The Jubilee Picnic and Awards Party will be Sunday June 26 so mark your calendars. The results of the Jubilee Wine Competition from the previous day will be revealed and we’ll enjoy an afternoon of wine and food. The party location will be Judy Pinegar’s Back Yard and Barn in Loomis. The picnic/BBQ begins at…
The Amador County Fair in coordination with the Amador Winemakers Association is pleased to announce the 2022 Amador County Fair Home Winemakers Competition. This year’s competition will be open to all residents of California. Wines must be made from grapes of the Sierra Foothills AVA which includes the following counties: Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa,…
Wine making and beer making items for sale: variable capacity tank, basket press, filler, bottles, cleaning brushes. See list below (it may take a while to download). Items are in Auburn. Items must be sold by June 15. Contact Ingred Pierson at 916-709-5626 and ingridp32@gmail.com.
The California State Fair is back this summer, July 15-31, 2022. Before we approach the State Fair management to discuss SHW having a booth during the run of the fair, we need to gauge the interest in having you, our members, staff the booth. Staffing the booth entails answering fair goers typically basic questions regarding…
We have created a process whereby a user (you), can look up grape sources for specific varieties of grapes that have been available to home winemakers in our area in past years. In addition, there is a new form for users to input their interest in Buying or Selling specific grape varieties. The resultant table…
It’s wine competition season, and SHW Chief Judge Donna Bettencourt encourages everyone to enter competitions. To help your wines to show their best, she shares this article from WineMaker magazine written by Dave Green, Prepping Wine for Competition.
