Sonoma County Wine Celebration
September 18-20, 2025
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation (SCVF) is delighted that SCWC pre-auction events for 2025 are planned at venues around the county for Thursday, September 18 and Friday, September 19, with the Live Auction taking place on September 20.
Come be a part of Sonoma County’s largest fundraising event, where we will be GATHERING TO GIVE BACK – it has already supported more than 430 nonprofits in our community.
Thank You for Making the 2024 SCWC a Great Success!
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation (SCVF) is pleased to announce that its newly reimagined Sonoma County Wine Celebration (SCWC) has raised nearly $1.6 million. These proceeds will continue to fund SCVF Community Grants for nonprofit organizations in the areas of education & literacy, health & human services, the environment, and arts & culture as well as the Emergency Relief Fund. The SCWC Live Auction was held at the beautiful Chateau St. Jean on September 21. Since the auction’s inception more than $43 million has been raised, directly benefiting the Sonoma County community.
THANK YOU to our participating vintners, guests, auction bidders, production team and volunteers, SCWC event venue hosts, Insider Wine Tours and Dine-Around Showdown Dinner venue hosts, sponsors, culinary partners and grant beneficiary representatives for making the 2024 Sonoma County Wine Celebration (SCWC) a smashing success! We can’t raise this critical funding for nonprofits in our community without your help. We hope to see you all again next year.
SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
Live Auction
The annual Live Auction, held on the Saturday during the three-day Sonoma County Wine Celebration, will continue to raise critical funds for our Sonoma County Vintners Foundation (SCVF) to support local nonprofit organizations and help those in our community who are most in need. Since its inception, the Sonoma County Wine Auction has distributed more than $42 million as grants for education & literacy, health & human services, the environment, arts & culture, as well as our emergency relief fund. Our latest distribution funded 35 grants for education & literacy, health & human services, the environment, and arts & culture.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SONOMA COUNTY
GATHERING TO GIVE BACK
The proceeds from the Sonoma County Wine Celebration will continue to support Sonoma County nonprofits focused on the areas of education & literacy, health & human services, the environment and arts & culture. In addition, Sonoma County Vintners Foundation announced that a key focus for the 2024 Fund-A-Need paddle raise benefited the critically impactful K-3 Proficiency Project, which has seen tremendous results in increasing literacy in Sonoma County school children.
FUN FOR EVERYONE
SCWC EXPERIENCES
“We can’t wait to share the amazing wines, experiences and auction lots we’ve planned as we unveil the new Sonoma County Wine Celebration and share our beautiful region with the rest of the world. We know that our loyal supporters who travel to Sonoma County for our auction every year are going to be thrilled with this spectacular format, as will our dedicated vintners and partners who allow us to raise money each year for those most in need in our community.”
Michael Haney, Executive Director
Sonoma County Vintners Foundation
THE POWER OF GIVING
Consider a Donation to Sonoma County Vintners Foundation
Make a one-time donation to the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation or become a SCVF Changemaker, one of our monthly donor heroes providing sustainable funding for the nonprofits we support.
Donations may be designated for SCVF, which funds our annual Community Grants, or specified for our Emergency Relief Fund.
Contributions may also be made payable and mailed to: Sonoma County Vintners Foundation, 400 Aviation Boulevard, Suite 500, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.
Community Foundation Sonoma County aids SCVF in the grant application process and more, providing a valuable service to the community as a liaison for nonprofits.
Follow us on Facebook or Instagram to see how the grants we distribute in Sonoma County are used to elevate the work of our partners.
This Thanksgiving, our hearts are full of gratitude for our dedicated members, partners, sponsors, and consumers for your continued support of #SonomaCounty wine. We hope you have a wonderful holiday and enjoy our world-class wines as you gather with your family and friends. Cheers and thank you!
#sonomawine #sonomacountywine #sipsonoma
A perfect way to celebrate the holidays! Don’t forget to get tickets now for Pour + Explore: Sparkling Wines Tasting at Gloria Ferrer Winery taking place on Wednesday, December 11, 5:30-7:30pm!
Pour + Explore is an exciting new tasting experience produced by Sonoma County Vintners in collaboration with @sawyersommelier.
Join us for this exclusive wine tasting event to ring in the holidays at Gloria Ferrer featuring sparkling wines from over 25 wineries across Sonoma County. Discover wonderful wines that epitomize the essence of each winemaker’s individual style and the region`s distinctive vineyards.
This festive evening includes a walk-around tasting of a curated selection of wines from each vintner, along with light appetizers.
All attendees must be at least 21 years of age. Tickets are $65.00 per person, plus tax and service fee. We hope to see you there – Cheers!
Go to link in bio or sonomawine.com for more information and tickets.
Featured Pour + Explore Sparkling Wines:
Bacigalupi Vineyards
Balletto Vineyards
Banshee Wines
Benovia Winery
Breathless Sparkling Wines
Bricoleur Vineyards
Cartograph Wines
Chateau St. Jean
DaVero Farms & Winery
Deerfield Ranch Winery
Domaine Carneros
Freeman Winery
Gloria Ferrer
Inman Family Wines
Iron Horse Vineyards
J Vineyards & Winery
JCB by Jean-Charles Boisset
Keller Estate
Kokomo Winery
Korbel Champagne Cellars
Longboard Vineyards
Martin Ray Winery
Naidu Wines
Patz & Hall
Pellegrini-Olivet Lane
Schug Winery
Sosie Wines
#sonomawine #sonomacounty #sonomacountywine #sipsonoma
Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for our 2024 Winemaker Wednesday`s at @themathesonhbg! Due to the upcoming holiday schedule we won`t be back until January 2025. Mark your calendars now to help us kick off a new year of fun with our complimentary wine tastings, followed by our Vine, Wine & Dine live radio show, on January 8 with @valettewineshbg and January 22 with @cirqestate.
And to celebrate this year`s holidays, get tickets now for our Pour + Explore: Sparkling Wines Tasting at @gloriaferrerwinery on Wednesday, December 11, 5:30-7:30pm! Learn more at SonomaWine.com.
Wishing you the happiest of holidays!
#VineWineDine #sonomawine #sipsonoma #sonomacountywine #sonomacountywinecountry #winetasting #happyhour
Get tickets now for Pour + Explore: Sparkling Wines Tasting at @gloriaferrerwinery on Wednesday, December 11, 5:30-7:30pm!
Pour + Explore is an exciting new tasting experience produced by Sonoma County Vintners in collaboration with @sawyersommelier.
Join us for this exclusive wine tasting event to ring in the holidays at Gloria Ferrer featuring sparkling wines from 25 wineries across Sonoma County. Discover wonderful wines that epitomize the essence of each winemaker’s individual style and the region`s distinctive vineyards.
This festive evening includes a walk-around tasting of a curated selection of wines from each vintner, along with light appetizers.
All attendees must be at least 21 years of age. Tickets are $65.00 per person, plus tax and service fee. We hope to see you there – Cheers!
Go to link in bio or sonomawine.com for more information and tickets.
Featured Pour + Explore Sparkling Wines:
Bacigalupi Vineyards
Balletto Vineyards
Banshee Wines
Benovia Winery
Breathless Sparkling Wines
Bricoleur Vineyards
Cartograph Wines
DaVero Farms & Winery
Deerfield Ranch Winery
Domaine Carneros
Freeman Winery
Gloria Ferrer
Inman Family Wines
Iron Horse Vineyards
J Vineyards & Winery
JCB by Jean-Charles Boisset
Keller Estate
Kokomo Winery
Korbel Champagne Cellars
Longboard Vineyards
Naidu Wines
Patz & Hall
Pellegrini-Olivet Lane
Schug Winery
Sosie Wines
#sonomawine #sonomacounty #sonomacountywine #sipsonoma
Delicious wines + great conversation = last night’s great Winemaker Wednesday and Vine, Wine & Dine radio show at @themathesonhbg! Thanks so much to our guests Alex, Christian and Pierre Ehret of @ehretwinery for sharing their beautiful wines and history of the winery; our special Last Call guest George Christie, with @wineindustrynetwork who shared all of the details about this year’s exciting WIN EXPO that is happening on December 5, and to Chef Nate Davis who prepared delicious bites to accompany the wines during the show. You can listen to this show and all of the others at the link in our bio or on @crntalk. Cheers!
#sonomawine #sipsonoma
Sonoma County Vintners is looking forward to a fantastic 2025! Renew your winery`s membership or join SCV today to take advantage of all we have planned in the new year:
*Enhanced consumer and trade events
*Educational and team development workshops
*Critic tastings
*Media opportunities
*Exciting partnerships such as the SCV Leadership Lab with Second State Leadership, @wineindustrynetwork, Winemaker Wednesday at @themathesonhbg and the Vine, Wine & Dine radio show!
While providing a platform for our members to be heard, we will continue to advocate for our wine community, educate our community, media and political leaders on issues and challenges that impact the economic growth and well-being of our wine community and Sonoma County as a whole.
Join or renew your membership online now at sonomawine.com/join-sonoma-county-vintners/ or link in bio.
#sonomawine #sonomacountywine #sonomacounty #sipsonoma
Join us Wednesday, 11/13, for a #WinemakerWednesdays complimentary wine tasting at @themathesonhbg from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. Alex Ehret and Christian Ehret of @ehretwinery will be pouring tastes of their delicious wines. No reservations needed but you could make a reservation and plan to stay for dinner at The Matheson after the wine tasting.
From 6:00pm to 7:00pm our live Vine, Wine & Dine radio show airs on @crntalk featuring an interview with Alex about growing up at Ehret and the winery`s fun Vineyard Safari experience. Our Last Call guest will be George Christie of @wineindustrynetwork who will talk about the 12th Annual WIN EXPO Trade Show + Conference coming up on December 5.
Listen live at crntalk.com/crn1/ or download the CRN Digital Talk Radio App by dialing #250 on your smartphone and say "CRN."
#VineWineDine #sonomawine #sipsonoma #sonomacountywine #sonomacountywinecountry #winetasting #happyhour
We are so appreciative of our guests who supported our Sonoma County Vintners Foundation by purchasing a seat for the 2024 Sonoma County Wine Celebration’s Lot 14 Buy-in Dinner featuring Animo + Golden Bear Station on Sunday, November 10! Thank you to our incredible hosts, Chef Joshua Smookler and Heidy He of Golden Bear Station, along with Three Sticks and Hamel Family Wines.
Proceeds from this and all of the live auction lots featured at the 2024 Sonoma County Wine Celebration will fund SCVF Community Grants in 2025.
#GatheringToGiveBack #SCWC #SoCoWineCelebration #sonomawine #sonomacounty #sonomacountywine #sipsonoma
Another spooktacular Winemaker Wednesday at The Matheson Healdsburg! @themathesonhbg We savored exquisite wines from Adobe Road Wines, @adoberoadwines with a surprise visit from winemaker Garrett Martin that felt like magic.
In our Last Call segment, sommelier Christopher Sawyer @sawyersommelier unveiled the enchanting “Pour & Explore” tasting program in partnership with @sonomacountyvintners.
Raise a glass to wickedly good wines and bewitching conversations!
#VineWineDine #sonomawine #sipsonoma #sonomacountywine #sonomacountywinecountry #winetasting #happyhour
Join us Wednesday, 10/30, for a #WinemakerWednesdays complimentary wine tasting at @themathesonhbg from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. CEO Kevin Buckler of @adoberoadwines will be pouring tastes of their delicious wines. No reservations needed but you could make a reservation and stay for dinner at The Matheson after the wine tasting.
From 6:00pm to 7:00pm our live Vine, Wine & Dine radio show airs on @crntalk Digital Radio featuring an interview with Kevin about his professional racing career, his founding of @theracersgroup, and the highly anticipated opening set for 2025 of a their new 16,000 sq ft. Adobe Road waterfront entertainment complex in Petaluma. Our Last Call guest will be @sawyersommelier who will be chatting about a new consumer tasting program in partnership with Sonoma County Vintners called "Pour & Explore."
Listen live at https://crntalk.com/crn1/ or download the CRN Digital Talk Radio App by dialing #250 on your smartphone and say "CRN."
#VineWineDine #sonomawine #sipsonoma #sonomacountywine #sonomacountywinecountry #winetasting #happyhour
Many thanks to everyone who joined us for Vino + Vision 2025! Special thanks to @region.sonoma for hosting us in their amazing space at The Barlow and to event partners @pointreyescheese Farmstead Cheese and @richardwoodphotographics.
We’ve summarized our upcoming 2025 membership events and initiatives in this email, and we have even more opportunities in the works that we will announce soon, including expanded partnerships with @wineindustrynetwork (WIN), Second State Leadership and more! All Sonoma County Vintner (SCV) member opportunities are also conveniently listed and kept up-to-date on the SCV Membership webpage.
#sonomawine #sonomacounty #sonomacountywine #sipsonoma
We’re at Region for Vino + Vision and we’re about to share what’s coming up for SCV members in 2025!
Sonoma County Vintners is bringing up to six wineries to Wine Paris on February 10-12, 2025 to participate in the three-day tradeshow. Participating vintners will be able to conduct business meetings with existing and potential importers, pour behind the bar each day, and have your wine featured in a seminar. If you are unable to attend in-person, you can still send wine to be featured at the SCV booth at the Discover Sonoma County Self-Pour Exhibit. There will be a Sonoma County Vintners representative overseeing the self-pour exhibit to direct trade and answer any questions.
To participate, you must be a current member of the Sonoma County Vintners International Export Program.
Register now at link in bio or sonomacountyvintners.formstack.com/forms/2025_wineparis
#sonomawine #sonomacounty #sonomacountywine #sipsonoma
Congratulations to Tom Klein, Proprietor of @rsvineyards on being recognized as an American Wine Legend by @wineenthusiast’s 2024 Wine Star Awards! His dedication and leadership in the #SonomaCounty wine industry has been integral in propelling our region on to the world stage.
Read full story at wineenthusiast.com
Calling all SCV members, Sonoma County non-member wineries, and winery principals! Register NOW for Vino + Vision 2025 to meet our SCV Team, along with our local community leaders, vintner and trade partners at Region. in Sebastopol on Tuesday, October 22 at 4:30pm.
You will learn about Sonoma County Vintners’ upcoming 2025 membership events and initiatives, new membership partner programs, and new member benefits. You will also be hearing about the impact SCV has made here in Sonoma County, as well as testimonials from some of our winery members and trade partners.
Register at link in bio or sonomawine.com/register-for-scv-vino-vision-2025/
Congratulations to @jc_boisset, President of @jcbcollection, on being named Person of the Year by the @wineenthusiast’s 2024 Wine Star Awards! We greatly appreciate your incredible generosity and innovation in supporting our #SonomaCounty wine industry.
Read the full story at wineenthusiast.com.
Thanks so much to @garyfarrellwinery for joining us for tonight’s great Winemaker Wednesday and our Vine, Wine & Dine radio show! Their fantastic wines, fun conversation and delicious bites prepared by Chef Brian Best of @themathesonhbg made for a perfect evening.
Catch it all on @crntalk. And mark your calendars for our next get together to celebrate Halloween on Wednesday, October 30.
#sonomawine #sipsonoma
Calling all SCV members, Sonoma County non-member wineries, and winery principals! Register NOW for Vino + Vision 2025 to meet our SCV Team, along with our vintner and trade partners at @region.sonoma in Sebastopol on Tuesday, October 22 at 4:30pm.
You will learn about Sonoma County Vintners` upcoming 2025 membership events and initiatives, new membership partner programs, and new member benefits. You will also be hearing about the impact SCV has made here in Sonoma County.
Register at link in bio or sonomawine.com/register-for-scv-vino-vision-2025/
Join us Wednesday, 10/16, for a #WinemakerWednesdays complimentary wine tasting at @themathesonhbg from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. General Manager Stephanie Wycoff and Winemaker Brent McKoy, both of @garyfarrellwinery, will be pouring tastes of their delicious wines. No reservations needed but it would be fun to book a table in advance and stay for dinner at The Matheson after the wine tasting.
From 6:00pm to 7:00pm our live Vine, Wine & Dine radio show airs on @crntalk Digital Radio featuring an interview with Stephanie about the upcoming Annual Crab Feed on February 22 at Gary Farrell and other fun winery experiences that are available. We`ll also chat with Winemaker Brent about his 20th harvest this year.
Listen live at link in bio, crntalk.com/crn1/ or download the CRN Digital Talk Radio App by dialing #250 on your smartphone and say "CRN."
#VineWineDine #sonomawine #sipsonoma #sonomacountywine #sonomacountywinecountry #winetasting #happyhour
We are excited to now be accepting nominations for trade and media from Canada to be invited to the 2025 International Sonoma Summit, April 27-May 3. SCV is looking for trade who are actively seeking to expand and diversify the selection of Sonoma County wines on their wine lists, retail offerings and import lists. These are qualified buyers who already have experience with Sonoma County wines, and an immersive trip would truly expand their knowledge and excitement for Sonoma County wines. We also ask that your nominating representative has the ability to bid on behalf of their company at the Sonoma County Barrel Auction.
If you would like to nominate someone to attend the 2025 International Sonoma Summit, please complete our nomination form by November 15, 2024.
See link in bio or go to https://sonomawine.com/sonoma-county-vintners-winery-membership/#sonoma-summit-nominations for the nomination form.
#sonomacounty #sonomawine #sonomacountywine
It’s #FoundationFriday! This week we’re passing along a message of thanks from one of our long-time beneficiary partners.
“The support of the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation helps us to provide students from all across Sonoma County with empowering opportunities for growth and learning through culturally-relevant music education. We aim to inspire our community’s students of greatest need, and they in turn truly inspire us all. We’re grateful to have the partnership of Sonoma County Vintners Foundation in ensuring a brighter tomorrow for our young people.”
Ashleigh Worley, Director of Education & Community Engagement
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts Memorial Foundation
Thank you to everyone who gathered to give back at this year’s Sonoma County Wine Celebration! Because of your support, we raised nearly $1.6 million to continue our SCVF community grant program. Learn more at SoCoWineCelebration.com.
#SCWC #gatheringtogiveback #sonomawine #SoCoWineCelebration #sonomacounty #sonomacountywine
Calling all SCV members, Sonoma County non-member wineries, and winery principals! We invite you to Vino + Vision 2025 to meet our SCV Team, along with our local community leaders, vintner and trade partners at @region.sonoma in Sebastopol on Tuesday, October 22 at 4:30pm.
You will learn about Sonoma County Vintners` upcoming 2025 membership events and initiatives, new membership partner programs, and new member benefits. You will also be hearing about the impact SCV has made here in Sonoma County, as well as testimonials from some of our winery members and trade partners.
Register today at link in bio or sonomawine.com/register-for-scv-vino-vision-2025/.
#sonomacounty #sonomawine #sonomacountywine #sipsonoma
It`s #FoundationFriday and we`re sharing messages of hope and thanks today!
"With the support of the Sonoma County Vintners Foundation, @californiapoetsintheschools inspires youth in Sonoma County to pay attention, to articulate their lived realities and to claim their stories as a pathway to true agency and change. In these poetry programs, participants learn how to use poetry creation and performance as a tool for transformation and self-empowerment, while at the same time building critical literacy skills that help advance academic engagement and achievement. This grant supports our trauma-informed poetry creation programs in K-12 schools, the Youth Poet Laureate program of Sonoma County, and the Poetry Out Loud initiative in up to a dozen local high schools. As a result of this important funding partnership, California Poets in the Schools offers continuous opportunities for local youth to engage in a top-notch literary arts curriculum throughout the grade levels."
Meg Hamill, Executive Director, California Poets in the Schools
Thank you to everyone who gathered to give back at this year`s Sonoma County Wine Celebration! Because of your support, we raised funds to continue our SCVF community grant program. Learn more at SoCoWineCelebration.com.
#SCWC #gatheringtogiveback #sonomawine #SoCoWineCelebration #sonomacounty #sonomacountywine
