Scholarships | Commercial Wine Competition

As part of our educational mission, the Orange County Wine Society awards scholarships each year to aspiring young winemaking (enology), grape-growing (viticulture), wine marketing, and culinary arts students at several colleges throughout California. OCWS has donated $633,000 to the following colleges and universities:

$69,621

Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria

$119,208

California State University, Fresno

$83,296

California Polytechnic University, Pomona

$118,761

Orange Coast College

$50,242

Napa Valley College

$124,509

California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo

$139,544

University of California, Davis

$1,500

Sonoma State University

Since the Wine Society’s inception 42 years ago, and the development of the Scholarship Program, the Orange County Wine Society has raised and donated $706,000 in scholarships to students studying enology (winemaking), viticulture (grape growing), wine appreciation, and culinary arts at several colleges throughout California.

The scholarships are granted to the colleges and universities, where the discretion to decide the recipients of the scholarships is granted to the educational institutions. Several scholarship recipients have written thank you notes that are published in postings below. If you would like to donate to the Scholarship Fund, please forward donations to OCWS.