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...
Dobbin Chardonnay 2021
Tasting Note. This is a very careful, elegant and detailed chardonnay with all kinds of complexity and depth built expertly on a mere 12.1%...
The Top Tier Canadian Chardonnays at i4C
If you are attending i4C - the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration July 16 to 18 in Niagara - I hope to see you...
Bachelder Hill of Wingfield Wismer Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
Tasting Note: What a beauty! Lively, sophisticated, refined and complete. It was a stand out among the complete Bachelder range of 2023s that I...
Tawse of Niagara Turns 25 as Canada Comes of Age
Tawse Winery on the Niagara Escarpment celebrated its 25th anniversary in June 2026. Tawse is not the only important Canadian winery reaching this milestone...
Tawse David’s Block Cabernet Franc, 2022 Twenty Mile Bench
Tasting Note This pours brilliant ruby and deep — almost shockingly deep — ruby. The nose is a beautiful thing and textbook franc, with...
Tawse Quarry Road Pinot Noir 2023
Tasting Note Quarry Road does it again — and easily offers the best value in the Tawse pinot lineup. Such an elegant, even and...
