Ready to enter your wines in the SHW Jubilee? But are you a sometimes confused about awards given in wine competitions? You’re not alone. While similar, home/amateur wine competitions have different individual and collective award structures that change often. We encourage entrants to read the fine print. Any wine entered in the Jubilee earns an…
Are you interested in submitting wines into the Orange County Fair Home Wine Competition? A representative from the competition has offered to deliver members’ entries to the Fair saving you shipping costs. Thad Rodgers will be collecting the OC Fair’s wine entries at the April 15 SHW meeting. Alternatively, you can drop off your entries…
Viña Castellano in Auburn is offering “A Journey Through Spain” the evening of April 9. Continuing the cooperative partnership with Placer County Wine and Grape Association (PCWGA), SHW members are invited to the event at PCWGA pricing. See here for additional information. Journey Through SpainAn Evening of Wine, Tapas & StorytellingViña CastellanoApril 9 | 6:30…
Don’t guess! Get your wines tested by the Club using the Sentia wine analyzer. SHW offers wine analyses of your wines for pH, titratable acidity (TA), free SO2 , malic acid (MA), and glucose-fructose (residual sugar).
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 March 18 SHW is a busy one so here’s a road map. Brad Alderson, the evening’s guest evaluator will be evaluating your 2024 and 2025 red Bordeaux varietals and blends. See the details here to submoy uyour wines for evaluations. We’ll be accepting wine entries for the California State Fair Home Wine Comprtition, SHW…
