Sheldrake wine tops Riesling Challenge

The Ovid winery’s 2014 Wild Ferment Finger Lakes Riesling Ice Wine took first prize at the Canberra International Riesling Challenge in Australia last week. The local vintage bested nearly 500 wines from seven countries and also took the Best American Riesling and Best Sweet Riesling awards. “The Canberra International Riesling Challenge is the world’s only international Riesling judging, considered the ‘Cannes’ of Riesling, comparable to the famous film festival in southern France in terms of prestige.”