Wondering if your wine has VA? We now can test for acetic acid using the Sentia Wine Analyzer! Seems like there might be some residual sugar? We can test that also with glucose and fructose strips! Currently we have test strips for free SO2, Malic Acid, Acetic Acid, Glucose, Fructose and Titratable Acidity (TA). All…
Kathryn Dobbins is a SHW member and provide the following opportunity. I have a climate-controlled metal building on my 2-acre working vineyard (former Fawnridge Winery site) and am offering limited private wine storage with optional hands-on mentoring for serious home winemakers. What’s Included: • Secure, temperature-controlled storage for your carboys, barrels, or bottled wine. • …
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).
WineMaker Magazine is excited to again offer you as a member of the Sacramento Home Winemakers club a special 50% savings on a WineMaker+ online subscription membership. WineMaker+ members get full annual online access to upcoming new digital WineMaker issues published every other month plus the back issue library dating back over 25 years packed with…
Ken and Lean Stafford, home winemakers and viticulturists are offering an “adopt-a-rpw” opportunity for the home winemaker. Read the details here.
Winemakers can drop off their wine samples for analysis at Folsom Lake College’s El Dorado Center in Placerville. Due to limited staffing, drop-off procedures have been updated (see this link). The major change is to contact instructor Clare Kessler to ensure that she can receive your samples directly.
