The state in the south centre of the USA with the capital Oklahoma City covers 181,000 km². It borders Arkansas and Missouri to the east, Kansas to the north, Colorado to the north-west, New Mexico to the west and Texas to the south and west. Oklahoma became the 46th state to join the Union on 16 November 1907.

Viticulture in Oklahoma began at the end of the 19th century; the first commercial winery is thought to have been established around 1898. State prohibition (the ban on the production and sale of alcoholic beverages) from the founding of the state, national prohibition (1920-1933) and the severe dust storms of the so-called Dust Bowl in the 1930s largely destroyed the young industry. The strict federal alcohol law was only repealed by referendum in 1959, which led to a slow reconstruction. From the 1990s onwards, numerous new wineries emerged, establishing modern viticulture in the state.
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