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...

Domaine Oak Hill Hybride 2025

Tasting Note (by Janet Dorozynski)   Hybride 2025 demonstrates the quality and character that cold-hardy northern grape varieties can achieve in Québec's evolving wine...

Divergence Wines MRV Bock Vineyard 2024

Tasting Note -  Jeff Moote has delivered yet another minor miracle, crafting an authentic, suitably rich yet so tidy ‘southern Rhone” white blend. It...

Culmina Unicus Gruner Veltliner 2025

Tasting Note – Unicus was the first gruner veltliner released in the Okanagan Valley, in the 2013 vintage. I have never found the few...

Black Bank Hill Winery Viognier 2023

Tasting Note - This is not a one off. The young estate vines have produced lighter, but stylish viognier from three years now, with...

Volta Estate Traminer 2025

I have tasted this curio four times, and consistently find it appealing. It has come out of left field from a PEC start-up; yet...