Texoma AVA


Texoma AVA
Wine region
TypeAmerican Viticultural Area
Year established2005[1]
CountryUnited States
Part ofTexas
Climate regionHumid subtropical
Total area3,650 square miles (2,336,000 acres)[2][3]
Size of planted vineyards55 acres (22 ha)[3]
No. of wineries6[4]

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 vine rootstock resulted in vines that were resistant to phylloxera. The technique saved the European wine industry when it was brought to France, which was suffering its first phylloxera epidemic. The region was not designated an American Viticultural Area until 2005.[2]

  1. ^ "§ 9.136 Texoma" (Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas). Code of Federal Regulations. July 10, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Alley, Lynn (December 14, 2005). "Appellation Update: Government Approves Six New AVAs Around the Country". Wine Spectator. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008..
  3. ^ a b "Texoma (AVA): Appellation Profile". Appellation America. 2007. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
  4. ^ "List of Wineries by County". Wine Society of Texas. 2006. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
  5. ^ "The Wine Growing Regions of Texas". Go Texas Wine. Texas Department of Agriculture. 2006. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2007.