David Lawrason
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Syrah’s 30 Year Rise in Canada
Syrah’s fortunes are linked to our warming climate, but...
Vanessa Vineyard Syrah 2021
Tasting Note: One of the most powerful syrah's...
Quails’ Gate Boswell Syrah 2022
Tasting Notes – This one of the most expensive...
Painted Rock Estate Syrah 2023
Tasting Note – This is one of the biggest,...
Mayhem Gill Estate Vineyard Syrah 2025
Tasting Note - I tasted this during the National...
Black Bank Hill Liberte 2023
Tasting Note This is a southern Rhone–inspired blend of viognier, marsanne and roussanne, varieties rare in Niagara. So, this is quite an accomplishment from...
Last House Vineyard Hillier Rouge Hommage à James Lahti Pinot Noir 2024
Tasting Note For starters, this is a real youngster, with a certain fruity innocence. Yet it is also a typically light, tender and precision-balanced...
Trail Estate Chardonnay Nord 2023
Tasting Note: The WineAlign Crü recently tasted several small lot, single block pinots and chardonnays from Trail Estate that were released in March 2026....
Muscedere Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Tasting Note Canada in general is not cabernet sauvignon country. But a very good vintage in Canada’s most southerly appellation (42 degrees) has delivered...
Fort Berens Riesling Reserve Wild Ferment Riesling 2023
Tasting Note This is a solid, barely off-dry riesling — a classic actually, wherein the natural acidity of this far north appellation plays nicely...
Cave Spring Dolomite Cabernet Franc 2023
Tasting Note For context, I tasted this amid the current range of Cave Spring’s cab francs, and it stood out. It is such a...
