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,...

Four Shadows Riesling Classic 2025

Tasting Note From old vines on one of steepest and warmest west-facing sites in Naramata, this is the winery’s flagship. It is just off-dry...

Fort Berens Estate Winery Riesling Reserve Wild Ferment 2023

Tasting Note (Previously published in Feb 2026.) This is a solid, barely off-dry riesling — a classic, actually, wherein the natural acidity of this...

Dobbin Estate Riesling “White Cap” Estate Riesling 2021

Tasted Note:   Niagara’s most expensive riesling is sourced from old, organically tended vines on the estate. It pours bright, deep burnished gold —...

Charles Baker Wines Riesling 2022

Tasting Note What a gorgeous, rich riesling! It is predominantly lemon-yellow in colour as it moves towards year four. But the nose is showing...

Canada’s Seriously Good Rieslings

There are always aha! moments in wine for me, despite having tasted Canadian riesling for almost 40 years. But maybe it has taken the...

Cave Spring CSV Riesling 2023

Tasting Note This is a serious white wine, an observation that suggests it is something other than varietal riesling, or at least something beyond...