It goes without saying, but we’ll say it anyway: there’s so much to love about wine. It helps unwind us after arduous days, it offers us impressive health benefits, and it tastes incredible. If you’re all about that wine life, you might be looking for additional ways you can incorporate your favorite beverage in more facets of your life. What better way to do that with some wine-themed board games? Here are 5 of our top favorites:

Winerd

A clever combination of the words “wine” and “nerd,” Winerd is a fun wine-tasting game that combines trivia and wine evaluation. Before you play, you’ll need three different bottles of red or white wines on hand. Start the game by having each player or team taste and critique the three selected wines, noting their aroma, color, flavors, where the wines originated, and their harvest years. Then, you’ll need to answer trivia questions and challenge cards to progress. The first person or team who makes it to the Winner’s Circle wins the coveted title of Winerd! This is a great game for up to 4 players who want to learn more about wine.

Wine Wars

Test your wine knowledge with this fun trivia game! You can answer a variety of questions ranging from growing grapes and all things viticulture to wine people and curious trivialities about the drink. Wine Wars is ideal for anyone new to the world of wine yet challenging enough for even the most hardcore oenophiles. You’ll have so much fun that you won’t realize that you’re playing an educational game! The game can be played with 2-6 people, and you’ll find the answers on the back of the trivia question cards.

Viticulture

Want to create your own wine story? Love fun, strategic board games? Viticulture could be right up your alley. In this game, you are the owner of a few plots of land in rustic, pre-modern Tuscany. Your goal is to build up your winery, give tours and tastings, make wine on crush pads, store wine in cellars, and sell specific wines to various customers. Throughout each season of the year in the game, you can assign workers to perform various actions and help you achieve your goals. You win when you cross the 25-point line, meaning that your winery is a success. Designed for 1-6 players, this is a slow-paced, relaxed game that makes you think (and goes great with a bottle of your favorite vino.) Oh, and St. Louis fans – Viticulture is made by Stonemaier Games, which is located in St. Louis!

Murder Mystery Party: A Taste for Wine and Murder

Whodunnit? Was it Marilyn Merlot? Perhaps it was Papa Vito? In this game, you and 5-7 other players will be working to solve the murder of Barry Underwood, a local vineyard owner in California. He’s been missing for 6 years, but now that he’s been discovered, new clues have been revealed. It’s up to you to solve it and find out who among you is the culprit! Murder Mystery Party game is perfect for anyone who loves a good mystery while savoring wine over a delectable charcuterie board.

Wine IQ

Let’s say you don’t have any wine on hand but you still really want to play a game akin to Trivial Pursuit. If this is the case, try Wine IQ, which you can play with up to 12 players. It offers a generous breadth of trivia questions, making it an approachable game for wine neophytes yet challenging enough for wine enthusiasts. Wine IQ is a fun game to play over Zoom or Facetime sessions with your friends and family!

Bring the Fun To Chaumette

What’s even more fun than playing wine-themed board games? Playing wine-themed board games at an actual winery – and what better place than Chaumette Vineyards & Winery! Purchase a few bottles of our finest award-winning wines, savor a delectable dinner at The Grapevine Grill, and stay the night in one of our spacious, luxurious villas – the perfect place for friends to gather and have an unforgettable game night. Call us at (573) 747-1000 to learn more or to make a reservation!