Grape Notices and News
Grape Question of the Month:
Q: Will temperatures below 32 degrees F hurt grape vines?
A: Yes, they can. Unopened grape buds can be damaged at 28 degrees F or lower. However, buds that have already opened can be damaged at temperatures of 31 degrees F or lower. The amount of injury or damage is dependent on the stage of growth and the duration of the cold temperature.
Submitted Grape Events
| Link to Stillwater Sunday NewsPress article recapping Oklahoma Wine Forum, April 5, 2009.pdf | |
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"Hoping to further Oklahoman's wine knowledge, Oklahoma State University started the Viticulture Education Program in 2000 for grape growers, wine makers and wine drinkers. It isn't a degreed course, but an informative support to a proliferating industry. If Oklahomans want to produce wine, then OSU, whose faculty has been studying grapes off and on for 100 years --wants to help, says Eric Stafne, assistant professor of fruit and nut crops extension, OSU-Stillwater." read the full article from Oklahoma Magazine from the April issue, 2009. |
Wines and Vines article on Oklahoma wineries |
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Oklahoma Coming to Epcot International Food and Wine Festival --Tulsa's KJRH Television, July 31, 2007, NBC Channel 2 Related: Oklahoma Department of Commerce, July 31, 2007 |
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Aerial roots on grape vines from cold damage (spring 07). Photo taken July 2007. Move cursor over image to see close-up. |
Oklahoma Travel: Oklahoma Wine--Endangered Species? |
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Oklahoma Centennial Commission recognizes Rubaiyat the Centennial Grape, April 2007. Article on Rubaiyat (.pdf) |
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Analysis of the April Freeze Event in Oklahoma, 2007 |
| Report of the 2006 Oklahoma Grape Growers Survey (.pdf) |
