January 15 meeting. Wake up your taste buds! Wines from eastern and central Europe are different and interesting and can spawn evening-long conversations. Come to SHW’s January 15 meeting and learn about them. The evening’s guest speaker is Eric Danch with Danch and Granger, a company that imports central and eastern European wines. Eric will…
Happy New Year! Sacramento Home Winemakers is accepting membership applications for 2025. Annual membership dues remain at $60 for general memberships (up to 2 persons at same address) and $10 for higher education student memberships. Whether you aspire to start making wine or grow your own grapes, or wish to refine your enology and viticulture…
Winemaking items for sale: 2 double-barrel racks, metal, $75 apiece or both for $125 2 single-barrel racks, metal, $50 each 5 beer kegs, $25 apiece or 2 for $40 1 stainless steel tank with floating lid and valve, 300 litre, excellent condition, $400 19 5-gal plastic carboys (some are Better Bottles), $15 apiece or 3…
Folsom Lake College is opening enrollment in their Spring 2025 courses for the Viticulture and Enology program. Here are the courses: VITI 301: Bud Break to Dormancy: Full semester Jan 18th-May 22nd. Lectures recorded and posted online, Labs in-person Wednesday nights 6-9:00 PM VITI 306: Wines of California: 8-week course from Jan 18th – March 14th ….
Planning is underway for next year’s monthly meetings. An essential piece of the meetings is hospitality – you know, the cheese and crackers snacks, water pitchers, and such on the tables. We’re looking for volunteers to help with meeting hospitality. If you have a tight schedule, helping with hospitality is one of the “doesn’t take…
The California State Fair Home Wine competition will be accepting entries February 1-28. This contest is one of the required competitions to complete for SHW’s Winemaker of the Year award. The Fair’s competition date is on April 5. Watch for enty details.
