Food Traveler Magazine Winter 2013 | Page 54

Northern WINTER DESTINATION cuisine; educates consumers on healthy, sustainable agriculture; and provides sustainable funding for the support and preservation of the not-for-profit arts community in Albany, NY. Events include a Slider Slam, Barista Challenge, Rising Star Pavilion, Grand Tastings, and a 6-Course Dinner & Grand Gala Reception. The Albany Food & Wine Festival features 70 chefs and 250 wine, spirits & craft beer suppliers. To date, the Food & Wine Festival has raised $290,000 for eight local non-profit arts organizations. www.albanywinefest.com. at a sumptuous Gilded Age hideaway like the Castle Hotel and Spa in Tarrytown, Oheka Castle in Huntington, Long Island or The Point in Saranac Lake. Wherever you go, you’ll never be far from great food and drinks—and the farms, fields and vineyards they come from. For more information on New York’s culinary delights and sites visit www.iloveny.com Albany Chef’s Food & Wine Festival January 16-18, 2014 Hilton Albany 2014 marks the fifth year of Albany’s fast-growing Food & Wine Festival, a 3-day event that markets the area’s restaurants, chefs, and their innovative Sullivan County: The Sullivan County Catskills offers a wide variety of farm fresh produce, farm to table events and distilleries, breweries and wineries. Because of Its proximity to a major metro area, the produce grown here is used in many upscale restaurants in NYC. Visit www.scva.net for regional information I LOVE NEW YORK logo is a registered trademark/service mark of the NYS Dept. of Economic Development, used with permission.