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Ansonia Wines is having an Open House this Saturday, March 20, which means we'll have extra wines open for tasting and some things to snack on -- charcuterie, paté and cheese. 1828 18th St. NW (between Swann and T, across from Lauriol Plaza). Stop by!

If you have yet to get a look at the new Ansonia Wines shop on 18th Street NW (between Swann and T), consider stopping by our open house this Saturday between 10 and 9. We’ll have quite a few wines open and some things to nibble while sampling the wares.

We’re grateful for the kind words from Waitman and Mark Slater, and we hope to develop our clientele at the Ansonia Wines DC Shop from food and wine lovers just like those who follow this blog. We are sensitive to the cost of fine wine, particularly Burgundy, and we will also be working hard to carry some wines that are gentler on the pocketbook than our premier crus from the Côte d'Or. We hope you’ll come by and ask for those as well – they get the same care as those at the high end. For those willing to buy in case and half-case lots, our Advance Order Group can provide remarkable savings. Importing cases for friends and family was how we started, and we still have a lot of fun with it. Some patience is required, and because production is so small we inevitably can’t get all the wine that everyone wants; but regular participants ultimately fill their cellars with superb wine at costs that are modest by comparison to the rest of the market. We circulate these offerings every few months, and those who think they might be interested need to sign up separately to receive them. You can do so from this link: http://ansoniawines.com/aog.html Mark and Tom Wilcox

Ansonia Wines grew out of a Philadelphia lawyer's sabbatical in France in the late 1990s, when père et fils (and the rest of the family) lived in the Burgundy countryside near Cluny - less than an hour from the Côe d'Or. We came to know excellent producers and we came to appreciate how much better wine tastes before it suffers through the US distribution system. Now we taste in Europe a few times a year, looking for the wine of artisan producers - some famous and some unknown. Ansonia Imports was formed to import such wines with the utmost care, keeping the wine cool at every step of its journey. Burgundies in particular need such attention, and we are convinced that the extra effort pays benefits in the cellar and in the glass. We think our success in supplying wine to the finest restaurants in Washington and Philadelphia shows the value of that investment. The Ansonia Wines DC Shop (1828 18th St. NW) will offer wines given the same care. Mark Wilcox (père) Tom Wilcox (fils)