Drinking may not always be good for you, but for the next five weeks at least, it will be good for other people.
Starting last weekend, six Brooklyn wine shops began hosting wine-tasting fundraisers as part of the second annual “Start Wine-ing … Stop Breast Cancer” program, started by breast cancer survivor Lenore Arons.
Prospect Wine Shop on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope got the wineathon started by donating 25 percent of its May 2 proceeds to the cause.
“We were thrilled to participate,” said store manager Amy Louise Pommier. “It feels really good to do something to help this cause, and Lenore is just so positive and a joy to work with.”
Next up is Big Nose, Full Body, the Seventh Avenue wine shop, on May 16.
Arons said she was pleased with the response from Brooklyn businessowners.
“These are tough times, yet the restaurants and wine shops are committed to giving back to the community, and they really are giving back to their community, because the odds are that some of their customers have breast cancer,” she said.
Arons isn’t done yet. Next up is her annual “Dining Out for a Cure” nights, which takes the cancer fight beyond a glass of wine and into a full meal. It starts on June 1 and features about two dozen restaurants.
For a list of the remaining wine events, go to www.diningoutforacure.com/restaurants/new_york_wine.html. For the restaurants involved, go to www.diningoutforacure.com/restaurants/new_york_restaurants.html.
