Maxi’s sponsors Triple B’s wine tasting

Maxi’s Restaurant on Market Street is having a wine tasting party Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Triple B’s team and the Atlanta Breast Cancer 3 Day. The cost is $25 per person. Participants will learn tips on choosing wines for any occasion and with different menus and sample reds, whites and dessert wines.  Bill Cherry will lead the wine tasting.The Triple B’s are raising money for the Breast Cancer 3 Day, a 60 mile walk in October benefitting the Susan G. Komen foundation and the National Philanthropic Trust. They have raised over $21,000 toward a goal of $30,000. Each team member will walk 20 miles a day for three days in October beginning at Lake Lanier and ending at Turner Field in Atlanta. ”It’s our way to draw attention to the need to find a cure for breast cancer, a disease that strikes one in eight women in the US.,” said team captain Kathy Oxford