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...
Bachelder’s Toussaint 2023 Pinot Noir Release (Nov 2025)
Tasting Note: I tasted this nine-bottle collection at the Bachelder Bat Cave in early November, with wines presented east to west along the Niagara...
Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards 2022 Ancienne Pinot Noir
Tasting Note: This is a pale and light bodied pinot, typical of Nova Scotia editions. It has a fairly lifted and slightly unripe/green nose...
Vignoble La Cantina Pinot Noir 2023
Tasting Note: A well deserved Gold and great value from a fairly new Quebec winery where the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence Rivers merge....
Malivoire Cat on the Bench Pinot Noir 2022
Tasting Note: This tiny production of 42 cases is only sold at the winery, and one of the more expensive in Niagara. Encountered at...
Broken Stone Winery Pinot Noir “The One” 2023 Pinot Noir
Tasting Note: This exciting pinot pours with more colour depth than the average PEC pinot, and shows a very lifted, classic, quite ripe cherry/raspberry...
Henry of Pelham Family Estate Speck Family Reserve Pinot Noir 2023
Tasting Note: This lovely, pleasant pinot builds on my impression that winemaker Lawrence Buhler has really found a groove with this grape, right through...
