David Lawrason
Exclusive Content
Thirty Bench Wines Small Lot Wild Cask Vineyard Riesling 2021
Tasting Note My personal favourite of the four Small...
Tawse Carly’s Block Riesling 2024
Tasting Note I have scored every vintage of Carly’s...
Tantalus Winery Old Vines Riesling 2023
Tasting Note This, to me, is the signature wine...
Synchromesh Wines Storm Haven Goldigger Riesling 2023
Tasting Note This 2023 is no longer showing on...
Joie Farm Winey Riesling Whitfield Vineyard Riesling 2024
Tasting Note This is from a cooler, east-facing Summerland...
Hidden Bench Felseck Vineyard Riesling 2020
Tasting Note The Beamsville Bench is known for a...
The Long Way Home (Barrel-Aged) Riesling 2024
Tasting NoteOver my career I have come across experimental barrel aged rieslings, but until now never found one I really liked. Somehow wood and...
Awesome and Obscure
What makes a wine obscure? We are keeping an open mind on this, because it is actually a very useful category into which we...
On Seven Chardonnay “On Seven” Chardonnay 2021
Tasting NoteIt’s so rare to see this kind of richness delivered with such precision. It pours bright yellow gold. The nose is very generous...
Averill Creek Somenos Traminer 2023
Tasting NoteI have long been a fan of characterful, authentic gewurztraminer that is not just about fruit and floral prettiness. And this example is...
2026 Vol. 1
The Canadian Culinary Championship January 29-31, OttawaThis grand food and wine soiree staged by Canada’s Great Kitchen Party is one the country’s great Canadian...
