Great Wine. Great Food. An Extraordinary Cause.
The Santa Monica Wine Auction is the Santa Monica Education Foundation’s premier annual fundraising event, bringing together exceptional wineries, restaurants, culinary partners, local businesses, and more than 400 community members, local leaders, and philanthropic supporters in support of Santa Monica public schools.
Guests enjoy outstanding wine and food tastings, live music, and exciting live and silent auctions, all while helping create opportunities for students throughout Santa Monica.
Become a Tasting Partner
Showcase your business to approximately 400 guests while supporting Santa Monica public schools.
We welcome wineries, spirits brands, restaurants, food purveyors, and non-alcoholic beverage partners.
All tasting partners generously donate the food, wine, spirits, or beverages served at the event and provide staff for their tasting table.
Winery & Spirits Partners
Participating wineries and spirits partners provide tasting pours for approximately 400 guests and typically offer two to three selections.
Restaurant & Culinary Partners
Participating restaurants and food purveyors provide small plates, bites, or tasting portions for approximately 400 guests.
Non-Alcoholic Beverage Partners
We also welcome non-alcoholic beverage companies interested in showcasing their products to our guests through donated tastings.
Library Reserve Room: An Elevated Tasting Experience
Select wineries are invited to participate in our Library Reserve Room, an intimate premium tasting experience limited to just 75 guests.
Donate to the Silent or Live Auction
You do not need to participate as a tasting partner to support the Santa Monica Wine Auction.
Businesses and individuals are invited to contribute an item, package, service, or experience to our silent or live auction.
Thank You to Our Previous Tasting Partners
We are grateful to the wineries, restaurants, spirits brands, and culinary partners who helped make the Santa Monica Wine Auction such a success.
Your Support Creates Opportunity
The Santa Monica Education Foundation engages the community to invest in a vibrant educational experience for students throughout Santa Monica public schools.
Funds raised help provide opportunities that enrich students academically, creatively, physically, and socially. Some of the programs funded include:
- Arts education for elementary students
- Instructional assistants in classrooms
- Dance and enrichment programs
- STEM and academic enrichment
- Music and performing arts
- Wellness programs
- College and academic support
- Middle school competitive athletics
- Samohi competitive athletics
- Flexible grants to every school to meet the unique needs of its students
Join Us for the 12th Annual
Santa Monica Wine Auction
Questions? info@smedfoundation.org
Meet our Wine Auction Board Members
These board members work year round to help ensure our biggest fundraiser of the year is a smashing success. From setting the winery lineup to choosing bottles for the auction lots, and every pre-event in between, these remarkable oenophiles are dedicated to supporting our students. With a little fun along the way of course!
WAB Members from L to R:
