LakewoodAlive’s “Lets Wine About Winter” took place on March 7 at Rozi’s Wine House and welcomed over 180 wine lovers to eight “World Wines” and three Ohio Wines from Markko Vineyards. The wines were paired with appetizers prepared by Matthew Auck, Executive Chef of Bon Appetit Management Company and the dessert was prepared by Lakewood resident Eric Lowrey. Wonderful music was provided by Beck Café owner Paul Sykes and his son Alex Sykes.

Thank you to LakewoodAlive’s “Lets Wine About Winter” event sponsors The Wave Radio Station, WNWV 107.3 and The Lakewood Observer. Those who attended the event were also treated to a wine raffle with 36 donated wines. A huge shout out of thanks to all of the merchants and residents who donated wines for the raffle:

Aladdin’s Eatery
Lakewood Historical Society
Beck Café
Mahall’s Twenty Lanes
Bela Dubby
Dr. & Mrs. Lance McGannon, DDS
Borderline Café
McGorray-Hanna Funeral Homes
Burger King
Melt Bar & Grilled
Café 56
West Nature’s Bin – Cornucopia Inc.
David & Virginia Estrop
Pepper’s Italian Restuarant
Eric Lowrey
Sacred Hour Massage
Ganley Auto Group
Simone’s Beverage
Giant Eagle
Stockman Architecture Ltd.
Susan & Gordon Geiger
Paul & Judy Szentkiralyi
Kathy & Ken Haber
T.J.’s Butcher Block
Kathy’s Creative Sewing Center
Tom Unik Insurance
West End Tavern
Winking Lizard

Thank you also to the many volunteers who worked countless hours to make this event a success:

Chris Karel Co-chair
Kristen Verciglio Co-chair
Hilary Schickler
Suzy Peters
Virginia Estrop
Paula Reed
Tamara Karel
Rossen Family
Michelle Kruse
Eric Lowrey
Paul & Alex Sykes
Dennis Mramor
Michelle Morrow
Kimberly Payne

The nearly $4,000 in proceeds from this benefit went to LakewoodAlive, a 501-(c)(3) corporation whose mission is to improve the quality of life of residents by creating alliances with community leaders, leveraging community assets and expanding the pool of available resources in order to facilitate economic stability and growth in the City of Lakewood.

If you missed this first annual “Let’s Wine About Winter” be sure to join us next year! For a list of all Downtown Lakewood events go to www.lakewoodalive.com. If you would like to volunteer with LakewoodAlive, please contact Shannon at 216-521-0655.