January 15 meeting. Wake up your taste buds! Wines from eastern and central Europe are different and interesting and can spawn evening-long conversations. Come to SHW’s January 15 meeting and learn about them. The evening’s guest speaker is Eric Danch with Danch and Granger, a company that imports central and eastern European wines. Eric will…
Happy New Year! Sacramento Home Winemakers is accepting membership applications for 2025. Annual membership dues remain at $60 for general memberships (up to 2 persons at same address) and $10 for higher education student memberships. Whether you aspire to start making wine or grow your own grapes, or wish to refine your enology and viticulture…
Winemaking items for sale: 2 double-barrel racks, metal, $75 apiece or both for $125 2 single-barrel racks, metal, $50 each 5 beer kegs, $25 apiece or 2 for $40 1 stainless steel tank with floating lid and valve, 300 litre, excellent condition, $400 19 5-gal plastic carboys (some are Better Bottles), $15 apiece or 3…
The California State Fair Home Wine competition will be accepting entries February 1-28. This contest is one of the required competitions to complete for SHW’s Winemaker of the Year award. The Fair’s competition date is on April 5. Watch for enty details.
At the December 11, 2024 club holiday party, members we’re honored for their accomplishments and contributions. Byron Froman received the Bob Beck Memorial Educator of the Year award. Tony Devine received the Stu Shafer Memorial Most Improved Winemaker award. Sip Happens, team of winemakers comprised of Amanda Westerman, Patrick McGillivray, and Matt Gallagher, was awarded…
If you paid your 2024 membership dues by March 1st of 2024, you are receiving a year’s subscription to WineMaker magazine which ends with the April-May 2025 issue. WineMaker magazine’s December 5 email entitled “An Update to your WineMaker Subscription” outlines changes on accessing the magazine’s contents. The print version will cease immediately. Instead, subscribers…
