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Mid-December 2024 Newsletter Hopefulness The waning daylight, Canada geese skittering across the sky, and the shift to cool weather take us to Thanksgiving and beyond. This time of year is the beginning of winter reflections, prayers, and looking forwards.  As for any person around the globe, I am thankful for family and friends, for myContinue reading “Mid-December 2024 Newsletter”

Mid-November 2024 Newsletter The Eternal Optimist- Patience, Hope, and Perserverance Anybody can grow decent grapes in a dry climate like California or the Mediterranean.  Here in Oklahoma, we easily have ten times more agricultural challenges for grape-growing than the west coast.  So, why do we persist? Because we are here, in Oklahoma, not Arizona, notContinue reading “Mid-November 2024 Newsletter”

October 2024 Newsletter Autumn – The Reward for Enduring a Summer I have never been a fan of hot weather. Scandinavians have a saying about winter, “There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.” That’s true in the far north where you can layer up, but down here in the relative south, unlayeringContinue reading “October 2024 Newsletter”

Almost Fall Fall is my favorite season of the year. The summer hothouse gives way to drier, cooler nights. Birds begin to change their daily patterns, and my wife finds our swimming pool too cold in September except during really hot days. We have three remaining small harvests, Cabernet Sauvignon on September 7, Merlot after thatContinue reading “Mid-September 2024 Newsletter”

August 2024 Newsletter Nature’s Bounty I have a difficult time getting myself psyched for the first harvest of the year. It is almost always Vignoles (white hybrid grapes). It comes earlier every year by a day or so. And it is always big, four tons this year. White grapes must be picked, destemmed, crushed, and pressedContinue reading “August 2024 Newsletter”

July 2024 Newsletter Changes This was the opening statement of our Declaration of Independence. “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which theContinue reading “July 2024 Newsletter”

June 2024 Newsletter Farming My academic background is chemistry and physics. I also have a Master of Divinity degree and served as an Episcopal priest. My winery partner is a retired pediatrician. Our vineyard manager is a Master Gardener. If you are going to make wine with integrity and produce wine from your land, soonerContinue reading “June 2024 Newsletter”

May 2024 Newsletter Resolute We have a storm drain on either side of our driveway. Drainage from the winery vineyard plus the crushpad washdowns during harvest all flow through these channels. Recently, I stepped out of the car and looked down to see this beautiful little grapevine bravely poking its leaves up through the heavy steelContinue reading “May 2024 Newsletter”