Texas Hill Country Wineries
- Non-profit trade association founded in 1999
- 53 Winery Members, 30+ Grower Members, 12+ Associate Members
- Industry outreach and educational events
- 5th Annual Hill Country Wine Symposium 2019
- 300 attendees, 30 exhibitors, Grape Exchange, 25 educational sessions
- Consumer outreach and events
- 2,600 consumer event/wine trail tickets sold each year
- 93% of visitors are from Texas
- #1 Google-rated website
- Yearly website traffic 200K+
- Over 37K social followers
- Yearly social impressions 312K+
Texas Hill Country Wine Industry Scholarship Awards
- 2016 – $6,000 awarded to 2 TTU students & Melanie Holloway Memorial Fund
- 2017 – $11,000 awarded to 12 A&M and TTU students
- 2018 – $10,000 awarded to 9 A&M, TTU and WSET students
THCW Industry Support
- 2013-2014 hosted Grower Field Days & Dinners to help support the Texas A&M AgriLife Fruit & Viticulture Lab, raising over $60,000 donated directly to the program
- 2015-2018 Wine Sponsor for the High Plains Winegrowers Soiree
- GO TEXAN, Texas Wine & Grape Growers Association and Wine America member
Texas Hill Country AVA
- Established in 1991
- 2nd largest AVA, 9 million acres/15K sq miles/22 counties
- 80+ wineries
- 1,000+ vineyard acres
- 400K+ cases produced
Top 10 Wine Travel Destinations in the World – Wine Enthusiast, 2015
2nd Fastest Growing Wine Destination in the Nation – Orbitz.com, 2010
