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Sacramento Home Winemakers
We’re a volunteer non-profit social club promoting the art and science of home winemaking. Meet new friends, make wine and have fun!
SHW’s 2024 Jubilee – Enter your wines and labels
Event Details. Wine Competition Rules and Info. Entry Form.
Join Sacramento Home Winemakers
SHW is currently accepting 2024 memberships for both continuing and new members. Memberships may be submitted on-line, by USPS, or in person at a Club meeting. For membership details and membership application, click here.
Next Events
March 13 – April 17 – Accepting entries for SHW’s Jubilee Wine and Label Competitions: This year’s Jubilee is May 18-19. Members only. See here for the event’s details.
April 17 – General Meeting: Sensory Improvement Additives. Enartis enlightens winemakers with enhancements and possible fixes for your wines.
April 20 – Winemaking 201: interactive workshop for winemakers with at least 3 vintages experience. Q&A format: pre-fermentation and post-fermentation. Watch for more.
Recent Events
March 9 – Pruning Clinic
Mild and warm winter – it’s time to prune before bud break! About a dozen SHW members bundled up and drove the scenic route to Shaker Ridge Vineyard in El Dorado. Hosts Elizabeth and Andy Standeven trained on three types: head pruning, cane pruning on a trellis, and VSP cordon spur pruning. Thank you Andy and Elizabeth for the clinic and Byron Froman for coordinating! (Photos courtesy of Byron Froman).
December 13 – Holiday Party
We celebrated with wine and great company. The annual party is when we recognize those who have generously given to the club throughout the year and to those whom have elevated their wine making prowess. We thank all for their donations to the silent auction and raffle.