Direct Wine Shipments has traded as an independent, family-owned wine merchant since 1954, making it Belfast's oldest wine shop still under the same family's ownership. The McAlindon family who founded it remain in charge, running the retail shop alongside a trade division, McAlindon Wines, that supplies hotels, restaurants and independent wine shops across Northern Ireland from the same building. The premises sit at 5-7 Corporation Square, a former dockside warehouse near the edge of the Cathedral Quarter, with shelves organised by region and grower rather than by price point. Alongside retail sales, the shop runs WSET-accredited courses and tasting sessions for customers who want to study wine formally. Direct Wine Shipments offers free delivery within Northern Ireland on mixed cases of twelve bottles or more, and describes its sourcing as built on direct relationships with small growers rather than mainstream distributors.
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