David Lawrason

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Beyond the Pale: The Allure of Canada’s Light Reds 

Canada is making some really great light reds, which...

Unsworth Pinot Noir Saison Vineyard 2023

Tasting Note:  Every once in a while along comes...

Orofino Gamay 2025 

Tasting Note: There is certainly a lot going in...

Last House Vineyard Hillier Rouge Daniel Block Pinot Noir 2024

Tasting Note:  I have come to really enjoy tasting...

Keint-He Winery & Vineyards Cluster Pluck Pinot Noir 2024 

Tasting Note - Wines with amusing, clever or catchy...

Hidden Bench Gamay 2024

Tasting Note: I continue to watch the evolution of...

Quails’ Gate Winery Rosemary’s Block Chardonnay 2023

Tasting Note - Old vine Rosemary's Block is the top tier chardonnay from Quails’s Gate and consistently ranked as one of Canada's best chardonnays....

Leaning Post Wines Chardonnay Grimsby Hillside Vineyard 2022

Tasting Note:  This vineyard continues to produce some of the finest chardonnays in Niagara. I have tasted this vintage three times, most definitively in...

Hidden Bench Estate Winery Chardonnay Tete de Cuvee 2022

Tasting Note:  This is the top barrel selection from Hidden Bench, and a wine that I have always found beguiling and so sophisticated. The...

The Grange of Prince Edward Aurelia Chardonnay 2023

Tasting Note - I have tasted this top-end chardonnay from the refurbished Grange several times since it was released in December 2024, most recently...

Domaine Queylus Chardonnay La Grande Reserve Cuvee Champlain 2024

Tasting Note: I am seriously coming around to Queylus in recent vintages - as the winemaking presents a textural elegance, integration and precision at...

Domaine Le Clos Jordanne Chardonnay Le Grand Clos 2023

Tasting Note - Here's broad shouldered, well-balanced chardonnay. For all its size and a quite toasty, barrel-driven aromatics it narrows to very fine, elegant...