While rumors have been flying around for weeks that Crush Wineshop in Belmont is being sold, owner Paul Coleman today confirms that he is selling his wine shop to the former manager of Coran Capshaw’s restaurant group, Michael Keaveny, who plans to convert the place into a combination restaurant/winebar/wine shop.

“I would say it’s a done deal at this point,” says Coleman, who has been busy working out the details of the deal. “He [Keaveny] has taken over the running of the shop through this week at least, and will probably shut down shortly thereafter to begin converting the place over.” 

Coleman, one of the partners who opened Orzo in the West Main Street Market, opened Crush in December 2007 with his wife, Nan, and then partner, Gregg Oxley, hoping to “take the snobbishness out of the wine mystique…and create a place where people feel comfortable checking out wines.”

We’ll keep you posted as we find out more. Or perhaps you know something we should know?