Bell Mountain AVA

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{{Infobox wine region

| name = Bell Mountain AVA

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| type = American Viticultural Area

| year = 1986{{cite web | url=https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&SID=9cfdb16bbeb8c115d87f38c0bc52e68c&rgn=div8&view=text&node=27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.35&idno=27 |website= Code of Federal Regulations | title=§ 9.55 Bell Mountain | date=July 10, 2008 | format=Title 27: Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; Part 9 — American Viticultural Areas; Subpart C — Approved American Viticultural Areas | access-date=2007-11-15}}

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| country = United States

| part of = Texas, Texas Hill Country AVA

| similar = Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country AVA

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| climate region = Humid subtropical

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| total size = {{convert|3200|acre|sqmi|0}}{{cite web | website=Professional Friends of Wine |date=2007 | url=http://www.winepros.org/consumerism/ava.htm | title=American Viticultural Areas | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212025202/http://www.winepros.org/consumerism/ava.htm |archive-date=2007-12-12 | access-date=2007-11-15}}

| planted = {{convert|70|acre|ha|0}}{{cite web |title=Bell Mountain AVA: Appellation Profile |url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Bell-Mountain.html |website=Appellation America |access-date=25 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829112243/http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Bell-Mountain.html |archive-date=2018-08-29 |date=2007 |url-status=live}}

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| grapes = Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Riesling

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| wineries = 1

| wine produced = Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Riesling

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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|year=2006|access-date=2007-12-16| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080107032150/http://www.gotexanwine.org/findwinesandwineries/appellations.html| archive-date= 7 January 2008 | url-status= live}} It was the first designated wine area located entirely in the state of Texas, and covers an area of over {{convert|3200|acre|sqmi|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 |year=2006 |access-date=2007-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810113235/http://www.winesocietyoftexas.org/winery_by_county.htm |archive-date=2007-08-10 |url-status=dead }}