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CAPITAL WINE

A high-reaching wine consultancy and home delivery service sourcing some of the top wines from around the world and throughout Canada. Based in the Ottawa area, servicing all of Eastern Ontario.

ANDREW RASTAPKEVICIUS

For the past 15 years Andrew has been bringing top wines and spirits to Ottawa restaurants and private customers, working with a stable of amazing suppliers through Lifford Wine & Spirits as well as several top local Ontario wineries and distilleries. Andrew’s days are spent shaping restaurant wine lists with Ottawa’s sommeliers, helping private clients fill their cellars, as well as hosting wine tastings, dinners, and wine education sessions with his unpretentious approach to wine. And in 2020 Andrew helped start the Byward Wine Market bottle shop, bringing a fresh new wine shopping opportunity to downtown Ottawa. Andrew is certified by WSET, has worked winery harvests in The Okanagan Valley as well as Prince Edward County, and was recognized in The Globe and Mail as one of The OHI's Top 30 Under 30 in 2014 for his work in the wine & spirits industry.

He couldn't ask for a better job, and he couldn’t ask for a better city – Ottawa’s restaurant scene is bursting with innovative food, serious wine lists, cocktail programs, and fantastic people behind their delivery. Established in 2010, this website is an effort to promote the dynamic scene in our nation’s capital and connect with its wine lovers. After 11 years in downtown Ottawa, Andrew now lives in a small town just outside the city with his wife and two dogs. When he's not tasting exciting new wines with sommeliers or helping customers at the Byward Wine Market, Andrew can be found on a patio with a cold beer or cocktail, knee-deep in a river fly fishing, bird hunting with his dog Merle, or playing steel guitar in his country band. You can follow Andrew on Instagram @Andrew.Rasta

For at-home delivery, cellar consultations, sommelier services, or product requests, please visit the Contact page.

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