The Leadership Membership is available to any winery that is committed to leading Santa Barbara County to success and has the resources and bandwidth to contribute to the mission. This tier of membership guarantees inclusion to all events and opportunities at no additional cost and the Right-of-First-Refusal to all marketing and media opportunities.
The Leadership Membership is for wineries who can actively engage in the opportunities presented by the association and want to be part of leading the industry to recognition and success. Eight board seats are available to this tier, making up the majority of the Board of Directors.
Leadership membership: $12,000 annually, biannual billing available.
The Community Membership provides the foundational benefits of being a member, while allowing you to customize your membership based on additional events or opportunities you would like to pursue.
The Community Membership allows your winery to contribute to the collective effort of our industry to promote and protect our world-class wine region.
Community memberships are determined by production:
<2,000 cases – $1,800 annually, monthly auto-billing available ($150/month)
>2,000 cases – $3,600 annually, monthly auto-billing available ($300/month)
“We are firm believers in the Santa Barbara Vintners Association. We know that coalescing many voices into one makes us more powerful and produces the most effective messaging. One voice that invites, organizes, and endorses. One voice to deliver a consistent and powerful message of unity. By joining together with share purpose, we are stronger as a group. Strong and powerful to promote and illuminate the splendors of our region. We can only be our strongest if we ALL join together.”
Doug Margerum
Owner
Margerum Wine Company & Barden
“The Santa Barbara Vintners gives me the opportunity to meet and talk to current and potential grape customers. As a member I have the network I need to sell my grapes each year and pride in supporting our local wine region.”
Brook Williams
Owner & Winegrower
Duvarita Vineyard
Christy & Wise Vineyard
“The [SBV] has always worked hard to be the resource people think of when they are planning their trip to the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley and this is why we have supported them with our restaurant membership for over 20 years. Supporting [SBV] is more than just advertising, it’s being a supportive member of a community. We appreciate the connections and support our membership has given us through the years—truly invaluable.”
Shawnda & Sam Marmorstein
Owners
Los Olivos Wine Merchant Cafe
“We serve the Central Coast and have belonged to Santa Barbara Vintners since 1997. Our membership is highly valuable for marketing, education, growth and networking. We consider membership a responsibility; to contribute to the tremendous growth of this region and industry, which is our pleasure, as you are our wine families.”
Jill Tweedie
Owner
Breakaway Tours Wine and Events
“Why would a micro-winery without a tasting room join the Vintners’ Association? Well, BECAUSE Seagrape is a micro-winery (actually, probably nano-winery) with a limited marketing budget and is a two-person show. We could never afford to hire outside talent for PR or social media, just will never have the reach of an association such as Vintners, and frankly, do not have the bandwidth to do it all. When I realized that I pay a subscription to Adobe for software that costs about half of what I would pay for a membership “subscription” to the Vintners’ Association, a light bulb went on. I believe that these will be some of the best dollars spent to elevate the brand, increase our exposure and ultimately…sell more wine! And the à la carte option allows me to choose just those elements that make sense for our little brand.”
Karen Steinwachs
Owner
Seagrape Wine Company
With almost $2B of economic impact, the Santa Barbara County wine industry must stay engaged in policy issues that impact the wine industry. We track various county issues, as well as shepherd the wineries, tasting rooms, and vineyards through regulatory impacts.
We hold relationships with and often partner with important members of our industry, including:
Unique marketing opportunities present themselves as the year unfolds. They have included but not been limited to the following events. We will continue to offer participation opportunities as they present themselves.
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