Tim Lemke

Campo Viejo Spanish Wines

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to taste a short flight of wines from Spanish producer, Camp Viejo.  This Rioja-based winery has...

Cheap Wine Ratings Nominated for Best Single Subject Wine Blog

Each year, there's an event called the Wine Blog Awards...

Apaltagua Envero Gran Reserva

We reviewed Apaltagua’s Carménère Reserva back in April and found the wine to be a fine example of new world carménère.  We’ve finally...

Vivi Primitivo

When you're perusing the Italian shelf in your local wine shop, chances are good that you'll come across a primitivo.  And you may wonder...

Cline Zinfandel

Today we have a double-header!  Two different zinfandels from Cline Cellars. Cline Cellars is actually pretty well known for their zinfandel.  It's their specialty, along...

Glen Ellen Proprietor’s Reserve Zinfandel

A question I get asked every now and then is, "Is any of the wine in those big bottles any good?" The short answer is,...

Villa San-Juliette Zinfandel

We've been talking about zinfandel for the past few weeks, and while many of those we've reviewed have been from Lodi, California, now we're...

X Winery Zinfandel

While many of the zinfandels we've been reviewing lately come from Lodi, California, that's not the only place that's producing great zin.  This one...

Mettler Family Vineyards Epicenter Old Vine Zinfandel

The holiday weekend is over but we're still talking zinfandel, which happened to be the wine of choice for our grilled foods this weekend....

Earthquake Zinfandel

Tonight, we're shaking things up.  OK, not really.  That was going to be a play on the Earthquake name of this wine, but truthfully,...