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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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We have hundreds of wines from around the world with a focus on small producers, sustainable production, and unique expressions.
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We feature local, regional, national, and import beer with a focus on the unique, interesting, and hard-to-find.
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We focus on local Virginia and Maryland ciders, with a selection of our favorite Normandy, Basque, and American ciders available.
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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
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 with it, and began to dream of owning a wine and beer store one day. So, when the chance arose to purchase the shop, I jumped Read more about New Ownership![…]
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, took the castle! The storming of the Bastille was a flash point for the French Revolution and led to the overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy Read more about This Week at the Shop: Bastille Day![…]
This Week at the Shop: Happy Independence Day!
“You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness. You Read more about This Week at the Shop: Happy Independence Day![…]
This Week at the Shop: 4th of July is coming!
Are you ready for the 4th? It will be here soon! Have you started to pick up your barbecue beers and grilling wines? Have we got some suggestions for you: Narragansett Clam Shack Variety Pack: Grab a selection of cool sessionable beers from a historic brewery that has just started brewing in Rhode Island again! Read more about This Week at the Shop: 4th of July is coming![…]
This Week at the Shop: Drink Pink!
I know that everyone says it is time to drink rose, but that is not what this is about! There are plenty of other pink options out there for those that still want to enjoy a tasting beverage without sacrificing a bunch of grapes … and we are here to help … Eden Imperial 11° Read more about This Week at the Shop: Drink Pink![…]
Cider vs. Hard Cider vs. Sweet Cider
At some point during the 20th century, the word cider was reclaimed by apple juice companies to mean fresh-pressed juice, but cider, by its original definition, implies that it’s fermented, and therefore alcoholic. ~ Why you should stop calling cider ‘hard’ Okay, history has made this topic confusing for Americans. In colonial America, cider was the alcoholic Read more about Cider vs. Hard Cider vs. Sweet Cider[…]
This Week at the Shop: Heat Wave!
We are having record-breaking heat and those heavy reds aren’t going to be refreshing in this weather! Now is the time to turn towards a lot of the white, pink, and orange wines that line our shelves … For those that love to eat shellfish, may we suggest that you grab a bottle of Picpoul Read more about This Week at the Shop: Heat Wave![…]
This Week at the Shop: Don’t forget about Belly!
We’ve got Belly! It’s our loyalty program that offers unique rewards to our customers through a single BellyCard or mobile app. Belly replaces traditional ‘Buy 10, Get 1 Free’ punch cards with a rewards platform that fits our personality, connecting us directly with YOU. Stop in today and start earning points for rewards you actually Read more about This Week at the Shop: Don’t forget about Belly![…]
This Week at the Shop: Memorial Day & More!
We are open regular hours today! Stop by anytime between 11a and 8p for your Memorial Day needs … Later this week, we are kicking off the Fridays at the Fountain for the summer! Drop by the Shop from 5-7p every Friday for our free tasting before heading down Crystal Drive to the Water Park Read more about This Week at the Shop: Memorial Day & More![…]
This Week at the Shop: Oregon Wine History
Oregon was not a wine powerhouse for many years. The first recorded plantings were made in 1847 and the Northwest’s first winery, Valley View, was established in 1854 in Jacksonville. While wines from the rest of the country were flourishing, but Oregon was seen by many as too difficult terrain for grapes. After the transcontinental railroad was Read more about This Week at the Shop: Oregon Wine History[…]