LIC Flea
BY JENNA BAGCAL
& Fest
Get ready for a weekend filled with
unlimited wine and sweets in Long
Island City.
The Wine and Sweets Fest returns
to LIC Flea and Food for a second
year. This year’s festival takes place
the weekend of July 7-8 at the waterfront
market located at 5-25 46th Ave.
Guests will get the opportunity to taste
unlimited samples of wine curated by
a New York City wine professional as
well as taste a unique array of sweets
from the over 20 local sweet vendors
that are slated to be at the event.
Niko Triantafillou is this year’s
tastemaker for the event, a role which
involves choosing the businesses and
vendors who will get to showcase their
food to attendees. He was also one of
about 15 tastemakers for The World’s
Fare back in April.
The writer, critic, and photographer
has been writing about the world of pastry
since 2006. That year, he started his
website and food blog called Dessert-
Buzz, which later led to him contributing
to publications like Saveur, Wine4Food,
Serious Eats NY and StarChefs.
The native New Yorker was born
in the Chelsea section of Manhattan
and became interested in food early
on. Both his maternal and paternal
grandfathers owned food establishments
when he was growing up.
Triantafillou said he is currently in
the process of reaching out to the
businesses who might be in attendance
and shared that being the event’s tastemaker
is “harder than it sounds.” He
said that the process involves choosing
vendors who are the best fit based on
their location and experience, while
ensuring that there is not more than
one vendor per category.
Though the food writer said that
the list of vendors has not been confirmed,
he promises that there will be
a wide variety of wine and sweets to
suit all tastes.
Triantafillou added that this event
is a great opportunity for attendees to
try sweets they have not yet tried, and
also an opportunity for the small businesses
that he chooses to showcase
their offerings.
The two-day event is on July 7 and
8 from noon to 6 p.m. Tickets for the
event come at two price points. General
admission tickets are $29 plus fees and
includes two hours of unlimited wine
tasting and a souvenir tasting glass.
Patrons can also purchase early admission
tickets, which go for $39 plus fees
and is good for two and a half hours of
wine tasting and a souvenir tasting glass.
Visit www.eventbrite.com/e/
w i n e - s w e e t s - f e s t - t i c k e t s -
46088223116?ref=ebtnebtckt to
purchase tickets.
WINE
SWEETS
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