Santa
Barbara County Vintners' Association
Board of Directors
Jim Fiolek
Executive Director |
Michael Larner, President
Larner Vineyard
|
Larry Schaeffer,
Vice-President
tercero wines
|
Steve Fennell, Treasurer
Sanford Winery & Vineyards
|
Katie Grassini, Secretary
Grassini Family Vineyards
|
Kurt Ammann
Dierberg Vineyards |
Ken Volk
Kenneth Volk Vineyards |
John Dragonette
Dragonette Cellars |
Chad Melville
Melville |
Laura Mohseni
Riverbench Winery |
Vintners' Association Foundation
 The
Santa Barbara Vintners' Foundation is the charitable
umbrella under which the Santa Barbara County Vintners'
Association conducts its philanthropic work. Proceeds from
the Silent
Auctions at April's Santa Barbara County Vintners' Festival
and October's Celebration of Harvest benefit a number
of community organizations.
Since 1986, the Vintners' have provided scholarships to local
students, and
today provide scholarships to a graduating senior in
each of the six public
schools in our viticultural areas. The Foundation has
been a strong
supporter of the Santa Ynez Valley's Arts Outreach and
People Helping
People, most recently being a major sponsor of their
Vino de Sueños program.
The Silent Auctions have also provided funding to Santa
Barbara's Unity
Shoppe as well as consistent support of San Marcos High
School's Kids
Helping Kids program benefitting the Unity Shoppe. They
also benefit the
Food Bank of Santa Barbara, a non-profit organization
working to eliminate
hunger by providing food, education and other resources
to a network of
hunger-relief charities and their communities.
The Santa Barbara Vintners' Foundation biennial American Riviera
Wine
Auction, which benefits Direct Relief International,
has, since its
inaugural event in 2000, raised enough money that, through
Direct Relief's
leverage, translates into more than $40 million, yes,
that's $40,000,000,
and millions of people receiving care they need and otherwise
would do without by providing
ongoing medical assistance to the poor and victims of natural
and civil disasters without regard to political affiliations,
religious belief, ethnic identity or ability to pay -
whether they live in
Santa Barbara County, New Orleans, Haiti or Somalia.
A sustainable vineyard. A sustainable community. A sustainable
world. On a
strong Foundation.
The Vintners' Foundation officers currently include:
Frank Ostini, President
Hitching Post Wines |
Jennifer Williamson-Doré, Vice President
Foxen Vineyard |
Jeanette DeLuca, Secretary
|
Susan Beckmen, Treasurer
Beckmen
|
Morgan Clendenen
Cold Heaven Winery |
Steve Fennell
Sanford
|
Seth Kunin
|
Michael Larner
Larner Vineyard
|
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