Club News and Stuff

State Fair DG and Gold Winners – Bottle Stickers

Congratulations to SHW members who captured Double Gold and Gold awards at the 2025 California State Fair Home Wine Competition. The Club is purchasing 250 each of Double Gold and Gold wine bottle stickers. If your wine(s) earned earned Double Gold or Gold awards at this year’s competition and you would like some stickers to…

Shipping Wine Entries to Orange County Fair Home Wine Competition

The Orange County Fair is accepting entries for their home wine competition through May 24.  If you are entering your wines and haven’t found a way to ship your entries to the competition, this may be an option. Amador Shipping in Mt. Aukum can ship wines in 1,2,3,4,6,9, and 12-packs for about $23 for a 1-pack and…

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SHW Jubilee – Enter Your Wines and Labels

SHW’s Jubilee wine and label competitions are now accepting entries. The Jubilee weekend begins on May 31with a wine competition in Sacramento, and concludes on the next day, June 1, with a picnic and awards ceremony at the Pinegar Ranch in Loomis. All Club members and families and their guests are invited to the June…

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Correction – 2025 White Winemaking Focus Group

Do you want to learn to make white wine? The Club’s Education Committee is looking to putting together a 2025 White Wine Making 101 focus group if enough members are interested. Instead of grapes, we’ll start with juice. This group would be open only to current SHW members who are making white wine for the…

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2025 SHW Jubilee – May 31 and June 1

What is the annual SHW Jubilee? It’s a weekend long celebration of winemakers and their wines after a day of competition. Relax with winemaking friends and families while enjoying good food and entry wines outdoors on a shady knoll. This year’s Jubilee is on May 31, starting with a wine competition in Sacramento, and concluding…