Fall Wine Suggestions
While fall doesn’t technically start until September 22, the weather has definitely made us start to think autumn thoughts! Whether it is pumpkin beers or hearty reds, as the weather…
Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day may be the last time that many of us have to light up the grill before we have to man it in heavy coats! So, here is a…
This Week at the Shop: Blinded by the Eclipse
Well, not really … but things have been delayed a little by eclipse watching and other leisure activities! Yet, don’t worry, we have our regularly schedule roster of tastings planned…
This Week at the Shop: Let’s Have Fun!
As fall starts to approach, it is time to start to celebrate the arrival of some of our favorite things: Oktoberfest beers, pumpkin beers, and the return to cooler weather…
This Week at the Shop: Taste Local!
August is Virginia Craft Beer Month and we are happy to have our second Virginia brewery of the month in this week! The Virginia craft beer scene has exploded over the…
This Week at the Shop: Aging Riesling
Riesling is one of the noble grapes and to many is the best white wine grape. No other white grape can produce the astonishing variety of delicate and persistent aromas…
This Week at the Shop: Fun & Crazy New Items
Every week we have dozens of great new wines, beers, and ciders come across our Tasting Bar and we only select the most interesting, tasty, and those that offer the…
New Ownership!
I am very pleased to announced that the Crystal City Wine Shop has new ownership! When I started as the Shop’s General Manager two years ago, I fell in love…
This Week at the Shop: Bastille Day!
On July 14, 1789, a mob of roughly 1000 broke into the Bastille, a medieval fortress and symbol of tyrannical Bourbon authority in central Paris, and after hours of fighting,…