Tim Lemke

Reál Sangria – White Sangria Drink

August 16, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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OK, so here’s a review that’s a little different than most that we do here, due to the fact that this is really a “wine drink” rather than just a wine. In other words, flavors were added— citrus flavors, to be exact. Given that fact, I’m not going to give it a score, because my […]

Big House Red

August 14, 2010 Tim Lemke 2

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A few months back I decided to fill out an application for the Wine Century Club, a group that you can become a member of after you’ve tasted 100 different grape varieties. I sat down with the application and picked my brain for which varieties I’ve tasted. It was easy to come up with about […]

Californian Wine

Apothic Red Winemaker’s Blend

August 10, 2010 Tim Lemke 25

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As the story goes, in 2006 a veteran winemaker worked alongside his protégé Boyd Morrison to explore old world winemaking traditions and in so doing realized a wine with a new world style. Morrison used that inspiration to create Apothic Red. The wine is a blend of zinfandel, Syrah and Merlot. This is a dark […]

Beaujolais-Villages versus Moulin-a-Vent

August 7, 2010 Tim Lemke 1

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Earlier this week I was invited to take part in a Twitter tasting with several other wine writers to taste two types of Beaujolais wine. We were sent the wines in advance and were given a date and time to collectively taste them. But I messed up. Yikes!! I put it down on my calendar […]

Napa Ridge Chardonnay

August 3, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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You’ve probably seen this wine on the shelves of your local grocery store — that is, if they sell wine at grocery stores in your area. Regardless, my point is that this is a mass-produced and widely distributed wine. It’s made by the Bronco Wine Company, the same folks who are famous for producing Two-Buck […]

Barefoot Chardonnay

August 1, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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OK, I’m not going to spend a lot of time belaboring this one. I’ve expressed my opinions about Barefoot wines in the past. They aren’t that exciting, but they generally do a good job in cranking out some decent wines. I haven’t had any Barefoot wine that I’d call “sex in a glass” but I’ve […]

William Cole Albamar Chardonnay

July 27, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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Albamar is a brand produced by William Cole, based in Casablanca Valley in Chile. Thanks to a maritime influence, Casablanca Valley is a cool-climate region. And William Cole is focused on cool climate wines. On the nose, this wine has good intensity with aromas of mostly pear, but also with some white peach and soft […]

Cave De Lugny “Les Charmes” Chardonnay

July 26, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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While most of the wines in this latest series have been “new world” style chardonnay, I had this single bottle of French chardonnay on hand and really had no better place to write about it. So while some of you might find this out of place in this series, I don’t really care. It’s my […]

X Winery 2008 Carneros Chardonnay

July 21, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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This isn’t the first time we’ve reviewed the X Winery Carneros Chardonnay. We’ve previously reviewed the 2007 vintage, which was exceptional. And I have to admit that I’m tardy with this review as they’ve already released their 2009 vintage. But you may still come across a bottle of this in your local shop, so I […]

Black Box Napa Valley Reserve Chardonnay

July 19, 2010 Tim Lemke 0

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Over the past few months we’ve received a surprising number of boxed wine samples. I suppose it shouldn’t be a surprise since we are all about cheap wine. But even though we’re into cheap wine, we’re still finicky and definitely prefer to review good, cheap wine (or call it “inexpensive wine” if you have a […]

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