Sunday 19 May
OKG Newsletter
Greg Horton
French summer
The new French rosés have arrived just in time to help you cool off for summer.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
The Tavel region of France makes one kind of wine: rosé. The winemakers there have been making it for more than a millennia, and their expertise shows in every bottle.
Okie evangelist
Andrew Snyder is working to drag Oklahoma’s wine industry into respectability.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Every pioneer gets a nickname, but so many of the good ones are clichés: godfather, guru, founding father — even pioneer.
Vino-sophy
Abe Schoener, one of the most divisive names in winemaking, was in Oklahoma in April to introduce to his remarkable wines.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Abe Schoener is a philosopher — a real one. He holds a doctorate in ancient philosophy, studied Heraclitus after going to school to study Homer, and has managed to make a name for himself in wine, not philosophy.
Wine Forum wrap-up
Argentinian wines, already well-established in the state, were the focus of this year’s event.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
South America has been the source of remarkable value wines for the past two decades. Beginning in the 1990s, Chile began collecting shelf space and market share, especially with familiar names like Concha y Toro, Frontera and Walnut Crest.
‘Life’ laws
Gov. Mary Fallin signed two ‘pro-life’ measures, and there may be more to come.
News
Greg Horton
On April 20, Gov. Mary Fallin signed into law two bills her office referred to as “pro-life.”
Stop gap
An obvious hole in the city trail network exists along Nichols Hills boundaries, but officials and donors are seeking to fill it.
News
Greg Horton
A plan to extend the Oklahoma City multiuse trails through Nichols Hills appears to be moving forward.
On the scene
Thanks to a continually evolving, collaborative scene, Oklahoma is developing a reputation as a preferred destination for world-class wines.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Bill Stoller has traveled from Oregon to Oklahoma regularly since the early 1990s. Stoller Vineyards, the Willamette Valley winery he owns with his wife, Cathy, was featured at the recent Wine Forum of Oklahoma at Oklahoma State University.
Auditions
OGE’s energy audits allow homeowners to see where they’re leaking energy and losing money.
News
Greg Horton
OGE wants to give you $355 worth of services and materials for only $50. Even the most Pollyannaish among us will raise an eyebrow at that claim. The deal is part of OGE’s Home Energy Efficiency Program, and it includes a home energy audit designed to save you money on your utility bill.
Global warming and wine
Climate change in France threatens to force radical changes on some of the world’s premier winemaking regions.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
France’s oldest wine regions — Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rhone — are famous for producing wines of great subtlety, complexity and balance.
Summer crop
The new crop of rosés are arriving in the metro just in time for patio season.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Rosé is not a large category in the metro, and very few stores dedicate serious space to the style, but along with Riesling, it’s a summertime standard, thanks in part to its versatility. It’s a great sipper, very refreshing and food-friendly.
Wine studies
The second Wine Forum of Oklahoma focuses on wine and food around the world.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
This Friday and Saturday, Oklahoma State University’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration will host the second biennial Wine Forum of Oklahoma.
Missionary position
Already the white wine of choice in its native Argentina, Torrontes looks ready to win America over as well.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Argentine Torrontes is rapidly developing a reputation for excellence and affordability. James Laube, a fulltime wine critic for Wine Spectator magazine, said of a recent trip to Argentina that he could not locate a bad example of Torrontes.
Creation conversation
A two-day event at Crossings Community Church will discuss if life is accidental or all part of God’s plan.
News
Greg Horton
Crossings Community Church hosts a “Darwin vs. Design” conference on Friday and Saturday, bringing wellknown intelligent design proponents Michael Behe and Jay Richards to town.
Tweet ’n’ eat
Metro restaurants have embraced social media to spread their message to tech-savvy diners.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
“We had a rough Saturday night,” the tweet read. “We want to apologize to everyone we had to turn away. We’re a small restaurant & sometimes mistakes happen.”
Dessert wine
Red, white or dessert wines pair well with a wide variety of chocolate.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Dessert can sometimes be the death knell for wine at dinner, especially for fans of dry red and white wines. However, it need not be, especially if dessert includes chocolate.
