Escondido Valley AVA

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| name = Escondido Valley AVA

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| type = American Viticultural Area

| year = 1992{{cite web | url=https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr&SID=9cfdb16bbeb8c115d87f38c0bc52e68c&rgn=div8&view=text&node=27:1.0.1.1.7.3.41.121&idno=27|website= Code of Federal Regulations | title=§ 9.141 Escondido Valley |date=2008-07-10| 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

| similar = Bell Mountain AVA, Fredericksburg in the Texas Hill Country AVA, Mesilla Valley AVA, Texas Davis Mountains AVA, Texas High Plains AVA, Texas Hill Country AVA, Texoma AVA

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| soil = Loam

| total size = {{convert|32000|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|250|acre|ha|0}}{{cite web |title=Escondido Valley (AVA): Appellation Profile |url=http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Escondido-Valley.html |website=Appellation America |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829112908/http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-region/Escondido-Valley.html|archive-date=2018-08-29 |date=2009|url-status=live}}

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| grapes = Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chenin blanc, Colombard

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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|year=2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227154248/http://www.gotexan.org/ExperienceGOTEXAN/TexasWine/TexasWineries.aspx |archive-date=2018-12-27 |access-date=2007-12-16}} It was the fifth 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. The largest winery making Escondido Valley AVA designated wines was Ste. Genevieve Wines, whose winery facilities were 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 |year=2006 |accessdate=2007-12-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810113235/http://www.winesocietyoftexas.org/winery_by_county.htm |archivedate=2007-08-10 }} Mesa Vineyards, owners of the Ste. Genevieve Winery, filed for bankruptcy in January 2022. {{Cite web |last=Warnock 4 |first=Kirby F. |date=2022-08-25 |title=A West Texas Winery—Once the Largest in the State—Has Closed Up Shop |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/food/winery-once-largest-in-texas-closed/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en}}