Perfect gift for Whiskey lovers...

Large cube does not melt as fast and will not water down your whiskey

Colossal Ice Cube Tray...$9.99 
It's cool to be square when you use the fun and functional Colossal Ice Cube Tray. With two cubic inches of ice in your glass, your drink will stay cold longer so you can chill out too!

Salmon just arrived at Forsyth

Fresh batch landed at Forsyth a few minutes ago.  

Smoked Salmon from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Usually the best things we find for our store are products that don't come looking for us, they are products that we go looking for them.  Durham's Tracklements Custom Smoked Provisions is one of those products.  I

Durham's Tracklements

OUR ORIGINAL HIGHLAND SMOKED SALMON - half pound packages

Inspired by a stay in the Northwest Highlands and Islands of Scotland, a genuine hand-rubbed dry cure of salt with a bit of brown sugar, lightly smoked over our own blend of select hardwoods. Mellow fresh flavor with moist, firm yet buttery texture 

Best of the Best in 20 years of Tasting

"unanimous...no comparison" - Marian Burros, The New York Times

Salmon just doesn’t get any better than this.

--Sylvia Rector, Detroit Free Press

More info on Durham's Tracklements

Custom smoked provisions using the finest ingredients available, Since 1992. 

We cure and smoke in small batches with the careful, hands-on attention essential to providing outstanding freshness, flavor and texture. For our Salmon Specialties we use only farmed Atlantic salmon raised in the cold waters of the Bay of Fundy, where strong tides assure excellent growing conditions and make the regular use of antibiotics and algaecides unnecessary. Salmon are selected at the optimal size, and flown fresh direct to us each week!

 No additives of any kind, always dated for superior fresh flavor. The finest genuinely hand-crafted quality available--anywhere.

4 Hands Cast Iron --

Order 4 Hands online

In stockn now --
4 Hands Brewing CAST IRON OATMEAL BROWN...$4.99 / 22pz
This is one monster of a Brown Ale! We use an obnoxious amount of chocolate malt and roasted barley to give this beer a cask iron backbone. Our oatmeal brown pours a dark mahogany with aromas of dark chocolate and coffee.

Taste it this Friday....

Meet Kevin Lemp, owner of 4 Hands Brewing Co. at The Wine and Cheese Place

Meet Kevin Lemp of 

4 Hands Brewing Company this Friday

December 14th from 4-6pm

The Wine and Cheese Place Forsyth location

Taste some newly bottled 4 Hands beers!!  

From St. Louis, Missouri

Order all your 4 Hands Brewing online now

4 Hands Brewing Single Speed Session...$4.99 / 22oz

Our American blonde ale is brewed with elderflower, red wheat, and three different varieties of hops. Elderflower adds a soft floral element that accentuates the red wheat. Single speed pours straw in color with floral undertones.

4 Hands Brewing Smoked Pigasus...$6.99 / 22oz

A smoked rye maple porter. A collaboration with Pappy's Smoke House.

Smoked Pigasus is a robust and delicious porter brewed with rye, smoked malt, and maple syrup. the maple syrup provides a perfect balance for the smoked malt. Smoked Pigasus pours a deep mahogany with aromas of chocolate, smoke, and caramel. A big thank to Pappy's Smokehouse!" -- label

4 Hands Morning Glory...$6.99 / 22oz

A fall seasonal brewed with 300 pounds of sweet potatoes, allspice, nutmeg, whole vanilla beans, and aged on whiskey infused pecan wood chips.

4 Hands Brewing Reprise Centennial Red....$4.99 / 22oz

The centennial hop is the centerpiece of our American Red Ale. Reprise pushes the limits of a single hop with an amazing bouquet and stunning bitterness all the way through. The citrus character provides an experience you will want to repeat. Reprise is crimson in color with aromas of citrus fruit and biscuit malt.

4 Hands Brewing Divided Sky Rye IPA...$4.99 / 22oz

"This beer brings together tow of our favorite ingredients; hops and rye - serious hops up front provide a pungent, floral, and citrus character. We use centennial, Columbus, and Cascades in this hop lovers dream. The rye provides a slightly spicy flavor and a full mouth-feel. Divided Sky pours straw in color with notes of tangerine, grapefruit, and pine. Drink fresh!" - 4 Hands Brewing Co.

Single hop "Galaxy" is here...

Bottled November 19th...
Hermitage Brewing Single Hop Galaxy....$5.99 22oz
Galaxy: Our brewing team is very excited about this hop. All the way from Australia, Galaxy is known for its high alpha acid, but it’s not just another bittering hop. Lovely passionfruit and citrus flavors coat your mouth and nose. The finish is quite bitter, crisp; the perfect combination for a true hop head.

Hermitage is a very new brewery from San Jose California. They opened in 2009 and it looks like Missouri is only the fourth state that they will be distributing in the U.S.....

Plus a fresh batch of these two arrived!

Hermitage Hoptopia Double IPA....$9.99 / 6pk

Tropical nose, full citrus and floral flavors, good malt balance 8.0 ABV/IBU 65

Hermitage Maltopia Wee Heavy Scotch Ale...$9.99 / 6pk

Also known as a Wee Heavy, blankets your palate with malty, roasted caramel flavors 9.0 ABV/IBU 25 

ABOUT HERMITAGE

Established in 2009 Hermitage Brewing Company is located in San Jose. Along with producing its own label of small batch beers, Hermitage contracts with beer and soda clients to produce their products. Hermitage is regarded as a professional and reliable go-to contract brewer for many regional and state brewers.

Hermitage is also the bottling source for all Tied House beers. When Tied House closed down its iconic downtown San Jose location in mid-2009, they transferred all their brewing equipment down the road, to South 7th Street, where Hermitage is today. Hermitage soon added a bottling line, complete with disco ball and audio of ABBA’s greatest hits, which automatically starts when the bottling line is turned on.

Hermitage Brewery is becoming widely recognized for its Hoptopia, Maltopia, Ale of the Imp, Single Hop “H” Series IPAs, and craft soda brands. In 2011, Hermitage took four Gold Medals at the California State Commercial Craft Brewers Competition. Celebrator Beer News awarded One Door Quadrupel with four out of five stars in 2011, and Hoptopia DIPA four out of five stars in 2012.

As the new branch of Tied House Brewing, Hermitage is happy to be a part of such a long legacy of great brewers and their award-winning beers. Our current team is Brewmaster Ron Manabe, Brewmaster Peter Licht, Brewer Greg Filippi, and our newest team member, four-time consecutive GABF winner: Brewer Steve Donohue.

4 Hands Beer Tastng - TWCP Forsyth

Meet Kevin Lemp, owner of 4 Hands Brewing Co. at The Wine and Cheese Place

Meet Kevin Lemp of 

4 Hands Brewing Company this Friday

December 14th from 4-6pm

The Wine and Cheese Place Forsyth location

Taste some newly bottled 4 Hands beers!!  

From St. Louis, Missouri

Order all your 4 Hands Brewing online now

4 Hands Brewing Single Speed Session...$4.99 / 22oz

Our American blonde ale is brewed with elderflower, red wheat, and three different varieties of hops. Elderflower adds a soft floral element that accentuates the red wheat. Single speed pours straw in color with floral undertones.

4 Hands Brewing Smoked Pigasus...$6.99 / 22oz

A smoked rye maple porter. A collaboration with Pappy's Smoke House.

Smoked Pigasus is a robust and delicious porter brewed with rye, smoked malt, and maple syrup. the maple syrup provides a perfect balance for the smoked malt. Smoked Pigasus pours a deep mahogany with aromas of chocolate, smoke, and caramel. A big thank to Pappy's Smokehouse!" -- label

4 Hands Morning Glory...$6.99 / 22oz

A fall seasonal brewed with 300 pounds of sweet potatoes, allspice, nutmeg, whole vanilla beans, and aged on whiskey infused pecan wood chips.

4 Hands Brewing Reprise Centennial Red....$4.99 / 22oz

The centennial hop is the centerpiece of our American Red Ale. Reprise pushes the limits of a single hop with an amazing bouquet and stunning bitterness all the way through. The citrus character provides an experience you will want to repeat. Reprise is crimson in color with aromas of citrus fruit and biscuit malt.

4 Hands Brewing Divided Sky Rye IPA...$4.99 / 22oz

"This beer brings together tow of our favorite ingredients; hops and rye - serious hops up front provide a pungent, floral, and citrus character. We use centennial, Columbus, and Cascades in this hop lovers dream. The rye provides a slightly spicy flavor and a full mouth-feel. Divided Sky pours straw in color with notes of tangerine, grapefruit, and pine. Drink fresh!" - 4 Hands Brewing Co.



I am stold this one might arrive in time also....

CAST IRON OATMEAL BROWN
This is one monster of a Brown Ale! We use an obnoxious amount of chocolate malt and roasted barley to give this beer a cask iron backbone. Our oatmeal brown pours a dark mahogany with aromas of dark chocolate and coffee.

Missouri Fail on 12/12/12

We have been getting a  number of questions about two big releases on 12.12.12

Two big releases planned for 12/12/12  around the beer country

                                              -------- Missouri failed on both!

Stone Vertical Epic 12.12.12 - registration did not come through for Missouri yet. It is coming, but it will probably be a few weeks late.

Westvleteren 12 - released around the country 12/12/12.    Shelton Brothers, the importer pulled out of Missouri months ago pledging to come back.  But it looks they are not ready in time for the release of Westvleteren 12 tomorrow.  Will Missouri eventually get some? up in the air?  Chances look slim as no registration has come through yet.

Goose Island Bourbon County Cherry Rye

Update on Goose Island Bourbon County Cherry Rye

Brewer's Notes:At Goose Island our brewers love experimenting with their beer almost as much as they love drinking it. This unique blend of Bourbon County Brand Stout was aged in rye whiskey barrels with loads of whole Michigan cherries. This is one massive beer the brewers are proud to finally let you share with your friends at home - or not. After your first sip, you'll agree, this beer has some real stones.

How to get this beer:

It is getting harder and harder with these allocated and rare beers and bourbons.   We have tried a number of methods from lottery, fastest finger on the internet, to fastest people to get to the store.   Even using the lottery method, I had a couple of people say they would not shop at the store again because they did not get any Pappy Van Winkle.   None of the systems are perfect and we always get complaints no matter which way we try.    We don't have a way to track sales of regular customers and we want to find a way to reward those that frequent the store.  These are the people that help us increase our allocations of these rare beers because it is based on our sales of Goose Island "regular beers" and Founders "regular beers" to get their allocated beers like the Bolt Cutter.    One thing I have noticed with the previous methods is that I see a lot of people come in to get their allocated beer only and do not purchase any other beer.   And then I see regular customers that are in a few times a week buying the "regular" beers and not getting the rare beers.  So we are going to try something different on the Cherry Bourbon County.  I am told that there is even less of it coming than the Coffee (which crashed our website).  And the demand for the Cherry seems to be much higher.

Here is what we are going to try...when it arrives.

• I am not going to announce when it arrives.
• At Forsyth, I will put one bottle on the shelf each day until it is gone.
• Each morning, we will draw a random time to put it on the shelf during that day.  Could be early in the day or near closing time.
• Depending on our allocation, there will be some random bottles put out at our other locations as well.  Again, no info on time or which day it might appear.
• It will go on the shelf and the first person to see it will be able to purchase it.
• We will not give any info out on the time it will hit the shelf or if it has already been sold each day.
• This way, hopefully regular shoppers will find it on the shelf when they are in for their regular beer purchases.
• Please, still one bottle per person.  We will take down names at the register when they are purchased to keep it at one per person.
• Again we are just trying to mix it up and be as fair as possible to try to spread the rare beers out as best as possible.  When there are so many people looking for these beers and so little to be had there are going to be more disappointed people than happy ones.

December is flying by....gifts time!

Less than 14 days to shop before Christmas.....

The perfect gift --- let them choose from thousands of wines, beers, spirits....

Time to start placing orders...

The Wine and Cheese Place makes thousands and thousands of baskets each holiday season.    We have been doing it for 30 years now!   Whether it is just one basket or hundreds of corporate baskets.   Give us a call 314.962.8150

Check out this year's amazing selection -- click here to see it all

We also have our very popular nut and candy rounds.  

Perfect for everyone and price is right.  

order online for pick up or delivery

Plus free gift wrapping

Don't go empty handed to somebody's house -- perfect gift...

In stock now and available online

Sweet Sophie Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup...$13.99 / 250ml 

Aged in a Jefferson 18 Year Old Bourbon Barrel

Serving suggestions: as a glaze for salmon, pork or bacon, as a sweetener for coffee, oatmeal, granola or yogurt, pour over ice cream and bananas, make exotic cocktails and of course on pancakes and waffles.  

The possibilities are endless.

New vintage from Fuller's

In stock at Forsyth and online

Fuller's Vintage Ale 2012....$8.99
Vintage Ale is a truly distinguished bottle-conditioned ale, crafted by Fuller’s Head Brewer, John Keeling. Each vintage is a blend of that year’s finest malt and hops, and of course our unique yeast, creating a unique limited edition brew.

Bottle conditioning means that a little yeast is left in the bottle after bottling, which will mature slowly over time like a fine wine or whisky - well beyond the 'best before' date that we are obliged to state (we think it should read "best after!").

Here at Fuller's, we recently opened (in the interests of research, of course) a few bottles of old Vintages: they tasted better than ever so stock up now and you'll be glad you did in years to come!