Top 100 sweet wines of Oklahoma
Discover the top 100 best sweet wines of Oklahoma as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the sweet wines that are popular of Oklahoma and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state in the SouthCentral United States, bordered by Texas to the south and Kansas to the North. The state covers nearly 180,000 km² (70,000 square miles) between latitudes 33° and 37°.
Oklahoma is not an obvious place for quality viticulture, but grapes have been grown here since the days of the first settlers. Unusually, when Oklahoma joined the union in 1907, Prohibition was already Part of its constitution; it remained in effect until 1959, despite widespread smuggling, which led to the collapse of the state's well-developed wine industry.
The wine industry has grown markedly since the turn of the millennium, when there were only three Oklahoma wineries. As of 2018, there were about 40 wineries of varying sizes, located primarily in the central and eastern parts of the state. None reach the scale of those found in states like California and New York. The state government has established several different wine Tasting trails connecting winery tasting rooms in different parts of Oklahoma.
News from the vineyard of Oklahoma
The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley
Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...
‘Space vines’ trial on-track, says team who put Petrus in orbit
Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon ‘space vines’ that were fired into orbit alongside bottles of Petrus 2000 have been nurtured alongside their ‘daughter’ plants in western France, said researchers in an update on the project. ‘The first “space grapes” are now visible on the canes just a few months after the replanting phase that occurred in February 2022,’ said Space Cargo Unlimited, the start-up leading the project. A total of 320 vine canes spent more than a year on the Int ...
Champagne 2022 harvest: yield set is highest in over a decade
This is the highest level set since the 2008 vintage, and comes off the back of continued sales growth of Champagne around the world. It is in stark contrast to the 2020 vintage, which was set at 8,000kg per hectare, one of the lowest yields set in recent years, following both drought and a vast drop in consumer demand during the pandemic, which saw sales drop by 18%. In 2021, Champagne experienced one of its most difficult growing seasons for many years, with frost, hail, rain and disease wreak ...