AM Wine Shoppe

Not very friendly. Wine tasting consisted of one taste. Staff redeemed themselves when we asked for local restaurant suggestions and they were helpful.

pre-​made and made to order sandwiches were nothing special. particularly at $ 9 – 10 (and not very big). but the wine and apéritif selection is commendable.

I read I some food blog that this was one if the top ten sandwiches in DC. I’d have to disagree. The bread was a sesame demi baguette that was very good. I got this sandwich that was very minimalistic– 3 kinds if meat, no cheese, and a hot pepper relish. I expect more, rightly or wrongly so, but it just didn’t appreciate to pay so much for so little. The ingredients were quality though.
The wine shop itself is very small and the wine is highly marked up.

This is an incredibly well-​priced and smartly stocked shop. It surprises me that many people have said they came here after Best Cellars closed, only because I think of them as very different.
They have small inventory, which will turn off some, but they clearly care and know about the stuff they do have. If you think their wine section is small, then their spirit section is tiny. But I still ended up going with Jason’s recommendation for whiskey. I didn’t catch any of the pretention, though there is clearly a cool feel to the place. People there were friendly and I will be back. Especially to try a sandwich.
Oh, and for the people who think its expensive, I’m not sure where you’ve been buying your booze.

I can’t speak about the wines but I’ve had two of their sandwiches, the AdMo and the Cuban. Both were delicious and I would most certainly eat them again! Definitely looking forward to trying some of their other sandwiches.
I found the staff to be very friendly.

Called ahead to make sure that they were open on Thanksgiving. I was told that they were open until 5 PM. Showed up at 3:30 after driving 30 minutes to find the doors locked and the staff relaxing inside. They told me that they changed their mind and were now closed. Terrible!

WOW! I think this is a great neighbor wine store. From reading some reviews below you would think the service is terrible. I have gone in many times and never had any issues. Waiting for awhile to be helped because they were busy-​yes. But never ignoring me. Strange.
Anyway, I think the wines are delicious and very responsibly priced. I have yet to buy a bottle that I did not like.

Easily my favorite Wine Shop in DC.
I have worked with Andrew before to help identify wine that my Fiancée enjoys. She is sensitive to certain red wines and get’s headaches from them. I explained all this to Andrew and he brought out a few bottles for us to try, this was our first experience with AM Wine Shoppe and it’s only gotten better since. The staff is knowledgeable about wine and while it helps to have an idea of what your looking for I haven’t had a wine I did not thoroughly enjoy from here.
With the friendly staff, and great selection and the neighborhood discount if you live nearby, I would recommend this wine shoppe to anyone.

Great service, amazing wine, delicious sandwiches (the Cubano is my favorite). I will definitely return to this neighborhood gem.
I know others have complained about the prices, but AM Wine Shoppe uses/​has quality ingredients and wine. Spending a dollar or two extra is worth it in my book.

When I was looking for a space to hold a wine tasting for a group of friends I turned to A. M Wine Shoppe and couldn’t be happier with the experience.
I worked with Andrew the owner to pick a selection of wines in my price point, and he also threw in some munchies to make sure we didn’t get too sloshed during the event.
The wine selections were superb, and the tastings were very generous. Andrew gave wonderful explanations of the wines and everyone left in high spirits, literally.
If you are planning a wine tasting look no further than A. M Wine Shoppe. I will be returning again and again.

i know that i love wine and cheese, but i am no expert of wine or cheese. so when i somehow ended up tasked by hosting a wine and cheese party for my friends, i quickly went on a search for the best place to pick up some cheese and some charcuterie. some friends suggested eastern market… dean & deluca… but i knew i was in for a hit to the wallet at either of those places, so i took a chance on this relatively new neighborhood wine shoppe. and i’m glad i did.
walking in, the space is cozy with a central table which i assume they use for tastings or for those diners who choose to enjoy their deli sandwich, cheese, or glass of wine in store. there was a seemingly friendly group enjoying their saturday afternoon there, and it definitely looked appealing. as for me, i quickly went to the counter where i was greeted quickly. being the blank canvas that i am to cheese (i think i got the wine down enough), i basically said that i was hosting a wine and cheese party for about 15 friends and needed some cheese and cured meats to serve.
putting our dining experience in their hands, the nice gentleman (assuming he was the owner) took control and sliced off several chunks of cheese and meats for me to try. all of it tasty, i went with his recommendations and left happy. and by the outcome of the party, i know all my friends enjoyed the choices as well. so my feeling is that i’ll be back… especially since i have had random urges to drive by and pick up a deli sandwich on my way home. one day… i will indulge myself when that craving hits again.

This was our 5^th and final time to AM Wine Shoppe. The pretension exuded from this over-​priced «local» wine shop is so over the top that it’s palpable. Our latest foray to AM Wine resulted in them closing early and locking the door in our face. Here’s a tip, AM, if you want to sell yourself as a neighborhood store, don’t piss off your neighbors — treat them with some semblance of respect and courtesy. We’ve been looking for a wine shop to call home since Best Cellars in Dupont closed; alas, we’ll have to keep looking. Don’t waste your time here… head to So’s Your Mom for cheaper deli fare and better service (albeit cash-​only) or to any of the other neighborhood stores for wine and more congenial owners/​employees.
Other experiences at AM include but are not limited to:
Being ignored by all the employees even though they weren’t busy — finally we left after 20min of no service.
Stopping in for the «tasting» and being told it would not occur for another 10 min and that we would have to wait, even though there was no one else in the store and the employee promptly sat behind the counter and read a magazine ignoring us again.

I came here after reading the reviews and seeing that wonderful picture of a sandwich someone posted.
I love places with yummy cheese and meats and the idea of getting a quick, fresh sandwich in Adams Morgan really made me excited.
I had the Admorghese? which is normally a cold sandwich. I asked for it to be put in the panini press which the friendly man working gladly did. It was delicious. I actually ate it on the way home because the smell of it was driving me crazy for the 2 block walk. The sandwiches are $ 7.50 which I think is totally worth it for the quality ingredients.
They also have Zapps Voo Doo flavored potato chips, which are the best potato chips in the world.
Other than that, they seem to have a pretty wide selection of meat and cheese on their board for such a small place. Not a huge wine selection, but I liked that there was definitely a variety of prices for a wide arrange of occasions (I’m 24, not every bottle of wine needs to be «nice»). They even sell Maryland blue crab on certain weekends. Yummy!

I gotta admit that this is probably more of a Living Social issue than anything, but I had a pretty crappy first experience here and have no desire to return.
Basically, my friend who lives way out in Gaithersburg emailed me early on a Sunday morning to say she had two $ 25 Living Social coupons that had to be used that day, and that I should go use them since she wasn’t able to get into DC that day. So my roommate and I trekked up to Adams Morgan, excited by the prospect of yummy cheese and wine.
We walk in, and it looks like the place has been ransacked. There was virtually nothing in there. A very pitiful selection of wine hung from the walls, but there were signs all around saying that due to their license, they were unable to sell wine on Sundays. Ok. That kinda sucks, and I wish I had known beforehand. But then why the heck did you have the coupons expire on a Sunday? You knew you would be flooded with last minute buyers. Lame.
So we decided «well, that is a bit sucky but yay, cheese!» Except they didn’t really have any. They had 4 types left, which included the oh-​so-​exciting parmesan and provolone (which really seemed like it was in there just for sandwiches). I combed the shop looking for other things to buy and snagged the last tiny bottle of overpriced olive oil and a thing of crackers. We bought the last container of tzatziki. We got some pretty lame cheese and a bit of some kind of cured meat.
Service was painfully slow. The bewildered shop attendants explained again and again to increasingly angry patrons that no, they could not use the coupon at the later date. No, you could not buy a bottle of wine and pick it up later. No, there was no more cheese in the back. Basically, they explained that they had been slammed the last week, and had not accounted for that when they placed their orders. I guess that is semi-​understandable, but not really. It is a huge oversight that makes me less than thrilled about spending my money there any other time. A long line of irritated customers had formed behind us by the time we left.
In the end, I had free money to spend, and what we bought wasn’t terrible. It just wasn’t exciting. And it was overpriced. And we were made to feel like lesser customers to have been applying the Living Social coupons. I had hoped to snag two bottles of wine – one for me and one for the friend, but it was not in the cards. Unfortunately, what was in the cards made me not want to return.

After my beloved Best Cellars on Connecticut closed, I was in dire need of a new wine store. Others in the Dupont /​Adams Morgan area were fine, but not quite what I wanted.
At last AM Wine Shoppe arrived with a friendly, knowledgeable GM who can recommend a good to great wine for whatever the occasion and price range. The deli is also excellent and usually there is a tasting bottle open to enjoy while you wait for your sandwiches to be made fresh.
If you want to rush in and find a cheap bottle this might not be the place for you. But if you’re interested in learning about your wine, and paying a little more for quality ($ 13 – 25), you can find a great bottle. Also, I highly recommend the Cuban or veggie sandwich to go with it.

This place is great for a cook attempting to recreate authentic Italian dishes. A few months ago I was obsessed with the idea of making some Bucatini all’Amatriciana, but I had no idea where to find guanciale without driving some place in the suburbs. I was curious about the shop since I’d passed it on a run a few days before, so I looked at their website and saw they had exactly what I’d been wanting. Serendipity.
I went over there a few days later to check it out and buy my pork cheeks. I walked out having tasted some pretty good wine and armed with my guanciale. Not only was the staff there helpful and friendly, but I also got the neighborhood discount.
I appreciate having a shop close by with the odds and ends that are unavailable at the Teeter.

2.5 stars
I was really excited when I heard about A.M. Wine Shop… I was a little disappointed after my visit. First, selection is very limited — wine, cheese, cured meats — all seemed to be pretty limited — and it didn’t seem to be for lack of space. Second, I thought the prices were on the high side, especially for the cured meats and cheeses. I bought some prosciutto and hot coppa — the coppa was cut pretty thick — and neither one really made much of an impression. I could say the same for the manchego — good, sure — but $ 12 – 15 dollar good, not $ 19.99.
Their sandwich of the day did look delicious — and I do like the idea of the 10% discount if you live in the neighborhood, but am sorry to say there are better places to get wine, cheese and cured meats in DC.

This place is pretty cool; I heard about it from Urban Daddy and then LivingSocial had a pretty good deal for them a few days later. We managed to sneak in today betwixt the giant snowbank and got a lovely surprise. It is very Spanish feeling inside; lots of raw wood and modern lines. They have a good selection of wines priced from about $ 11 to $ 35, most in the mid-​teens. They also have a antipasto case in the back with lots of cheeses, cured meats and marinated artichokes, etc and they’ll make you a sandwich on a baguette.
They have informal tastings nightly from 6−8pm and offer a 10% neighborhood discount too.
I like this place and I will definitely be back for one of the tastings although I don’t think it will replace Trader Joe’s as my go-​to wine merchant.

Owned by the same owners of Cashion’s Eat Place, this is a great little speciality store in the Adams Morgan neighborhood — it has a great wine, cheese and cold cut selections. They leave out platters of cheeses on the counter for you to sample. It’s just newly opened a little sparse but it’s got discounts for the neighborhood customers and 15% off a case of wine. Justin the owner is very friendly and helpful. You can order any wine from him or have him do the selection for you. We bought the Italian mortadella and a stinky artisan cheese from Grayson VA. The mortadella was absoutely amazing it was so tasty yet well balanced in terms of saltiness. The artisan cheese I was bit worried it smelled strong but it turned out to be very creamy and delicious. I like the quality of the products at AM wine shoppe — go check it out. They even have regular wine tasting at the store.

A. M is finally open!!! After much anticipation, Adams Morgan finally has its own wine shoppe where you can nibble on snacks while you enjoy the wine tasting!!!
A.M is located downstairs from the furniture store Skynear. It’s owned by the co-​owner of Cashion’s and run by a former Cashion’s employee. The inside is bright with reasonably priced wine lining the shelves. Besides wine, they also offer cheese and cured meats by the pound, and I was told that very soon they will also start offering housemade sandwiches.
They’re open everyday at 11am and open till 9pm Monday through Thursday, till 10pm Friday and Saturday, and till 8pm on Sunday.