Tag: Ontario

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%...

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...

Tawse David’s Block Cabernet Franc, 2022 Twenty Mile Bench

Tasting Note This pours brilliant ruby and deep — almost shockingly deep — ruby. The nose is a beautiful thing and textbook franc, with...

Tawse Pinot Noir Tintern Road Pinot Noir 2023

Tasting Note From a site atop the Niagara Escarpment, this is the most structured and age-worthy of the three Tawse single-vineyard pinots. It is...

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 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...