Boutique simplifies wine shopping

Carmen T. and Robin Spagnola have opened a WineStyles franchise at 8225 Natures Way, Unit 111, in San Marco Plaza, Lakewood Ranch.

A national wine boutique, WineStyles simplifies the wine shopping experience by organizing its wine by style, instead of by varietals and region, and caters to the wine drinker who is looking for a simple and easy way to find the perfect bottle. Furthermore, most of its wines are priced at or below $25 per bottle.

WineStyles allows customers to choose wines based on their individual style preferences such as crisp, silky, rich and bubbly or fruity, mellow, bold and nectar.

The store features up to 150 revolving world-class wines from unique labels, many exclusive to WineStyles, and hard-to-find wines from small and large vineyards around the world.

In addition to wine, the store offers a variety of gifts and wine accessories including customized gift baskets, monthly wine club wines and a frequent buyer program.

www.winestyles. net

Phone: 306-5804.

Gordon Malloy has opened The Needle Nook within the Rusty Spur Collection at 3817 Tuttle Ave., Sarasota.

The store carries a wide variety of hand-painted needlepoint canvases along with yarns, fibers, books, charts, leaflets and kits for both needlepoint and cross-stitch. The Needle Nook sells canvases at a third of the normal cost.

Phone: 870-4149.

Big Kick Indoor Soccer has opened a second location at 5309 29th St., Ellenton.

The 25,000-square-foot facility features a 180- by-75-foot regulation-size field and is equipped with locker rooms, stands, concessions and video games and offers access to the Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex. The large field opens up the game of soccer and also allows for more sports like flag football and lacrosse.

Big Kick programs include tournaments, summer camps, birthday parties, a parents night out and more.

Phone: 723-0560.

Louise Kubinski and JoAnn Tomer have opened ABEL Equestrian Services Inc.

An equine facilitated mental health therapy practice, ABEL Equestrian Services provides individual, group and family therapy. Equine-facilitated mental health is a form of experiential learning in which both a mental health professional and a horse professional work together to foster mental health growth in their clients.

EFMH counseling is beneficial for a variety of problems that affect people of all ages, such as attention deficit disorder, grief, behavioral issues, depression and more.

Kubinski is a therapeutic horsemanship instructor and holds a bachelor of social work degree. Tomer is a licensed mental health counselor.

www.abelequestrian.com

Phone: 377-6811 or 228-6661.