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...
Le Vieux Pin Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Tasting Note The winery website says this is inspired by New Zealand, Sancerre and California, which charts a wide scope. But, in its way,...
Le Vieux Pin Vaila Pinot Noir Rose 2025
Tasting Note This is a riveting, bone-dry classic of the genre. It pours moderately deep salmon/copper. The nose is immediately pinot noir and piquant...
La Stella Maestoso Merlot 2022
Tasting Note So here’s a boundary-stretching $100 Canadian merlot, and it is great! Perhaps the best merlot ever made in this country. This is...
La Stella Lastellina Rosato 2025
Tasting Note This is a blend of cabernet franc and merlot made in a very approachable smooth and almost graceful style, yet without any...
King + Victoria Hanck Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2025
Tasting Note This lively, youthful and quite ripe sauvignon shows more flavour intensity and depth than expected, likely due to the 19-year-old vines. The...
The Grange of Prince Edward Winery Sauvignon Blanc Newfield Block 2025
Tasting Note This fine, bristling and stony sauvignon transported me to Sancerre in France’s Loire Valley at first sip. There is an evenness, delicacy...
