The Rex Johnston Winemaker of the Year award is named for a extraordinary winemaker and SHW member who was a successful competitor in many amatuer wine competitions. Rex readily shared his wine making knowledge and experience with fellow vintners. More than once, Rex swept the home wine competitions taking all of the top awards, thus…
Lodi Wine Labs has changed the discounts that they provide SHW members. They write: “…As of February 1, 2025, we will no longer be able to offer the current discount rate for analytical lab services. This decision has been necessitated by the increasing costs of consumables and the broader economic changes that affect our business…
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…
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…
At the December 11, 2024 club holiday party, members we’re honored for their accomplishments and contributions. Byron Froman received the Bob Beck Memorial Educator of the Year award. Tony Devine received the Stu Shafer Memorial Most Improved Winemaker award. Sip Happens, team of winemakers comprised of Amanda Westerman, Patrick McGillivray, and Matt Gallagher, was awarded…
If you paid your 2024 membership dues by March 1st of 2024, you are receiving a year’s subscription to WineMaker magazine which ends with the April-May 2025 issue. WineMaker magazine’s December 5 email entitled “An Update to your WineMaker Subscription” outlines changes on accessing the magazine’s contents. The print version will cease immediately. Instead, subscribers…
