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...
Rosehall Run Sauvignon Blanc 2024
Tasting Note The County was originally not considered to be sauvignon ground, as this variety doesn’t love cold winters. But this bottling, and one...
1 Mill Road 2025 Pinot Noir Rosé
Tasting Note This is a profound pinot noir rosé. Aromas jump from the glass —strawberry/redcurrant, fine fresh herbs leaning to evergreen, saffron and spice,...
Sprucewood Shores Abbey’s Baco Noir Hawks Flight Reserve 2025
Tasting Note I came upon this huge, luminous, deep purple-ruby fruit bomb at the new SIPToronto trade event. A famous American wine writer liked...
Stratus Red 2022
Tasting Note I have been reviewing Stratus Red since its first vintage in 2001, its longevity making it one of the original premium red...
Black Bank Hill Chardonnay 2023
Tasting Note The strong spring release line-up from this newish winery shows how far it has come so fast. Chardonnay has become the bellwether...
Fielding Estate Rock Pile Winemaker’s Red 2023
Tasting Note I really like how this invokes serious, exacting Bordeaux-like aromas, then delivers them with Niagara energy and ease, which is Fielding’s style....
