The Urban Grape

"The husband-and-wife duo bring their Boston smash-hit called the Urban Grape down to D.C. on Thursday, January 25, selling 800 bottles from 25 different countries under one Shaw roof. The expansion marks the couple’s first location outside of Boston, where the Urban Grape got its start in 2010, and just the next step in the couple’s plan to demystify wine for the everyday buyer. Both reds and whites are listed on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 represents light-bodied wines and 10 represents the heaviest, most manipulated wines. The Urban Grape’s inventory carves out room for BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and women winemakers who don’t always get the same level of representation on wine shop shelves. Its new 4,300-square-foot store, nearly double the size as the Boston original, includes a private events room." - Lulu Chang

"The Urban Grape, named one of 2023’s best wine shops in the U.S. by Wine Enthusiast, will make its first foray outside of Boston in early 2024. The decade-old, Black-owned business from ambitious husband-wife duo TJ and Hadley Douglas chose D.C. for its inaugural expansion market, in part, to be able to ship nationwide for the first time. Its newly announced location in the heart of Shaw (1301 9th Street NW) sits diagonal from All-Purpose." - Tierney Plumb