The sweet blended sherry that carried Bristol's name around the world, born of the city's centuries-old Spanish wine trade and now enjoying a revival over ice with a slice of orange.
Bristol's merchants shipped Spanish wine up the Avon from the Middle Ages, and by the 1700s the city's cellars were blending their own styles. Bristol Milk came first; in 1882 Harveys christened a richer blend Bristol Cream, and the blue bottle became one of Britain's most exported drinks. The cellars under Denmark Street bottled it for generations, and the city's tapas bars still keep the sherry habit alive.
2 editor picks for Bristol Cream sherry in Bristol, ranked by editorial score. All Bristol signature dishes · Bristol Cream sherry across every city.
Bravas ★ 4.4
Cotham · 7 Cotham Hill, Bristol BS6 6LD
Bravas has run its candlelit Cotham Hill tapas bar since before Bristol's small-plates boom, sending staff on yearly trips to Spain to research suppliers.
Gambas ★ 4.3
Wapping Wharf · Unit 12, Cargo 2, Wapping Wharf, Bristol BS1 6ZA
Gambas cooks seafood-first Spanish tapas above the harbour at Wapping Wharf in Bristol, a Valencia-inspired sister venue to Cotham Hill's Bravas.