Birthday Celebration

Tracey Aldridge (far right), a big pinot fan, received tickets to the festival as a birthday present from her husband Robert Aldridge (far left) of St. Francis Winery in the Sonoma Valley. They invited along their friends Michael and Stephanie McDermott who moved to Sonoma County a couple of years ago from San Diego. "We use to come up and visit and we fell in love with the beauty of the area and the lifestyle. So we moved," Michael says. They've already started up a small hobby vineyard in their yard.