Wine Accessories!

Lolita Wine Glasses:

 

Add some attitude to your vino!  These hand-painted wine glasses are the perfect accessory to your favorite bottle of wine.  Saint Louis Cellars has a number of different wine glasses made by Lolita, and each glass comes with a recipe for a tailor-made drink on the bottle of the glass. Pictured: Fashionista, The Flirt.  Also available: Bikini, Loves Me Loves Me Not, and Shopaholic. Each glass retails for $19.99 and all are available now at Saint Louis Cellars.

 

Lolita Bottle Stoppers:

 

These bottle toppers–also from Lolita–are the hottest new Spring fashion for your wine bottles.  Saint Louis Cellars has a number of different bottle stoppers, including our newest stoppers: Tye Dye, Pink Giraffe and Flip Flop (featured above).  Each one retails for $12.99 at our store.  Come in today and grab one for yourself or a friend!

 

Ice Kabobs:

 

 

Have a little bit of wine left at the bottom of your bottle? Don’t waste that good wine: put it to good use! Just pour your leftover wine into these molds, pop them in the freezer and tomorrow, have handy stirrers for your next glass of wine!  These “Ice Kabobs” retail at Saint Louis Cellars for $8.99 each.

Jennifer’s Alive Magazine Back Page Feature

 

This is really cool: Saint Louis Cellars owner Jennifer Williams was the featured back story in April 2008’s Alive Magazine.  Click below to see the story!

Cellars Wines Featured in St. Louis Post-Dispatch!!

In yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gail Appleson did a review on two of our wines: Luna di Luna Pink Merlot & LuLu B. Chardonnay. The Luna di Luna is actually one of our charity wines: a portion of the proceeds go to benefit Breast Cancer Research. Check out this link to read the article!

Luna di Luna, Pink Merlot, Veneto, Italy ($9.99)

LuLu B., Chardonnay, France ($10.99)

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifestyle/columnists.nsf/winespirits/story/ED783BFBD7FE9A968625740F006B9B6C?OpenDocument

With or without pink bottle, these two are refreshing
By Gail Appleson

St. Louis Cellars, 2640 South Big Bend Boulevard, has been open only since November, but it’s already becoming a destination for special events held with its adjacent sister company, St. Louis Closet Co. Earlier this month, for example, the two companies hosted some 350 guests at a Women’s History Month celebration honoring Maplewood’s women business owners.

St. Louis Cellars, which displays bottles by taste and style, offers wines under $20, and many have unusual and quirky labels. For the event, the shop had a wine tasting with fun labels like Mommy’s Time Out, Little Black Dress and Mad Housewife. However, one of the wines that really caught my eye was in an opaque, bubble-gum-pink bottle on a shelf. It’s the 2006 Luna Di Luna Premium Pink Merlot selling for $9.99. This Italian rosé, introduced in June, is made from 100 percent Merlot grapes grown in Veneto.The color of the bottle suggested that the wine might be sweet, but a salesman assured me that it wasn’t and that the wine was one of the store’s big sellers. Although I’m not big on gimmicky labels, I figured it’s not fair to judge a bottle by its color. I decided to give this rosé a chance.

I did question my judgment when a fellow reporter commented the bottle’s hue reminded her of Pepto-Bismol. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that I really enjoyed this wine. While it’s fruity, it’s definitely not sweet, and it definitely doesn’t look or taste like Pepto-Bismol.

Instead, this beautiful salmon-colored wine tastes like cherries to start and ends with a refreshing citrus finish. It’s light, clean and easy to drink. It made me long for summer. But the wine is also fine for an aperitif at any time of the year or as a pair with lighter, delicate cuisines.

I also bought the 2004 Lulu B. Chardonnay, which was part of the event’s tasting and sells for $10.99. Lulu B. is the daughter of the famous French winemaker Louis Bernard. This wine is made from 100 percent Chardonnay grapes grown in vineyards near Limoux in the Languedoc region. This is a medium-bodied white, with the clean taste of green apples and a luxurious, soft, silky mouthfeel. There is no taste of oak, and it has a refreshing citrus finish. It would work well as an aperitif or with grilled chicken or fish.

Spring Wines at the Cellars!

With Easter and Mother’s Day right around the corner, Saint Louis Cellars has the wines you need to make your celebrations perfect.  Come in today and check out all of our spring wine features:

Saint Louis Cellars Chardonnay, California  ($14.99) – Our newest private label wine is available just in time to help usher in the new season.  This fruit-forward Chardonnay explodes with complex flavors of lush tropical fruits, lemons, pineapples and peaches combined with hints of lightly toasted oak and butterscotch. 

 

 

Bloom, Riesling, Germany  ($8.99) – With aromas of peaches and honeysuckle giving way to a pleasing palate full of sweetness and acidity, Bloom Riesling is a unique delight when it’s poured in the glass.  Serve this wine chilled for a crisp and refreshing experience.  It is the perfect wine for a spring picnic in Forest Park accompanying any poultry, fish or shellfish dish.

 

 

Pink Truck, White Zinfandel, Sonoma County, California  ($8.99) – This white zinfandel is characterized by bright berry and citrus aromas with fresh raspberry and orange flavors.  It is fabulous with pasta or salmon.

 

 

Hop Kiln Thousand Flowers, White Blend, Healdsburg, California  ($18.99) – Green apple, pear and honeysuckle aromas introduce this balanced blend of Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Chenin Blanc, Muscat Canelli and Sauvignon Blanc.  It is a tasty aperitif and a delicious companion to flavorful chicken and seafood dishes. 

Jennifer’s April “Women & Wine” Column

  

From St. Louis Woman Magazine: 

Is your daily serving of fruit a glass of wine?  While most laugh, I have news for you: a glass of wine a day keeps the doctor away.  There are numerous studies out today detailing the health benefits of drinking either red or white wine, but it is not just heart health (or your nerves) that are positively effected by your daily indulgence.

A new study, published in January 2008 by The New England Journal of Medicine found a boost in brainpower for women who enjoy one drink a day. The study says that, “moderate drinkers scored better than teetotalers on tests of mental function and had a 23% reduced risk of mental decline compared with nondrinkers.”  Another study points to ethanol, or the alcohol component in wine, as the substance that can help lower cholesterol levels and increase ‘good’ HDL cholesterol.

Middle-aged people who begin drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, especially wine, are “38% less likely to develop fatal or nonfatal cardiovascular problems or to get coronary heart procedures,” as found by Miranda Hitti on WebMD.com.  If that’s not enough reason to pop that cork, then I don’t know what is.

So visit a wine store today rather than the doctor and take home a bottle of my favorite Spring White Blend—Evolution.  This is a crowd pleaser no matter who the crowd.  A blend of 9 white varietals, this wine from Dundee, Oregon is a lush, off-dry, somewhat tropical wine with a crisp finish.  It is divine with steak, pork tenderloin and fish—also great for your health—and it retails at Saint Louis Cellars for $19.99/bottle. 

Click Here to See Jennifer’s April Column! 

Ladies Who Launch

 

Last night, Thursday, March 13th, Saint Louis Cellars hosted the Ladies Who Launch March Ongoing Incubator.  We tasted wines, enjoyed fantastic food from RSVP Catering, and Saint Louis Closet Co. / Saint Louis Cellars owner Jennifer Williams spoke about her experience as a female entrepreneur and how other women business owners can be successful as well.  

Ladies Who Launch is the first company to define entrepreneurship as a lifestyle choice and connect women online and in person to foster creativity, community, and support.  They are THE source for entrepreneurial-minded women who want to live their dreams and love their lives.   The group has Incubator programs in 50 regions across the U.S. and Canada.  Ladies Who Launch is visionary in redefining what success means for women–whether it’s running a multimillion-dollar business or working from home two days a week. 

Thank you to all of the women who attended!  

Click Here to See the Ladies Who Launch Tasting Sheet! 

St. Louis Wine Cats

  

On Tuesday, March 11th, Saint Louis Cellars hosted the St. Louis Wine Cats wine tasting.  Thank you so much to everyone who came out and participated in the event. We had a great time, met some new people and tasted some phenomenal wines. Wine Cats: We have attached the tasting sheet from the event, just in case you have any questions about it. Thanks again for coming out!

Click Here to See the Wine Cats Tasting Sheet!

Women Making History!

 

This past Thursday (March 6th), Saint Louis Cellars was proud to be a sponsor of the The City of Maplewood’s 2nd annual “Women Making History” event honoring and recognizing Maplewood women business owners during Women’s History Month.  The event was also sponsored by National City and Saint Louis Closet Co.  It will be held at Saint Louis Closet Co. in Maplewood from 5:30pm – 8:00pm.  Sauce Magazine Co-Founders Catherine Neville and Allyson Mace were the featured speakers.  Food was generously provided by a number of Maplewood restaurants, including Jimmy John’s, Imo’s Pizza, Schottzie’s, Something Elegant Catering, LaChef and Cooperella.  Wine was from Saint Louis Cellars.  The event drew in close to 300 people and was a rousing success.  Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this momentous event possible!