THIS SATURDAY, COTES DU RHONE TASTING

Open House Rhone Wine Tasting
Saturday February 8th from 10am-7pm
The Wine and Cheese Place
195 Lamp and Lantern Village

Rhone Wine Tasting!
Come by anytime this Saturday and taste great wines from one of the best value regions in the world, the Cotes Du Rhone. We have a bonus wine from St. Joseph in the north as well -- Becheras St Joseph Rouge $33.99



2021 Domaine Roche Audran Cotes du Rhone...$19.99
60% Grenache
30% Syrah
10% Carignan
The Grenache vines range from 55 to 100 years old. The Carignan vines are 82 years old, while his Syrah vines range from 30 to 50 years old. This in an unusually rich and complex Côtes du Rhône. This year he added 30% Syrah (up from 15%). This blend further accentuates the bright red cherry fruit in the wine and gives it more body and richness. His old vine Carignan adds a complex peppery spice component, while the adds rich black fruit flavors.

2021 Le Grand Valmal Cotes du Rhone Villages Vieilles Vignes...$18.99
60% Syrah, 20% Grenache, 20% Mourvedre
This Rhone is the real deal and a sensational value!
Could easily be confused for a Chateauneuf du Pape. Floral notes accent fresh mixed berries in this 2021 Cotes du Rhone Villages that is made from a heavy portion of Old Vine Syrah along with Grenache and Mourvedre. The Syrah dominates and leads to a full-bodied wine but with silky tannins. It has a slight pepperiness to add some dimension and complexity. This wine is produced by the third generation on this estate and it is a fruit driven Cotes du Rhone with great roundness and complexity. A big wine!!

2022 Isabel Ferrando Beatusille Cotes du Rhone Rouge...$29.99
Brilliant ruby-red. Fresh and energetic on the nose, displaying intense red fruit preserve and floral scents and a suggestion of white pepper. Juicy and supple on the palate, offering sweet raspberry and cherry flavors and a refreshingly bitter blood orange nuance. Fine grained tannins build slowly through a long, sappy finish that leaves behind a suave lavender note. Great with cheese!

Wine and Beer Tasting at Spirit Wine and Craft

 

This Friday, February 7th at Spirit Wine & Craft from 4-6pm
Kristen from Bommarito Wines & Spirits will be pouring samples of Walnut River beer and Indigenous Selections wine. Come on by for a free taste.

Glen Scotia 15 & 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch

 

Glen Scotia 15 Year Old...$79.99 / 750ml

An exceptional single malt whisky, matured for 17 years in refill bourbon casks and refill American Oak hogsheads.
The finest casks are personally selected by our Master Blender and are vatted together for a 12 month finish in first fill Oloroso casks. Unpeated, floral, aromatic and elegant, with hints of sea spray and spice.

NOSE: Citrus peels, ginger snap biscuits, and baked fruits
TASTE: Plump fruits with a surprising dry finish, apricots, fruit salad, caramelised sugar and oak
FINISH: Warm spicy, honey smoothness, oak and a dry finish

Glen Scotia 18 Year Old...$149.99 / 750ml

An exceptional single malt whisky, matured for 17 years in refill bourbon casks and refill American Oak hogsheads.
The finest casks are personally selected by our Master Blender and are vatted together for a 12 month finish in first fill Oloroso casks. Unpeated, floral, aromatic and elegant, with hints of sea spray and spice.

NOSE: An elegant nose with crisp saltiness, perfumed floral notes, sweet honey and salted caramel
TASTE: An incredibly smooth and rich palate, with fruity flavours and thick sweet toffee. Expect notes of apricots, pineapple and plump sultana, with a gentle warming spice throughout
FINISH: Long and dry, with gentle warming spice

Heirloom Bottling Co. Syrups

 

CURRENTLY ONLY IN STOCK AT SPIRIT WINE AND CRAFT

Heirloom Lime Peppercorn...$12.99 / 8oz bottle

Huge lime flavor. Peppercorns add pleasant bouquet with zero spiciness.

Use as you would a sweetened lime juice or sour mix. Great in a margarita, gimlet, rickey, sour, fizz, or sidecar.

Heirloom Old Fashioned Cherry Orange Spice...$12.99 / 8oz bottle

Old Fashioned cocktail mix in a bottle! Sour cherry flavor with strong sweet orange aroma. Warm spices throughout.

Makes the perfect Old Fashioned! Shake with coconut milk for a dessert drink. Add a bit to any seltzer water for a treat!

Heirloom Peach Jalapeno...$12.99 / 8oz bottle

Fresh white peach with fire-roasted jalapenos combined with plenty of sweetness and a bit of smoky heat.

Great with tequila in a peach margarita. Add to iced tea or drizzle on watermelon. Deglaze a pan for a tasty sauce.

New from Maplewood Brewing

 

Maplewood Brewing Green Crest West Coast IPA...$12.99 / 4pk 16oz cans

Taste Profile: Citrus punch, with notes of apricot, and juicy peach are presented in a golden, crisp, and medium bodied IPA.

A West Coast-style IPA brewed with Chinook, Amarillo, and Comet hops. An everyday beer with major flavor.

Hops: Chinook | Amarillo | Comet

Maplewood Brewing Moon Fruit DDH DIPA...$17.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
Maplewood Brewing Moon Fruit DDH DIPA...$4.99 / 16oz can

Taste Profile: A luscious double dry hopped DIPA brewed with Galaxy, Citra and Mosaic hops.

Expect pungent waves of peach, passionfruit and mango to orbit your nose and mouth!

Hops: Galaxy | Citra | Mosaic

Sazerac Rye -- 200ml bottle

Mini 200ml bottles in stock! (6.75 ounce bottle)
Sazerac Rye...$9.99 / 200ml

The one and only New Orleans original, Sazerac Rye symbolizes the culture and history of the Big Easy. In the 19th century, industrious farmers and distillers in the heartland of the United States barreled and shipped their rye whiskeys down the great Mississippi River to the bustling, growing city of New Orleans. These spicy and assertive spirits fueled the whiskey culture of New Orleans and established the first American cocktail, The Sazerac.

Grab some for Mardi Gras to make the The Official Sazerac Cocktail

New Hop Butcher

All back in stock now!

Hop Butcher Urbs In Horto Double IPA...$4.99 / 16oz can
Hop Butcher Urbs In Horto Double IPA...$16.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
Style: Double India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.5% ABV
Hops: Strata & Mosaic

Hop Butcher Sun-Baked IPA...$4.99 / 16oz can

Hop Butcher Sun-Baked IPA...$16.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.0% ABV
Hops: Citra, Nectaron, Simcoe

Hop Butcher Two Thumbs Up Double IPA...$4.99 / 16oz can

Hop Butcher Two Thumbs Up Double IPA...$16.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
Two Thumbs Up
Style: Double India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.5% ABV
Hops: Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic Hyperboost

 

Hop Butcher Orange Moss Double IPA...$4.99 / 16oz can

Hop Butcher Orange Moss Double IPA...$16.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
Style: Double India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.5% ABV
Hops: Citra, Simcoe, Tangier

2019 Marchesi Mazzei Siepi Toscana

Almost perfect wine from Tuscany
2019 Marchesi Mazzei Siepi Toscana...$109.99
This wine is deep, concentrated with aromas of black plum, cherry, raspberry and dried potpourri on the nose. The flavors on the palate are dried Bing cherry, raspberry confiture, orange zest and dried rosemary intertwined with star anise and mineral, with a dry, supple finish. Pair with baked salmon with puréed sweet potato.
Rated 99/100 Vinous Media

2021 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon

2021 Shafer Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon...$349.99
All Cabernet Sauvignon from specific hillside blocks on the estate, Shafer's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select spent 28 months in 100% new French oak. It's a big, ripe wine, weighing in at 15.5% alcohol, but it remains harmonious from front to back. Deep, intense aromas of black cherries and cassis are accented by dried spices on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is rich and textural, showing tremendous intensity and length on the finish. Based on how previous examples have aged, this vintage should drink well through 2050.
Rated 99/100 The Wine Advocate
Aged 32 months in 100% new French oak. It is quintessentially Stags Leap, with grapes grown on Shafer's famous Hillside estate vineyard, roughly 25ha, with very shallow volcanic tufa soils. It's a barrel selection of the very best blocks. A total of 2,900 cases were produced. Such a beautifully balanced wine with tremendous staying power and expressive Stags Leap ironstone minerality with heady sagebrush and conifer notes with white pepper and walnut husk. The wine has an impressive depth of red-toned fruit on the mid-palate framed by tannins that practically dance across the palate, exuding length, tension, and power. Huckleberry and black cherry fruits, black truffle, dried violets, graphite, and salted dark chocolate are all framed by racy acidity, which keeps everything fresh and lifted. The 2021 releases mark Elias Fernandez's 38th vintage as Shafer's winemaker. He was hired by John Shafer in 1984, two weeks out of UC Davis.
Rated 99/100 Decanter Magazine
Rated 99/100 Vinous Media
Rated 99/100 James Suckling
Rated 98/100 Jeb Dunnuck

2016 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Almost 10 years Old!!

2016 Beringer Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon...$129.99
Breathtaking. Exceptional integration of super ripe blackberries and the very finest oak. The tannins build up beautifully, forming wave upon wave as the wine flows across the palate. Then the wave breaks on your palate and shoots way out at the finish, so that you wonder where it will end and normal life begin again. Needs time to soften, but this is so, so good. Give it two or three years.
Rated 99/100 James Suckling
As with the 2015, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve shows the vintage beautifully and is more pure, classic, and elegant. Notes of crème de cassis, graphite, lead pencil shavings, and freshly crushed rocks give way to a medium to full-bodied, seamless Cabernet that has remarkable purity of fruit and impeccable balance. Made from 97% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Petit Verdot aged in 83% new French oak, it’s more reserved and backward than the 2015 and will benefit from 2-4 years of bottle age and keep for two decades.
Rated 97/100 Jeb Dunnuck

Class: Taste of the Pacific Northwest ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT!

  

THERE'S ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT FOR OUR CLASS THIS THURSDAY!!

$40 per person
Wine Tasting Class- Pacific Northwest

Where: The Wine and Cheese Place 10451 Manchester Rd.
When: THIS Thursday, February 6th, 5:30-6:30pm
Explore the varieties and blends being produced by producers in Washington and Oregon. These two states are turning out wines of exceptional quality from their unique terroirs.

Friday Night Cocktails at the (In)famous Bar

 

Friday Night Cocktails at the (In)famous Bar
featuring Chicago’s Koval Distillery
Friday, February 7th from 4-6pm

The Wine and Cheese Place
7435 Forsyth Blvd, in beautiful downtown Clayton

Join us this Friday here at the Infamous Bar for some Winter cocktails mixed up by Koval rep and friend of the shop, Lauren Humphrey.
(I know it’s 70 degrees today but c’mon, it’s Missouri. 40’s this weekend).

Here we go….

Cranberry Gin Spritz
- 2 oz KOVAL Cranberry Gin
- Top with 2-3 oz Prosecco or Sparkling Wine 

Bourbon Hot Toddy
- 1.5 oz KOVAL Bourbon whiskey
- 0.5 oz KOVAL Chrysanthemum Honey Liqueur
- 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
- 0.25 oz Lemon Juice
- Top with hot water

Jack Daniel's Sinatra Select

More in stock now!

Jack Daniels Sinatra Select....$159.99 / liter
Jack Daniel’s Sinatra Select is bottled at 90 proof and gains its rich character from specially crafted “Sinatra Barrels” mingled with our classic Tennessee Whiskey. The Sinatra Barrels are handcrafted with the addition of deep grooves on the inside of the barrel staves. This exposes the whiskey to extra layers of oak which imparts a rich amber color, bold character and a pleasant smokiness, followed by an incredibly smooth vanilla finish. The smooth, bold character of the whiskey embodies the smooth, bold character of the man himself, Frank Sinatra.

Makers Mark Art of the Oak Gift Set

Makers Mark Art of the Oak Gift Set....$89.99 / 3pk of 375ml bottles
includes 3 half bottles

2023 Makers Mark Private Selection 109.4 proof ABV 375ml
---- 2 Seared French Oak, 4 Roasted French Mendiant, 4 Toasted French Spice

Makers Mark Cask Strength 110 proof 375ml

2019 Makers Mark Private Selection 109.8 proof 375ml
---- 2 Seared French Oak, 4 Roasted French Mocha, 4 Toasted French Spice

 

Compass Box

In stock now!

Compass Box Flaming Heart 25th Anniversary Scotch...$139.99 / 700ml

To toast 25 years of Compass Box, we present a remastered version that focuses on flames and oak.  Whereas previous editions have featured a proportion of unpeated whiskies aged in bourbon or sherry casks, this eighth installment is a selection of only peated whiskies and those extra matured in customer French oak barrels.  Malt whiskies from Benrinnes, Laphroaig, "Williamson, and Talisker. 

Compass Box Hedonism 2025 Scotch Whiskey...$129.99 / 700ml

Compass Box made Hedonism an annual limited release.  This year's 9,912 bottle production features artwork from Argentinian artist Sofia Bonanti

Bluewood Brewing Cherry Tart

Returning seasonal!

Bluewood Brewing Cherry Tart...$11.99 / 4pk 16oz cans
Style: Fruited Kettle Sour | ABV: 5%
Our rotating kettle sour series conditioned with cherry and flavored with
graham cracker and cinnamon. A touch of lactose softens the tart base.

2024 Wiseacre Astronaut Status Stout

2024 Wiseacre Astronaut Status Stout...$6.99 / 12oz can

2024 Wiseacre Astronaut Status Stout...$23.99 / 4pk 12oz can
We switched to cans this year for the management of enjoyability. Opening a 22 oz bottle of 14.5% ABV imperial stout is a choice that no one could take lightly. You almost always needed at least 2 friends to enjoy a beer of this magnitude. Now in 12 oz cans, you can just cuddle up with the one you love and enjoy roasty toasty woozy boozy stout!

Bourbon Barrel Aged Astronaut Status Imperial Stout with Cinnamon and Vanilla Beans. 

Villa Antinori Toscana

2021 Villa Antinori Toscana...$19.99
Cherry, pomegranate and plum aromas and flavors are the main themes in this dense red, punctuated with loam, spice, mineral and wild rosemary notes. Harmonious and solidly built, this picks up steam through the long, fruit- and savory-infused aftertaste. Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah. Best from 2027 through 2043. 130,000 cases made, 37,369 cases imported.
Rated 92/100 The Wine Spectator

Banfi Magna Cum Laude Toscana

2021 Banfi Magna Cum Laude Toscana....$39.99
Tightly knit and supple, delivering black currant, blackberry, violet and graphite aromas and flavors. This harmonious red shows a well-integrated structure, with terrific energy and length. Though approachable now, this should really hit its stride in a year or two. Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sangiovese and Syrah. Drink now through 2040.

Rated 95/100 The Wine Spectator

2018 Tenuta Monteti Caburnio Toscana

2018 Tenuta Monteti Caburnio Toscana...$19.99
The nose is metallic, salty and almost fizzy, like a can of Coke on a fishing boat, but a touch of fruit comes from a latent black cherry element. The palate deftly manages to both stick with that umami saltiness and bolster the fruit notes, while acid crackles around tannins that are polished yet dense, like magnets.
Rated 95/100 The Wine Enthusiast

A medium-bodied red with notes of cherries, blackcurrants, dried herbs and baking spices. Fine tannins. Well-balanced with a gentle structure framing the palate towards the vivid finish. Drink or hold.
Rated 91/100 James Suckling