Meetings and Events

A few passes are still available for the Symposium’s trade show on January 29-30. See this link for more details. SHW members only.

Save the date! February 22 in Sacramento. Details to follow soon. Winemaker and educator Dick Minnis leads this Saturday workshop on wine faults and flaws. Learn to identify when a wine is headed in an undesirable direction and ways to possibly fix the issue. More importantly, hear about wine making practices to prevent the wine…

We had a fun time with Eric Danch sharing his central and eastern European wines experiences at the Club’s January 15 meeting. In case you couldn’t write fast enough to capture the wines’ details, we offer Eric’s playlist below. Many thanks to Eric (Danch and Granger) for the wine and stories, and to Judy Pinegar…

January 15 Club Meeting. Come to SHW’s January 15 meeting and learn about wines not commonly seen on retail wine store shelves. The evening’s guest speaker is Eric Danch with Danch and Granger, a company that imports central and eastern European wines. Eric will be sharing the wine making history of this vast area and…

The Unified Wine and Grape Symposium hosted by American Society for Enology and Viticulture and the California Association of Winegrape Growers, is one of the biggest industry gathering of its kind in North America. The 3-day event, January 28-30, 2025, is held at downtown Sacramento’s SAFE Credit Union Convention Center. The symposium’s trade show is…

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…