maple River Distillery Drink Recipe Contest

What a fun ride the 2012 Drink Recipe Contest has turned out to be.  We were hoping for a couple of hundred entries for our Drink Recipe Guide that will be released in June, what we weren't expecting was almost 1800 entries!! Wow!!  This past Thursday, we unveiled 3 of the 9 finalists.  Someone will win $1,000.00 on May 31st for using either Pride of Dakota product, Maple River Distillery Rhubarb Vodka or Maple River Distillery Chokecherry Vodka.
The 3 finalist drinks are:
Rhu Woo
Rhuby Rhed and
Chokecherry Truffle.  To view instructions click here for the Maple River Distillery Semifinalist page.

Can hardly wait for this Thursday to see the next 3 drink recipes that make it to the finals.

Good luck!!