• Guests at Friendship Center’s Sixth Annual Wine Down event were greeted by longtime supporters Penny Mathison with longtime supporter Mary Walsh. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • Louise and David Borgatello are longtime Friendship Center supporters and represented MarBorg Industries, the event’s top sponsor. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • The Wine Down committee included, from left, Pamela Vander Heide, board president Kathy Marden, Karolyn Hanna and Sue Adams. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • Happy vintner purveyors Peg Crowlly from Pegasus Estate Winery and Dane Campbell from Zaca Mesa. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • The Montecito Jazz Project provided musical entertainment. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • Sponsor Sharon Kennedy, left, with Phylene Wiggins of the Santa Barbara Foundation. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • The lovely Rona Barrett, left, with Diana Story. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • Friendship Center executive director Heidi Holly, center, with Big Heart Award winners — and sisters — Andriana and Sophia Hohlbauch at the organization’s Sixth Annual Wine Down. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
    Friendship Center executive director Heidi Holly, center, with Big Heart Award winners — and sisters — Andriana and Sophia Hohlbauch at the organization’s Sixth Annual Wine Down. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk photo)
  • Justine Sutton, Friendship Center’s development director. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • Supporters Claudia Lash, left, and Pat Lupo. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
  • Friendship Center board vice president Marty Moore with guest 
Tiffany Grupa. (Rochelle Rose / Noozhawk)
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William M. Macfadyen, Noozhawk Publisher

wmacfadyen@noozhawk.com

Bill Macfadyen is Noozhawk’s founder and publisher. Contact him at wmacfadyen@noozhawk.com, and follow him on Instagram: @bill.macfadyen. The opinions expressed are his own.