The Club’s November meeting is also known as the Annual Meeting when elections are held for the incoming year’s Executive Board. Members in attendance can cast their votes; one vote per household membership. Proxy votes will also be accepted as specified prior to the election. Positions on the Executive Board are President, Vice President, Secretary,…
If you’ve wanted to know more about Ports and making Portuguese style ports, come to the October 15 SHW meeting. Veteran winemaker Luke Laubaugh will be entertaining us about ports especially with the styles and methods for making Portuguese style ports. A UC Davis Viticulture and Enology graduate, Luke is a former SHW member that…
Another Party?! Yes! SHW’s Holiday Party is already in the planning stages. We’ve reserved the Turn Verein for Wednesday, December 10th, secured a caterer for the dinner, and Fundraising Coordinator Ron Boyle is looking forward to receiving your donations. The Holiday Party’s silent auction and raffle is the Club’s largest fundraiser and proceeds help keep…
Sonoma Home Winemakers is celebrating their 40th anniversary and invites all winemakers to join them! The other SHW is hosting a free movie night on October 23 at the Sonoma Square’s Sebastiani Theatre featuring Tiny Vineyards, a fun documentary about Sonoma home winemakers and home vineyards. They will be serving homemade wines. Seating is limited….
Following the well-received seminar on September 6th by Clark Smith on Game-Changing Technologies for Home Winemakers, Clark has offered to SHW members a $50 discount off the registration fee of his class, Winemaking Fun-damentals Made Easy. If you are looking for a comprehensive and in-depth course on enology essentials without a huge investment of time and…
Meeting Program: this Wednesday’s meeting will give you a break from this crazy harvest. Bring your wine glass and enjoy an evening of armchair travel as members Robert and Darcy Wharton flash up their colorful slides and share their best Tuscan travel moments. There’s so much to see and do in Tuscany, let’s hope this…
