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...
Blue Mountain Gravel Force Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2023
Tasting Note This is quite powerful, rigorous pinot noir. The nose is generous and ripe with more black cherry, lots of sage/evergreen, toast, hot...
Blue Mountain River Flow Cuvee Pinot Noir 2023
Tasting Note This is “lightest,” most refined and almost ethereal of the three single vineyard pinots. It shows very lifted, nicely ripe raspberry/wild strawberry/...
Blue Mountain Pinot Noir Reserve Cuvée Pinot Noir 2023
Tasting Note This is firm, balanced and stylish all at the same time. It has a notably lifted, complex, toasty, cedary and spicy nose,...
Blue Mountain Gamay Noir Estate Cuvee 2023
Tasting Note The granitic soils of Okanagan Falls impart a certain sturdiness, which the winemaking tends to follow. In other words, this is not...
Blue Mountain Chardonnay Blossom Slope Chardonnay 2023
Tasting Note This is a lovely, elegant, linear chardonnay — refined but not the least bit weak. The nose is nicely lifted with ripe,...
Blue Mountain Chardonnay Block 32 Alluvium Reflection Chardonnay 2023
Tasting Note This is a solid, firm chardonnay with core power. The nose wafts very rich, sophisticated aromas of hazelnut cream, nutmeg, vanilla ripe...
