Making Fruit Wine Class – Saturday August 7, 2021 with Judy Pinegar Want to try something new? It is a Fruit Wine Making Class, taught classroom style for the initial learning complete with talking about important tools and tricks of the trade. Following that, there is several rotating hands on instruction for: 1) Fruit processing for…
Harvest 2021 will be here in just a few weeks! Get your grapes. Hopefully, you have your grapes sourced but if you’re still looking, you can find possibilities here. Get your winery into shape. At SHW’s upcoming monthly meeting on July 21, Petaluma winemaker Bob Peak will be covering important topics when preparing for the…
Folsom Lake College (FLC) offers a associate degree in Small Vineyard and Winery Management and also a certificate in Small Winery Marketing. VITI 308 Fruit to Wine – Enology, may be of particular interest to home winemakers as the course entails the production of wine making from grapes and other fruit plus students also make…
If you think vinegar will make itself by letting a batch of your bad wine sit in a dark corner in your cellar, it can. But, if you’re interested in making really good wine vinegar using the traditional method, and you missed SHW’s July 6, 2021 Vinegar Making session via Zoom with Brad Alderson, here’s…
If you have been wanting to learn how to make wine, or to brush up on your basic winemaking skills, come to SHW’s Winemaking 101. The workshop is open to active SHW members ( at no charge ) and to non-members for $30.00. If you join SHW before, or during, the workshop for $50.00, the…
If you have been wanting to learn how to make wine, or to brush up on your basic winemaking skills, come to SHW’s Winemaking 101. The workshop is open to active SHW members ( at no charge ) and to non-members for $30.00. If you join SHW before, or during, the workshop for $50.00, the…
The results for the 2021 Orange County Fair Home Wine Competition are out! Congrats to SHW members whose wines earned honors! Find the complete results here.
The El Dorado County Fair invites home winemakers and wine label designers to enter their 2021 homemade wine and label competitions. Wine entries are due July 22, 2o21. See here for the details and entry forms.
The Club has been sharing lots of info with you in the blog. At times, there’s more than one new blog post per send-out so read past the first item in the notification. Here’s the latest of what’s been going on at SHW: May 13 Zoom about gasses – curious about how gasses can help…
The Amador County Fair invites entries for their homemade wine competition. Entries close May 31, 2021. Entry form can be downloaded below.
