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2025 Riedel Riesling Masterclass
Step into the world of Riesling with this year’s exclusive RIEDEL Masterclass
The evening begins with a special exploration of the Canberra District’s Rieslings Hosted by Emma Shaw from Collector Wines. This session offers the rare chance to taste museum wines from the CIRC cellar alongside more recent vintages, along the way, Emma will highlight the distinct sub-regions within the district, showing how subtle differences in site and climate shape Riesling styles. Together, these wines tell the story of a region that has established itself as one of Australia’s most exciting and distinctive destinations for Riesling.
The masterclass then continues […]
Canberra International Riesling Challenge 2025
The 24th Canberra International Riesling Challenge will be held 13-18 October 2025.
Entries for the 24th Canberra International Riesling Challenge will open on 1 June with expectations that this will be another great year for the Challenge.
Founded in 2000, the Canberra International Riesling Challenge celebrates the Queen of Grapes, Riesling, aiming to improve the quality of Riesling available to consumers and to improve consumers’ understanding and appreciation of Riesling.
The Challenge is the largest single varietal wine show in the Southern Hemisphere usually attracting over 500 entries from 7-10 countries. Entries are judged according to their age and style […]
2024 Realm Riesling Dinner
An evening of excellent food and wine – Rare Rieslings from the CIRC cellar matched with food from the Hotel Realm chefs.
The wines from the CIRC Cellar have all won trophies or have been judged as elite wines at a Riesling Challenge. An opportunity to taste extremely rare aged Rieslings that are generally not commercially available and enjoy the outstanding matched food.
A convivial atmosphere amongst fellow Riesling lovers.
This is a very special opportunity – A “must attend”
Date: Friday 18 October 2024
Time: 7:00 – 10:00 pm
Venue: Hotel Ream, High Courtyard North
Price: $160
2024 Riedel Riesling Masterclass – Riesling De-Mystified
De-Mystifying Riesling . An expert guided tour of outstanding Rieslings.
Presented by:
Stephen Wong MW, VDP Ambassador for NZ – The VDP Pyramid De-Mystified – formed in 1910 the VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter) is a group of about 200 German wineries that developed a wine quality system that is now largely adopted by the German wines act. The system rates both wine style and sweetness, origin of grapes and rates micro sites for grape quality. Understand the VDP quality pyramid and taste some exceptional German Riesling!
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Cate Looney, Chief Winemaker, Brown Family Wines, VIC – “Sweet and Dessert Rieslings […]
2024 Canberra International Riesling Challenge Key Dates
Dates for 2024
23rd CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL RIESLING CHALLENGE 14-19 OCTOBER 2024
1 June 2024 – Entries open
31 July 2024 – Entries close
23-27 September 2024 – Entries received in Canberra
14-17 October 2024 – Judging period
17 October 2024 – Riedel Riesling Master Class
18 October 2024 – Realm Riesling Dinner
18 October 2024 – Awards Presentation
19 October 2024 – Toyota Material Handling International Riesling Experience
2024 Challenge Awards
In 2024 the Canberra International Riesling Challenge is modifying its points based awards system to align with the traditional Gold Silver and Bronze Awards and offering a dual awards system to entrants
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Canberra International Riesling Challenge 2025
The 24th Canberra International Riesling Challenge will be held 13-18 October 2025.
Entries for the 24th Canberra International Riesling Challenge will open on 1 June with expectations that this will be another great year for the Challenge.
Founded in 2000, the Canberra International Riesling Challenge celebrates the Queen of Grapes, Riesling, aiming to improve the quality of Riesling available to consumers and to improve consumers’ understanding and appreciation of Riesling.
The Challenge is the largest single varietal wine show in the Southern Hemisphere usually attracting over 500 entries from 7-10 countries. Entries are judged according to their age and style […]