What The?

From WTOP.com

WASHINGTON (AP) - That must have been some good wine they were drinking at a Capitol Hill dinner party last month.

It made a robber change his mind.

Police and guests at the backyard gathering on Constitution Avenue Northeast say the mood was tense after a hooded man burst in, put a gun to a girl's head and demanded money.

So the girl's mother offered him some wine. He took a sip and remarked on how good it was, then took a bite of cheese. Then he told the group he must have come to the wrong house and put the gun in his pocket.

Police and party-goers say the whole thing ended in a group hug before the intruder walked away, leaving the crystal wine glass in the alley.

The diners went inside and called police, who are still looking for the man. The commander in charge of patrols in the area says they should never have let him go from the hug.

The wine, by the way: Chateau Malescot St-Exupry.