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Masterclass 2026 (BAart, Agliano Terme)

BAart's 2026 masterclass season in Agliano Terme: eight guided evenings from May to early November. Sommeliers and cheese tasters lead blind flights and pairing dinners, from old Agliano Barbera to Barolo and Barbaresco.

Why it's special

Proper sit-down wine education in a wine village. AIS sommeliers and ONAF cheese tasters lead themed tastings, some of them blind, in a former confraternity that's now an art-and-wine space. Two evenings are sit-down masterclass dinners, and in October the Colline Astigiane hotel school cooked the pairings. It's a long way from the usual stand-up sagra pour.

Programme · 2026

8 May – 6 November 2026 (eight evenings)

BAart's 2026 masterclass season, with AIS (sommeliers), ONAF (cheese tasters) and the AFP Colline Astigiane hotel school.

Fri 8 May
masterclass dinner: Gorgonzola DOP meets the wines of Agliano Terme (Isella Zanutto, AIS)
Sat 30 May
old vintages of Agliano Terme Barbera (Isella Zanutto, AIS)
Fri 12 June
Sauvignon Blanc around the world, blind tasting (Sara Risso, AIS)
Fri 26 June
shades of Timorasso (Gianpaolo Repetto, president of the Consorzio Derthona)
Fri 4 September
Syrah around the world, blind tasting (Luca Giordana, AIS)
Fri 2 October, 19:30
Montébore DOP masterclass dinner: guided tasting of Caseificio Terre del Giarolo's Montébore with Agliano wines, then three dishes by the AFP Colline Astigiane paired with three Agliano wines (Isella Zanutto, ONAF; €45, members €40)
Fri 23 October
Barolo and Barbaresco 2022, blind tasting (Andrea Dani, AIS)
Fri 6 November
honey, cheese and wine (Isella Zanutto, ONAF, and beekeeper Amedeo Galleano)
A tip
  • It's at [BAart](/villages/agliano-terme), Piazza San Giacomo 2, in the centre of Agliano Terme.
  • Every evening is booking-only with limited places: info@baart.it or 0141 1490964.
  • The 2 October Montebore dinner started at 19:30 and cost €45 (€40 for AIS, ONAV, FISAR and ONAF members).

Agliano Terme spends most of the year pouring its Barbera. From May to November BAart, the old confraternity on Piazza San Giacomo that's now the town's art-and-wine room, turns to teaching it. The 2026 masterclass season is eight evenings, put on with the AIS sommeliers, the ONAF cheese tasters and the Colline Astigiane hotel school, under the Barbera Agliano umbrella.

The themes range widely. There are blind flights of Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, and Barolo and Barbaresco 2022, a vertical of old Agliano Barbera vintages, and an evening on Timorasso with the president of the Derthona consortium. Two nights are full masterclass dinners built around a cheese, Gorgonzola in May and Montébore in October, and the season closes in November with honey, cheese and wine.

Places are limited and every evening is booking-only, so write to BAart ahead of time. The full calendar is in the table above.

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