Gotneaux Creek Vineyard Grower Profile

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Carleton & Cindy Turner

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Carleton & Cindy Turner

This month’s Grower Profile features my favorite vineyard name: Gotneaux Creek Vineyard. If you don’t know how to say it, try “Got No Creek Vineyard.” There are many vineyard names that include the word Creek. Looking at the Texas Wine Lover vineyard list, there are 20 other different vineyards with the word Creek and there are probably more.

Carleton and Cindy Turner have their vineyard in London, Texas, which is northwest of Fredericksburg. I had the pleasure of running into Carleton Turner back in 2016 at Pontotoc Vineyard for which Gotneaux Creek Vineyard supplied Tannat. We are pleased to present Gotneaux Creek Vineyard as this month’s Grower Profile.

What did you do before growing grapes?

I had a rewarding career in state government, culminating in Retirement as the Texas Senate Sgt-at-Arms in 2006.

When did you first plant your vineyard, and how many acres did you start with?

I planted my first two acres in April 2006.

How many acres do you have today, and what grapes are planted?

We planted three more acres in 2012 of Tannat and Alicante Bouchet.

Do you farm any other crops? And if so, what?