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Wine appellation · TX

Texas Hill Country

The Texas Hill Country appellation was established in 1993 and covers 9,329,700 acres across Bandera, Bexar, Blanco. It contains 2 sub-appellations.

Established1993
Area9,329,700 acres · 14,578 sq miles
CountiesBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hays, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Medina, Menard, Real, San Saba, Travis, Uvalde, Williamson
Contains2 smaller appellations
Federal listing27 CFR 9.136
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Inside this appellation

How it came to be

Recognised by the federal government on petition by nan.

9,329,700 acres


The boundary, as written into law

Every American wine appellation is defined in federal regulations by walking the boundary landmark by landmark. The official description of this one begins:

(1) The beginning point is the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and State highway 29 to the north of the city of Austin, on the Austin Texas, U.S.G.S. map; (2) From the beginning point, the boundary follows State highway 29 in a west-northwesterly direction to the intersection with U.S. Highway 183; (3) The boundary then follows U.S. Highway 183 in a northwesterly direction to the top of the Austin map and...

Boundary traced by the UC Davis Library from the official descriptions in federal regulation, and released under an open licence. Smoothed for manufacturing. Decorative use only, not for legal boundary determination.