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Heather - Glad they weren't steel toes, for sure! Also, really glad you guys enjoyed the place. FYI - I refer to our tasting methodology as 'power tasting.' Trying to show that the palette is more resiliant than we think. One of the reasons that I like pouring lite whites after earth shaking reds. Your mouth can deal with it!!! Thanks for the comments! For example, tonight, I have open for tasting: Cafe de Paris 'Blanc de Blancs' (France) $9.99 Chat Haut Laulion wht Bordeaux (France) $10.99 Vinas de Balbo Chard/Trebbiano(Argentina) $6.99 Dyed in the Wool Sauv Blanc (New Zeal) $12.99 Greenhough Sauv Blanc (Nelson, New Zeal) $12.99 Greenhough Chard (Nelson, New Zeal) $12.99 Hirondelle Greco (Puglia) $11.99 Prosper Maufoux Vire-Clesse Chard (France)$15.99 Char Vari Monbazillac (France)$17.99 Albran Pinot Noir (France) $10.99 Barricas Malbec (Argentina) $10.99 Tanunda Grand Barossa Shiraz (Australia) $15.99 Dom des Bosquets Gigondas (France) $27.99 Dom Coste Chaude C duRhone Villages(France) $14.99 Browns/Padthaway Verdelho (Australia) $14.99 Nothing ever planned. Just want folks to get a chance to try things that they have never seen before. Bouche, which is being worked on as I type, will open in May. $0 corkage for wines purchased at Grape Legs & $8 for any non-Grape Legs bottle brought in from home. BTW - Check your receipt. You will note that in the darkness, I was unable to visualize the number I typed in to the CC machine. Cheers, and thanks for the invite to dinner with the crew!!! Grazi & holla, Franco

Some people would, surely, pay more than $5 for that situation

As is the standard, all responsible establishments that offer delivery services, my delivery personnel are hourly employees. They don't make a ton of $$$, so tips help offset their pain. Myself, I have found that it is not a percentage of the purchased $$ amount, but more on volume. One can spend more that $50 on a bottle, which is a pretty easy delivery. However, the labor and effort taken to load, deliver and off-load cases, which noboby like to carry, is the measure for a tip. For example, when I hosted an event, last year, and had several cases of beer and wine delivered (up several flights of stairs), I determined, after the fourth trip up the stairs, that I would give a $5 tip for every case. Came to $20 bucks for the 4 cases, but I had that covered in the case discount percentage I received. Plus I didn't climb Mt. Everest x 4. Nor did I endure any traffic, to or fro. That is my angle, for what it is worth. Franco Grape Legs 1905 9th St NW 202.387.WINE

Street parking is readily available in the immediate area. We also offer free delivery on order over $50, throughout the city, if you are phoning in an order. Regards, Franco Grape Legs 1905 9th St NW 202.387.WINE

Hiya - This is Franco, from Grape Legs. In response to your question on selection, I currently stock 102 labels. Of those, only 5 are from the States. The rest hail from Argentina, South Africa, NZ, Aus, France, Ital, Alsace, Portugal and Spain. I am really diggin' the quality/value of Spanish wines, recently, so I bulked up on those (something like 15 reds (only a couple of those are Riojas)). In fact, two of the Spanish wines I stock are on the most recent Wine Spec's TOP 100. One is $10, the other $11. Doable, huh? I don't have descriptions of the wines plastered all over the place. Instead, I want folks to pick up each bottle and ask questions about it. I have tasted every wine I sell. Heck, I selected all of them. We might not share the same likes, but I try to infuse my description of the wines with comments that others have made, also. For the most of the wines stocked, I am the only retailer in DC, although many of the wines I have are served at a number of restaurants in town. I only deal with two small distributors, each with a catalog of some really fun and tasty grape juice. So, unlike most of the other merchants in town, I do not source any of the inventory from the major distributors. By doing so, my shelves have labels that most folks never get a chance to see and I think 80% of my wines are in the $7-$15 range. Come on by any day (M-Sat/noon-9pm). I always have some things open for sipping (3 different wines a day, 18 per week), so folks can get a feel for the stuff before they buy and I usually have some pretty good music playing, to boot!!!!!! Peace & holla! Franco Grape Legs 1905 9th St NW 202.387.WINE