November 18, 2024 (BUELLTON, Calif.) — In connection with Giving Tuesday (Dec. 3), Alma Rosa Winery, located in Santa Barbara County’s Sta. Rita Hills AVA, has pledged to donate $10 for every bottle of 2022 Alma Rosa North Slope Pinot Noir ($55.00)sold online and onsite at the Solvang tasting room to Santa Barbara County’s Mental Wellness Center through the end of 2024. The Mental Wellness Center provides on-the-ground mental health support services within the Santa Barbara community.
Alma Rosa Winery has a strong commitment to giving back, and in 2020, Owners Bob and Barb Zorich, along with General Manager Debra Eagle launched the winery’s annual fundraising walk, Peace of Mind: 10,000 Steps in the Right Direction, to support mental health community services, as well as fund research on the causes, treatment and potential cures for anxiety and depression. Over the last five years, the winery has raised over $955,000 for the Mental Wellness Center and One Mind. The 2025 Peace of Mind event will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Registration information will be announced in January 2025.
“Anxiety, depression and other mental health challenges continue to negatively impact the lives of many in our community,” says Bob Zorich. “Donations from the 2022 Alma Rosa North Slope Pinot Noir holiday campaign will support the important services that the Mental Wellness Center provides its clients and their families.”
The Zorichs have a long history of supporting mental health-related causes. Bob currently is an Emeritus Board Member of the Hope and Healing Center & Institute and previously served on the board of the WorkFaith Connection of Houston. The Zorichs are also supporters of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation in New York City and the Kingdom Giving Fund in Colorado.
To learn more about Alma Rosa’s Peace of Mind: 10,000 Steps in the Right Direction fundraising walk, click here.
About Alma Rosa Winery
Alma Rosa Winery, a leading wine producer from Santa Barbara County’s Sta. Rita Hills, is dedicated to making Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Rhône varietal wines that express the unique terroir of the appellation. Alma Rosa’s wines are layered, vibrant and balanced, reflecting the cool climate impact of the Pacific Ocean breezes that are funneled through the east-west transverse mountain range of the region. The winery was founded in 2005 by Richard Sanford, who was the first to plant Pinot Noir in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA in 1971. Today the winery is owned by Bob and Barbara Zorich, who purchased the winery in 2014. In 2019 Samra Morris took the helm as winemaker, becoming the first Bosnian winemaker in California.
Alma Rosa tasting room: 1623 Mission Drive, Solvang, CA (open daily; hours linked here)
Online sales: www.almarosawinery.com
Contact: (805) 691-9395, info@almarosawinery.com
For more information about Alma Rosa Winery, please visit almarosawinery.com.
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About Mental Wellness Center
With 77 years of service to the Santa Barbara community, Mental Wellness Center has been the leading provider of mental health support to adults, families, and youth. The organization instructs in mental health education to nearly 5,000 local students, operates a residential services program which is home to community members in seven residential sites, and serves individuals and families impacted by mental illness through support groups and social connection programs like its onsite recovery day program that sees hundreds of individuals, both housed and unhoused, living with severe mental illness.
