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 Estate Riesling “White Cap” Estate Riesling 2021

Tasted Note:   Niagara’s most expensive riesling is sourced from old, organically tended vines on the estate. It pours bright, deep burnished gold —...

Charles Baker Wines Riesling 2022

Tasting Note What a gorgeous, rich riesling! It is predominantly lemon-yellow in colour as it moves towards year four. But the nose is showing...

Canada’s Seriously Good Rieslings

There are always aha! moments in wine for me, despite having tasted Canadian riesling for almost 40 years. But maybe it has taken the...

2026 Vol. 5

May Day!  The State of Direct-to-Consumer Shipping of Canadian Wine, Province by Province.I had hoped almost a year ago in July 2025 that come...

New Spring Releases Part 2

There are so many interesting and exciting new wines hitting the market at this time of year that I decided to double up on...

Stonebridge Viognier Stonebridge Vineyard 2023

Tasting Note Some like their viognier blowsy fragrant and lush; others like a slimmer, juicier version. This slips into the middle ground, tilting to...