About Us

City Wine Collection Ltd is an independent wine merchant founded in 2003 in the City Of London by Norman Gardner and Zoran Ristanovic currently operating from retail premises in Richmond Upon Thames.. Our main business activity is private clients cellar management including investment portfolio management, 

We also represent in the UK number of high quality producers from France, Spain and Italy: 

From France Domaine La Croix Canat in Loire, Domaine Cornasse in Chablis, Domaine Sangouard - Guyot in Pouilly Fuisse, Domaine Vincent Bachelet in Chasagne Montrachet, Domaine Aurore Bachelet in Santenay, 

From Spain Bodegas Aalto, Garmon. Sei Solo, and Dominio Basconcillos from Ribera del Duero, Bodega San Roman in Toro, Valeyo from Bierzo, Mauro Baynos from La Rioja and Bodega Picos from Campo de Borja

From Italy  Renato Corino and Stefano Corino from Barolo 

As importers, City Wine Collection supplies a number of prestigious restaurants and independent merchants in the UK and around the globe.

Other than our agency producers, we buy only wines with perfect provenance - either En Primeur in Bordeaux or from authorised UK agents for wines such as Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Tignanello, Sesti, Le Pupille, Domaine Philip Colin, Domaine Christian Moreay, Domaine Francois Villard

Norman Gardner:

Norman sadly passed away on April 2nd 2020 having enjoyed few years of retirement after almost 50 years in the Wine Trade.

Norman was a fountain of knowledge, a mentor and a very good friend.

 

 

 

 

Zoran Ristanovic:  

Zoran is Managing Director and Wine Buyer for City Wine Collection. Having  graduated with Honours in Viticulture in 1988 and gained the WSET Diploma in 1994, he spent most of his working life in and around vineyards and wineries from Serbia and Croatia to France, Spain, Italy and New Zealand. 

Zoran has been buying wine professionally since 1993 and has long established relationships with wine producers, their agents and representatives in the UK, as well as other respected independent wine merchants around the World.

Contact at: zoranr@citywinecollection.com

 

Lukasz Gramza: 

Lukasz joined City Wine Collection in 2009 to take control of our accounting and logistics needs and has since established himself as the General Manager of our office based operations. Lukasz is qualified accoutnat and has gained WSET level 3 in 2013. He is prt of our in house tasting team and had visited all our producers as well as participated in En Primeur tastings, both in Bordeaux and London.   

Contact at: lukaszg@citywinecollection.com