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Texas ranked as the fifth largest wine producing state by 2019. [3] The state is home to over 42 members of the Vitis grape vine family with fifteen being native to the state, more than any other region on earth. [1] [4] As of 2017, the state had over 4,550 acres (1,840 ha) planted with Vitis vinifera. [1]
The Texas Hill Country AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio and west of Austin, Texas. [3] The appellation is the third largest American Viticultural Area in geographic area behind the Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA and Ohio River Valley AVA, covering an area of over 9,000,000 acres ...
T. Texas Davis Mountains AVA. Texas High Plains AVA. Texas Hill Country AVA. Texoma AVA. Categories: Wine regions of the United States by state or territory. Alcohol in Texas. Texas culture.
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
The Bell Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Gillespie County, Texas. [4] It was the first designated wine area located entirely in the state of Texas, and covers an area of over 3,200 acres (5 sq mi). The appellation is entirely contained within the Texas Hill Country AVA, which was established nine years after Bell ...
Llano Estacado Winery is a winery located in Lubbock, Texas. It is one of the oldest wineries in Texas. History. In 1976, Llano Estacado Winery was established in southeast Lubbock County, Texas, while it was still a dry county. The state legislature passed a bill two years later permitting wine production in dry counties.
The Mesilla Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located primarily in the state of New Mexico with a small area in the state of Texas. [3] Spanish explorer Don Juan de Oñate arrived in the area in 1598 and named a Native American village in the valley Trenquel de la Mesilla, from which the valley as a whole became known as Mesilla ...
The Texas Davis Mountains AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas. [3] Surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert, the appellation takes advantage of cooler elevation and lower annual rainfall in the Davis Mountains. The land within the boundaries of the AVA ranges between 4,500 feet (1,372 m) and 8,300 ...