Life Is Too Short To Drink Crappy Wine.
Thoughts from an Episcopal Priest, Father of two daughters, Husband, Scientist and Winemaker.
Spring Is Here
I am looking out my window as robins cavort in the sun. Today will give us gorgeous weather as most of us trudge back to work on Monday. Later today, I will meet with our vineyard manager and assistant winemaker as we examine grapevine buds for signs of early “bud break.” We don’t want the…
A Scientist in Winter
Although my “career” as a scientist took a twenty-five-year hiatus while I served as an Episcopal priest on the east coast and now in Oklahoma, I am still a scientist at heart. That is, I need observations, real data, and evidence that support a theory to produce intelligent conclusions. Some pretty face on the news…
Winemaker musings in the dead of winter
It will be icy and snowy these next few days and I am thankful that most of my outside work at the winery is done for now. Being a farmer, I worry about our vines – all 4,500 of them. Last year’s February freeze that knocked out the Texas power grid also knocked out 450…
2020 Looking Ahead
I write this while looking out my window at crystal clear, blue skies with puffy clouds. Hardly a hint of humidity and summer haze. Wisconsin resort weather has moved in for a few days just to tease us hearty Midwesterners. We know it won’t last. The 2020 vintage got off to a rocky start this…
Pecan Creek Winery wins Double Gold medal for wine made from local grapes
Pecan Creek Winery of Muskogee submitted several wines to the Finger Lakes International Wine Competition in New York state last month. The results of judging were released April 18 and Pecan Creek took a Double Gold medal for the best red hybrid. From its premium line of single varietal dry wines, Barrel Reserve 2014, a…
What In the World Is That?
Hopefully, we still have a couple of more weeks until “bud break” begins. That is the annual point in the life cycle of a grapevine where the buds swell with fluid pressure and new growth. They are literally ready to burst forth becoming new fruiting canes to provide the fruit of the vine in about…
Top 10 Reasons To Visit Your Local Winery
10. You might learn something new. The winemaker is often there and you can have a conversation on winemaking, physics, theology, agriculture, you name it. Sample and purchase wines available ONLY at the winery. For example our 2014 Estate Vignoles (30 cases) has been only available at the winery. Our 2016 Private Reserve Estate Rose (12…
Wines From Midwestern Native Grapes- Seriously?
Yes, we are crushing our first three tons of genetic hybrid Midwestern grapes next week (in December). This is a tale of horticultural perspicacity, a father-son legacy, winemaking creativity and industry cooperation. First, let’s go back to the beginning or shall we say, “to our roots?” In the 1960s, Oklahoma City horticulturalist, George Girourad, began to experiment genetically crossing…
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