33 Wine Shop and Tasting Bar

July 22, 2008
Small, upscale establishment in a newly renovated area of town. The wine list is seemingly bottomless and the beer selection is a worthy companion. While we did not try the food, the menu did look enticing and seemed well suited for pairing with both wine and beer.

March 2, 2008
A very nice beer menu with every beer served with the brewer’s glassware mark the 33 Wine Shop. It is very small and the only food is cheese, cashews, pretzels, etc. but the beer (ok, and the wine) make this place worthy of being listed on RateBeer.com. I enjoyed a couple of Unibroues and a friend had an Orval and a Franzekaner. Area is a very old part of St. Louis and has become a very cool and trendy neighborhood.

July 31, 2007
Outstanding place in an up and coming neighborhood. More interesting wines than this beer drinker could appreciate. Foods are limited in scope but high quality. Jake and Joe deserve high marks for service, knowledge and personality.

May 14, 2007
Im impressed by this place. GREAT selection of bottles and you can get them to go as well. Nice low light, and definately a good place to take a date. Smoke free is also a bonus. I dig the service-they take care of all their beer in the cellar and serve at proper temp with proper glassware. One of the stand-alone places in STL to enjoy some great brews. right next to the chocolate bar as well.

January 18, 2007
Some how, some way a wine bar manages to be a better beer place than any other in the city... how do they do that? Well, there’s the selection, each beer picked by the man selling it because he likes it. That means no crap. Just yummy beer. It’s not a big list, but it doesn’t need to be. Lots of good brews with very little overlap. It could be the service, which is nothing short of excellent. They’re prompt, friendly and get to know their customers. Top-notch. It could be the quality, unlike any other place I’ve ever been too, every beverage in the place is stored either in a 55 dgree cellar or a cool, dark case. Nothing sits warm, nothing sits in the light, that means if a beer got to 33 in reasonable condition, it’ll be in reasonable condition when you drink it. Small place so there’s not a lot of seating and on weekends it can get quite crowded and loud. When it’s crowded indoors, the patio out back is very nice, great for spring and summer evening and with a small group I can normally find seating as long as I don’t show up too late. Jake, the owner, is really personable and is really excited about good beer. He tries all the beers on his list, so he’s got the answers to your questions.

January 16, 2007
Very nice wine and beer bar in the Lafayette Square neighborhood. Completely non-smoking. Beer is available for both on-premises consumption and take-away. The take-away prices are very fair, and the drink-in prices reasonable as well, though the mark-ups on wine are even more reasonable. Beer is definitely a secondary focus, but it’s clear that the owner, Jake, is quite passionate about beer. The beer list is about 40 selections, versus several hundred wine selections, but there is not a dud on the list, and the selection rotates. Plenty of Belgian, Bell’s, British, and Unibroue. All kept in temperature-controlled storage. Taps have recently been added with St. Bernardus 12 and La Chouffe breaking them in. Lots of folks drink beer here, and Jake, the owner, is as happy to pontificate on a $4 bottle of beer as he is on a $40 bottle of wine. Definitely a man who knows that taking care of his customers with personal, thoughtful service is a key to long-term success. My highest recommendation.