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    December 2, 2011

    Gut Check Visits Garland Wine's Open House

    ​December has arrived in full force with blustery winds and twinkling Christmas lights, which means it's time for Gut Check to curl up inside the International Headquarters with a bottle of Oban and the new Péter Nádas novel for holiday gift-giving. Liquor is always the right size, but if a bott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Wine of the Week: The Velvet Devil Merlot at Copia Urban Winery & Market

    Gut Check loves us some wine. We want a bottle with bang and a bang for our buck, so every week we will visit a local wine shop, where an expert will recommend a good-value wine priced under $15. We'll drink some and tell you whether we want to continue -- because the only time Gut Check has our nos ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    The World Goblet 2010 - Recap and Awards

    It's been more than a month since Gut Check got a wild hair up our corkscrew and decided to stage a World Cup, as it were, of value-priced wines. ​We did it because we're cheapskates, and because we drink a lot of wine, and because we blog like a one-legged man at an ass-kicking contest. Well, we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's, Part 2

    This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's. To read part one, click here. Part three, a recipe from Chef Rook, will be available soon. Robin WheelerChef Lou Rook III in the Annie Gunn's kitchen with Samantha Beard.​Every other year chef Lou R ... More >>

  • News

    May 12, 2010

    Ask a Mexican! Special Regional Anti-Mexican Slur Edition

    This is part two of Robin Wheeler's Chef's Choice interview with Lou Rook III of Annie Gunn's. To read part one, click here. Part three, a recipe from Chef Rook, will be available soon. Robin WheelerChef Lou Rook III in the Annie Gunn's kitchen with Samantha Beard.​Every other year chef Lou R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Need a Christmas Gift? Consider Doobie Brothers Wine

    www.brcohn.com​Musicians and wine go together like, well, a nice chardonnay paired with brie. Maynard James Keenan of Tool is perhaps the most famous musician vintner, although Chuck Berry released blackberry wine a few years ago via Missouri's Crown Valley WInery. Now you can add classic roc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    The Noble Writ: So You Want to Be a Wine Geek?

    Dave Nelson is the author of the blog Beer, Wine and Whisky. He writes about wine for Gut Check every Tuesday.Wine is a daunting subject: tens of thousands of producers, located in unique microclimates all around the world, each creating between one and dozens of wines, each of which is different t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    FoodWire: Wine Dinner at Remy's Kitchen & Wine Bar

    Remy's Kitchen & Wine Bar (222 South Bemiston Avenue; Web site) will hosts its monthly wine dinner at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21. This month's guest is Lucas Meeker, assistant winemaker at Meeker Vineyards. Executive Sous Chef will preparing the following menu to pair with Meeker wines: Cabrale ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 6, 2008

    Grill Marks: Ian turns to the West End Grill to pull us all out of the restaurant-scene doldrums

    Remy's Kitchen & Wine Bar (222 South Bemiston Avenue; Web site) will hosts its monthly wine dinner at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21. This month's guest is Lucas Meeker, assistant winemaker at Meeker Vineyards. Executive Sous Chef will preparing the following menu to pair with Meeker wines: Cabrale ... More >>

  • News

    July 19, 2006

    Bounty by the County

    The state’s winemakers and food producers aren’t exactly key playersin the global economy. A Mizzou professor aims to change all that.

  • Film

    January 18, 2006

    Smiles to Go

    Felicity Huffman is desperately engaging in an off-kilter road movie

  • Dining

    December 21, 2005

    Copia Runneth Over

    The food's delish, but Copia still needs to prove a thing or two to oenephiles

  • Dining

    November 2, 2005

    Castle Rock Carneros Pinot Noir 2004

    Vincent's Market, 2400 South 12th Street; 314-772-4710.

  • Dining

    March 26, 2003

    Built for Comfort

    Tim Mallett strikes again

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Tim Mallett strikes again

  • News

    October 24, 2001

    Pooling the Money

    To the TIF victors go the spoils in Crestwood

  • Dining

    February 17, 1999

    Cardinal Rule

    To the TIF victors go the spoils in Crestwood

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