Meeting Program. Getting ready to bottle? At the Club’s March 19 meeting, guest speaker Scott Harvey with Scott Harvey Wines shares his tips on fining, filtering, and finishing wines before putting them into the bottle. Even the smallest adjustments to wines before bottling can encourage wines to age longer and more gracefully. Scott plans to…
The Club has lots of fun things coming up as we slide into harvest (technically 5 months from now). You may want to participate in the Jubilee wine and label competitions or join the 2025 white wine focus group or taste your way through a couple of workshops (sherry and olive oil). Don’t forget to…
The Marin County Fair invites entries into their amateur wine and wine label competitions. Entries will be accepted through April 2nd. Wine entries are only $10 per entry and wine label entries are $5 per entry. Best of show white wine and best of show red wine winners will receive $75 plus medal each. Best…
The Placer County Wine & Grape Association (PCWGA) extends an invitation to Sacramento Home Winemakers members to their March 13th event “Barrels and Other Choices for Wine Aging” . The evening panel discussion is at Twin Rocks Winery Estate in Granite Bay. SHW members do not need to RSVP. See this link for additional information….
The Sacramento Home Winemakers Education Committee is polling its membership in order to know if there is interest in providing a 2025 White Wine Making 101 focus group. This group would be open only to current SHW members who are making white wine for the first time. Participation in the group requires a commitment to…
The Orange County Wine Society in conjunction with the Orange County Fair has sponsored the Orange County Fair’s home wine competition since 1976. This statewide competition is accepting wine entries from March 1 through May 23rd. There is also a wine label contest. See this link for additional information.
