Wine And Sweets Festival Returns To Long Island City

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS -- Sugar fiends and wine snobs, get ready to indulge in your favorite vices, because the LIC Flea and Food Market is bringing back its Wine & Sweets Fest for round two this summer.

The Long Island City market of global eats, handmade crafts and vintage finds will transform into a wine and dessert wonderland for the second annual festival during the first weekend of August, organizers said.

"We have done the Queens Beer Fest for the last three seasons and that's been a very successful event, so we felt it was time for wine to get its focus," LIC Flea and Food spokeswoman Elizabeth Aloni told Patch.

"Wine tasting is so much fun and its become something local as well with the vineyards upstate, so we figured why not bring the wine tasting right to you."

Patrons can expect to sip on unlimited whites, reds and rosés from a global selection of wines curated by an NYC "wine professional" while indulging on treats from more than 20 local sweet vendors, according to the LIC Flea and Food Market website.

This year's wine selection includes Bridge Lane's signature canned rosé, Riff Pinot Grigio, chilled Elsa Bianchi Malbec, Ponga Sauvignon Blanc and more, Aloni said.

"We'll have about 20 different wines," she said. "Some will be from New York and some will be from all over the world."

As for desserts, LIC Flea and Food hasn't been shy about advertising this year's array of treat vendors by way of mouthwatering Instagram photos.

Delectable desserts coming to this year's festival include churro empanadas from Empanada Papa, kosher bon bons and dulce de leche from Christtine Organic Confections, champagne-spiked ice cream from Scoops In Cahoots, gluten-free doughnuts from Foughnuts and more.

The festival will run Aug. 4 and 5 from noon to 6 p.m. each day at the market on 5-25 46th Ave. Admission itself is free, but you'll need a ticket for unlimited wine tasting.

A general admission ticket costs $39 and will get you two hours of unlimited wine tasting and a souvenir glass to take home. You can also opt for an early admission ticket for $10 more, which entitles you to skip the line and an indulge in an extra half hour of wine tasting.

A "Wine & Sweets" ticket comes with all those perks plus three "sweets credits" good at any of the festival's treat vendors. That will set you back $59.

Get your ticket to this year's Wine & Sweets Fest here.

Lead photo courtesy of LIC Flea and Food