All Club members are invited to submit their wine entries into the annual Jubilee Wine Competition. The entry period opens on March 16 and closes on April 22. This is a friendly club-only competition when judging takes place on May 16, and the awards are revealed the next day at the Jubilee Picnic and Awards…
The purpose of our wine evaluation meetings are to provide you with professional and peer review of your unfinished, usually not yet bottled wines. This evening Brad Alderson, our guest evaluator, will be evaluating your red 2024 and 2025 Bordeaux wines, single varietals or blends. Brad is a friend of SHW both as a judge…
The Orange County Fair, in conjunction with the Orange County Wine Society, invites entries into their 50th home wine competition. Deliveries are accepted from March 1- May 22. There’s a wine label competition, too! See this LINK for more details and to enter.
Grower-winemaker in Fair Play (El Dorado County) would like to lease her 2-acre Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard for 2026. Grower can provide guidance if new to farming grapes but would like some fruit in trade for farming the season. She provides some details: This is a Cabernet Sauvignon block planted in 2015. It’s Lafite Rothschilds clone…
Once again, the Sacramento Home Winemakers is proud to partner with the California State Fair to coordinate the Home Wine Competition. Donna Bettencourt will again, along with Mike Menard, be coordinating the competition. This competition is one of the largest home wine competitions in the state with over 700 entries. Entrants not only will receive awards and accolades but…
Need corks? You have until February 24 to participate in the Club’s ACIC Cork Group Buy organized by Kevin Lemay. See HERE for the details. Members only.
