SHW’s annual Rex Johnston Home Winemaker of the Year award recognizes winemakers who have excelled based on the opinions of qualified judges in structured home wine competitions. To be considered for this year’s award, interested members must submit their entries by November 30, 2025. The successful candidate will be announced at the Club’s December 10…
The annual wine making 101 crush was held Saturday, August 23 at Great Bear vineyards in Davis. There were seven new wine making participants who purchased grapes, tempranillo, to make a batch of wine. When we arrived, winery co-owner Marcus Meadows-Smith had the grapes already crushed and in a macro bin, so all we had…
Place your prder by Wednesday, July 23. For sale for the first time since 2021, just in time for the harvest season! Proudly fly your SHW colors by purchasing a SHW Crush T shirt. Follow this link: https://www.sachomewine.com/t-shirt-order-form to see, select and purchase the 2025 SHW Crush T shirt for $22 in a selection of…
For sale for the first time since 2021, just in time for the harvest season! Proudly fly your SHW colors by purchasing a SHW Crush T shirt. Follow this link: https://www.sachomewine.com/t-shirt-order-form to see, select and purchase the 2025 SHW Crush T shirt for $22 in a selection of colors, styles, and sizes. Deadline to purchase…
Bring your wine samples to Wednesay’s meeting if you would like to test for free SO2 and / or malic acid. We have test strips on hand for these analyses. Each test per wine is $5 apiece. The Club’s Sentia wine analyzer also tests for acetic acid, residual sugar, and Total Acidity. Since the Sentia’s…
Congratulations to SHW members who captured Double Gold and Gold awards at the 2025 California State Fair Home Wine Competition. The Club is purchasing 250 each of Double Gold and Gold wine bottle stickers. If your wine(s) earned earned Double Gold or Gold awards at this year’s competition and you would like some stickers to…
