Underdog Wine Co.

Curated natural and small-production wine shop at the Crestwood Shops in Kansas City’s Mission Hills corridor, founded in 2014 by Ryan and Jenny Sciara. Expanded from a 560-square-foot original space to a larger Crestwood footprint; private tasting room seats 16.

Description

Underdog Wine Co. is a curated wine shop at the Crestwood Shops in Kansas City, founded in 2014 by Ryan and Jenny Sciara. The shop specializes in small-production, family-owned wines — a deliberate editorial stance toward independent winemakers over large commercial labels — and has grown from its original 560-square-foot space into a larger Crestwood footprint.¹

The current Crestwood location includes a private tasting room seating 16 guests, used for tastings, events, and private gatherings. The shop is part of the tight-knit Crestwood Shops merchant cluster alongside tea-market, delbrenna-jewelry, homesong-market, bacaro-primo, aixois-bistro, and others.

Ownership and history

Ryan and Jenny Sciara opened Underdog Wine Co. at the Crestwood Shops in 2014, starting in a 560-square-foot space and eventually expanding into larger Crestwood quarters.¹ The couple’s focus on small-production, family-owned wines reflects a collector’s approach to wine retail — seeking out winemakers whose scale and philosophy parallel Underdog’s own family-owned independent positioning.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-13 · Source: Underdog Wine Co.’s own online store (shop.underdogwinekc.com, the shop linked from underdogwinekc.com) · URL: https://shop.underdogwinekc.com/xe/xe.asp?page=browse · Confidence: High

Underdog runs its own first-party e-commerce storefront on the shop.underdogwinekc.com subdomain with live, priced inventory. The catalog rotates; the sections below are the priced lists published on 2026-08-13. Prices are per bottle unless noted.

Weekly specials

• Chehalem Pinot Noir Rose ($18.00)
• Comte de la Chevaliere Rose Sancerre ($18.00)
• Ron Libertad Blanco Rum ($20.00)
• Blantons Single Barrel Bourbon ($86.00)
• Blantons Complete Set of Eight Horses (sold out; no price shown)
• Cosse et Maisonneuve La Laquets Cahors ($24.00)
• Stolpman Sauvignon Blanc ($20.00)
• Stolpman UNI White ($20.00)
• Stolpman Estate Grenache ($20.00)
• Stolpman SBC Syrah ($20.00)
• Nelson Bros Cognac Cask Bourbon ($45.00)
• Oka Japanese Rice Vodka ($24.00)
• Mezcal Vago Elote ($58.00)
• Johnny Drum Private Stock ($40.00)
• Mean Mule Agave Gin ($32.00)
• Bronsons Original Punch ($25.00)
• Lambrusco Poster — Lambrusco Fest poster, not a beverage. ($6.00)

6 for $60 — Crestwood

“Mix & match any six bottles for $60. Selection changes monthly-ish.”² Every bottle in the section is priced at $10.00.

• Elocuente Brute Rose Cava ($10.00)
• Elocuente Brut Cava — Spain. ($10.00)
• Comte de Foix Xarel lo ($10.00)
• Vieux Papes White ($10.00)
• La Plume Rose ($10.00)
• Vieux Papes Rouge ($10.00)
• BarBeraQ Barbera ($10.00)
• Pampa Estate Malbec ($10.00)
• Sierra Salinas MO Monastrell ($10.00)
• Cave la Comtadine Cotes du Rhone ($10.00)

Wine club

Two bottles a month with tasting notes and background on each wine; selections are picked up at the store on or after the 15th of the month. All club members receive 10% off in-store wine purchases and 15% off case purchases, excluding the 6-for-$60 wines.³ Tier prices are not rendered on the public signup form.

Other published categories (no prices captured)

• $99 case — case-price section.²
• End of Bin Orphans — single-bottle closeouts (Etienne Lirac Rouge Essen, Pala Essentija Bovale, Straka Blaufrankish Greenschist, Peachy Canyon Old School House Zinfandel, Peachy Canyon The Odd One, Mas de Boislauzon Rouge A Croquer, Rosi Schuster Blaufrankish, Corte Gardoni Bardolino Pradica, Domaine la Florane La Fleur, Cederberg Chenin Blanc, La Carrodilla ‘Canto de Luna, Brassfield Pinot Noir, Querciabella Mongrana, Viticcio Ferraio Toscana, Chateau Lamothe Premiere Cuvee Rouge, Domaine les Carmels Les Caprices).²
• In-person wine classes and tastings, gift cards ($20/$25/$50/$75/$100/$150/$200/$250/$500 denominations), and accessories.²

Tasting room

• Private tasting room — 16 seats; available for private events and tastings.¹ No published pricing.

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Links

• Website: https://underdogwinekc.com/
• Crestwood Shops: https://www.crestwoodshops.com/

See also

• crestwood-shops
• tea-market
• vitas-place
• Registry

Sources

Confirm exact address and coordinates for map layer.

Footnotes

1. Feast Magazine — “Underdog Wine Co. opens at Crestwood Shops” — accessed 2026-06-30. Asserts: Underdog Wine Co.; Ryan and Jenny Sciara (owners); Crestwood Shops; opened 2014; 560-sq-ft original space; expanded; private tasting room seats 16; small-production, family-owned wine focus. ↩ ↩² ↩³

2. Underdog Wine Co. — first-party online store, category pages (weekly specials) and shop.underdogwinekc.com (6 for $60 — Crestwood) — accessed 2026-08-13. Asserts: itemized bottle prices; the “Mix & match any six bottles for $60. Selection changes monthly-ish.” offer; the $99 case, End of Bin Orphans, classes, gift-card and accessories categories; store address 327 E 55th Street, Kansas City, MO 64113; phone (816) 286-4139; hours Mon–Sat 10:00 AM–7:00 PM, Sun closed. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. Underdog Wine Co. — Wine Clubs signup page — accessed 2026-08-13. Asserts: two bottles per month with tasting notes; 10% off in-store wine and 15% off case purchases for members, excluding 6-for-$60 wines; club selections picked up at the store on or after the 15th of each month. ↩