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According to The Northwest Current, wine importer Peter Weygandt and business partner Todd Ross have applied for a Class A liquor license in hopes of opening Weygandt Wines at 3519 Connecticut Ave. A preliminary hearing before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is scheduled for May 11.

The Cleveland Park ANC passed a resolution that it has no objection to the application.

That'll make those blocks of Connecticut between Macomb and Porter an even more food-and-wine-friendly destination, joining Cleveland Park Wine and Spirits, Vace, Dino and Palena. And Calvert-Woodley is just up the road a piece.

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This would be spectacular news. Peter Weygandt is one of the stars of the business, with a book full of superstar producers in classical styles. Just a few examples: FX Pichler, Schoffit, Truchot, R. Jobard, Servin, Chermette (Dom. Vissoux), Yannick Amirault, Vatan, Alary, Gallet.

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This is great news. I haven't been able to find the Schoffit Chasselas at local retail. Has anyone been to the new wine shop on P Street across from PP? They had a giant Monsieur Touton banner hanging outside a few months back before they opened, thus I have not rushed in.

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This is great news. I haven't been able to find the Schoffit Chasselas at local retail. Has anyone been to the new wine shop on P Street across from PP? They had a giant Monsieur Touton banner hanging outside a few months back before they opened, thus I have not rushed in.

Monsieur Touton has the best connections and best prices in quality Bordeaux in the area. Only Wide World of Wines might be a better source.

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Monsieur Touton has the best connections and best prices in quality Bordeaux in the area. Only Wide World of Wines might be a better source.

Maybe so, and I should have noted that, but hardly any Bordeaux graces my cellar. If you want to drink their stuff from the Piedmont or Loire than caveat emptor.

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This is great news. I haven't been able to find the Schoffit Chasselas at local retail.

We've carried it often over the years. David Schildknecht sold me my first bottle of that wine back in 1988 and it's been a favorite ever since. If you'd like some, please let me know.

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This is great news for wine lovers. Peter is extending the tradition of importers with a retail store, such as Kermit Lynch in Berkley, California, and Neal Rosenthal in New York City.

Since Peter lives and works in Pennsylvania (one of the most onerous of control states) this will make things much easier for him by being here in D.C. I doubt that the state would allow him to do this anywhere in Pennsylvania.

For a better idea of what his portfolio has, go here: Weygandt-Metzler Wine Importing

But don't expect to find floor-stacks of Dugat-Py or Truchot Burgundies :rolleyes:

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This is great news. I haven't been able to find the Schoffit Chasselas at local retail. Has anyone been to the new wine shop on P Street across from PP? They had a giant Monsieur Touton banner hanging outside a few months back before they opened, thus I have not rushed in.

Just noticed this. I was in last Winter.

BTW I've always found Monsieur Touton wines (aka Tonton Macoute wines in our household, for reasons that have blurred with time) deliver fine value for low- and mid-price wines.

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According to The Northwest Current, wine importer Peter Weygandt and business partner Todd Ross have applied for a Class A liquor license in hopes of opening Weygandt Wines at 3519 Connecticut Ave. A preliminary hearing before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is scheduled for May 11.

That's not the Todd Ross from Mills in Annapolis, is it?

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According to the Cleveland Park listserv:

"We'll be open for sure by the weekend of (Oct) 24th. We have a great winemaker from Austria coming then, Lucas Pichler. The winery, named after his father, FX Pichler, is considered the greatest in Austria, and is indeed one of the world's great Riesling and Gruner Veltliner producers. Remarkable stuff...and it tastes good, too! We'll shoot for a soft opening on Monday the 19th of October and see what happens!"

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While Peter is well known for his Burgundies and his Southern French stuff, and for good reason, he has one of the great lineups of Alsatian wines: Albert Mann and Schofitt. Peter is a very nice guy who I have known for 15 years. His wines are interesting and very particular. He is an importer who really wants his producers to show their style as opposed to some who want a house style for their import portfolios.

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Has anyone been to WW yet? First impressions?

We stopped by a few days ago. Interesting place with a very nice tasting counter. Lots of interesting wines, mostly French and some Austrian and Italian and Slovenian, and it looks like he is only selling the wines he imports. It was nice to find that many of the wines he sold are the same ones we sneak back from France whenever we take a trip there, so this will potentially save a lot of hassle. Most of his wines are priced $15+, with lots costing more, so I don't think it will become an everyday place for the typical wine buyer, but it should make a good destination shop for someone looking for something a bit more unique and different than your average store.

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They're saving a lot of money on shelves! :(

This is the display style of my favorite wine shop in Santa Monica, Wine Expo. I appreciate the fact that every bottle has a price label on it, though--so that I can remember what I paid for it, when I drink it weeks, months or even years later. I was on my way to an appointment today, and only had about ten minutes to do a quick browse, but I came out with two under $20 bottles that look very promising: a 2007 CDR and a 2007 Beaujolais. I need to go back on a day when I have more time, and haven't just paid my bills.

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Stopped in for a second time yesterday. They are slinging some seriously good wines out of this place (including one of my favorite Rhone producers, Yann Chave). As noted above, all are Weygandt imports* and mostly French with a fair number of German and Austrian bottles. A lot of the wines are on the pricier side, but my rough guesstimate is that about 30% of the labels are under $20. The staff are very knowledgeable and (unlike another wine store further up Connecticut Ave) very nice whether you are buying a $100 bottle or a $10 bottle.

*I did spot a California Syrah, but didn't ask what it was doing there.

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If you get to Cleveland Park and you love white Rhones, get your ass into this store. Apparently they're divesting themselves of their Domaine Georges Vernay Rhones and the 2007 Viogner is the possibly the best $20 bottle of wine I've ever tasted (marked down from $30) The Condrieu, marked down from $50 to $35, is simply spectacular.

They also were tasting some of Vernay's Cote Rotie, which were a little tight for my amateur palate -- not saying they were bad, just that you had to have enough experience to taste a 2005 and know how it will taste in 2015 -- and definitely needed some aging (though the 2004 "Maison Rouge" was pretty freaking good) at equally significant discounts.

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We were in the other day and learned that a dispute between Peter and the other owner had been settled, with Weygandt buying out the other partner. Apparently, they haven't been re-stocking during the dispute, so the shop was pretty barren when we went by, but they are re-stocking this weekend. Looking forward to a return to form (and to the best Saturday wine tasting around).

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Now carrying several styles of cheeses from The Farm at Doe Run, coatesville, PA. As well as a small selection of other local food producers- Potomac Chocolate and Karlaca coffee (a new-ish coffee roaster, the husband is Colombian and his family has ties with high altitude coffee growers). Also their weekend winetasting are great, we sampled at least 10 different bottles of bubbley yesterday. The Catoctin Creek folks were also coming yesterday to give a tasting.

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Two people walk into a wine store and sample 13 chablis (6 of the tastes from bottles in the $50-$70 price range). Two people walk out rather tipsy. It's tough to beat the Saturday wine tastings at Weygandt's.

Weygandt's is a great shop.  The folks there are knowledgable, to your point generous and humble enough to help novices and experts alike.  Good selection as well.

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