Wine Masterclasses
Flash 2026 is back with the biggest wine lineup yet!
This year, we go bigger, bolder, and louder than ever before.
19 winemakers. 14 masterclasses. Over 42 wines. And one brand new ingredient running through every single session: music.
For the first time, every masterclass at Flash Festival comes with its own curated soundtrack — because we've always believed that wine and music speak the same language.
The winemakers we've selected are the artists of the land. Local, independent, family-run producers from across Italy — not just Tuscany, though Tuscany has plenty to say. From the granite shores of Sardinia to the volcanic hills of Veneto, from the ancient valleys of Umbria to the hidden vaults of Casentino. Wine of all genres, all characters, all attitudes.
Every session is a journey: into a territory, a philosophy, and the people who gave everything to put something true into a bottle.
3 TIERS:
Basic €16.00 + BF
Intermediate €19.00 + BF
Premium €22.00 + BF
Wednesday - Saturday | 45minutes sessions
Wine Tasting Tent
Limited Seats — to preserve a personal and curated experience
01 Sip - Start Here
For the curious, the newcomers, and anyone who just wants a great glass
Wine Tasting 101
BASIC
Just put it on your calendar right away — you have a 101 meeting with your tasting buds! Our Flash juice pourer will bring you the most fun and easy wines that the area has to offer. Sip, taste and learn.
Featuring: 3 of Flash's sommelier favourite wines
Regions: Tuscany (Castiglion Fiorentino & Arezzo)
Fuxx ICE
INTERMEDIATE
Wine has no borders, no rules, and definitely no dress code. Most people mute their whites with too much ICE — we're here to turn the volume up. Discover how wines perform better when they aren't shivering. A masterclass in full-spectrum tasting. No filters, no ICE, just pure resonance.
Featuring: Ilaria Addis, Tanganelli
Regions: Sardinia (Gallura) & Tuscany (Castiglion Fiorentino & Arezzo)
Taste like a Local
INTERMEDIATE
From now on you will never have that touristy look on your face ever again. Challenge any local wine list and surprise your grandmother on Christmas Day with an all new level of knowledge. Be the wino you didn't even know you wanted to be.
Featuring: Tanganelli, Badini, San Ferdinando
Regions: Tuscany (Castiglion Fiorentino & Arezzo)
Hangover Wines
INTERMEDIATE
Some mornings are just not meant to be — you wake up after a long night and the last thing you want is more wine. Well, here is a selection of wines you won't get a hangover with, so in the morning you can restart right where you left off. Your yoga wine is here.
Featuring: Mariottini, Buccia Nera, Matrignano
Regions: Tuscany (Casentino, Val di Chiana, Arezzo), Veneto (Valpolicella)
Surprise Surprise Motherf*cker
Everybody loves a surprise once in a while, no exception when you are at a music festival expecting to drink some italian wines. The tasting is gonna be so unique that you won't believe your eyes. Spoiler, it's a blind tasting!
02 Dig - Deep Dives
Into territories, grapes, and the people who define them
Musica Maestro!!!
PREMIUM + LIVE DJ
One language. Three paths. 100% Volume. Come for the Sorbara, stay for the beat. Orchestra Wine is a moving project born from the synergy of three friends: an audio tech, a wine explorer, and a financial visionary. They don't just make wine — they conduct it. Join us for a masterclass that feels like a backstage set, spinning a narrative of liquid resonance paired with a curated soundtrack.
Featuring: Orchestra Wine
Regions: Emilia Romagna (Reggio Emilia)
Shut Up and Drink Gallura
PREMIUM
No small talk. Just granite, sea breeze and Ilaria Addis in person. We're pouring the liquid soul of Gallura, Sardinia: wines forged in wind, salt, and stubborn granite. No fluff, no filters — just the explosive, vertical energy of a territory that doesn't need an introduction.
Featuring: Ilaria Addis
Sardinia (Gallura)
99% Against Chemicals
INTERMEDIATE
If Flash Festival's wine tastings had a spiritual lighthouse, it would be Robin. Standing at the crossroads of Chianti Classico tradition and psychedelic rebellion, the face of Le Masse is coming to the grass to remind us what wine actually is when you strip it away from chemicals and routine.
Featuring: Le Masse
Tuscany (Florence - Chianti Classico)
The Sangio Clash
PREMIUM
Have you heard? Sangio is the word — and it rhymes perfectly with Tuscan wine DNA. A friendly battle between two of the most iconic terroirs for Sangiovese: Montalcino VS Chianti Classico. Proudness VS gentleness. Sangiovese VS Sangiovese. And you're going to love both.
Featuring: Tricerchi, Castello di Meleto
Regions: Tuscany (Montalcino, Chianti Classico, Arezzo)
Silver Hawks — A Montefalco Tale
PREMIUM
Tuscany has the sun, but Montefalco has the Galactic Frontier. We're bringing the high-altitude, chrome-plated intensity of Umbria straight to Flash Festival. Dive into the world of Sagrantino — a grape with tannins so powerful they could pierce the hull of a MonStar freighter. This is a mission to the heart of the Hill of the Falcons, where wines are born with bionic structure and cosmic longevity.
Featuring: Tenuta Brancalupo
Regions: Umbria (Montefalco)
CHAOS-entino Rulez
PREMIUM
They call it the Closed Valley — but we prefer to think of it as Tuscany's best-kept vault. For centuries, Casentino producers worked in the shadows, focusing on the dirt and the vines while the rest of the world looked elsewhere. No hype, no noise — just pure, high-altitude craft. But you can't keep treasures this tasty hidden forever. Ornina have officially broken the silence.
Featuring: Ornina
Regions: Tuscany (Casentino Valley)
03 Loud - The Bold & The Unapologetic
Loud wines, big characters, and zero apologies
I'll Eat Your PUNKreas
PREMIUM
Grab a glass and get in the pit. Who says you need a basement in the Bowery or a dive bar in London to feel the surge of 1977? Right here in the heart of Tuscany, we're stripping wine back to its distorted, DIY roots — paired with the legendary anthems that defined a counter-culture. No rules, no filters, no pretence. Just three chords and a live DJ set.
Featuring: La Stranezza, Agreste Natura, Giocaia
Regions: Tuscany, Sardinia, Veneto
Make Barrique Great Again
PREMIUM
Forget the wood juice cliches and the minimalist obsession. We're staging a sensory comeback — it's time to stop apologising for flavour. True character isn't afraid of a little structure. We're bringing back the bold, the toasted, and the unapologetic. High-fidelity texture, spicy depth, and the kind of architectural complexity that only a perfect approach to oak ageing can build.
Featuring: Lungarotti, Mariottini, Giocaia
Regions: Tuscany (Arezzo), Umbria (Torgiano), Veneto (Valpolicella)
Trading Places
PREMIUM
Forget the commodities market — we're betting everything on the terroir. In the ultimate Flash Festival crossover, we're putting the visionaries who flipped the script on Tuscan winemaking in the same room. Join icons Stefano Amerighi and Arnaldo Rossi — the Louis Winthorpes and Billy Ray Valentines of our valley — as they reveal how they turned Val di Chiana into a global powerhouse of character.
Featuring: Stefano Amerighi, Arnaldo Rossi
Regions: Tuscany (Cortona & Castiglion Fiorentino – Val di Chiana)
War of the Roses Vol. 3
INTERMEDIATE
For the third year running, we're diving into the pink revolution that has taken over Italy — but this time the stakes are higher and the bottles are bolder. Two faces of the War of the Roses: The Glou Glou Factor — ultra-gluggable thirst-quenchers — VS the Gastronomic Heavyweights: serious, structured roses built for the table.
Featuring: Matrignano, Cantina Fregnan, Giocaia
Regions: Tuscany (Arezzo, Casentino), Veneto (Valpolicella)
Surprise Surprise Motherfuck**
PREMIUM
Everybody loves a surprise once in a while, no exception when you are in a cool music festival expecting to drink some Italian wines. The tasting is gonna be so unique that you won't believe your eyes. Spoiler, it's a blind tasting!
Featuring: It's a surprise!!
The Masterclasses
Flash Festival has never been about just the music. It's about the table, the glass, the story behind both. This year, with our masterclass curator and wine MC - Marco Rossi, we have curated the biggest lineup yet!
The winemakers we've selected are the artists of the land. Local, independent, family-run producers from across Italy — not just Tuscany, though Tuscany has plenty to say. From the granite shores of Sardinia to the volcanic hills of Veneto, from the ancient valleys of Umbria to the hidden vaults of Casentino. Wine of all genres, all characters, all attitudes.
Some are old friends returning to the Flash stage. Others are brand new entries, making their debut here for the very first time. All of them share the same thing: an almost unreasonable passion for what they make, the courage to do it their own way, and a deep, unshakeable love for every single bottle they produce.
For the first time, every masterclass at Flash Festival comes with its own curated soundtrack — because we've always believed that wine and music speak the same language. This year, we're finally putting them in the same room. Some sessions pair flavours with a mood, a feeling, an era. Others go further — like our Punk masterclass, where the wines are as distorted, raw, and unapologetic as the genre that inspired them.
19 Winemakers, 14 Sessions, over 42 wines.
Wine Tasting Tent | Wednesday - Saturday
MEET OUR WINE MC
Curating our masterclass programme is Marco Rossi, our wine MC — a wine communicator of the millennial generation. From Podcaster, YouTuber to Professor. Marco can be found on TV, at university in Korea or running Wine Tasting Masterclasses all over the world.
Meet the Winemakers
We've brought together 19 winemakers who between them represent everything we love about wine: courage, territory, obsession, and the unshakeable belief that the best bottle is the one made with your whole heart. From the hills of Tuscany, to the granite shores of Sardinia — welcome to the cellar.
Orchestra Wine · Reggio Emilia, Emilia Romagna
Orchestra Wine isn't just a winery; it's an idea in movement, rooted in deep wine culture and in the art of listening. Born from the synergy of three friends — an audio technician, a tireless label explorer, and a visionary financial consultant — this project translates the sensitivity of music into the bottle. Operating as a nomadic, evolving collective, they craft their future one harvest at a time, interpreting territories through technical precision and emotional intuition. Raw, authentic, and built on indigenous yeasts and a low-intervention philosophy.
Ornina · Casentino, Tuscany
If passion burns and love builds, Greta and Marco have everything it takes to light a pretty big fire in Casentino. A young couple rocking the scene of one of Arezzo's coolest wine valleys — the Apennine area that is home to the finest Pinot Noir.
Amerighi · Cortona, Tuscany
Does he really need an introduction? Stefano pushed Valdichiana and Cortona to new limits, leaping from a stage of great wines with a grand jete — and he's still in the air. No one knows where he'll take us next, but one thing is certain: nobody duets with Syrah in Italy quite like he does.
Arnaldo Rossi / Pane e Vino · Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo
Everyone knows Mr Pane e Vino — Arnaldo. In Italy there's a saying that goes something like 'telling the bread it's bread and telling the wine it's wine' — meaning you should have open conversations with no filter, understanding the actual meaning of things. Arnaldo's wines represent the terroir of Castiglion Fiorentino like no others. His knowledge on natural wine might be second to none.
Tenuta Brancalupo · Montefalco, Umbria
Deep in the land of Sagrantino, the Lungarotti family has unveiled Tenuta Brancalupo — a 16-hectare boutique winery designed to flip the script on Umbrian tradition. Named after the sacred Umbrian animal and the acanthus plant, and inspired by the wild, loyal spirit of San Francesco's wolf, this is the family's bold footprint on the future of Montefalco. Moving beyond the territory's rough reputation to deliver wines that are deep, balanced, and elegant from day one.
Buccia Nera · Arezzo, Tuscany
Buccia Nera is probably today the most famous winery close to the city of Arezzo. The Mancini sisters know exactly what they're doing — with colourful and fun wines they take the name Arezzo worldwide. Being ambassadors of the territory popping bottles is a tough job. Someone has to do it.
Le Masse · Chianti Classico, Tuscany
If Flash Festival were a winemaker, it would probably be Robin. Le Masse is a globetrotter family affair. The contemporary chapter of this old-school winery begins with Christiane — a painter from Berlin who inherited the estate and painted a wonderful vision of what an organic and biodynamic winery could look like. Then her son Robi joined the picture. Taste their wines and discover the rest for yourself.
Tricerchi · Montalcino, Tuscany
Tommy is a burst of fun, curly hair, and pure drops of divinity in the shape of Montalcino wines. Castello di Tricerchi doesn't just shape Sangiovese into Rosso di Montalcino and Brunello — it's an actual castle, and one of those places you genuinely do not want to miss when visiting Tuscany.
Castello di Meleto · Chianti Classico, Tuscany
Picture one of the oldest castles in Chianti Classico, combined with focused plot work, organic farming, and a long proud history of winemaking — and you're still not quite there. Castello di Meleto is so much more: the biggest organic winery in one of Italy's smallest and most prestigious territories.
Ilaria Addis · Sardinia (Gallura)
Ilaria Addis doesn't just make wine; she conducts a sensory dialogue with the rugged heart of Gallura, Sardinia. Coming from a family that has tended vines in Luras since the 1600s, she inherited more than just land — she inherited a rebellious, 'a modo mio' spirit that defies industrial standards. Her project is a tribute to the Mothers of Sardinia: from the Punic goddess Tanit to the legendary Mamma del Sole.
La Stranezza · Arezzo (Valdichiana), Tuscany
La Stranezza — meaning 'The Strange Thing' — isn't just a label; it's the lightning bolt that hit Paolo when he decided to rescue forgotten vines from the borders of his land. Five years experimenting in the shadows to find a style that is unapologetically his own. Only 1,000 bottles a year. An old Chianti soul blending Sangiovese with Malvasia and Trebbiano in the traditional Tuscan way — a result that is anything but ordinary.
Giocaia · Valpolicella, Veneto
Straight from Monte Preafitta in Veneto, the three brothers from Valpolicella bring their saline and vertical terroir to Flash Festival. Natural wines, volcanic and limestone soil — and Jacopo and Giovanni have a lot to tell you about how they brought their grandmother's vineyards back to the standards and potential they always deserved. Once you meet them, you'll want to be part of the family.
Tanganelli · Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo
The local heroes are ready to surprise you again this year. Their orange wines from Castiglion Fiorentino have been with Flash Festival from the very beginning — but that's not the only reason to meet them. Spend an hour with Marco and Giacomo and you'll want to take them back home with you, along with a few bottles of Anatrino.
Cantina Fregnan · Casentino, Tuscany
The silence of the Casentino valley tells us a lot about those who have the patience to listen. On these hills, life flows slowly and nature marks the passing of time the old way, following the seasons. In this ancient territory, Roberto and his wife gave birth to a Metodo Classico that finds its identity in the terroir. 36 months of work, dreams and expectations have led to Il Patriota.
Matrignano · Arezzo, Tuscany
No filters. No controls. Just the juice. Located just a few steps from the ancient walls of Arezzo, Matrignano is a place where time slows down to make room for nature. This isn't just a winery; it's a manifesto of agricultural resistance. Only perfectly healthy, ripe grapes enter the cellar. Indigenous yeasts, no temperature control, sulphur pushed to the absolute bare minimum — capturing the raw, electric pulse of these hills.
San Ferdinando · Arezzo, Tuscany
You have a feeling you've heard the name before. Simone's wines are regularly poured in cool bottle rooms and wine bars across Europe's most hyped neighbourhoods. San Ferdinando isn't far from the Festival, but when you taste Simone's interpretations of local grape varieties it feels like flying to the most noble and elegant wine territories — not in business class, but on a rollercoaster. Fasten your seat belt.
Mariottini · Arezzo, Tuscany
Giulio is all about hard work and little talk. Putting one's last name on a bottle shows reckless courage — but most of all the ambition to bring a small family farm to new stages, coming from Arezzo and setting out to conquer the world. Raised as a philosopher, Giulio is the perfect young vigneron: visionary, grounded, and ready to rumble. Let his wines talk and you'll fall for Pratantico's unique terroir.
Agreste Natura · Sardinia
Hidden in Sennori, overlooking the Gulf of Asinara, Agreste Natura is a family-run laboratory of biodiversity where the past is the only roadmap for the future. This isn't just winemaking; it's a rescue mission. Led by a vision of preserving Sardinia's agro-biodiversity, they safeguard ancient local fruit varieties and vines that the industrial world almost forgot.
Badini · Castiglion Fiorentino, Arezzo
Founded between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Azienda Agricola Badini is a historic treasure of the Valdichiana that has just hit the reset button. Under the leadership of the young and bold Elena Badini, the winery has been transformed into a creative hub where Tuscan tradition is redesigned with a contemporary, sharp, and fearless touch.
