Oklahoma Winemaking

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A couple years ago, when I left New York, I laid out what wines I had tried to make there, what worked, and what didn't.

I've lived simply here in Oklahoma, only taking up my old hobby again on a very small scale. A few farms out here have you-pick blackberries, and I've made our harvest into a couple batches of blackberry wine following John Wright's recipe. The verdict is a solid "A:" every bit as good as grape wine and probably second only to elderflower champagne in my book.

Wherever I end up, elder bushes and blackberry brambles are the first things going in the ground.