Wine with Leslie: A pilgrimage to Nicholson's wine shop in Co Down

"My wine suggestions this week follow no particular theme other than that they are all imported by James Nicholson, taste delicious, and cover some regions that I don’t get to mention all that often."

James Nicholson, Co Down wine curator

I’ve been on a pilgrimage. Not to Lough Derg or anywhere religious but I did have a sense of reverence as I checked out the shelves of James Nicholson’s beautiful wine shop in Crossgar in County Down, around 25 km south of Belfast.

Founded by James Nicholson in 1977 and a regular winner of awards ever since, the shop is worth a visit, and worth a detour if you are heading up to Belfast for lunch in Ox or Eipic for example.