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#GTT (Gone to Texas) to Make Wine

Before there were hashtags, the brave souls who left the civilized world for the unknown wilds of Texas would carve the letters GTT on a sign, leaving it tacked to a door or fence post so that others would know they had “Gone to Texas”. The state’s wine industry is the latest to draw these tenacious spirits who will now have a place to call home with the opening of the Slate Mill Wine Collective in Fredericksburg offering budding winemakers the opportunity to step up their game.
From Crude to (di)Vine
The tremendous success and growth of the state’s wine industry is attracting those with the same entrepreneurial spirit that brought settlers to the Hill Country 170 years ago. This time the grit and determination comes from Randy and Carroll Jones and their seven offspring who have pivoted from their success in West Texas black gold to future hopes of purple gold. Building off the pioneering spirit that built a mill on the property near Fredericksburg in 1851, the family has purchased the esteemed 1851 Vineyards and have created Slate Mill Wine Collective as a full-service winery incubator. They’re teaming up with an all-star lineup of winemakers and professionals. “We have big plans and we’re just getting started,” said Chase Jones, Director of Vineyard Operations.

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