Tim Lemke

Tim is the founder and chief reviewer at Cheap Wine Ratings since 2007.
Banfi Rosso di Montalcino

I'm a big fan of Italian wines.  If the price of wine were no a consideration I'd be drinking Brunello di Montalcino on a...

Late last summer I visited west Sicily to explore the Marsala wine region.  While I was there I learned about grillo, a grape...

Last week I did a write-up on the Mionetto Prestige Collection Prosecco and commented about how I've been coming across more and...
Mionetto Prestige Collection Brut

I've been coming across a number of different sparklers from Mionetto lately.  They seem to be doing a marketing push and I'm seeing...
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As you may have noticed, wine PR folks like to come up with various events to get folks talking about (and more importantly, drinking)...
Hey Mambo Dry Rosé

If you're a regular reader here you probably already know that I'm a fan of dry rosé wines (among a number of other wine...
Caymus Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

Although my primary focus on this website is inexpensive wines (it's in the name of the site after all), I sometimes have an opportunity...

I've written about previous vintages of Apothic Red and it's a consistently popular wine among everyday wine drinkers.  I've had a few folks...

A few weeks ago I wrote about the Handcraft Inspiration Red, a tasty little red blend.  So I thought I'd check out another wine...

I'll admit it.  When I first saw this wine, I didn't have high expectations.  After all, Wolfgang Puck isn't known for wine, he's...