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Cider Tastings
On the second Tuesday of the month from 5-7p, we feature a wide range of local and international ciders! Stop by and expand your knowledge on what’s available in our ever-change Cider section.
Beer Tastings
Every Thursday from 5-7p, the Shop features local, regional, or national craft brewers behind our tasting bar. Stop by to try their core brands, seasonal releases, and special brews!
Wine Tastings
Every Friday from 5-7p, the Shop welcomes representatives from our distributors, wineries, and importers to educate our customers about their wines. Drop in to explore the world of wine and maybe find a new favorite!
Staff Pick
Every Saturday from 2-6p is our Staff Pick tasting, where we feature a couple of products from the Shop’s shelves that we really enjoy! It is normally a couple wines, but it could include beer, cider, or even mead …
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About the Crystal City Wine Shop
We promise to always: 1) Be approachable, friendly and easy to talk to; 2) Be wine smart, but not snooty; 3) Only sell wines and beers that we ourselves would drink; 4) Offer extraordinary value in every price range!
And, at the very least, you will never come into the shop without feeling a bit wine wiser!
With an extensive selection of wines, ciders, and beers from around the world, our selection changes daily! Want something specific? If it’s available in Virginia and we can get it, we’ll order it for you!
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Wine
We have hundreds of wines from around the world with a focus on small producers, sustainable production, and unique expressions.
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Craft Beer
We feature local, regional, national, and import beer with a focus on the unique, interesting, and hard-to-find.
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Cider
We focus local Virginia and Maryland ciders, with a selection of our favorite Normandy, Basque, and American ciders available.
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Gourmet Food
Kingsbury Chocolates, Volpi Salami, Snacklins, Mexican Coca-Cola, Boylan's Soda, Route 11 Chips, Chevrai Goat Cheese ... Stop by to check out our regularly rotating selection!
Latest news
Our New Loyalty Program, Belly
We’ve got Belly! It’s our new loyalty program that offers unique rewards to our customers through a single BellyCard or mobile app. […]
Serving temperatures for different styles of beer
Summer is here in full force and it may have you thinking about the “ice cold beer” of the country songs and TV beer commercials. That works great for many commercial lagers and light beers, and to some extent it depends on personal taste. On the other hand, most craft beers will have a lot more flavor served closer to room temperature. […]
Exciting News Coming Soon…
We love serving the Arlington community with the best locally sourced wine, beer and artisanal foods and are looking to expand our offerings even more with the introduction of better equipment, a growler dispenser and a top quality selection of beer, cider, wine and gourmet food! […]
Wine Storage Basics
So, you bought a couple of special bottles and you think you may want to age them?
Before thinking about laying them down in the cellar, it’s useful to remember that most wine is meant to be drunk soon after it is released. […]
Five Reasons to Eat, Drink, & Shop Local
Buy local. Not a new concept but one that is not often practiced or understood. Buying local helps keep your money circulating through your hometown: paying your neighbors’ salaries, boosting local government revenues and so on. […]
Learn about Gamay
Gamay is a purple-colored grape variety that is used to make red wines, sparkling wines, and rose. It is most notable grown in Beaujolais, the Loire Valley, and the Willamette Valley. […]
Hello New Website!
Welcome to the new website of the Crystal City Wine Shop! I hope that you enjoy it and use the new features that we are working to add. In the meantime, check out our tasting calendar, our new events & corporate services page, and the expanding list of resources! Cheers!