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2025 Executive Board Elected

At the November 20, 2024 Annual Meeting of the Sacramento Home Winemakers, the following members were elected to serve on the 2025 Executive Board. Congrats to all! President – Marco Sguazzin Vice President – Byron Froman and Christa Ring (Co-Vice Presidents) Secretary – Kathryn Froman Membership Chair – Tammy Cross Members At Large – Ron…

Recoop Barrels

ReCoop Barrels in Santa Rosa sells refurbished French oak barrels in different sizes. Leo Prada of ReCoop Barrels writes:  “…All of our barrels, regardless of size, are $450, and each one is made to order to ensure freshness for our clients. We do offer 15- and 30-gallon barrels crafted from ReCooped French oak. Though smaller…

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Roxanne O’Brien’s Savory Bread Pudding Recipe

At SHW’s October 16 meeting, guest presenter Roxanne O’Brien paired her holiday savory bread pudding with Joe and Cory Morgan’s barbera. Many of you asked for the recipe – Roxanne shares it below along with a couple of notes. Savory Mushroom, Leek, and Herb Bread Pudding This has a long list of ingredients, but most…

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…