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Hello!
We hope you had a great summer and enjoyed some R+R, time with family and friends, and of course some great wines and delicious coffee! Grape + Bean is back from our summer reprieve and enthusiastic to share many new things – especially the launch of our Wine and Tasting Bar. We look forward to seeing you soon and checking out all that is new at Grape + Bean.

Wine and Tasting Bar
We are very excited that the Wine Bar is now open (yeah!). It’s an intimate, comfortable, and friendly place to be and with our retail operations running in the background, you can sip some wine at the bar (or on our outside patio) and then take a bottle to go!

The Wine Bar menu offers a wonderful selection of wines by the glass (plus our excellent beers) and a great array of small and larger plates. These include cheese and meat plates, crostinis with fresh toppings, beautiful organic salads, grilled sandwiches, and other great bites. We are committed to serving high quality, fresh products in both our retail and Wine Bar and will regularly change the menu and wines to feature what's freshest and most current.

Please come by soon for some great sipping and good eats.

Gift Baskets, Boxes, Buckets + More
We continue to develop new ideas and creative approaches to the Grape + Bean gift basket, gift bucket, gift picnic basket, and gift box! Recently we did a wine party in a box—basically take the wine party to go. Everything you need (your wine and wine descriptions, cheese and meat, bread, crackers and other goodies) all in one place and you can take it right out the door.

As personal gifts for family and friends, business gifts for clients, or something special for yourself, we have all shapes and sizes, and can accommodate all budgets. Let us know what you need (we also have samples and pictures to show you) and we'll be happy to put one together and ship it if you need!

Private Parties and Events
Interested in your own private tasting or wine event in your home or at Grape + Bean? Work or corporate happy hour, themed party for friends, ladies/mom’s night out--let us tailor something to meet your wine preferences and your needs. Email info@grapeandbean.com for more information about what we can offer and how we can help you—there are lots of ways! We’ll put more details and information together on what’s available for the holidays but for now please ask us.

Website
We’ve been working steadily on our new website and hope to have it up in the next month. Once it’s running, we will regularly update it with lots of good information including Grape + Bean’s new wine offerings and menu items, wine tastings and pairings, wine classes, upcoming coffee cuppings, details on holiday offerings including gift baskets and private events, as well as other Grape + Bean offerings and activities.

Classes
We're looking into beginning a wine education series and would love to hear from you. Let us know what might be of interest, area(s) on which you would like to focus, and preferences for days, times, etc. Once in place, these classes will be great fun and a great opportunity to learn more about wine, different regions and varietals, and great food pairings.

Expanded Fall Hours
Grape + Bean’s hours of operation are:

Retail
Tuesday 12-6 pm (New day!)
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 12-9 pm
Saturday 9 am-9 pm
Sunday 1
1 am-5 pm (New time!)

Wine and Tasting Bar
Wednesday through Saturday 4-9 pm

As always, please feel free to email us with questions or comments. We’d love to hear from you! See you soon.

Cheers,

David, Sheera, and the Grape + Bean Team
118 South Royal St., Alexandria, VA 22314 - 703-664-0214 info@grapeandbean.com www.grapeandbean.com

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