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,...

Tawse Winery Carly’s Block Riesling 2024 Twenty Mile Bench

Tasting Note I have scored every vintage of Carly’s Block Riesling since 2009 in the low to mid 90s and it has consistently taken...

Tawse Estate Chardonnay, 2023 West Niagara

Tasting Note This is not a single-vineyard wine but I had to include it: a) because it is great value; b) because tells the...

Tawse Winery Quarry Road Chardonnay 2023

Tasting Note If you fancy wines with tension, textural elegance and aromatic elevation, get thee to Quarry Road, which is the Tawse site that...

Tawse Robyn’s Block Chardonnay 2023 Twenty Mile Bench

Tasting Note This is a monumental chardonnay — powerful and broad shouldered, with a profile similar to Meursault in Burgundy. I am not trying...

Tawse 25th Anniversary Spark NV

Tasting Note Released for Tawse’s 25th Anniversary, this is a complex, tightly wound and sophisticated bubbly. It pours brilliant medium gold with fine mousse....

Thirty Bench Wines Small Lot Wild Cask Vineyard Riesling 2021

Tasting Note My personal favourite of the four Small Lots 2021s, this is the most voluminous, yet somehow delicate and refined. More stuffing and...