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is re-establishing its once thriving wine industry. In the 1920s, winemaking played a significant role in the state’s economy, before the dust bowl and Prohibition killed it. In the early 1990s, the industry was struggling. Fortunately, interest in diversifying the state’s agriculture, favorable changes to state laws, and recent recognition of distinct state microclimates combined to help restore a viable wine industry. The industry benefits from a strong grape growers' association repesenting the wineries on a wide range of topics, including recent conversations with state legislature regarding the negative effects of 2,4-D spray on agricultural crops, particularly grape vines. Oklahoma now has close to 40 wineries and a steadily growing number of acres under vine. Most of its vineyard activity is in the northeast, where two of its wineries fall just outside of the Ozark Mountain AVA. In the northwest, a small cluster of wineries thrives in higher elevations around Enid. A single winery grows exclusively Read more »

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Varietals Produced in Oklahoma View all

Pinot Noir

“With so voluptuous a perfume, so sweet an edge, they make the blood run hot,” Joel Fleischman, wine columnist at Van...
Cabernet Sauvignon

“King of the Red Wine Grapes.” The colonizer of the vineyards, pushing native wine grapes into its shadows. The Caber...
Sauvignon Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc is widely grown in California -- at over 15,000 acres, it’s now the third most planted variety -- and...
Zinfandel

Parentage of the grape: Crljenak to Austria to America. In the 1970s, claims surfaced that the Italian Primitivo is l...
Merlot

The Occitanian word “merlot” translates to “young blackbird.” An accurate description for this popular, early-budding...

Popular Wineries in Oklahoma View all

Oak Hill Winery

At Oak Hills Winery and Vineyards, we believe that the wine one drinks should be as high in quali...
Stableridge Vineyard & Winery

Opened in 2004, Stableridge's tasting room is located in an 1898 Catholic Church. The '08 harves...
Deer Creek Vineyards

Deer Creek Vineyards is a 70 acre property with 40 cultivated acres which will produce in excess ...
Territory Cellars

Out of the ashes……When the historic BonTon building burned in early November of 2006, Territory C...
Whispering Meadows Vineyards and Winery

In 2005, Bob and Karen Stobaugh established the Whispering Meadows Vineyards on twelve acres of t...
Festivus Wines

To celebrate this holiday in the manner befitting this time-honored tradition, we have created a ...

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March 2009

On the May 29th and 30th, 2009, the 3 Rotary clubs in Norman, Oklahoma will host the 7th Annual Le Tour De Vin. This event is a weekend of winetasting, food sampling, music, and silent and live auctions. Proceeds from the event benefit the Mary Abbott Childrens's House, an organization that assists childhood victims of abuse and neglect, and oth... Read More

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January 2009

Those of us with wine websites get the zaniest e-mail requests. Usually the ... they are back in the US (in Oklahoma or northern Florida or some other hopeless barren wasteland when it comes to wine selection). However, there are also many people who write to ask about some bottle that they found in their garage, attic, basement, grandmother'... Read More

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