SHW is your club and the Education Committee is inviting you to share your input and ideas on the topics or experiences you are looking for. To complete this survey on-line, please go to this link. Your input is appreciated by January 1. But don’t put this simple task off until then. At the November…
SHW’s annual Rex Johnston Home Winemaker of the Year award recognizes winemakers who have excelled based on the opinions of qualified judges in structured home wine competitions. To be considered for this year’s award, interested members must submit their entries by November 30, 2025. The successful candidate will be announced at the Club’s December 10…
Placer County Wine and Grape Association is accepting entries through November 9 for their home winemaker competition. See this link for more details.
Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Granacha and Malbec for sale. The vineyards are located in El Dorado County, in the community of Fair Play at 2700 feet altitude and rooted in decomposed granite, volcanic soil. Since they are grown at altitude and it was a mild summer, they are just becoming ripe. Tempranillo and Cab Sauv are…
Entries are being accepted through March 26, 2026 for the 2026 WineMaker International Amateur Wine Competition. See this link for the competiton’s details.
600 to 700 lbs of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes at about 22.5 Brix now. These vines are 3 years old and this is the first harvest. $5 for a 5 gallon bucket of grapes. That’s about 22 cents a pound. Contact Greg Leathem at (916) 847-6157.
