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...

Synchromesh Wines Storm Haven Goldigger Riesling 2023

Tasting Note This 2023 is no longer showing on the winery website, very soon to be replaced, I presume, by the 2025, which I...

Joie Farm Winery Riesling Whitfield Vineyard 2024

Tasting Note This is from a cooler, east-facing Summerland Lakefront site, whose proximity to the un-frozen lake likely saved it during the crippling winter...

Hidden Bench Felseck Vineyard Riesling 2020

Tasting Note The Beamsville Bench is known for a certain levity, minerality and elegance, which was reinforced for me as I tasted this among...

Grange of Prince Edward Riesling Newfield Block 2025

Tasting Note Riesling has a place in The County. The nose here is a bit shy, but classic, with ripe green apple, gentle florals,...

Four Shadows Riesling Classic 2025

Tasting Note From old vines on one of steepest and warmest west-facing sites in Naramata, this is the winery’s flagship. It is just off-dry...

Fort Berens Estate Winery Riesling Reserve Wild Ferment 2023

Tasting Note (Previously published in Feb 2026.) This is a solid, barely off-dry riesling — a classic, actually, wherein the natural acidity of this...