This year 148 wines were entered in the SHW Jubilee wine competition, the work of 44 individual winemakers or teams. Entries covered 20 different classifications from Albariño through Zinfandel. All entrants received written comments providing feedback about their wines. Congratulations one and all on your achievements. Click here to view the awards sorted by winemaker….
It’s not too late to enter your wines into the Club’s Jubilee Wine Competition. Entries close this Wednesday, April 22. You can drop off your wines are various locations. Go to this link to enter and for the drop-off locations.
At the April 15 meeting, you can bring your wine entries for both the SHW Jubilee and Orange County Fair. Thad Rodgers will be in the Turn Verein’s back parking lot to receive your wines from 6:15 – 7:00. No need to lug your entries upstairs. We make it easy for your to enter your…
You entered one of your favorites into last year’s Jubilee. Can you enter it again in this year’s Jubilee? Yes you can! And why would you do that? Sometimes, the judges may think a wine is well-structured but could benefit from more time (might use the term “tight”) and gives the wine a Silver award….
So… you’re looking around your cellar and you see that you’ve got a little of a wine that you may have used for topping. Then there’s a couple of wines that left over from bottling, some maybe from previous vintages. You sample the wines and they still taste pretty darn good. Then you blend the…
We need more volunteers on Saturday, April 25th to work as Panel Assistants and in Data. If interested, email Stacey Winton, State Fair Home Wine Volunteer Coordinator at stacey.winton@comcast.net. Volunteers do not need to be SHW members.
