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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 Mountain AVA. [2] As of 2006, there were nine wineries in the appellation. [5]
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 (14,062 sq mi).
The Fredericksburg Historic District is located in Fredericksburg, Texas in Gillespie County. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas on October 14, 1970 [ 2 ] The district area coincides with the original platting of the town by Herman Wilke, and the streets are laid out in a wide grid.
Gillespie County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas.As of the 2020 census, its population was 26,725. [1] The county seat is Fredericksburg. [2]
Fredericksburg is located east of the center of Gillespie County 70 miles (110 km) north of San Antonio and 78 miles (126 km) west of Austin.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 22.3 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi), of which 22.2 square kilometres (8.6 sq mi) are land and 0.12 km 2 (0.05 sq mi), or 0.55%, is covered by water.
Pioneer Memorial Library Fredericksburg, Texas. The Pioneer Memorial Library was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1967, Marker number 10045. 115 W. Main Street Designed by architect Alfred Giles, it served as the Gillespie County Courthouse from 1882 until 1939.
Bluemont may be: Bluemont, Virginia; Bluemont, Arlington, Virginia; Bluemont Junction Trail; Blue Mont Central College; Bluemont Presbyterian Church and Cemetery; Bluemont Historic District; Bluemont Junction
The trend of celebrities owning wineries and vineyards is not a recent phenomenon, though it has certainly garnered more attention in today's Information Age. In ancient Greek and Roman times, the leading philosophers , playwrights , politicians and generals of the day often owned vineyards for personal use. [ 1 ]