A Clean Slate
Slate Mill Wine Collective, a full-service winemaking incubator set on a picturesque 75 acres just outside Fredericksburg, could be the future of wine production in Texas. Driving up the gravel roadway to the tasting room, it doesn’t look all that different from the dozens of wineries that line US 290. There’s cornhole on the patio, grapevines in neat rows, and a shiny red vintage truck with barrels in its bed parked in the lot.
But sitting down for a tasting hints there is something more going on here. Instead of
