Announcement from Sacramento Home Winemakers Vice President Fayne Boyd-Katz: Ciao everyone! For the October 21, 2020 program we will be presenting an old time club favorite, “Gadgets & Innovations”, but with a bit of a twist. With your help, we’d like interested members to record a short video or a photo montage showcasing a favorite…
Do you wonder what happens when two science nerds get together to make wine? You got it! They turn their home winery into a “lab!’ Winemakers Kathleen Swanson and Michael MacWilliams have invited us into their urban garage winery where they make award-winning wines (e.g. Best of Show White Wine at the California State Fair…
Scott Harvey Wines owner and winemaker Scott Harvey has shared the video of SHW’s July 15, 2020 meeting: Adjusting pH in Wine. The beginning of the meeting didn’t get recorded but the remaining hour did. In the video, Scott along with the winery’s assistant winemaker Mollie Haycock answer Club questions as they bench trial SHW…
For those of you who participated in SHW’s July 15 webinar meeting featuring winemakers Scott Harvey and Mollie Haycock of Scott Harvey Wines, you’ll remember Scott referring to software that’s made available to SHW. Located on the SHW website page Speaker Resources, this “software” is an interactive Excel workbook loaded with formulas to help you…
Scott Harvey of Scott Harvey Wines shares a series of videos demonstrating techniques for determining and adjusting levels of components in wine. Viewing these videos is helpful for the July 15, 2020 SHW meeting webinar “Adjusting pH in Wine” featuring Scott Harvey and the winery’s assistant winemaker Mollie Haycock. The upcoming Scott Harvey webinar requires…
As previously announced, Scott Harvey is willing to perform a bench trial of SHW member wine samples to determine the optimal pH level. Every member who submits a sample will receive the results and feedback via email within a week or so. Thus far the following people have indicated that they wish to have…
