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...

Tawse Cherry Avenue Pinot Noir 2023

Tawse considers Cherry Ave pinot to be the flagship of its pinot series. It strikes me as being a very typical Niagara version, with...

Tawse Pinot Noir Tintern Road Pinot Noir 2023

Tasting Note From a site atop the Niagara Escarpment, this is the most structured and age-worthy of the three Tawse single-vineyard pinots. It is...

Tawse Winery Limestone Ridge Riesling 2024

Tasting Note This site lying just north of the Vinemount Ridge appellation boundary is famed for producing zesty high-acid wines, and the grapes are...

Tawse Winery Quarry Road Riesling 2023

Tasting Note I am very keen on 2023 Niagara rieslings. Please see the May 2026 post on Canada’s Serious Rieslings. This is an exciting...

Tawse Winery Carly’s Block Riesling 2024 Twenty Mile Bench

Tasting Note I have scored every vintage of Carly’s Block Riesling since 2009 in the low to mid 90s and it has consistently taken...

Tawse Estate Chardonnay, 2023 West Niagara

Tasting Note This is not a single-vineyard wine but I had to include it: a) because it is great value; b) because tells the...