Name: Session 2A: A MASTERCLASS IN IGNORANCE: REGIONAL PROMINENCE TO GLOBAL RELEVANCE @ Heron Hill
Start: 2026-06-28T13:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-28T17:00:00-0400

Welcome to the FLXCURSION 2026 - International Riesling Expo!

Session 2A: A MASTERCLASS IN IGNORANCE: REGIONAL PROMINENCE TO GLOBAL RELEVANCE @ Heron Hill

Sunday June 28, 2026 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT

Heron Hill Winery @ 9301 Co Rd 76, Hammondsport, NY 14840, USA

A MASTERCLASS IN IGNORANCE: REGIONAL PROMINENCE TO GLOBAL RELEVANCE
Clive Pursehouse · Jade Palmer DipWSET · Anna Katherine Mansfield · Erin McMurrough · Nova Cadamatre MW
Sunday 1:00–2:45 PM · Heron Hill

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.

Flight 1
1. Little Clover Cayuga White Brut, 2023 Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY
2. Peter Lauer Riesling Sekt Brut Nature, 2023 Saar, Germany
3. Ravines Argetsinger Vineyard Riesling, 2021 Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY
4. Knewitz Hundertgulden Riesling Grosses Gewächs, 2024 Rheinhessen, Germany
Flight 2
5. Trestle 31 Chardonnay, 2021 Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY
6. Domaine Balland-Curtet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous Le Puits, 2024 Burgundy, France
Flight 3
7. Ryan Williams Pinot Noir, 2017 Seneca Lake, Finger Lakes, NY
8. J. Hofstätter Pinot Nero Barthenau, 2021 Alto Adige, Italy
9. Hosmer Cabernet Franc, 2024 Cayuga Lake, Finger Lakes, NY
10. Philippe Alliet Chinon Vieilles Vignes, 2022 Loire, France

Moderators