Escondido Valley AVA

Infobox Wine Region
name = Escondido Valley AVA


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type = American Viticultural Area
year = 1992 [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#27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.121 Code of Federal Regulations. "§ 9.141 Escondido Valley."] 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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part of = Texas
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total size = convert|32000|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 Escondido Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Pecos 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 fith designated wine area in the state of Texas, and covers an area of over convert|32000|acre|km2|0. There are no wineries located in the Escondido Valley AVA. One winery that makes Escondido Valley AVA designated wines is Ste. Genevieve Wines, whose winery facilities are located near Fort Stockton. [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