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Define Your Wine Journey – Tell Us What You’d Like to Know More About

If you missed the October meeting, here’s your chance to tell us what program topics interest you, such as sensory evaluations or wine faults, vineyard management (pest control, best practices), or maybe deep dives into co-inoculations or non-saccharomyces yeast. Would you like more focused tastings such as style, region, old world vs. new? Want more…

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2025 Executive Board Nominees

SHW’s November meeting is also known as the Annual Meeting when official Club business is conducted such as changes in the Club’s By-laws and the election of the incoming year’s executive board. The Board of Directors (BOD), composed of the 4 immediate past presidents, the current president, and historian (ex officio) is also the Club’s…

19th Annual PCWGA Home Winemaker Competition

Placer County Wine and Grape Association is accepting entries for their upcoming home winemaker competition. The judging is on Tuesday, November 12, and the Awards Ceremony and Dinner is on Wednesday, November 13. Please For your convenience, Jim Allen with PCWGA will be at SHW’s October 16 meeting to accept your entries. Entry wines must…

Grapes for Sale: Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon – Clarksburg

SHW members Paul and Nancy Baldwin still have some nice red grapes available. They have 25+ brix Barbera and Cabernet Sauvignon still in good condition. Grapes are 70 cents/pound u-pick with free picking boxes, clippers and crusher-destemmer with their help. This is probably the last week. Please call Paul at 916-425-4763

SHW 2024 Winemaker of the Year

SHW winemakers continue to earn high awards in home wine competitions and this year was no exception. The Club’s coveted Rex Johnston Winemaker of the Year (WOY) award recognizes excellence in wine making evidenced by completion amongst peers. One of the requirements to compete for WOY are wine entries into the Club’s Jubilee and Callifronia…