Fernwood Cellars in Gilroy won several awards in competition
this year.
Fernwood’s 2002 Zinfandel, Santa Cruz Mountains, Redwood Retreat
Vineyards won the Best Santa Cruz Mountains Red by the Santa Cruz
Mountains Commercial Wine Competition this summer.
Fernwood Cellars in Gilroy won several awards in competition this year.
Fernwood’s 2002 Zinfandel, Santa Cruz Mountains, Redwood Retreat Vineyards won the Best Santa Cruz Mountains Red by the Santa Cruz Mountains Commercial Wine Competition this summer.
The competition attracted 39 professional judges from across the country, and as far away as Toronto.
Another Fernwood wine, the 2001 Santa Cruz Mountains Cabernet Sauvignon won a gold medal at the San Francisco International Wine Competition, standing out in a field of more than 3,000 entries from across the world.
The 2001 El Dorado Zinfandel increased its standings at the same event and received a silver medal.
Among the three competitions open only to California wineries – the California State Commercial Wine Competition, the El Dorado County Wine Competition and the Orange County Fair Wine Competition – Fernwood Cellars brought home two silver medals and a bronze.
The 98-acre winery is owned by Matt and Tiffany Oetinger, and is located west of Gilroy in the Santa Cruz Mountain Appellation.
The property was originally a homestead and was transformed into a vineyard in 1999 and a winery site in 2001.
The winery is beginning to bottle its 2003 harvest.
Fernwood Cellars is located at 7137 Redwood Retreat Road in Gilroy and can be reached at (408) 848-0611 or www.fernwoodcellars.com.
2002 Zinfandel,
Santa Cruz Mountains,
Redwood Retreat Vineyards.
* Gold at 2004 Santa Cruz Mountains Commercial Wine Competition-Best of Region
2001 Santa Cruz Mountains
Cabernet Sauvignon
* Gold medal at 2004 San Francisco International Wine Competition
* Bronze medal at the 2004 Orange County Wine
Competition
2001 El Dorado Zinfandel
* Double Gold at 2004 Santa Cruz Mountains Commercial Wine Competition
* Silver medal at 2004
California State Wine
Competition
* Silver medal at 2004 San Francisco International Wine Competition
2002 El Dorado Zinfandel Late Harvest
* Silver medal at 2004 El Dorado County Wine
Competition
