Annual Wine Festival Pours into Forest Park
The St. Louis Wine Festival Welcomes Season Five

What: St. Louis Wine Festival featuring Local and International Wines
When: Saturday, October 3rd (Noon-7pm) & Sunday, October 4th (Noon-6pm) 2009
Where: The Grand Basin in Forest Park, at the foot of Art Hill
Why: To explore the art of wine in fall

St. Louis, MO... October 3 & 4, 2009 ----- Swirl, inhale, sip, and savor, these are the steps to experiencing excellent wine and where better to explore these steps but in the fall at the St. Louis Wine Festival. On October 3rd and 4th of this year another 8,000-10,000 people will attend the festival to discover a celebration of food, entertainment and of course superlative wines. To further enhance the party the St. Louis Wine Festival will again take place in one of our cities most picturesque and centrally located sites, The Grand Basin in Forest Park at the foot of Art Hill.

The Wine Festival will feature over 150 wines from all over the world presented by more than 25 wine exhibitors. One of the goals of this high-end festival is to take the fear out of wine tasting for the novice wine consumer and introduce new wine varieties to the experienced wine connoisseur while charging a nominal entrance fee. As the attendance continues to grow larger with each year, the festival is gradually becoming another golden St. Louis tradition.

Some of St. Louis' finest restaurants including: Flemings Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, Morton's Steakhouse and Lucas Park Grille, will again be on site to make some of their best dishes available to pair with the wines displayed. In addition the Audi Entertainment Stage will show live cooking demonstrations from the restaurants chefs, along with performances from local musical talent throughout both days including some of our cities finest: Kim Massie and Erin Bode.

New to the festival this year is the Belgian Beer Café sponsored by Stella Artois. The Belgian Beer Café is a designer beer café lounge within the wine festival that will have samplings for Stella Artois, Hoegaarden and Leffe beers. Additionally, there will be wine seminars presented throughout the event by international wine experts.

The festival will be held: Saturday, October 3rd (Noon-7pm) and Sunday, October 4th
(Noon-6pm). Tickets are $25 at the door for adults ($20 in advance) and $10 for Designated Driver. Group ticket prices for 15 people or more are $17.50 in advance. Patrons under 21 are free when accompanied by a paid adult. Adult tickets include a logo souvenir wine glass, 10 tasting tickets (booklets of 10 additional tickets are $5), wine taster's program guide, access to all demonstrations, seminars, musical entertainment and the opportunity to purchase wine at discount. Tickets can be purchased at the festival entrance, by calling 888-210-0074 or online at www.stlouiswinefestival.com/

The St. Louis Wine Festival is pleased to announce they will once again partner with not-for-profit, The Flora Conservancy of Forest Park, which plays a key role in providing volunteers to assist in the operations at the festival. A portion of the festival proceeds will be donated to the Flora Conservancy.

The Flora Conservancy
The organization is made up of volunteers who love Forest Park and are interested in helping the city's Parks Department rejuvenate, install and maintain garden beds in the park. The Flora Conservancy is currently maintaining 56% of the priority areas, which equates to a $500,000 contribution.

The St. Louis Wine Festival
The St. Louis Wine Festival is heading into its fifth year in this market and is produced and managed by inPLAY EVENTS. inPLAY EVENTS is a corporate events and marketing consulting company specializing in event creation & production, sponsorship analysis, sales & marketing, public relations, corporate hospitality management and athlete representation. inPLAY EVENTS is known by its clients and sponsors for consistent quality and exceptional creativity in production, attention to detail and outstanding service. Sponsors for this year's event include: Fiji Artesian Water, Audi, Blistex, Stella Artois, Brown Forman Wines, Hoegaarden, Leffe, Emerald Nuts, my46, KLOU103.3FM, Z-107.7FM, The St. Louis Post Dispatch and The City of St. Louis.