Bell Mountain AVA
| Bell Mountain AVA | |
|---|---|
| Appellation type: | American Viticultural Area |
| Year of establishment: | 1986 |
| Country: | United States |
| Part of the wine-growing region: | Texas Hill Country AVA |
| Recognized cultivation area: | 1,300 hectares (3200 acres) |
| Grape varieties: | Cabernet Franc , Cabernet Sauvignon , Chardonnay , Chenin Blanc , Colombard |
Bell Mountain AVA (recognized since October 10, 1986) is a wine-growing region in the US state of Texas and is part of the Texas Hill Country AVA . The area is in Gillespie County .
Bell Mountain AVA was the first purely Texan wine-growing region to receive the status of an American Viticultural Area . The superordinate appellation Texas Hill Country AVA was only established five years after the Bell Mountain AVA. In 2006 there were a total of nine wineries that bottled wine under the name of the appellation.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Code of Federal Regulations. "Section 9.55 Bell Mountain." ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 - American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C - Approved American Viticultural Areas. Last access to this page January 2, 2008.
- ^ A b Professional Friends of Wine (2007). "American Viticultural Areas" ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Last access to this page January 2, 2008.
- ^ The Wine Growing Regions of Texas . Texas Wine / Texas Dept. of Agriculture. 2006. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
- ↑ List of Wineries by County . Wine Society of Texas. 2006. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 16, 2007.
literature
- André Dominé : Wine . 1st edition. Tandem Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8331-4344-1 .