The purpose of our wine evaluation meetings is to provide you with professional and peer review of your unfinished, usually not yet bottled wines. This evening Cuong Tran, winemaker at Scribner Bend Winery in the Sacramento Delta, will be our guest evaluator. He will be evaluating your 2025 white, rosé, and sparkling wines – your…
The purpose of our wine evaluation meetings is to provide you with professional and peer review of your unfinished, usually not yet bottled wines. This evening Cuong Tran, winemaker at Scribner Bend Winery in the Sacramento Delta, will be our guest evaluator. He will be evaluating your 2025 white, rosé, and sparkling wines – your…
SHW members are invited by Placer County Wine and Grape Association (PCWGA) to participate. Vineyard Soil Management 📅 February 21 ⏰ 9:00 am – 11:00 am 📍 4255 Burnett Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 Join PCWGA for an education session on the importance, and best practices, of caring for your soil to ensure a healthy and productive vineyard. This…
Mark your calendars! SHW’s 2026 wine competition and picnic is the weekend of May 16-17. The members-only wine competition will be on Saturday, May 16 in Sacramento, and the picnic – awards ceremony will nr in Loomis on the following day. Watch for the details!
January 21’s meeting features guest speaker Mike Dunne, seasoned wine judge for both commercial and home wines. Mike provides insights into the process that he and many wine judges use to evaluate wines. He’ll cover the importance of color, clarity, aroma, taste, balance and finish. We will be tasting with Mike so bring 2 wine glasses…
The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at UC Davis has a couple of wine events coming soon – February 4, 2026: Sips and Bites – The Chemistry of Distinctive WinesDiscover how winemakers create distinctive wines, such as sherry, aged oak Chardonnay, or New Zealand-style Sauvignon Blanc. We will taste six wines and reveal…
