2013 Faiveley

2013 Domaine Faiveley Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru "Les Ouvrées Rodin"...$799.99
Wonderfully scented, almost Musigny-like aromas of black cherry, licorice, violet and minerals. Boasts outstanding sappy energy and definition, with the dark berry flavors energized by piquant minerality and salty traces. These vines are actually on the Chambertin side of Clos de Bèze but the wine is less powerful than the estate's other Clos de Bèze, notes Hervet. The endless perfumed finish excites the taste buds. Just five barrels made.
Rated 95-98/100 Stephen Tanzer

Rated 94-97/100 Burghound

2013 Domaine Faiveley Chambolle Musigny les Amoureuses...$278.99
Bright medium red. Reticent, reduced nose. Densely packed and tightly wound initially, then opened with air to reveal seductive flavors of strawberry, raspberry, truffle and minerals lifted by a floral element. Wonderfully pure, velvety Amoureuses, with a sweet, slowly mounting finish displayig outstanding mineral energy.
Rated 91-94/100 Stephen Tanzer

Rated 91-93/100 Burghound


2013 Domaine Faiveley Corton Clos Des Corton...$199.99
Dark red. Musky aromas of wild game and white pepper. Markedly less fruity than the top Côte de Nuits grand crus that preceded it, but boasts outstanding sappy energy and soil-driven salinity. Extremely closed today, with its tight tannic spine showing a slightly raw quality that will require long-term bottle aging.
Rated 93-95/100 Burghound

Rated 92-95/100 Stephen Tanzer

2013 Domaine Faiveley Nuits St Georges Les St Georges...$152.99
Good deep red. Captivating perfume of red berries, tobacco, spices and minerals. Large-scaled, silky and voluptuous, boasting compelling sweetness to its flavors of red fruits, iron, coffee, tobacco, spices and game. Wonderfully sexy, pliant wine with noble tannins and terrific finishing perfume.
Rated 91-94/100 Stephen Tanzer

Rated 91-93/100 Burghound


2013 Domaine Faiveley Nuits St Georges Porrets St Georges...$89.99
As it virtually always is this is bigger, richer and more powerful with fine mid-palate concentration that helps to buffer the slightly firmer and more rustic tannins on the impressively complex and persistent finish. This is very Nuits in character and will need 10 to 12 years to arrive at its apogee.
Rated 90-92/100 Burghound


2013 Domaine Faiveley Gevrey Chambertin Clos Des Issarts...$107.99
Bright, deep red. Aromas of raspberry, wild rose, hawthorn, truffle and spices. Wonderfully light on its feet, with penetrating minerality and floral character currently overshadowing the underlying red berry flavors. This highly distinctive wine is intense, juicy and quite sophisticated, finishing with suave tannins and terrific grip.
Rated 91-93/100 Burghound

2013 Lewis Alec's Blend scores 94 Points

2013 Lewis Alec's Blend Napa Valley...$61.99
1,300 cases made
Red A plush and generous blend that also shows excellent structure and focus. Brooding dark boysenberry and smoky mocha aromas combine with layered flavors of blackberry, graphite, nutmeg and brown spice. The tannins are burly, but ripe and fleshy. Syrah, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2027.
Rated 94/100 The Wine Spectator

Gandona Estate on Pritchard Hill

2012 Gandona Estate....$199.99
Living up to the potential predicted last year, the 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate is fabulous. One hundred percent Cabernet Sauvignon aged 22 months in 80% new French oak, there are 500 cases of this terrific wine. With its inky purple color, a glorious nose of blackberry and blueberry liqueur, full-bodied mouthfeel, dense, pure notes interwoven with camphor, charcoal embers and spring flowers, this is stunning stuff and a great example of the Estate’s potential. Drink now-2025+.
Located high on Pritchard hill—yes, were Bryant Family comes from!

Rated 96/100 The Wine Advocate

2013 Orin Swift Limited releases

2013 Orin Swift Machete....$49.99

Another innovative and genius effort from Dave Phinney is his 2013 Proprietary Red Machete, which is a California red blend made from Petite Sirah, Syrah and Grenache. This wine is another that shows his tendency to produce wines of great intensity and personality. It is full-bodied and exuberant, with an inky purple color and a stunning nose of boysenberry, black cherry, chocolate and floral notes. Full-bodied, opulent and multilayered, this is another stunner that brilliantly conceals the ten months it spent in 40% new French oak, as well as its rather hefty alcohol. This is unbelievable wine and another great effort from a true, young, up-and-coming force in the world’s winedom.
Rated 94/100 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate

Great value 90 Point White

2014 Chateau Saint-Roch Cotes du Roussillon Vieilles Vignes...$13.99
The 2014 Côtes du Roussillon Vieilles Vignes is a terrific, medium-bodied, bright and juicy effort that’s loaded with notions of citrus blossom, lime and hints of green herbs. Made from 80% Grenache Blanc and 20% Roussanne that was brought up almost exclusively in tank (10% in new oak), buy this beauty by the case and drink it over the coming year 

Rated 90/100 The Wine Advocate

Cambria Chard scores 91 points

2013 Cambria Chardonnay Katherine...$15.99
This wine offers caramelized apple, seared pear, honeysuckle, a touch of buttercream and vanilla ice cream on the even, well-measured nose. The flavors lean more green but not underripe, with lime juice, green apple and green mango, offering some bitterness and an alkaline/iodine character

Rated 91/100 Wine Enthusiast

Batch 007 is finally here!

Laphraoig 10 Year Cask Strength Batch 007...$51.99
Awarded Best Single Malt in the World in 2005 by Whisky Magazine, Original Cask Strength Laphroaig is bottled at natural distillery strength with all the depth of genuine taste and texture normally associated with sampling whisky at source.
We mature Laphroaig in seasoned oak barrels, charred before filling to impart a slight sweet vanilla nuttiness. Original Cask Strength Laphroaig is barrier-filtered only just, to remove the small char particles present. This means you will enjoy Laphroaig exactly as we made it. In extremes of temperature and when you add water it may appear a little cloudy - this is the natural condition of a malt of such a peaty pungence and uncompromising purity.
Adding a little water releases a rich aroma of peat smoke with some sweetness and strong hints of the sea.
Emphatic, full bodied and utterly unforgettable. Simply 'The Best'.

Deschutes / Harpoon EHop

You can call to reserve or for transfers 314.727.8788

Deschutes / Harpoon EHop..$4.99

Brewer Notes
Locally grown Oregon sage, New England thyme, and co-owner grown hops are combined to create an herbalicious amber ale.

MaltPale, Midnight Wheat, Caramel, Acidulated
HopsBravo, US Tettnang, Delta, Saaz
OtherSage, Thyme

Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti Imperial Stout

The BARREL AGED Yeti is here

Remember for reservations this time of year, you have 48 hours (Sundays to not count)  to pick up.

Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti Imperial Stout...$23.99
This unique version of our monstrous Yeti Imperial Stout is aged for a least 12 months in whiskey barrels. The spirited aging process produces a hugely complex but mellowed Yeti, with its signature roasted flavors, hints of vanilla and oak, and a whiskeyed finish. Who says you can’t tame a beast?

ABV: 12.0% 

4 Hands CMS Variant Set

You holiday shopping just got easier!!!  Back in stock!!!
In stock now at New Ballas and Forsyth

4 Hands CMS Variant Set....$19.99
Includes 1 each

• Tiki Milk Stout Mason Jar Glass
• Chocolate Milk Stout
• Tiki Milk Stout (Milk Stout with Chocolate, Coffee and Coconut)
• Horchata Chocolate Milk Stout (with Vanilla and Cinnamon)

Green Flash / Alpine Brewing

New Collab with Alpine Brewing!!!

Green Flash / Alpine Brewing...$7.99 / 22oz

Rated 99/100 RateBeer

Hand Shake IPA is a commemorative collaboration beer brewed to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Green Flash and Alpine Brewing Company union. Brewmasters Pat and Shawn Mcilhenney and Chuck Silva combined peers to create an IPA worth of sharing with good friends. Simcoe, Mosaic, Citra, and El Dorado hops create a fresh, orange, peppery flavor with an earthy bitter finish. So delicious, let’s toast to a beautiful friendship.
Brewed and bottled at Green Flash Brewing Company, San Diego, CA.

Side Project The Scribe release is very soon...

Update on The Scribe and Merci!

Cory stopped by with a bottle of Merci Volume II to taste.  Merci is fantastic, but he wants it to bottle condition for another month at least.   So it looks like The Scribe will be the next Side Project release at The Wine and Cheese Place.  It is in the queue now pending with Missouri registration, so it should be very soon!!!!  It is bottled and ready to go.  

The Scribe will be release through our BRC program base on Beer only purchases starting from October 12 until its release.

Side Project The Scribe 
13% ABV
Brewed 1/22/14
TWCP Elijah Craig 12 and Henry McKenna barrels and a Cabernet barrel.
The Scribe is the collaboration between Side Project and Perennial Artisan Ales. Its a huge, rich, soured Quad that was inspired by our favorited mead called The Heart of Darkness from Schramm's. It was aged in a Cabernet and bourbon barrels on black currants, sweet cherries and raspberries before being blended back and bottle conditioned... Drinks more like a mead or nice port than a beer!

VERY IMPORTANT:  Make sure you give your phone number each time you check out if you are a member of the BRC.





Side Project is having a big release this Saturday!!!
Releasing Dec. 19th, at noon, in the Perennial tasting room...

Stone Grainiac "Colon Blow"

Stochasticity™ Project Grainiac "Colon Blow"...$7.49 / 22oz

STYLE: MULTIGRAIN AMBER ALE ABV: 8.5% IBUS:60
A dry-hopped multigrain masterpiece
This hoppy, deep amber-hued beer was created to shine a light on rare, unexplored grains seldom used in the brewing world. In addition to barley, wheat, rye and triticale, we added malted millet and malted buckwheat to bring the total unique grain count to nine. The earthy, nutty notes of granola found in this experimental multigrain malt bomb are complemented by the citrusy, piney flavors of four classic American hops. We dry-hopped the beer with Cascade and Centennial hops at the end, adding more citrus notes and rounding out the grain bill’s rich, bready character.
This beer had its share of controversy. If you’re wondering about its unusual label, the whole story is on The Stone Blog.

Prairie Artisan Ales Coffee Okie

Limit 2 bottles per person.
Orders for pick up must be picked up within 48 hours or they will go back out for sale. This time of year we are limited on space, plus we want these to make it home for people to enjoy during the holidays.

Sold out

Prairie Artisan Ales Coffee Okie...$8.99 / 12oz
With the holidays just around the corner, I’m sure everyone could use an excuse to take a step back from the chaos and relax with a beer. We took an old favorite and put a twist on it, so get ready for Coffee Okie!
Okie is an imperial brown ale that we aged in bourbon barrels, and we’ve taken that barrel aged base and added our favorite blend of roasted coffee. The intense coffee flavors are complemented by notes of caramel, toffee, and vanilla resulting in a boozy, sweet and aromatic experience.
Cheers,
Wes

Sweet Sophie Maple Syrup aged in Four Roses Barrel

Make sure you grab some of this decadent syrup for the holidays or holiday gifts!
Perfect for Hostess gifts and great to give to your children's teachers!

The Wine and Cheese Place 

Sweet Sophie Batch

Sweet Sophie Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Syrup...$14.99 / 250ml 

100% Organic Pure Vermont Maple Syrup 

Aged for over 2 months in a Four Roses Bourbon Barrel

Serving suggestions: as a glaze for salmon, turkey, 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.

 This batch yielded 682 bottles.  

Dark Ale aged in Heaven Hill and Jim Beam Barrels

Dark Ale aged in Heaven Hill and Jim Beam Barrels

He'Brew Chanukah in Kentucky...$12.99 / 22oz

In early spring of 2015, we brewed a 50-barrel batch of Hanukkah, Chanukah Pass the Beer with 8 malts, 8 hops and 8% ABV. After fermentation we filled first use Heaven Hill and Jim Beam bourbon barrels to age the luscious dark ale. Eight months later, Chanukah in Kentucky was born. Chanukah in Kentucky pours dark chestnut in color with ruby highlights and a creamy beige head. The nose is big and slightly tart with a mix of toasted malt, dark chocolate, woody oak, and the noticeable aroma of barrel bourbon. The first taste is slightly sweet with notes of dark cherry and a confection of toffee, caramel, and hints of vanilla. As it warms, the bourbon character fades making the toffee, chocolate, sweet caramel, vanilla bean and woody oak become more pronounced. This rare and precious offering is smooth with medium body and a dry finish. Share a bottle with your favorite friends and family and delight in the warming of the season. L’Chaim! 8 malts, 8 hops, 8% ABV Malts: 2-Row, CaraPils, Dark Crystal, Chocolate Malt, Victory, Wheat Malt, Munich, Flaked Oats Hops: Warrior, Chinook, Fuggle, Vanguard, UK Goldings, Willamette, Liberty, Centennial

New - aged in Whiskey Barrels

Breckenridge Holidale Ale Aged in Whiskey Barrels...$11.99 / 22oz
A new twist on Breckenridge Brewery's longtime winter season, Christmas Ale. Aged in whiskey barrels, Holidale offers toasted biscuit notes complemented by soft caramel sweetness and hints of oak and whisky warmth.
IBU: 22 | ABV: 8.8%

More cellar releases from Aventinus.

More cellar releases from Aventinus.

Aventinus Vintage 2008...$6.99 / pint

The paper wrapped around the bottle lists things that happened that year.

For the first time in history, oil price is above 100 USD per barrel at the NY Stock exchange * Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly 50 years *

Aventinus Vintage 2009...$6.99 / pint
The paper wrapped around the bottle lists things that happened that year.
World Digital Library is opened on the internet * Peace Nobel Prize fro Barack Obama * 33 miners of mining disaster in Chile are saved * 40th Anniversary of Moon landind * 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Aventinus Vintage 2010...$6.99 / pint

The paper wrapped around the bottle lists things that happened that year.
Buried miners are rescued after 17 days under the earth in Chile * New Orleans Saints defeat Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first Super Bowl * First Flight of the new Boeing Jumbo Jet 747-8

Aventinus Vintage 2012...$6.99 / pint

The paper wrapped around the bottle lists things that happened that year.
Spain is European Soccer Champion * 30th Summer Olympics are held in London UK * 140th Birthday of Schneider Weisse

only 250 cases made each year.

Aventinus ageing in the Ice cellar 

"Historical Ice cellar of the Weisse Brauhaus, Kelheim, Bavaria, now used for the aging and maturing of our special "Vintage Aventinus" (250 cases per year started in early spring of 1999)" -- importer

"The Schneider brewery was established in 1872 when Georg Schneider purchased the right to brew wheat beer by King Ludwig II. Up to that point wheat beer could only be brewed by the Bavarian royal family in one of their "Weisses Brauhaus" (wheat beer brewpub). He purchased and brewed in the Weisses Brauhaus im Tal/Munich and the Weisses Brauhaus in Kelheim. This second brewery has been used to brew wheat beer since 1607 and is therefore the oldest continually operating Weisse Beer brewery in the world." -- Importer

Hitachino Anbai Ale "Salty Plum" and Orange IPA

Due to the holidays and space, beer orders must be picked up within 48 hours or they will go back out for sale.

Hitachino Anbai Ale...$4.49 / 11.2oz

Anbai literally means “Salty Plum” and the word is also used to describe the stat of taste and flavor. Ii Anbai means “just right”!
Hitachino Nest Anbai Ale is brewed based on the high alcohol version (7%) of the signature beer Hitachino Nest White Ale, infused with locally grown green sour plum (ume), and finished up with a pinch of Japanese sea salt (moshio). The balance of sourness, bitterness, comes from the plum and subtle saltiness, great umami taste of the sea salt is “Ii Anbai - just right!”

Mandarin Orange IPA

Hitachino Dai Dai Indigenous Pale Ale iPA..$4.69 / 11.2oz
HItachino Nest DaiDai is a very unique brew, “Kiuchi/Hitachino” philosophy with highly focused notes of orange/mandarin, quite dry in the finish.
Kiuchi Brewery uses a special, very rare type of orange called “Fukure Mikan”.

Malts: Floor malted Marris Otter Pale Malt

Hops: Tardif de Bourgogne [Origin and Description: Tardif de Bourgogne Hops is a natural variety from France. The USDA recieved their first sample in 1977, from the Institute of Hop Research, Pulawy, Poland. This variety is grown on limited acreage around the Alsace region. It is an aroma type associated with European Ales and Lagers. It is difficult to find on the market, and in commercial beers.
If you do come across some, try it out.] Hersbrucker Tradition

Spices: “Orange” Fukure Mikan Peel {Fukure Mikan is a wild mandarin orange with almost 1500 years of history and is only cultivated around Mt.Tsukuba near the brewery. Fukure Mikan stands for “very unique” in Japanese. Fuku is ‘symbol of happiness’ and Kure is ‘coming’ and Mikan is ‘orange’.Fukure Mikan means “Orange which will bring fortune happiness!”}

My Blueberry Nightmare

del Ducato My Blueberry Nightmare...$12.99 / 11.2oz
9.4% ABV
"A special one time creation that truly lives up to its name. The base is a Stout brewed with hot chili peppers that has been aged for almost 2 years with blueberries and pediococcus. It is opaque black in color in with just a touch of carbonation. Quite acidic and tart along with very intense flavors and aromas. This nightmare is sure to leave a lasting memory.

BFM 2014 Bon Chien Magnums

2014 BFM Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien...$46.99 / 1.5ltr

"Boldly treading the boundary between port, wine and beer, l'Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien is a unique ale aged in wooden casks which have been used for several years before to age Merlot, Merlot Cabernet, Whisky and then Grappa. It manages to merge into L'Abbaye all the complex aromas of a vintage red wine along with the delicate harmony and flavors of the wood and its former contents. This process requires close monitoring of the beer's evolution. The final version is blended from different casks, to ensure optimal balance, complexity and enjoyment! A mere one thousand bottles have been earmarked for the US market in 2006. [Thus named in fond memory of Bon-Chien, the late brewery cat, deceased in June 2005, whose antics were very popular with brewery visitors] Try it with pan-fried duck breast or foie gras déglacéed with Modena balsamic vinegar… or with a high cocoa contents dark chocolate."--importer

Jameson 18 Year Old Limited Reserve

Finally back in stock!

Jameson 18 Year Old Limited Reserve...$109.99
With age comes beauty, and our Jameson 18 Year Old Limited Reserve is no exception. The exceptionally balanced blend is mellow, complex with a lingering finale of wood, spice and toffee. These 3 beautifully matched whiskeys are matured for at least 18 years in hand selected American bourbon barrels and European oak casks, where they complete their rite of passage and are finished in first fill bourbon barrels delivering subtle traces of vanilla on the palate. Since its debut, the reserve has been limited, so any opportunity to enjoy this whiskey should be savoured.
Tasting Characteristics
Nose: Aromatic oils with a touch of wood, spicy toffee.
Taste: Wonderfully mellow and smooth, a mouthful of complex flavour - fudge, toffee, spice, hints of wood and leather, vanilla and a gentle sherry nuttiness.
Finish: A long, lingering finish carries the theme of the wood, spice and toffee right through to the end.

Belgian Owl - Belgian Single Malt Whisky

Back in stock now!!

Belgian Owl Whisky Single Malt....$76.99 / 750ml
A First!
The Belgian Owl, Belgian Whisky Single Malt will be the first whisky ever made in Belgium with barley raised in Belgium!

It is the outcome of the determined efforts of a distiller from Liege, Etienne Bouillon, who has put all his energy to this project for nearly two years with the best of his skills and know-how.

'The Belgian Owl', Belgian Whisky Single Malt is made from a distillate of the best Belgian malt, the barley beeing raised in Belgium.

Malt refers to sprouted barley whose germination is stopped by heat. This process, also called kilning, determines the aroma given off by the spirits produced from the still.

'The Belgian Owl', Belgian Whisky Single Malt will be a wonderful whisky with delicious aromas of spice, fruity and with flowers notes .

This is what distiller Etienne Bouillon, owner of The Owl Distillery has to say about it:

The distillation I practice gives a very flexible, smooth product. To obtain a top quality taste, I keep only the heart of the distillate obtained after a second distillation.

The malt distillate leaves our century-old stills in Grâce-Hollogne with an alcohol content of more than 70%, and is then aged in oak casks for at least three full years.

During the aging process it gradually takes on its lovely amber colour and develops its magnificent aromas.

At the end of the aging period, the product can be called Whisky. At this point it contains more or less 60% alcohol that is reduced to 46% by adding pure water.

Then it is bottled.

Be the first to own, taste and share the first Belgian Single Malt Whisky, on basis of barley raised in Belgium, in history!

Baladin Artisinal Soda

In stock now only at Forsyth.

Call 314.727.8788 for transfers

Baladin Cola...$2.99 / 8.45oz
THE FIRST FAIR TRADE COLA!
“Cola Baladin” is a soft drinks which contains no coloring or preservative and is produced with the kola nuts bought from the Kola Slow Food Presidium” in Sierra Leone, and part of the revenues from the its sales will be donated to the Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity to support the Presidium project. Another important and rather odd thing about this drink: the use of these nuts, and the necessary choice not to use artificial colorings, means that this new Baladin drink has a rather “unusual” color for a cola: IT’S RED! This red color sets it apart from more “commercial” products and makes it immediately clear that our intent is not only to make a profit: our drink is also a sign to show consumers that it often takes very little to play our part in supporting those who cannot even support themselves. Sierra Leone is one of the unfortunately too many African countries tormented by both political and economic wars and fights. Ours may be a niche production, but we believe it will help us give the word SUSTAINABILY its full and important meaning.

Baladin Spuma Nera Soda...$2.99 / 8.45oz
THE "MOTHER" OF CHINOTTO
Spuma Nera, or “dark Spuma” as it was once called, may be considered the “mother” of chinotto. We have chosen to go back to the traditional recipe, with a basis of chinotto (a myrtle-leaf orange drink), the red part of rhubarb roots and an orange zest infusion. Of course, no colorings or preservatives are added.

Baladin Cedrata Soda...$2.99 / 8.45oz

A JOURNEY SEARCHING FOR THE TASTE OF TIMES GONE BY
A journey searching for the taste of times gone by. A taste that our memory has registered but has been hiding for a very long time. This is Cedrata Baladin. Just water, natural brown sugar, lemon juice, carbon dioxide and the infusion of Calabria citrons from Diamante, which give it all its aroma and flavor. Cedrata Baladin is produced with simple and selected ingredients and contains no colorings or preservatives.

Baladin Ginger Soda...$2.99 / 8.45oz
DEDICATED TO THE TRADITION OF "ITALIAN" GINGER (this is not a ginger ale)
Its ingredients are simply water, natural brown sugar, lemon juice, carbon dioxide and the unmistakable infusion of herbs, zests of bitter and sweet oranges from Gargano PGI, spices and vanilla which give the drink its distinctive aroma and flavor. There is not ginger in the recipe.