Few places are as synonymous with black currants as Burgundy, France, where the fruit flavors the famous crème de cassis liqueur. At Joseph Cartron in Nuits-Saint-Georges, the fifth-generation ...

Fresh currants, which can be red, black or even white, are different than dried currants; they come from an entirely separate family of plants, and are related to gooseberries.

The unusual berry looks a bit like a blueberry’s odd-shaped relative and is described as a cross between a raspberry, black currant, and a blueberry with a hint of elderberry.