I can highly recommend the Austrians for Riesling. They don't do much in terms of sweet and off-dry, but the top dry Rieslings from good producers are excellent. Prager is one of my favourites, but there are others too.
And with regards to the tasting I can answer your comment in different ways. First of all I don't know any overall scores - It could very well be that if you calculated the average for each country/region Alsace or another one would have won. How much that would actually mean is a different thing though - after all it depends on how representative the selection is. Can you really claim to represent the best of German Riesling without bringing in at least a few of the kings of sweet Mosel Riesling such as JJ Prüm or Haag? Do you represent quality or quantity of Riesling production with 14 from Germany but 21 from New Zealand? The sample just reflects what was available (and interesting) to Robert through the merchants that were willing to provide him with samples. So even if overall Austria would have had the highest score, producers from Alsace and Germany do not have to quake in their boots because of this one tasting.
That all does not change my recommendation: try Austrian Riesling. They are very good.
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Austrian Riesling
I can highly recommend the Austrians for Riesling. They don't do much in terms of sweet and off-dry, but the top dry Rieslings from good producers are excellent. Prager is one of my favourites, but there are others too.
And with regards to the tasting I can answer your comment in different ways. First of all I don't know any overall scores - It could very well be that if you calculated the average for each country/region Alsace or another one would have won. How much that would actually mean is a different thing though - after all it depends on how representative the selection is. Can you really claim to represent the best of German Riesling without bringing in at least a few of the kings of sweet Mosel Riesling such as JJ Prüm or Haag? Do you represent quality or quantity of Riesling production with 14 from Germany but 21 from New Zealand? The sample just reflects what was available (and interesting) to Robert through the merchants that were willing to provide him with samples. So even if overall Austria would have had the highest score, producers from Alsace and Germany do not have to quake in their boots because of this one tasting.
That all does not change my recommendation: try Austrian Riesling. They are very good.