FLXCURSION 2026

TIME: 1 p.m - 2:45 p.m. 

EVENT'S WINE LIST:

1. Dr. Loosen 2024 Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling Spätlese (Mosel, Germany)
2. Robert Weil 2024 Kiedricher Gräfenberg Riesling Spätlese (Rheingau, Germany)
3. Dönnhoff 2024 Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Riesling Spätlese (Nahe, Germany)
4. Apollo's Praise 2024 Pentecostal Block Riesling [Spätlese] (Finger Lakes, USA)
5. Galen Glen  (Pennsylvania, USA)
6. 2022 Martin's Lane Fritzi's Vineyard Riesling (British Columbia, Canada)
7. A.J. Adam Hofberg GG Riesling 2024 (Mosel, Germany)
8. Knewitz Honigberg GG Riesling 2024 (Rheinhessen, Germany)
9. Dr. Bürklin-Wolf Gaisböhl GG Riesling 2023 (Pfalz, Germany)
10. Weingut Sommer 2023 Riesling When We See Edition No. 1 (Leithaberg, Austria)
11. Nikolaihof Steiner Hund Kremstal Riesling 2019 (Kremstal, Austria)

EVENT'S WINE LIST:

Konstantin Frank Rkatseteli (Finger Lakes, NY)
Chona's Marani (Kakheti, Georgia)
FLX Grüner Veltliner (Finger Lakes, NY)
Fritsch Ried Steinberg Grüner Veltliner (Wagram, Austria)
Bloomer Creek Edelzwicker Tanzen Dame Blue Cap (Finger Lakes, NY)
Ambrositsch Ringelspiel (Wien / Vienna, Austria)
Keuka Lake Vineyards Skin-Fermented Vignoles 2021 (Finger Lakes, NY)
Fio Wines Mosel Glou Glou (Mosel, Germany)
Usonia Good Spirit 2024 (Finger Lakes, NY)
Vignoble du Rêveur Rien ne Bouge (Vin de France) 
Standing Stone Saperavi (Finger Lakes, NY)
Dakishvili (Kakheti, Georgia)
Ravines Agricolae Keuka Red (Finger Lakes, NY)
Schioppettino Friuli Colli Orientali 2023 (Friuli Colli Orientali, Italy)

TIME: 1 p.m - 2:45 p.m.

The Finger Lakes has spent a generation making the case for Riesling. Join moderator Clive Pursehouse and panelists Dr. Anna Katherine Mansfield (Cornell), Jade Palmer DipWSET, Erin McMurrough (Little Clover Wine Company), and Nova Cadamatre MW (Trestle 31) for a structured, unsentimental look at a region that has earned its place on the global wine map. Through fourteen wines placed in direct conversation with benchmarks from around the world, we'll examine what the Finger Lakes has actually built and hold it, without apology, against the best the world has to offer.


EVENT'S WINE LIST:

1. Little Clover Cayuga White Brut (Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY)
2. 2021 Red Tail Ridge Sekt (Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY)
3. Peter Lauer Riesling Sekt Brut Reserve (Saar, Mosel, Germany)
4. 2022 Riesling Dry Limestone Springs Vineyard (Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes)
5. FLX Single Vineyard Riesling (Finger Lakes, NY)
6. Knewitz [wine TBD] Single Vineyard I(Rheinhessen, Germany)
7. Hosmer Sauvignon Blanc (Cayuga Lake, Finger Lakes, NY)
8. Trestle 31 Chardonnay (Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY)
9. Burgundy Village (Burgundy, France)
10. FLX Cabernet Franc (Finger Lakes, NY)
11. 2017 Ryan Williams Pinot Noir (Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY)
12. J. Hofstätter Pinot Nero Barthenau (Alto Adige, Italy)

TIME: 3:15 p.m - 5 p.m.

Consider this: The wine world doesn’t have an audience problem—it has a communication problem.


Wine drinkers are becoming more curious, diverse, and culturally engaged, while the language around wine still feels exclusive, outdated, and often disconnected from how people actually experience it. So, what needs to change, and who gets to lead that charge?


Join moderator Maiah Johnson Dunn (wine writer and educator) in conversation with Clive Pursehouse (Forbes Wine), Christina Pickard (Wine Enthusiast), Tyler Balliet (The Rebel School of Wine), and Maryam Ahmed (Maryam + Company, Field Blends) for an unfiltered take on the state of wine communication today.


Across journalism, education, marketing, and community-building, each is challenging the entrenched norms and rewriting the rules: from how stories are told to who gets invited into the conversation. Together, they’ll dig into what’s broken, what’s worth preserving, and what it actually takes to connect with audiences in ways that feel honest, compelling, and relevant to now.


Expect strong opinions and practical takeaways for anyone ready to rethink how wine is talked about, sold, and shared.


EVENT'S WINE LIST:

1. 2023 Sheldrake Point Beta Series Blanc de Franc (Cayuga Lake, Finger Lakes, NY)
2. 2023 Cristom Vineyards Eileen Vineyard Chardonnay Willamette (Willamette Valley, OR)
3. Ria's Wine 2024 Viva Riesling (Finger Lakes, NY)
4. Maryam + Company x Massican 2023 (Napa, CA)
5. J. Hofstätter Pinot Bianco blind (Alto Adige, Italy)
6. FLX blind
7. FLX blind 

The prevailing narrative places wine and wellness on opposite ends of the spectrum. One is framed as indulgence, the other as discipline. One promises pleasure, the other control. But as rates of loneliness climb, burnout becomes commonplace, and hospitality grapples with how to care for both guests and workers, perhaps we're asking the wrong (or at least insufficient) questions. Join moderator Maryam Ahmed (Maryam + Company) and panelists Samantha Cole-Johnson (Senior Editor US, JancisRobinson.com), Jon Ross (Co-founder, Legend Imports), and Dr. Max Wallace (Clinical Psychologist and Certified Sommelier/WSET 3) for a conversation that goes beyond supplements, step counts, and hangover discourse. Through a tasting of exceptional wines, we'll interrogate connection, mental health, labor, community, and the role of pleasure in a meaningful life. Because if wellness is only about what we eliminate, we’re missing the point entirely.


EVENT'S WINE LIST:

1. Mt. Yengo Brut Adelaide Hills, South Australia NV (Adelaide Hills, South Australia
2. Fio Teppo 2015 (Mosel, Germany)
3. AJ Adams Häs’chen Riesling GG 2023 (Mosel, Germany)
4. Chalmers Greco Heathcote, Victoria 2021 (Victoria, Australia)
5. Frog's Leap Rosé (Rutherford, Napa Valley, CA)
6. Dr. Lippold — Ürziger Würzgarten preferred (Mosel, Germany)
7. Commonwealth Crush Ghost in the Scene or Readymade
8. Hermann Wiemer Josef Vineyard Noble Select 2014 (Finger Lakes, NY)

A tasting of over a dozen of Australia and New Zealand's finest—and rarely seen Stateside—Rieslings, hand-chosen and presented by Wine Enthusiast Writer-at-Large and Reviewer, Christina, who has covered these countries for over a decade. She'll be joined by Aussie-Finger Lakes winemaking couple, Sebastian and Colleen Hardy of Living Roots, Simon Buck of New Zealand's Te Mata Estate, and Gordon Little, of Little Peacock, an Australian specialist importer. Join them for a deep dive into the diverse regions and styles of these important Southern Hemisphere winemaking nations.


EVENT'S WINE LIST:

1. Prophets Rock (Central Otago, NZ)
2. Grosset Polish Hill 2025 (Clare Valley, SA, Australia)
3. Jim Barry LoosenBarry "Wolta Wolta" (Clare Valley, SA, Australia)
4. 2025 Block 2 Riesling — Forrest Hill (Guy Lyons) (Great Southern, WA, Australia)
5. Rippon "Mature Vine" Riesling (Central Otago, NZ)
6. Henschke "Julius" 2024 (Eden Valley, SA, Australia)
7. Pegasus Bay 2008 Aria (Waipara, Canterbury, NZ)
8. Dry River Craighall Riesling 2014 & 2019 (Martinborough, NZ)
9. Small Wonder 2025
10. Alkoomi 2022 (Frankland River, WA, Australia)
11. Koerner 2023 (Clare Valley, SA, Australia)
12. Stargaze Estate 2023 (Australia / NZ)

EVENT'S WINE LIST:

1. 2024 Glow Glow Nahe Riesling (Nahe, Germany)
2. Estate Dry Riesling Dönnhoff (Nahe, Germany)
3. Bürklin-Wolf (Pfalz, Germany)
4. Domaine Zind-Humbrecht (Alsace, France)
5. 2022 Hillick & Hobbs Estate Riesling (Finger Lakes, NY)
6. 2019 Anthony Road Art Series Riesling (Finger Lakes, NY)
7. FLX
8. FLX 

We are thrilled to host an exciting evening seminar at the Smith Opera House with Valerie Kathawala and Paula Redes Sidore, the brilliant duo behind TRINK Magazine, the only English-language publication devoted to the wines of Alsace, Austria, Germany, South Tyrol, and Switzerland.
Trink Magazine presents TRINK: UNBOUND, a live podcast format bringing Valerie Kathawala and Paula Redes Sidore’s sharp, thoughtful perspective to FLXcursion for a dynamic conversation on how historic wine identities are evolving in real time. Together, Valerie and Paula will explore the tension between tradition and modernity, from climate change and shifting bureaucracy to Germany’s 2026 classification rollout and the Finger Lakes’ movement toward single-vineyard delineation. The conversation will also examine the stylistic shift beyond rigid categories, including the pivot from Prädikat to Landwein in Germany and parallel conversations taking place in the United States.
Finally, the seminar will look at wine through the lens of structure, phenolics, and texture, considering what white wine producers are learning from red wine techniques and how these evolving practices are reshaping the way we understand style, place, and identity.

A conversation with growers from Germany, Austria, and the FLX.

1st Hour — Panel 1: Rewriting the Rules. An exploration of evolving wine laws and classification in Germany/Austria, how growers work within and outside these rules, and how FLX is developing in this context.

2nd Hour — Panel 2: The Style Shift. A look at Riesling’s evolution in structure, texture, and phenolics — from skin ferments to traditional method Sekt — and what’s driving this shift in farming, climate, and cellar technique.


EVENT'S WINE LIST:

1. Bürklin-Wolf Forster Kirchenstück or Jesuitengarten Riesling GG ('21 and '23) (Pfalz, Germany)
2. A.J. Adam 2024 Dhroner Hofberg Riesling (Mosel, Germany)
3. Nikolaihof 2019 Steiner Hund Riesling (Wachau, Austria)
4. Apollo's Praise "The Knoll" Riesling (Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY)
5. Koehler-Ruprecht Kallstadter Saumagen Riesling (Pfalz, Germany)
6. Fio Pet Nat "Piu-Piu" (Mosel, Germany)
7. Weingut Knewitz (Rheinhessen, Germany)
8. Weingut Sommer Handwerk Riesling 2022 (Leithaberg, Austria)
9. Jurtschitsch Heiligenstein Riesling (oldest available vintage vs. most recent) (Kamptal, Austria)
10. Hermann J. Wiemer — Flower Day (BD) / Skin Ferment (Standing Stone) / HJW Bio (Finger Lakes, NY)
11. Dr. Frank Riesling Nature Sparkling (Finger Lakes, NY)
12. Dr. Lippold Riesling Sekt Brut Nature (Mosel, Germany)