David Lawrason
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Syrah’s 30 Year Rise in Canada
Syrah’s fortunes are linked to our warming climate, but...
Vanessa Vineyard Syrah 2021
Tasting Note: One of the most powerful syrah's...
Quails’ Gate Boswell Syrah 2022
Tasting Notes – This one of the most expensive...
Painted Rock Estate Syrah 2023
Tasting Note – This is one of the biggest,...
Mayhem Gill Estate Vineyard Syrah 2025
Tasting Note - I tasted this during the National...
Domaine Le Clos Jordanne Chardonnay Le Grand Clos 2023
Tasting Note - Here's broad shouldered, well-balanced chardonnay. For all its size and a quite toasty, barrel-driven aromatics it narrows to very fine, elegant...
Dobbin Chardonnay 2021
Tasting Note. This is a very careful, elegant and detailed chardonnay with all kinds of complexity and depth built expertly on a mere 12.1%...
The Top Tier Canadian Chardonnays at i4C
If you are attending i4C - the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration July 16 to 18 in Niagara - I hope to see you...
Bachelder Hill of Wingfield Wismer Vineyard Chardonnay 2023
Tasting Note: What a beauty! Lively, sophisticated, refined and complete. It was a stand out among the complete Bachelder range of 2023s that I...
Tawse of Niagara Turns 25 as Canada Comes of Age
Tawse Winery on the Niagara Escarpment celebrated its 25th anniversary in June 2026. Tawse is not the only important Canadian winery reaching this milestone...
