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...

Malivoire’s Five Gamays 2024

Tasting Note Malivoire has made five red gamays in the 2024 vintage, the grapes sourced from different vineyards in the home Beamsville vineyards, plus...

Cave Spring Gamay CSV 2023

Tasting Note This is the first Gamay CSV at Cave Spring, an elevation of stature for this grape that speaks to its promise in...

Bachelder Wines “La Violette” Gamays 2024

Tasting Notes The 2024 La Violette collection features eight single vineyard wines and one vineyard blended gamay called Les Villages. Of the eight, four...

Norman Hardie Wismer Foxcroft Vineyard Gamay 2023

Tasting Note Norman Hardie Winery is located in Prince Edward County, but Hardie goes to one of Niagara’s best sites for this gamay. Wismer...

Norman Hardie Greer Road Chardonnay and Pinot Noir 2023

Tasting Notes Both the 2023 Greer Road Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, sold separately, were released in mid-March. The Chardonnay shows a riper, fruitier profile...

Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin 2020

Tasting Note This deeply hued, big wine, shows low intensity on the nose until it opens after aeration. Love the rich, ripe black cherry...