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...
Canada’s Sparkling Specialists
Canada is poised to become a great sparkling wine nation, with geography at our soul. All of our wine regions are considered cool climate....
Icellars Estate Winery Wiyana Wanda 2020
Tasting Note So here is a wild card selection, an expensive Ontario red from a small estate winery, likely unknown to many. It is...
Dobbin Estate Cabernet Blend 2020
Tasting Note Of all the selections in this post, here is the wine you want to open and drink tonight. It is the most...
Stratus White Label Red 2020
Tasting Note This has been designed to provide decades of ageing, so it feels more substantial and structured than any of its Niagara peers...
Stone Eagle 2020
Tasting Note This proprietary namesake red is a surprising, energized and intriguing wine with an intense and fragrant aroma chock full of cabernet sauvignon...
Corcelettes Estate Winery Talus 2022
Tasting Note I encountered this surprising, energized yet sophisticated wine twice in June 2025 during the National Wine Awards that were held in Penticton,...
