We had our first harvest beginning August 15, 2006. The birds got their share, but we did manage 200 pounds of Chardonel, 100 pounds of Cynthiana/Norton & 10 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon. The Cab & Cyn were fermented together & we have 6 gallons of juice aging in the temperature controlled wine room. The Chard was sold to Summerside.

We planted almost 400 new vines starting April 15, 2006 at our vineyard site at Royal Horse Ranch. Along with Chardonel, Cynthiana/Norton and Cabernet Sauvignon, Seyval Blanc & Shiraz were added this year. A very hot & dry summer took it's toll and the deer harvested a lot of young leaves all summer long. We hope most of the new vines will make it through the winter giving us a total of about 525 vines in the ground..

We planted 50 Cabernet Sauvignon on June 15, 2006 at a new development on Monkey Island called "Cabernet Bay". An additional 250 are in he works for 2007.

2007 has been an interesting year to be in the "sustainable agriculture" business.  We're glad (as of this writing, 12/01/07) that the year is coming to a close.  There was the "Ice Storm" from hell in January; a beautiful , warm March with great growth on the primary shoots, buds & all; the "Easter Weekend Freeze" from hell in April; the "Monsoon" from hell with over 10.5" of rain in June...get the picture?

We battled mold, fungus, root rot, leaf rot, bunch rot, deer, birds and all kinds of mean, nasty, ugly things in the vineyards.  So much for our "Oklahoma Centennial 2007" bottelings..."where's the fruit"?

An additional 58 vines were planted at Cabernet Bay, with replacement vines at Royal Horse Ranch.  We will have to wait until March of 2008 to see what lived theough the Winter.  Keep up the faith, growers.  2008 HAS to be better!

The deer ate all of the Cynthiana grapes in 2008 & 2009, the mould & rot got the rest!

The 2010 Cynthiana crop looks great...wanna go deer hunting?

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