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May 16 SHW Meeting
2011 Bordeaux Varietals Red Wine Evaluation
Time Change: Meeting starts at 6:30 PM
This month’s general meeting is the evaluation of “new” (made in 2011)
Bordeaux varietal red wines (cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet
franc, petit verdot, etc.). Guest evaluators are Bob Peak with The
Beverage People in Santa Rosa and also a home winemaker, and
commercial winemaker and long‐time SHW supporter Jason Fernandez.
If you would like your wines evaluated, please:
■ Bring 2 bottles (750ml each) of the same wine. Clearly label your
wines with the varietal and your name. If you haven’t already bottled,
do not add sulfites when you do. No capsules, please.
■ Also bring your winemaking notes and be prepared to briefly
describe notable steps in making the wine, pointing out any issue you
feel that the wine may have. You may be asked to clarify further.
■ Vintages other than 2011 may be evaluated as time permits. Please
do not bring 2011 varietal focus wines. Those wines will be discussed at
a later meeting.
■ Only members may have their wines evaluated. Please ensure that
you are current on your 2012 Club dues.
Please bring 2 wine glasses for your use during the evaluations. Club
glasses are available for guests and new members.
Thanks to all for helping set up before the meeting. We are to vacate
the meeting room by 9:30 PM and your help in facilitating the clean‐up
is appreciated.
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April 18 SHW Meeting
2011 Non‐Bordeaux Varietals Red Wine Evaluation
This month’s general meeting is the evaluation of “new” (made in 2011)
non‐Bordeaux varietal red wines. Winemaker and long‐time SHW
supporter Jason Fernandez returns as the evening’s evaluator.
If you would like your wines evaluated, please:
■ Bring 2 bottles (750ml each) of the same wine. Clearly label your
wines with the varietal and your name. If you haven’t already bottled,
do not add sulfites when you do. No capsules, please.
■ Also bring winemaking notes to succinctly share the wine’s history
and focus on issues you feel may be in your wine. The evaluator may
ask for winemaking clarification.
■ Vintages other than 2011 may be evaluated as time permits. Please
do not bring 2011 varietal focus wines. Those wines will be evaluated
at a later meeting.
■ Only members may have their wines evaluated. Please ensure that
you are current on your 2012 Club dues.
Please bring 2 wine glasses for your use during the evaluations. Club
glasses are available for guests and new members.
Thanks to all for helping set up before the meeting. We are to vacate
the meeting room by 9:30 PM and your help in facilitating the clean‐up
is appreciated.
March 21 SHW Meeting - Sluggish and Stuck Fermentations
Can you recognize a stuck fermentation (no measurable movement a
la hydrometer) or is it just slow? Join us at the March 21 general
meeting when Michael Jones, fermentation specialist with Scott
Laboratories and home winemaker, will be presenting on the pesky
problems associated with slow, sluggish, and stuck fermentations.
Discussions will ensue on how to prevent under performance and ways
to get your fermentation back on track.
Michael will provide some experienced insight and
explanations on the how and whys of fixing some of these issues
encountered during fermentation. So, bring your questions and
observations.
Club glasses are available for guests; please remember to bring a wine
glass for your use, and a bottle of wine to share (optional).
Thanks to all for helping set up before the meeting. We need to
vacate the meeting room by 9:30 PM and your help in facilitating the
cleanup is appreciated.
February 15 SHW Meeting - Evaluation of 2011 White and Rose Wines
Palate Teasers and Pleasers. Join us for the February meeting where
we will enjoy the efforts of club members and taste 2011 white and
rose wine. This month's general meeting is the evaluation of new
(made in 2011) white and rose wines and the evening's guest
evaluator is Jonathan Pack of Fair Play who also evaluated the Club's
white and rose last year. Jonathan was most recently a winemaker for
Perry Creek Winery and now has a wine consulting enterprise,
jpwineconsulting. Jonathan's evaluations were very well received last
year, and I am sure will be on the mark again.
If you would like your wines evaluated, please:
* Bring 2 bottles (750ml each) of the same wine. Clearly label your
wines with the varietal and your name. If you haven't already bottled,
do not add sulfites when you do. No capsules, please.
* Also bring winemaking notes to succinctly share the wine's history
and focus on issues you feel may be in your wine. The evaluator may
ask for winemaking clarification.
* Vintages other than 2011 may be evaluated as time permits. Please
do not bring the 2011 chardonnay varietal focus wines. Those will be
evaluated at a later meeting.
Please bring 2 wine glasses for your use during the evaluations. Club
glasses are available for guests and new members.
Thanks to all for helping set up before the meeting. We need to
vacate the meeting room by 9:30 PM and your help in facilitating the
clean‐up is appreciated.
January 18, 2012 Program - Making Wine: As Natural As it Gets
Please join us on January 18 for a thought provoking evening. This month's guest
speaker is John Munch, founder, partner and winemaker for Le Cuvier Winery in Paso
Robles. As with most winemakers, John's an independent rogue who dances to a
different drummer. John will be providing insight into his unique style of winemaking
that will blow up the wine making boxes that we comfortably reside in as John does not
use sulfites in his wine making processes. Plus, he prefers to use natural yeasts and
has his own definition of a "racking schedule".
And, did we mention that his wines have a cult following and are almost always sold
out? John will share with us some barrel samples– these will surely provoke our
sensories! Come with 2 wine glasses and the expectation of an evening filled with a
very interesting exchange of wine making ideas and methods.
Meeting starts at 7 PM, upstairs at the Turn Verein located at 3349 J Street in midtown
Sacramento. Thanks for helping set up before the meeting and cleaning up afterwards.
For addition information, please contact Vice President Bill Staehlin: 916 216-1753 and
bill.staehlin@sbcglobal.net.
November 16, 2011 Program - Annual Elections ~ Sparklers/Dessert/Fruit/Port Evaluations ~ Port Presentation
Be on time for a packed November meeting! Meeting starts at 6:30 PM.
We�ll start the evening with the election of 2012 Club Officers for President, Vice
President, Treasurer, Secretary and Membership Chair.
Then, we�ll join Craig Haermeyer, winemaker for Revolution Wines, and SHW�s Chief
Judge D.D. Smith for the evaluation of members� sparklers, dessert, fruit and port
wines. Please bring two 750 ml bottles for evaluation and let VP Bill Staehlin know what
you�ll be bringing. Bill can be found at bill.staehlin@sbcglobal.net and 916 216-1753.
Following the wine evaluations, Peter Ficklin, third generation winemaker (and
president) of Ficklin Vineyards, will educate us on port basics and various port styles.
Ficklin Vineyards a 65- year old port house located in Madera specializing in ports made
from grapes commonly used to make Portuguese ports.
Time Change! The meeting starts promptly at 6:30 PM upstairs at the Turn Verein, 3349
J Street in Sacramento. Please bring 2 wine glasses for your use. Thanks for helping
set up before the meeting and cleaning up afterwards.
October 19, 2011 Program � Australian Travelogue and Gold Medal
Winners Tasting
Bring your wine glass and settle in for an entertaining evening. Members Paul
and Nancy Baldwin take you along on their Australian wine country adventure
sharing their discoveries of Australian wine making. You�ll have an
opportunity to taste some Aussie wines and enjoy some beautiful slides. This
is arm side travel at its best!
After visiting Australia, you�ll have the opportunity to taste members� wines
that took top honors in this year�s amateur/home wine competitions.
Winemakers will also share some of their secrets for making their best.
Room Change! The meeting starts at 7 PM upstairs (in the room next to the
elevator) at the Turn Verein, 3349 J Street in Sacramento. Thanks for helping
set up before the meeting and cleaning up afterwards.
HISTORY:  The Sacramento
Home Winemakers Club proudly managed the California State Fair Home Winemaking
and Label Competitions for over 25 years until 2004. In 2006, the Lodi Amateur Vintners Association (L.A.V.A.)
began managing the State Fair competition. Past results of the State Fair competition are published on the LAVA
website at Lodiamateurvintners.org.
The annual Sacramento Home Winemakers
Jubilee is the Club's current local judged event for home wine and labels.
Refer to the SHW Jubilee link SHW Jubilee for information on entering wines and labels to the
SHW competition.
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2011 California Home Winemaking Competitions -
Sacramento Home Winemakers 2012 June Jubilee (must be a member to enter)
The Club's 2012 annual Jubilee wine competition will be held on Saturday, June
2, 2012 in Loomis. Entries will be accepted from now until May 20. Details and entry
forms are included in the April 2012 newsletter or can be downloaded from the links below. Many volunteer opportunities are
available. For additional information, contact Judy Pinegar, SHW Board Member at jpinegar@calwisp.com or 916-224-6742 or Henry Wilkinson, Cellarmaster, at hbwinkinson@jps.net or 916 997-3056.
Information and entry forms in PDF format
are available at: (click below)
2012 June Jubilee Comptition Rules,
2012 Jubilee Wine and Label Entry Form,
2012 June Jubilee Announcement (see April Newsletter)
2012 WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR Entry Criteria
2011 Jubilee Results
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June Jubilee 2011 Results
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June Jubilee 2010 Results
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June Jubilee 2009 Results
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June Jubilee 2008 Results
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June Jubilee 2007 Results SHW
June Jubilee 2006 Wine and Label Results:
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El Dorado County Fair � El Dorado Home Wine Makers Association is presenting the 2011 El Dorado County
Fair�s Homemade Wine and Wine Label Competitions and invites entries from all home winemakers. Forms and
entries will be accepted at the fair office from April 19 - May 7 with the judging taking place on May 14. A
reception follows the judging. The fair runs from June 16 - 19. For additional information, visit
www.eldoradofair.org. Bring your entries to the April 20 meeting � Mike Touchette has volunteered to deliver
them for you.
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San Joaquin County Fair � Lodi Amateur Vintners Association is again coordinating the home wine and label
competitions at the fair. Entries will be accepted from May through May 14. For more information, go to
www.sanjoaquinfair.com or www.lavawine.org./font>
Orange County Fair � The Orange County Wine Society, in conjunction with the fair, is co-sponsoring the fair�s
35th home wine and label competitions. This home wine competition is one of the most popular contests and
drew over 650 entries last year. 2011 entries are due by May 21; competition is on June 11. For additional
information, check out their website at www.ocws.org
California State Fair � the state fair is accepting entries for their home wine and label contests through May 21
(May 28 is the entry deadline from remote locations). For entry forms and additional information, go to
www.bigfun.org and click on the contests and competitions tab. This is one of the required competitions to
compete for SHW Winemaker of the Year. Bring your wine entries to the May 18 SHW meeting - Debra
Moretton and Tom Ramme have volunteered to deliver them for you.
Amador County Fair - entries for the 26th District Agricultural District�s homemade wines and wine labels
competitions will be accepted from May 2 - 22. Wines must be made from produce of the Sierra Foothills AVA
including any AVA therein (Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Nevada, Place, Tuolumne or Yuba counties).
The fair runs from July 28 - 31 in Plymouth. For additional information, go to the fair�s website:
www.amadorcountyfair.com.
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Marin County Fair � open to all amateur winemakers, the Marin County Amateur Winemaking and Wine Labels
competitions entry forms are due by May 11. The fair runs from June 30 - July 4 in San Rafael. See
www.marinfair.org for more information.
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