Texoma
The north Texas AVA along the Red River — and a footnote in saving French wine.
Texoma sits up on the Red River, well away from the Hill Country, and it carries a genuinely outsized place in wine history thanks to one local grape researcher.
- Established
- 2005
- Counties
- 6
- Elevation
- 500–800 ft
- Acres
- 3,800,000
- Soil
- Sandy loam, red clay
- Climate
- Humid continental
About the region
The Texoma AVA stretches across north Texas along the Red River, near the Oklahoma border. It is a smaller, more spread-out region than the Hill Country, with a different grape mix suited to a wetter, more humid climate.
History
Broad overviewTexoma was established as an AVA in 2005, but its historical significance runs deeper: in the 1880s, grape researcher T.V. Munson worked in this area, and his work with native American rootstock helped rescue France’s vineyards from the phylloxera epidemic. It is one of the few genuinely world-historical footnotes in Texas wine.
Geography & climate
Broad overviewSandy loam and red clay at roughly 500 to 800 feet under a humid continental climate. The grapes reflect that wetter setting — Norton, Blanc du Bois, and Chambourcin, varieties that tolerate humidity better than the Mediterranean reds of the Hill Country.
Grapes & what it’s known for
Best known for: Norton, Blanc du Bois, Chambourcin, T.V. Munson’s phylloxera research.
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