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About 85% of the wine grapes in Texas are grown on the Texas High Plains in approximately 4,000 acres (1,600 ha). The AVA is the second largest AVA with over 8,000,000 acres (12,000 sq mi). Elevation ranges from 3,300 to 3,700 feet. [9] Texas Davis Mountains AVA (1998) - West Texas. Only one winery in existence when granted AVA status in 1998.
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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 Texoma AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in north central Texas, on the south side of Lake Texoma and the Red River that forms the border with the state of Oklahoma. [5] The Texoma region is where 19th century viticulturist Thomas Volney Munson discovered that grafting Vitis vinifera grapevines onto native American varieties of ...
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 .
It was the fifth designated wine area in the state of Texas, and covers an area of over 32,000 acres (129 km 2). [3] There are no wineries located in the Escondido Valley AVA. The largest winery making Escondido Valley AVA designated wines was Ste. Genevieve Wines, whose winery facilities were located near Fort Stockton . [ 5 ]
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]