Norvines opened in Westhoughton, Bolton, last month. Owner Natalie Norvall will be running the business with her dad, Joe Johnson. 

Born and raised in South Africa, Norvall says her shop inevitably has a South African bias. “I just think they are such wonderful wines for great-value prices,” she says. 

“I would say about 25% of my range is South African, but we’ve got a nice collection from all over and I’m excited to see people’s reaction to the wines.”

Norvall has got off to a flying start with her relationships with suppliers.

“Boutinot has such a huge collection of loads of small wineries; they are amazing to work with,” she says. 

“For South Amercian wine, Mark at Condor has been outstanding. Marta Vine is great – you can’t help but get absorbed in that passion, and my Portuguese wines are beautiful. 

“Bancroft has been absolutely wonderful for my real prized possessions of South African wines, as well as one from Greece and one from Cyprus. I’m thinking that will be really something when those bottles go off the shelf.”

Norvines is situated inside the Provenance food hall where the neighbouring shops include a butcher, a baker, a delicatessen and a patisserie.  

“It’s all been a bit of a whirlwind,” says Norvall, “but it’s very exciting and this is a good way for me to start because wine obviously goes hand in hand with all those things.”