The 17th Canberra International Riesling Challenge with 509 Rieslings from 243 wineries and eight countries will be assembled in Canberra on 10 October for a week of tasting, judging, Master classes, Seminars and the biggest consumer tasting of Rieslings in Australia.

This year the Challenge has record entries from Austria and Australia and the largest number of entries from Germany and the USA since 2009.

Riesling is the most flexible of grapes making a wide range of styles from very dry to sweet dessert wines and even sparkling wines. It is the wine which most reflects the terroir of the vineyard where it is grown. For this reason the Seminar on Riesling Excellence will focus on Innovations in making Riesling and the Riedel Riesling Master Class — 41 degrees and further South — will feature southern hemisphere wines from New Zealand and Tasmania grown with long hours of sunshine. 

The following weekend (22 October) participating wineries will be invited to show their wines in Sydney at the WineSquare Canberra International Riesling Challenge Tasting and Masterclass to be held at 63–65 Pyrmont Bridge Road, Camperdown. This is an exciting promotional event for the Canberra International Riesling Challenge and Riesling.

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