Just a friendly reminder that Sacramento Home Winemakers annual dues were due on January 1, 2026. A change in the website payment options: we have been having difficulty with the PayPal option for dues payments. Our webmaster, Robert Wharton and I tried solve this issue and it had become apparent that the only solution was…
Kevin Lemay is coordinating the 2026 ACIC cork group purchase for Sacramento Home Wine Makers (SHW). SHW is offering ACIC corks in sealed 250-count bags, sealed with SO2 gas for sterility. Available Cork Options – (Product details available at acicclosures.com) Please Note: Prices listed above do not include sales tax or shipping. Final pricing will…
The purpose of our wine evaluation meetings is to provide you with professional and peer review of your unfinished, usually not yet bottled wines. This evening Cuong Tran, winemaker at Scribner Bend Winery in the Sacramento Delta, will be our guest evaluator. He will be evaluating your 2025 white, rosé, and sparkling wines – your…
2026 amateur/home wine competitions are in full swing! The California State Fair Home Wine Competition will start accepting entries on March 1. SHW’s Jubilee wine competition is on May 16. Entry details will be following soon. Kick up the competition fun and compete for the Club’s Winemaker of the Year award. There’s a little planning…
Downsizing our vineyard in Plymouth. Going to pull 1000 vines. Approximately 300 each of Barbera, Pelite Sirah, and Primitivo. Vines are 7 years old. We will dig them up and you trim the bases as you want. $3. Will do February 21. 15401 Barney Road, Plymouth. Contact Terry at vfvwine@gmail.com or call at…
Hey, the El Dorado County Fair amateur wine competition starts accepting entries on February 16. The competition wines are to be dropped off at the Fairgrounds in Placerville. Donna Bettencourt can save you a trip. She offers to receive your entries for the competition at the SHW February 18 meeting. Can’t make it to the…
