NEWS AND EVENTS
Redlands 2016 Harvest
Another stellar year for the Tempanillo grapes. 
We picked 900 pounds more than the previous year.

Thanks to the families that helped pick this year: 
Fogleman's, Smith's, Murone's, Aballi's, Booth's and the Sherman's

Over the last several years Chuck and Karen have encouraged other Redlanders to plant grapes and try their hand at winemaking.  

We hope to share what we know and experience about the farming and winemaking experience.  

We anticipate others will be harvesting their Redlands and Yucaipa grapes 2017-2019 and trying their hand at winemaking.
Redlands 2014 Harvest Celebration

 

We harvested our 3rd Year Tempranillo grapes for the commercial production of wine Saturday August 23rd at 211 Elder Road, Redlands.  A small group of local Redlands natives participated in picking grapes and a champagne toast to the harvest.

 

Tempranillo is a Spanish red wine variety of grape, and one of two varieties planted at 211 Elder Road. Chuck and Karen Sherman (brother and sister) own the property they grew up in and planted the lower parcel in vines 3 years ago.

The other varietal planted, Sangiovese, an Italian wine grape, was harvested a few weeks Prior to the Temranillo harvest and has finished fermentation as a Rose wine.  It will continue to age in a steel tank for 6-12 months prior to bottling.  The wine is produced and bottled by Coyote Oaks Vineyards of Escondido, CA.  


Coyote Oaks Vineyards is a small micro boutique winery established in 2010 by Karen Sherman. 

 
GardenMasters Charles Sherman has teamed up with his sister ,Karen Sherman from Coyote Oaks Vineyards, to install new vineyards in the Redlands area. They have chosen a Sangiovese and Tempranillo grape for Phase One to withstand the high heat and desert-like influences of the area. (John Valenzuela/Staff Photographer)

Photographs by: John Valenzuela

Redlands Daily Facts - Staff Photographer

Vintners Plant Grapes in Redlands

Kristen Hwang, Correspondent
Posted: 06/14/2012 05:07:29 PM PDT
 

Vineyards might not say Redlands like the historic local orange groves, but winemaking once had a rich history in town, prompting one local to start the process again.

 

Chuck Sherman, owner of Garden Masters landscaping company, has partnered up with sister and winemaker Karen Sherman to start sustainable grape growing in town and connect local growers through their website. Sherman said that the two of them have focused on planting species that can withstand the high elevation and dry climate

 

"All these people want to make wine, grow gapes and drink wine," Sherman said. "We're around to help the process and show people they can."

 

The 1-month-old plot on Elder Street is a test area for the Shermans to introduce grape species to Redlands. Karen Sherman, who has been making her own wine with Coyote Oaks Vineyard in Escondido since 2005, chose Tempranillo and Sangiovese grapes to plant in town because of their hardiness.

 

Sherman also said that this initial plot will serve as a model to show interested people the cost differences of various types of irrigation. Typical residential landscaping uses more than 3,500 gallons of water per week, while grapevines use 750 gallons per week, Sherman said.


"There's a lot of people who brew beer in town," Sherman said. "But we're going to convert them and make them winemakers."

 

Kristen Hwang, a Redlands native, is a journalism major at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Arizona. She is a summer intern at the Redlands Daily Facts, and can be reached at KLHreports@gmail.com or 909-793-3221.

 
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