Washington, D.C. - October 23, 2009

Call Yourself a Cab

Weygandt Wines Opens

After a glass or two, you’re besties with the bartender and vowing allegiance to Dionysus, god of wine.

It’s a vine affinity that would fit right in at Weygandt Wines.

The new Cleveland Park shop skips the middleman, importing hundreds of wines directly from vintners throughout France, Italy, Austria, and wherever else the good stuff grows.

Rich descriptions of the producers (an 11th-century monastery in Burgundy, a 111-year-old family winery off the Danube) and flavors accompany the wines — most of which count owner Peter Weygandt as their only U.S. importer. Framed shots of Europeans in wine caves and fields paint a merry picture.

Perch yourself at the lengthy tasting bar with twenty open bottles at any given time, so you can ask questions and sample before you make a match.

Then hustle home to live in zin.

Weygandt Wines, 3519 Connecticut Avenue NW, between Ordway and Porter Streets, suite 10 (202-362-9463 or weygandtwines.com).

  Boozehound, Euro