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 Winery Quarry Road Chardonnay 2023
Tasting Note If you fancy wines with tension, textural elegance and aromatic elevation, get thee to Quarry Road, which is the Tawse site that...
Tawse Robyn’s Block Chardonnay 2023 Twenty Mile Bench
Tasting Note This is a monumental chardonnay — powerful and broad shouldered, with a profile similar to Meursault in Burgundy. I am not trying...
Tawse 25th Anniversary Spark NV
Tasting Note Released for Tawse’s 25th Anniversary, this is a complex, tightly wound and sophisticated bubbly. It pours brilliant medium gold with fine mousse....
Thirty Bench Wines Small Lot Wild Cask Vineyard Riesling 2021
Tasting Note My personal favourite of the four Small Lots 2021s, this is the most voluminous, yet somehow delicate and refined. More stuffing and...
Tawse Carly’s Block Riesling 2024
Tasting Note I have scored every vintage of Carly’s Block Riesling that I have tasted since 2009 in the low to mid 90s, and...
Tantalus Winery Old Vines Riesling 2023
Tasting Note This, to me, is the signature wine of Tantalus, although there are many in the portfolio that inspire. From B.C.’s first riesling...
