According to the Texas Wine and Grape Growers Association and Texas Tech's Wine Marketing Research Institute study:

• Texas is America's No. 5 wine producer
• Texas is America's No. 7 winegrape producer
• The Total economic impact to the State of Texas from the wine and winegrape industry is $1.7 billion
• An estimated 1.3 million tourists visited Texas wineries in 2009 generating $379.5 million in wine tourism expenditures
   

The growth of the industry prompted the Texas Enology Network to launch an improved version of its extension oriented website with science based technical information and learning opportunities for enologists and commercial grape and wine producers in Texas. Users are now able to find valuable information related to:

Education

• Continuing Education
• Specialized Training
• Technology Extension and facilitatation/adoption of innovative practices
• Interactive learning

Information

• A resource for accurate information of interest to enologists and winemakers
• Pertinent information from multiple institutions at one location
• Links to accurate technical and compliance information sources already existing
• Interactive site for real-time problem solving
• Timely and topical information on current enology issues
• Enology workshop and symposia materials for download

Research/Researchers

• Material development, joint ownership and peer-review
• Recognition of contributions to achieving the mission of Texas Enology Network