The first vineyards in North America were planted in Texas in the 1600's by the Franciscans. It was a root-stock native to Texas that help end the Phylloxera epidemic, isolated and promoted by Mr. Munson, also from Texas. Today Texas has over 4,000 acres of producing vineyard farmland. Here are some figures on the economic impact of our wineries:

• "Contributes more than $13.1 Billion of Economic Value to the State of Texas (Download 2017 Texas Economic Impact Study Packet on American Wine Industry prepared by John Dunham & Associates)
• 104,267 full time jobs paying $4.3B in wages
• 1.7M tourist visits to Texas wineries spending $716.6M
• 436 Wineries (G permit issued by TABC as of August 18, 2017)"