citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message nicolas uk industry wine retailing founded 1822 ; 194 years ago 1822 headquarters london united kingdom number of locations 45 stores in uk key people pascal le pelve head of nicolas uk operations number of employees 140 website http www.nicolas.co.uk nicolas store primrose hill nicolas is a french wine retailer which also has stores in other countries . nicolas is a french wine specialist established in paris in 1822 and operating in london since 1989 . the first nicolas stores were opened in paris in 1822 and the chain has since grown to include over 400 branches throughout france with a number of branches in the uk belgium germany and poland . in 1988 nicolas was bought by groupe castel . 1 nicolas has 530 stores in total located in major town and cities throughout france and abroad notably great britain there are 44 branches in london alone . nicolas stocks more than 1 200 wines champagnes and other alcoholic beverages . references edit groupe castel history accessed on april 5 2010 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to nicolas wine retailer . official uk website official global website www.nicolaswines.net this retail business article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this wine related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nicolas wine retailer & oldid 742544508 categories companies established in 1822retailing in francewine retailers of the united kingdomwine retailersfood and drink companies established in 1822retail company stubswine stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2013all articles needing additional referencescommons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 09 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view