David Lawrason
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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...
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...
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...
