Bell Mountain AVA

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name = Bell Mountain AVA


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type = American Viticultural Area
year = 1986 [http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=1bff23721f73118153a4957b609abb1f;rgn=div5;view=text;node=27%3A1.0.1.1.7;idno=27;cc=ecfr#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.35 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.55 Bell Mountain."] Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas. Retrieved Nov. 15, 2007.]
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country = USA
part of = Texas, Texas Hill Country AVA
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total size = convert|3200|acre|km2|0Professional Friends of Wine (2007). [http://www.winepros.org/consumerism/ava.htm "American Viticultural Areas"] . Retrieved Nov. 15, 2007.]
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The Bell Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Gillespie County, Texas. [cite web|url=http://www.gotexanwine.org/findwinesandwineries/appellations.html|title= The Wine Growing Regions of Texas|publisher=Texas Wine / Texas Dept. of Agriculture|date=2006|accessdate=2007-12-16] It was the first designated wine area located entirely in the state of Texas, and covers an area of over convert|3200|acre|km2|0. The appellation is entirely contained within the Texas Hill Country AVA, which was established nine years after Bell Mountain AVA. As of 2006, there were nine wineries in the appellation. [cite web|url=http://www.winesocietyoftexas.org/winery_by_county.htm|title=List of Wineries by County|publisher=Wine Society of Texas|date=2006|accessdate=2007-12-16]

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ee also

* Texas wine