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Santa Lucia Highlands Sun, Wind & Wine Festival

  • Mer Soleil Vineyards 1290 River Road Salinas, CA, 93908 United States (map)

Santa Lucia Highlands Sun, Wind & Wine Festival

Join Santa Lucia Highlands wineries for the 17th Santa Lucia Highlands Wine Artisans Sun, Wind & Wine Festival, Monterey County's favorite Food & Wine Event of the year!

Meet the winemakers and growers and taste more than 100 limited-release wines from the likes of 30+ wineries, including Caraccioli Cellars, Clarice Wine Company, Landmark Vineyards, Mer Soleil, Morgan, Siduri, Belle Glos, McIntyre, Puma Road, Pessagno, ROAR, Talbott Vineyards, Pisoni, Wrath and many more. The setting is dramatic: Mer Soleil Winery, a venue not normally open to the public.

Enjoy delicious gourmet bites from the region's best chefs and restaurants. Experience our Bubbles Bar and Reserve a VIP Table with extras. Enjoy live music, and even purchase wines to take home with you.

Early Admission tickets secure entrance to a special 1-hour  advance entry featuring access to rare wines, library releases, and new gems from all of our vintners from 11 am to 2:30 pm.

General Admission tickets allow full access to the event barrel room and wine tent including a wine glass and all the food and wine purveyors from 12 pm to 2:30 pm.

VIP Reserved Tables provide reserved table seating in the wine tent for the full duration of the event from 11 am to 2:30 pm.

Participating wineries: * wineries are subject to change

Belle Glos | Bernardus Winery | Bruliam Wines | Caraccioli Cellars | Cattleya Wines | Clarice Wine Company | Claudio Cellars | Corral Wine Co. | CRU Winery | Folktale Winery & Vineyards | Hahn Family Wines | Integrity Wines | J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines | Joyce Wine Company | KORi Wines | Landmark Vineyards | Luli Wines | McIntyre Vineyards | Mer Soleil | Miner Family Winery | Morgan Winery | Odonata | Pessagno | Pisoni Family Vineyards | Puma Road Winery | Rexford Winery | ROAR Wines | Rombauer Vineyards | Sarah's Vineyard | Scheid Family Wines | Siduri | Talbott Vineyards | Testarossa | Three Furies Wines | Tolosa | Tondre Wines | Tudor WInes | Wrath

The Santa Lucia Highlands Wine Festival sells out each year. Secure your tickets now for this special day in the Highlands.

Saturday, May 3, 2025

11 am - 2:30 pm Early Admission

11 am - 2:30 pm VIP Reserve Table Admission

12 pm - 2:30 pm General Admission

*Event is Rain or Shine. Event is held inside a cool barrel cellar with ventilation from two large roll up doors, and in a three sided tent with ventilation on one side and one open end.

**All tickets must be purchased in advance. No ticket sales at the door.

*Must Be 21 or Over with valid ID. No one under 21, no children and no pets allowed, only registered service animals.

*Winery and food purveyor participation is subject to change.

Mer Soleil Winery is in the Santa Lucia Highlands next to the Salinas Valley in Monterey County.

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