Ingersoll Wine & Spirits

Ingersoll Wine & Spirits has been selling wine and spirits in Des Moines since 1987 as a family-operated, independent shop. The selection runs from French, Italian and Australian bottles to Argentine, Chilean and South African wines, with champagne, ports, dessert wines and Iowa wines also on the shelves.

The business runs two stores, one on Ingersoll Avenue in Des Moines and one on 50th Street in West Des Moines, and a short hop on the interstate separates them, so a bottle missing at one store can often be found at the other. Weekly tastings run on Saturdays at the Ingersoll Avenue store, usually starting around 1 p.m., so it is worth confirming times by phone first. Wine can be ordered online, and buyers must be of legal drinking age. Shoppers planning an in-person visit should call ahead, since most of the online catalog is stocked at the West Des Moines store.