18 th CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL RIESLING CHALLENGE HOTEL REALM CANBERRA AND ALBERT HALL CANBERRA AUSTRALIA 9 – 14 OCTOBER 2017 CANBERRA INTERNATIONAL RIESLING CHALLENGE A competition dedicated to Riesling wines only, to showcase the wonders of the Riesling variety BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL* Welcome to the 2017 Canberra International Riesling Challenge! CALENDAR OF EVENTS The Canberra International Riesling Challenge (CIRC) RIEDEL RIESLING REALM RIESLING is a wine competition created in Canberra, Australia to MASTER CLASS DINNER highlight the grape that defines White Wine, Riesling. Friday 13 October Friday 13 October Now in its 18th year, the Riesling Challenge attracts 11.00am – 3.00pm 7:30 pm wines from Riesling producing countries around the Hotel Realm Canberra Hotel Realm Canberra world and is the most significant event of its type in the Led by internationally recognized southern hemisphere. The Hotel Realm will offer an Riesling experts. evening of fine Rieslings with James Service AM, Chairman of the Canberra International *Tickets $150.00 food matched by their chefs. Riesling Challenge. Bookings required Price to be advised JUDGING Bookings for the Master Bookings - Hotel Realm or Class can be made by The CIRC Secretariat Judging at the Canberra International Riesling Challenge emailing the CIRC Secretariat TRADE and is conducted on a regional basis and is designed to at
[email protected] CONSUMER TASTING promote and explore the regional differences that AWARDS PRESENTATION Riesling so well expresses. CELEBRATION OF Saturday 14 October Judges are only given the vintage and the sugar levels of RIESLING EVENT 11.00am – 3.00pm the wines. Regions with large numbers of entries in a Friday 13 October Albert Hall Canberra particular class are broken up in to small judging groups 5.30pm Taste the entries for yourself at between the two panels to further hide their identity.