Santa Lucia Highlands Sun, Wind & Wine Festival

Join Santa Lucia Highlands wineries for the 18th Santa Lucia Highlands Wine Artisans Sun, Wind & Wine Festival, Monterey County's favorite Wine & food Event of the year!

Meet the winemakers and growers and taste more than 100 limited-release wines, including Caraccioli Cellars, Landmark Vineyards, Mer Soleil, Morgan Winery, Siduri, Belle Glos, McIntyre, ROAR, Pisoni, Wrath and many more. The setting is dramatic: Mer Soleil Winery, a venue that opens its door only once a year to the public, for this event.

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

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.

Early Admission tickets secure advance entry for a special 1 hour featuring 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.

Young Vines passes provide a friendly price for guests 35 and under, including one with transportation included from Monterey Peninsula College.

Ride safe! Shuttle tickets from Monterey Peninsula College to Mer Soleil are available for both Early Admission and General Admission ticketholders. Space is limited, buy now before they sell out.

Participating wineries: * wineries are subject to change

Belle Glos | Bernardus Winery | Bruliam Wines | Caraccioli Cellars | Clarice Wine Company | Claudio Family Cellars | Corral Wine Co. | CRU Winery | Dawn's Dream Winery | Grail by Dan Kosta | J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines | Joyce Wine Company | Kosta Browne | Landmark Vineyards | Luli Wines | McIntyre Vineyards | Mer Soleil | Mooney Family Vineyards | Moret-Brealynn Wines | Morgan Winery | Odonata | Pessagno | Pisoni Family Vineyards | Puma Road Winery | Rexford Winery | ROAR Wines | Rombauer Vineyards | Rustique Winery | Sarah's Vineyard | Scheid Family Wines | Siduri | Testarossa | Tondre Wines | Wrath Wines

Chefs & Food Purveyors

Ardent Culinaire | Carmel's Hidden Gem | Cheesecake Dreamations | The Cheese Wiz | Foray Restaurant | Grasing's |  Kleinfeldt Family BBQ | Lucia Restaurant at Bernardus Lodge | Luigi's | Pacific Bowls & Rolls | Qouign | Rancho Cielo Drummond Culinary Academy | Santa Lucia Preserve | Star Market | The Pocket Carmel | Woody's at the Airport | Yafa Carmel | Zio Brand Swiss Butchery

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

Saturday, May 2, 2026

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 in Monterey County's Salinas Valley west of Highway 101 along River Road.