One of the most interesting tables at last Tuesday's generic tasting of New Zealand wines at Lord's cricket ground in London was devoted to the Riesling Challenge, a dozen different wines made from the same lot of 2010 Riesling grapes. The innovative Riesling Challenge competition is billed as 'a world-first in terms of providing a means of establishing the extent to which the winemaker's individual skills and style can sculpt a given – and matching – batch of grapes into a world-class wine'.
A total of 50.97 tonnes of Riesling grapes were harvested on 23 and 24 April from Mud...
One grape, 12 winemakers
