City Wine Collection was founded by Zoran Ristanovic and Norman Gardner in 2003 as the fine wine outlet for Norman Gardner Wines, the leading wholesale wine business established in 1979.

Zoran, Director and the Wine Buyer for City Wine Collection, Graduated with Honors in Viticulture in 1988 and gained the WSET Diploma in 1992.He has nearly 20 years experience in the UK Wine Trade and has worked in the vineyards and wineries of France, Spain and New Zealand. Zoran has been buying wine professionally since 1993 and has long established relationships with the wine producers, their agents and representatives in the UK, as well as other respected independent wine merchants around the world.