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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The Inn at Little Washington is known for its service, its food and its guest rooms. Now it will also be known for its wine list.
In early March, Reinhardt Lynch and Patrick O’Connell purchased the entire wine cellar of Le Pavillion in Washington D.C.
“This was once in a lifetime opportunity,” owner Reinhardt Lynch said of the purchase, bought by silent auction over the telephone.
‘This is a great opportunity for us,” he said. “We are known for our rooms, our food and our service. This will enhance the whole experience here.”
Le Pavillion was a Washington D.C. based restaurant — now bankrupt — and well-known for many things. Its wine list was named one of the finest in the United States by “Wine Spectator,” a wine taster’s magazine.
The auction and sale of Le Pavillion’s wares — including their wine list — was first noted in this publication.
“It made national news in this way,” Mr. Lynch said, adding it is very unusual for a restaurant of this caliber and a wine cellar of this style to be sold at auction.
Buying this cellar was “like buying 10 years of a man’s work,” Mr. Lynch said.
And, although the cellar now belongs to The Inn at Little Washing
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