About Us
About Calvert Woodley Wines & Spirits in Washington, DC 20008
Calvert Woodley opened its doors in 1982 after the merger of two competitors, Calvert Liquors and Woodley Wine & Liquor. The original two owners, Aaron Bernstein and Ed Sands, retired in 2014 and 2019, respectively, and the store is now owned by Michael Sands, son of Ed. We pride ourselves on personal, knowledgeable customer service, fantastic selection and hard-to-beat prices.
Dating back to 1949, Calvert Liquors was located on Wisconsin Avenue in the Glover Park neighborhood. Woodley Wine & Liquor, created in 1966, was in the Cleveland Park strip across from the Uptown Theater. When the opportunity arose for Aaron Bernstein of Calvert to join forces with Ed Sands of Woodley, the two jumped at the chance and moved to our current location in the Van Ness/UDC neighborhood at the corner of Connecticut Ave and Windom.
Each store brought its strengths to help Calvert Woodley thrive. From Calvert came, among other things, La Cheeserie & International Deli and from Woodley came the Direct Importing of Bordeaux that has helped make our wine department the power it is today. Woodley began selling Bordeaux Futures with the 1966 vintage!
To help serve you as best we can we have about 50 employees. We’re proud of the fact that four original employees from the opening in 1982 are still with us at CW today, with another six people having 25+ years under their belt. Among them is Carlos Estrada, who runs our La Cheeserie and is surely one of the most outstanding cheese merchants in the United States, and Tom McKnew, our Wine Manager who started at Woodley Wine & Liquor in 1980! With 40 other hard-working employees, Calvert Woodley is poised to excel for years to come.
Visit us and see why we’re the Number One wine and spirit shop in DC and one of the best in the country!
Calvert Woodley Fine Wines & Spirits
4339 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
(We’re about 50 yards from the Van Ness/UDC Metro stop on the Red Line, on the East side of Connecticut Avenue)
Store Hours (NEW as of July 5, 2021)
Mon – Fri : 10:00am – 8:00pm
Saturday : 9:30am – 8:00pm
Sunday : 10:30am – 5:00pm
We’re also CLOSED annually in observance of these seven holidays: New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve we close at 6pm and on New Year’s Eve we close at 7pm. If one of these seven holidays falls on a Saturday we may possibly be open.
We also close one Sunday per year to take our store’s inventory, and that usually is the last Sunday in January.
Contact Us
We look forward to helping you, so please feel free to contact us in any of the following ways:
E-mail : [email protected]
Phone : 202-966-4400 (Main number)
Phone : 202-966-0445 (WineLine)
Fax : 202-537-5086
Order Wine
Please allow a 24-hour turnaround time on all orders. Most of the wines in our catalog are in stock and in plentiful supply. Items that are in more limited supply are noted as such in the catalog. For “limited” wines, please call us at 202-966-4400 for current inventory status.
Shipping & Delivery
For information on shipping and returns, please see our Shipping & Return Policy or call 202-966-4400.
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