2012 Leonetti scores big!

A Washington State Icon Scores Big in the Wine Advocate:
Leonetti has long been the yardstick by which Washington State Cabernet and Merlot has been measured and we are thrilled with the quality of the recently released 2012 Walla Walla Cabernet and Merlot.


2012 Leonetti Walla Walla Cabernet...$99.99
The 2012 Walla Walla Cabernet Sauvignon is similar to the Reserve, yet slightly more elegant and streamlined at present. Made from 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot that spent 22 month in new and once-used French oak, it exhibits terrific aromatics of leafy herbs, spring flowers, violets, lead pencil shavings and ample cassis and black raspberry-style fruit. Full-bodied, seamless and perfectly balanced, with a stacked mid-palate and building tannin, it’s another candidate for short-term cellaring and will have 2-3 decades of overall longevity.
Rated 96/100 The Wine Advocate


2012 Leonetti Walla Walla Merlot...$85.99
The 2012 Merlot, which was already in bottle at the time of this tasting, offers an elegant, yet sexy style, with gorgeous black raspberry and creme de cassis fruit, toast, dried spices and licorice, with hints of background tobacco and green herbs, all emerging from the glass. Medium to full-bodied, plump, pure and layered, with a fabulous texture and a big finish, it’s a beautiful wine to drink over the coming decade or more.
Rated 94/100 The Wine Advocate

Rock Hill Location Cheese Feature: Pantaleo

Rock Hill Location Cheese Feature:  

Pantaleo  - cut fresh to order as always.  Come in for a taste

Pantaleo Goat Milk Cheese
This unique goat’s milk cheese from Sardegna is a rare find, as there are few aged goat cheeses in Italy. Pantaleo is ivory in color with a pale rind. Made with milk from the Capra Sarda goat, the cheese is aged a minimum of 100 days and is full flavored and sweet with a clean, floral finish.

Ballwin Location Cheese Feature: Vincent

Ballwin Location Cheese Feature: Vincent.  Cut fresh to order, come ask for a taste

Vincent Aged Dutch Cheese
The Vincent is naturally matured for 26 weeks.  A rich, sweet tasting, fully ripened Dutch cheese, Vincent releases pleasant characteristic bursts of flavour with every bite.   It's incredibly versatile, making it great for gratin dishes.    Vincent has a very rich taste due to its unique starter culture

Still 630 Day! Smoke + Whiskey June 30th

TONIGHT!  

Get your tickets now and save money!

Still 630 30 Day!

Smoke + Whiskey

June 30th from 5-9pm

Tickets on sale at The Wine and Cheese Place Forysth.

Tickets $30 per person now

or $35 at the door

Call 314.727.8788 to reserve some now!

or order online

You must pick up physical tickets at the store.  

Currently at Forsyth now, but we can have them transferred to one of our other loctations

Where to go:

This event takes place at STilL 630

1000 S. 4th St. St. Louis, MO 63104

There will be food, cocktails, and beers! Your ticket entitles you to admission to the party, as well as a plate of food, two drinks (cocktails and/or beers), and a specialty cocktail made with one of our new release spirits!

When you think smoked food in St. Louis, your first thought is Sugarfire Smokehouse BBQ and so we’ve partnered with them to bring you a specialty sandwich & side, along with a new BBQ sauce made with our RallyPoint Rye Whiskey for your dining pleasure!

We’ll be releasing our hugely anticipated second ever batch of Gold Medal winning RallyPoint Maple Sunset!

Our first full brewery collaboration will finally be released as well. This was our project with great local brewery: Alpha Brewing Co. Two variations on their Imperial Smoked Black Ale – the beer itself aged in our used RallyPoint whiskey barrels; and another batch of the beer was distilled into whiskey and aged in new oak barrels! 

Also being released is our collaboration with Kaldi’s Coffee! This is Big Jake’s Breakfast Brew. A divine fusion of coffee and whiskey, destined to bring whiskey back to the breakfast table where it belongs! 

For your enjoyment we will also have Clementine’s Creamery offering their delicious ice creams, whether you’re Naughty or Nice, they’ve got the perfect cold treat for you!

And last, but certainly not least, to capitalize our Smoke theme, Gran Cru Cigars will be here offering extremely limited edition cigars that were hand-rolled with tobacco leaves aged with our RallyPoint Rye Whiskey!

Magic Hat CANS

In stock now at Forsyth

Magic Hat CANtastic Variety Pack...$14.99

Includes

• Stealin' Time - Wheat Ale with Ginger
• Magic Hat No. 9
• Dream Machine India Style Pale Lager

Bell's Uranus Black Double IPA - BRC release

Just sent out emails to the BRC.


We based this release using two methods: half for the top Bells supporters and half for the overall supporters including all purchases got allocated a bottle


Bells URANUS The Magician...$2.19 / 12oz bottles
STYLE: Black Double India Pale Ale
ABV: 9.5%
TASTING NOTES: The sixth release in our Planets Series, Uranus, is a Black Double IPA. It is also our first large release of this style of beer. The hop profile is enormous and complex with help from Citra, Galaxy, Polaris and other hard to find hops. The use of de-bittered or de-husked black malt lends color without the overly astringent or roasty flavors normally associated with stouts and porters. Don’t let the illusion of The Magician deceive you. Dank, tropical, stone fruit, citrus, floral and pine hop characteristics with a touch of light chocolate are all revealed.

Diameter: 31,763 miles
Orbit: 84 Earth years
Day: 18 Earth hours

Goose Island Fulton St. Blend Coffee Ale

In stock now!

Goose Island Fulton St. Blend Coffee Ale...$6.99 / 6pk

"Our neighbors at Intelligentsia shared freshly roasted beans that give our golden ale a rich coffee aroma and flavor.  Perfect for sharing with your neighbor, too." - label

Deschutes Fresh Squeezed is back!

We have been out for a few weeks waiting on a fresh batch.  The super fresh batch is here!!

In stock now at Forsyth and New Ballas - 

Plus fresh Twilight is In stock now at Forsyth!

Deschutes Twilight Summer Ale
"A lighter, yet full-flavored, aromatic Ale for the long days of summer. Twilight’s solid malt foundation pairs with distinctive Amarillo hops for flavors every bit as intriguing as bigger, heavier ales. A back porch, lingering sunset wonder."

Malt: NW Pale, Carastan, Carapils
Hops: Northern Brewer, Amarillo, Cascade, Tettnang, Brambling Cross

Boulevard Cans of Summer

Boulevard Cans of Summer - stock up for 4th of July

Boulevard Cans of Summer....$13.99 / 12 pack mix cans

• 3 - Unfiltered Wheat
• 3 - Heavy Lifting IPA
• 3 - Pop Up Session IPA
• 3 - Ginger Lemon Radler

Root Sellers Pedal Hard Ginger Beer

Root Sellers Pedal Hard Ginger Beer....$8.49 / 4pk 16oz CANS
Pedal Hard Ginger Beer (5.3% abv)
Root Sellers Pedal Hard Ginger Beer is an alcoholic ginger beer brewed with pure cane sugar, ginger root and molasses. Ginger Beer is a traditional beverage first brewed in Europe more than 400 years ago. Our ginger beer is a quaffable beverage with a crisp, clean, and refreshing flavor with a mellow ginger flavor. Pedal Hard Ginger Beer is brewed without grain and it is gluten free.

Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee

Sorry, it is been a crazy busy and rough month.  Calling an audible on this one and sent equal allocation to all 4 our stores.

1 bottle per person - first come, first served until gone.
In stock now at all 4 locations.  No reservations or phone calls.  

Forsyth is sold out
Ballwin is sold out
Rock Hill is sold out
New Ballas is sold out
all gone, thanks and sorry.

Firestone Walker Stickee Monkee...$14.99 / 22oz
A Belgian Quad by recipe, but aging it in spirits barrels garners its own category: Central Coast Quad. A beer formulated to sit on the sweeter and malty side so that we could utilize it for blending. Turbinado brown sugar from Mexico and Belgian candi sugar add wonderful molasses flavors. It has a full body and lush texture with barrel expression all over this beer: toasted oak, coconut, leather and cigar tobacco.

Jefferson's Reserve Groth Reserve Cask Finish

Jefferson's Reserve Groth Reserve Cask Finish...$69.99

Extra matured in French Oak cask previously held Groth Cabernet Sauvignon

Very Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey - small batch

Jefferson Reserve is a complex, yet balanced combination of 3 different bourbons, including whiskey aged up to 20 years in American Oak. The result is a medium-weight bourbon with a dry, robust palate that fills with the mouth with flavors of roasted corn, caramel, toffee and oak. 

Beer Tasting - Friday Night

Beer Tasting

Friday, June 26, from 4-6pm

The Wine and Cheese Place
7435 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105
314.727.8788

• Perennial / Cigar City Brewing Philly Taco 
• 4 Hands Passion Fruit Prussia
• Lagunitas Sucks
• Stone Brewing Stochasticity Project HiFi + LoFi Mixtape
• Jolly Pumpkin Forgotten Tales Last Gypsy Blender Series 1 Volume 1

We are going to start featuring a "Classic" beer in our Friday night tasting when we can.  So many people may have never had these beers because they are not the "new" or "hot" craft beer anymore.   

La Chouffe Belgian Golden Ale
Rated 98/100 Ratebeer overall with over 2,000 ratings
Rated 98/100 Ratebeer in its style
Golden Ale, strong, spicy, lightly hoppy, with evolving taste. Natural beer, bottle conditioned, unfiltered, not pasteurised and without any additives

The Wine and Cheese Place 
457 N. New Ballas, Creve Coeur MO 314.989.0020

Sam Adams Longshot:

• Dark Night in Brooklyn
• Raspy's Robust Porter
• Smokehouse Rauchbier

Forsyth Cheese Feature: Germain L'Affine au Chablis

Forsyth Cheese Feature: 

Germain L'Affine au Chablis

Like the wine in which it is bathed, L’Affiné au Chablis is made in the Burgundy region of France, which is also home to the notorious stinker Epoisses. But if you have a stinky-cheese-phobic spouse like mine, you don’t have to worry about this cheese causing him to hide in the basement for the better part of the evening – L’Affiné au Chablis is much milder than Epoisses and lacks its odorous punch.

So what makes this cheese worth seeking? Its creaminess, of course – as with many soft-ripened cow’s-milk cheeses, L’Affiné au Chablis has a luxurious mouthfeel that’s hard to resist. I let my wheel sit on the counter for a couple of hours and then dug into it with a spoon. My mom was a little weirded out by this gesture, but I found it to be a perfectly appropriate way to consume the cheese. (It was delicious on a cracker, too, in case you agree with my mom.) The flavor of the Chablis is definitely present with each bite, but it was subtle enough to allow the creamy richness of the cheese to take center stage. The wine pairing should be pretty obvious. - Champagne and Cheese

Quail Eggs

Coturnix Quail Eggs Grade A....$11.99 / tray of 18 eggs

New York, all natural farm fresh

In stock now at Forsyth

Rated 98 from Robert Parker and Limted!

2012 Frank Family Patriarch Cabernet Sauvingon...$199.99

The 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Patriarch is the soaring superstar of the vintage. Blueberry, incense, graphite and blackberry notes that are incredibly precise and intense jump from the glass of this inky/purple wine. It is full-bodied, opulent and has a broad, savory mouthfeel. This is outrageous Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink over the next two decades.

Rated 98/100 Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate

Pinckney Bend Whiskey Cask Finished

Pinckney Bend Whiskey Cask Finished - 3 pack of 200ml....$64.99

• 1 bottle Port Cask
• 1 bottle Sherry Cask
• 1 bottle Single Barrel Reserve

All 100 Proof

For a limited time, we’re offering a rye & rested whiskey as well as a select group of cask-finished whiskeys. They all begin with our award-winning American Rested Whiskey.Once they’re gone, you’ll have to wait for the next batch.

Pinkney Bend Cask Finished Gin

Pinkney Bend Cask Finished Gin...$27.99
Distilled From American Grain
Our American Gin is finished in charred, second use Missouri white oak barrels, which introduces a layer of complex wood flavors, a subtle vanilla infused sweetness and the spice of young whiskey.
Hand Crafted in Small Batches
This specialty spirit begins with Pinckney Bend’s award winning American Gin, which is smooth on the pallet, with bright juniper and well-balanced citrus notes.

Winner of Two International Gold Medals
This gin has actually earned two gold medals at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition — the base American Gin in 2012 and the Cask Finished Gin itself in 2015.

Philly Taco from Perennial and Cigar City

Back in stock now - no limit this time!

Order away!

Perennial Artisan Ales Collab with Cigar City Brewing...$11.99 / 750ml

Philly Taco

Philly Taco! Brewed in collaboration with our friends at Cigar City, Philly Taco is Belgian Brown brewed with rye and corn, dry hopped with Mosaic, Ahtanum, Columbus and packaged conditioned with Brettanomyces clausenii.
7.0% ABV

click here to read the inspiration for the beer

HiFi + LoFi Mixtape

A blend of fresh and barrel aged ales

Stone Brewing Stochasticity Project HiFi + LoFi Mixtape....$7.49 / 22oz
HIFI+LOFI MIXTAPE
STYLE: STRONG ALE BLEND 

ABV: 8.8% 

IBUS: 70
A beer that pays homage to a centuries-old tradition of combining new beer with aged “stock ales.” Freshly brewed beers of the day often were very smoky and bitter tasting, and were blended with older beer that had mellowed with age to produce more drinkable libations. This modern brew will showcase our brewers’ talents by blending a stock ale aged more than three months in oak foudres (large wooden fermentation vessels) with a fresh version of the same beer to create a perfect harmony spanning end to end on the taste spectrum.

Bells Oberon in 12 oz CANS - 12 pack!

We have an amazing price -

 we only got 10 cases of this first load is nice and fresh canned on 6/10

Bells Oberon Hoppy Wheat Ale...$15.99 / 12 pack CANS (12 oz)
Bell's Oberon is a wheat ale fermented with Bell's signature house ale yeast, mixing a spicy hop character with mildly fruity aromas. The addition of wheat malt lends a smooth mouthfeel, making it a classic summer beer.

Grimm Limited BA Shapeshifter

Call for reservations - we only have 12 bottles 

314.727.8788

1 per person

Gimm Cherry Oak Shapeshifter....$12.99 / 22oz
Style: Wee heavy aged on oak with tart cherries
ABV: 8.3%
IBU’S: 15
SRM: 26

Cherry Oak Shapeshifter pours a deep mahogany with ruby highlights and a luscious cream-colored head. This beer has been aging for six months on tart Montmorency cherries in second use brandy barrels. Aromas of caramel, hazelnuts, and a hint of brandy waft from the glass, to be followed by decadent flavors of tart cherry, vanilla and marzipan.

Saturday June 20 (1-4pm) Pinckney Bend Distillery today!

Taste Pinckney Bend Spirits 

today at Forsyth 

Saturday June 20 (1-4pm) 

Pinckney Bend Distillery 

with Ralph Haynes

You will get a chance to taste their new CASK Finished Gin!

Not available yet, but coming soon!

Cask Finished Gin: A classic spirit is new again. Our signature gin’s bright juniper and well-balanced citrus notes are layered with the complex flavors of a Missouri white oak barrel.

You will taste an amazing assortment!

• Pinckney Bend Cask Finished Gin (not for sale yet)
• Pinckney Bend Gin
• Pinckney Bend Vodka
• Pinckney Bend Rested Whiskey
• Pinckney BendClassic Tonic Syrup
• Plus he is bringing some special release whiskeys. (not for sale)

These two started it all!

Pinckney Bend Vodka...$23.99

Vodka is often described as a neutral spirit. Character, flavor, purity and texture begin where neutrality ends. Pinckney Bend vodka is hand crafted in small batches from a blend of American wheat, malted barley and rye. Grains are distilled separately; wheat in a column still, barley and rye in a pot still. The result is a spirit of both high purity and unique character.
Pinckney Bend vodka has a luscious mouth-feel, and is exceedingly smooth on the palate. It is excellent on its own, but it also works well with others as a cocktail ingredient.
Serve cold. Very cold.

Pinckney Bend Gin...$25.99

"All gin is not created equal.  The nine botanicals used in Pinckney Bend gin are all grown in the USA.  They are distilled individually, and then blended in small batches.   The result is a premium quality American gin with nuanced layers of flavor and aromatics.  Pinckney Bend gin is exellent on its own in a martini, but it also plays exceptionally well with others as a mixer." -- label

The original and king of cheese - Parmigiano Reggiaon on sale $9.99

We just got in fresh load of 300 pounds!!!

Parmigiano Reggiano....$9.99 per pound

Yes, the original and best Parmesan is on sale.  Still cut fresh to order!!

THE KING OF CHEESES
Parmigiano-Reggiano is produced exclusively in the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena and parts of the provinces of Mantua and Bologna, on the plains, hills and mountains enclosed between the rivers Po and Reno.
This is the area hosting four thousand farms where the cattle are fed on locally grown forage.  From these deep roots in a protected and respected environment, come the unique qualities, which characterise the “king of cheeses”.  The cheese wheels are laid out in long rows in the silent maturation rooms.  Each cheese has used around 600 litres of milk and the constant care of the farmers and cheese masters.
The experts of the Consortium examine each cheese one by one.  After the Control Body’s inspection, a mark is fire-branded onto the individual cheeses which meet the requirements of the Protected Designation of Origin.  It is then shipped over to us and then home with you!

Friday Night Tasting Extravaganza - FORSYTH Location!

Bonus addition tonight- whiskey made from corn grown in Kirkwood Missouri!

Shop local!

Father's Day Weekend Wine Tasting at Forsyth
The Wine and Cheese Place
7435 Forsyth Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105
314.727.8788

OPEN HOUSE format - join us and tell your friends.
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Friday June 19 from 4pm-6pm 

• 2012 Far Niente Chardonnay
• 2012 Far Niente Cabernet
• 2012 Nickel and Nickel Tench Vyd. Cabernet
• 2012 Nickel and Nicke Branding Iron Cabernet
• 2012 En Route Pinot Noir
• Wood Hat All American
• Wood Hat Aged Blue corn
• Wood Hat Montgomery County Bourbon
• Wood Hat Bourbon Rubenesque
• 4 Hands Pyrus
• 4 Hands Send Help
• 4 Hands Single Speed
• 4 Hands Contact High
• Spirits of St. Louis Regatta Bay Gin
• Spirits of St. Louis Island Time Rum Amber and Crystal
• JJ Neukomm Missouri Malt Whiskey
• JJ Neukomm Hopskey
• Spirits of St. Louis Vermont Nights Liqueur
• Spirits of St. Louis Midwest Wheat Vodka
• Tasting with Ed Kohl - this portion is 4:30-6:30pm
1. Tamdhu 10
2. Arran 10
3. Arran 14
4. Exclusive Malts Benriach 17
5. Exclusive Malts Auchroisk 11
6. Arran Machrie Moor
7. Kilchoman Machir Bay
8. Exclusive Malts "An Islay"

Music & Wine Festival

Music & Wine Festival
Date: June 20, 2015
Time: 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Carondelet Plaza, East of Hanley Road. 

The Wine and Cheese Place will be selling beer and wine at this event.  Come by and see us!

Taste wines from around the world while enjoying great musical performances.

Musical Line-up
Bottoms Up Blues Gang, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Charles Glenn Sings Jazz, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (sponsored by Pulaski Bank)
Javier Mendoza, 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (sponsored by the Shoppes at the Crescent)


Food will available for purchase by 801 Chophouse, Kaldi’s, The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis & Whitebox Eatery.


Don’t miss the Live Chalk Art, Wine Bottle Juggler and the Champagne Diva!

Free parking available at The Plaza in Clayton Parking Garage.

Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale

Back in stock now, along with the Wells Banana Bread

Well's Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale...$8.99 / 4pk

Created by the Master Brewers behind Banana Bread Beer and Double Chocolate Stout, Wells & Young’s new beer is based on the quintessentially British dessert Sticky Toffee Pudding. The 5% ABV beer is brewed using natural accredited mineral water and the finest ingredients to combine the rich flavours of Sticky Toffee Pudding with traditional ale to create an indulgent beer.

Karl Ottomar, Head Brewer at Wells & Young’s explains: “Our dessert ales have been a huge hit across the world and we wanted to add a new, unique flavour into the mix. Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale was a natural fit, combining a quintessentially British pudding with our brewing expertise to create a rich, smooth beer with all the warmth and aromas of a dessert but without being overly sweet.

“This is very much a beer first and a dessert second, it is brewed with our trusted pale ale malt and a secret blend of complex sugars. The initial sweetness of Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale is tempered by a gentle bitterness from two of England’s most traditional hop varieties- Fuggles and Goldings. This delivers the sweet taste of caramel and toffee along with a smooth and robust aftertaste”.

Fresh 2nd Shift AON

Fresh batch bottled June 2

2nd Shift Art of Neurosis IPA....$7.49 / 750ml

AON is an Ipa that has everything you could want in one, if what you want is a hop sandwich. It's a 7.7% Simcoe and Columbus delight.
67 IBU

Deschutes The Stoic

Limit 2 bottles per person

Deschutes The Stoic Belgian Style Quad...$14.99 / 22oz
A prized, potent, Belgian-style Quad of stirring depth and complexity.

Four nuanced fermentations. Aged, sequestered, in select rye whiskey & wine casks. Ergo a stoically brewed quad, with the spellbinding complexity of its medieval ancestors.

Hops: German Northern Brewer, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Czech Saaz
Other: Beet Sugar, Belgian Candi Sugar, Date Sugar, Pomegranate Molasses
Barrel-Aging: 11 months in Pinot Noir (15%) and Rye Whiskey Barrels (15%)

Saison de Pipaix

Vapeur Saison de Pipaix....$10.99 / 750ml
"SAISON DE PIPAIX 6 %vol. A traditional Wallonian saison beer, born with the brewery in 1785. Dry, normally hopped, slightly acidic, very spicy (black pepper, ginger, sweet orange peel, curaçao, star anise...)"
- Rated 91/100 RateBeer

North Peak Ballyhoo Hefeweizen

North Peak Ballyhoo Hefeweizen...$9.99 / 6pk
“The North Peak Hefeweizen is an unfiltered, cloudy golden colored beer made with pilsner and wheat malts and Tettnang and Hallertau hops. Brewed with a traditional Bavarian yeast strain, Ballyhoo has a huge banana nose with hints of spice and clove.”

Left Hand Introvert Session IPA

Left Hand Introvert Session IPA...$9.49 / 6pk
Hops: CTZ, Centennial, Cascade, Chinook, Sterling, Comet Explore your introvert. Opinionated and hopped-up, Introvert can easily be misunderstood for having a strong personality. But this artistically complex IPA seeks balance and creative harmony with low ABV and a relaxed pace. Explore Your Introvert, gather your closest friends and explore the possibilities. Hop aromas of tropical papaya and kiwi with woodsy pine, balanced by honey malt and a clean bitter finish.

Smisje Wostyntje Mustard Ale

Back in stock after about 2 years.....

Smisje Wostyntje Mustard Ale....$4.99 / 11.2oz
Kent Goldigs hops is added at the beginning of the boil while Challenger hops, dark candy sugar and the crushed mustard seeds are added after about 50min. into the boil. The addition of light candy sugar and fresh top-fermenting yeast to the bottle starts the secondary fermentation in the bottle. After three more weeks Wostyntje is ready to become part of your dinner.
Wostyntje has a unique bitterish finish, which stems from the use of "Torhout's" mustard seeds.

Tasting Notes
Appearance: A hazy deep orange with short lived head.
Aroma: Spicy nose with notes of fruits such as apples and pears and slight hint of mustard.
Flavor: Sweet fruitiness up front which is later balanced by the slight bitterness from the mustard seeds.
Finish: Unique bitterish finish, resulting from the use of ‚ÄúTorhout‚Äôs‚Äù mustard seeds.