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Most of what I do on this site are wine reviews to help consumers find good, inexpensive wines. While I love making wine recommendations, part of my mission is to help wine lovers stretch their dollar a little bit further. Sometimes that’s done by sharing specific bargain wines. Sometimes it’s by sharing where to shop […]

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Help for Diners Seeking BYO-friendly Restaurants

April 14, 2009 Tim Lemke

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If you’re a budget-conscious wine consumer like me, you know that wine at restaurants is frequently overpriced.  A great way to save a few bucks when dining out is to bring your own wine—hopefully a wine with an outstanding QPR that you discovered on Cheap Wine Ratings.  But how do you find a restaurant that […]

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Wine Tasting Game from The Netherlands – A Brilliant Packaging Idea

August 19, 2008 Tim Lemke

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I’ve commented to friends in the past that wine has become a commodity. There are so many options, that wine producers need to do something different to break through the clutter. If you read the copy on wine labels and advertising, it all starts to sound the same. In order to do something different, some […]

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Amazon to Enter Online Wine Sales Market

March 5, 2008 Tim Lemke

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According to an article published yesterday in the Financial Times, Amazon.com is gearing up to enter the online wine sales market.  Amazon is currently recruiting a Senior Buyer “responsible for the acquisition of massive new product selection, as Specialty Foods is an emerging segment and the Sr. Buyer will work to build out entirely new […]

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Expensive Wine is Better… Or is it?

January 15, 2008 Tim Lemke

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Researchers at the California Institute of Technology hypothesized that marketing factors, such as the price of a product, could have an impact on experiential perceptions such as pleasantness. And they put the idea to the test with wine. In the study, recently published by the National Academy of Sciences, researchers told participants that they would […]

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Wine and Excercise for Good Health

January 9, 2008 Tim Lemke

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2½ bottles of wine a week can save your life That’s the headline from a story published in The Times today.  According to this article, those who drink up to 14 drinks each week have a lower risk of death from heart disease than than both heavy drinkers and non-drinkers.  “A weekly moderate alcohol intake […]

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To Buy Organic Wine or Not?

December 1, 2007 Tim Lemke

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I’ve been seeing more and more organic wine in stores lately, but I haven’t been motivated to try much of it.  Why?  Because they tend to be unstable and I’ve never really found a good one—by current US “organic” standards anyway.  The reason is that sulfites cannot be used in the production of wines labeled […]

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Australian Drought is Bad News for Cheap Wine Drinkers

September 25, 2007 Tim Lemke

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Just a few days ago I was commenting on how it amazes me that with shipping costs and all we are able to get inexpensive wines all the way from Australia.  Well that may not be the case for long, but not because of shipping costs, drought is the culprit. Australia has been suffering its worst drought […]

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The Red Wine Diet – A Diet I Can Embrace

September 17, 2007 Tim Lemke

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Scientist Roger Corder has just released “The Red Wine Diet” a book that touts the benefits of drinking red wine.  Corder recommends three glasses of red wine daily to stave off heart disease, diabetes and dementia. He attributes the health benefits to a polyphenol chemical called procyanidin.  This differs from some other scientists who credit […]

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The judgment of California: Charles Shaw chardonnay is state’s best

June 29, 2007 Tim Lemke

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Charles Shaw Chardonnay, often referred to as “Two Buck Chuck” recently won double gold honors at the California State Fair wine competition.  It beat 350 other Chardonnays for the honors and was rated at a 98.  It goes to show, cheap wine can be enjoyable.  Full Article

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