Join your fellow Sacramento Home Winemakers on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at 7 P.M. at our monthly meeting. Our featured program will be a moderated panel discussion with four (4) of SHW’s award winning fruit wine makers. They will share the secrets of their success from fruit (and vegetable) selection, and processing, to yeast selection,…
Former SHW member – John Wong is selling his wine making equipment. Click on photos to see the items. If possible he would like to sell all items at once for one price. He writes “Selling/giving all my wine making stuff, moving. Please text me 916-531-7150”
SHW Member Lou Rego is selling the following equipment: 25gal. fermenter or transport vessel $10carboy carry handles 3 -orange 5 or 3 gal. $5 ea.Che metrics – sulfite test kit 7 tests w/titrator $12Ph test strips Precision labs 90+ $85 gal. glass carboy $226 gal. fermentation bucket w/lid/airlock and stopper $15bottle tree rotating stand –…
Free Barbera grapes, Approx. +/- 200 Lbs, Harvest is Oct 4th, you pick, Amador County (Fiddletown). If interested please email Ken & Leah at kenleah@staffordsmountainhome.com.
Folsom Lake College has returned from their summer hiatus and is resuming their testing. Effective August 24, 2026, there will be new testing days and hours in which you can drop off your samples: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Winemakers can drop off their samples at Folsom Lake College’s El Dorado Center…
Last Wednesday, September 16, 2026, Tina Valenzuela from Laffort USA, visited us for our monthly meeting. She gave SHW members an informative and lively presentation, addressing the development of mouthfeel in our wines, whether naturally, or as a correction. Tina has generously shared her presentation with us providing members the opportunity to view. Additionally, this…
