Grape & Grind is a wine bar in Gloucester Road, Bristol.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: None; bottles and beans to take home
Tip: Sign up for the tasting nights rather than browsing blind; the staff picks beat the algorithm every time.
Address: 101 Gloucester Road, Bristol BS7 8AT
Marmo runs an owner-led Italian kitchen and wine bar in Bristol's old Guardian Assurance building on Baldwin Street, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Signature pour: A biodynamic Italian white with the day's pasta
Wine focus: Organic and biodynamic European wines with an Italian kitchen
Food: Small plates and boards
Tip: The wine list leans organic and biodynamic and doubles as a bottle shop; lunch is the quiet way in on Fridays.
Cotto is the Bianchis team's Old City wine bar and kitchen on St Stephen's Street in Bristol, pairing fresh pasta with an all-Italian wine list.
Signature pour: A Piedmont red from the counter chalkboard
Wine focus: All-Italian list poured beside the open kitchen
Food: Small plates and boards
Tip: The kitchen closes around 21:00 while the wine bar runs to 23:00, so eat first and linger afterwards.
Little Victories is the Small Street Espresso team's harbourside bar at Wapping Wharf, Bristol, pouring espresso, cakes and toasties beside Cargo's cranes.
Signature pour: An organic pet-nat as the harbour lights come on
Wine focus: Organic wine, craft beer and coffee cocktails by evening
Food: Small plates and boards
Tip: It keeps weekend hours its Old City sibling does not, which makes it the Saturday home for Bristol coffee people.
Clouds folds handmade dim sum in a St Werburghs corner room in Bristol, pairing dumplings and homestyle Cantonese plates with a serious wine list.
Signature pour: Riesling with a round of prawn dumplings
Wine focus: A serious list built to pair with handmade dim sum
Food: Small plates and boards
Tip: Open since November 2024 and already a hard weekend book; parties over six need to email ahead.
Kask pours organic and natural wines from small growers at 51 North Street, the Bedminster bottle-shop bar that started Bristol's natural wine run.
Signature pour: Whatever low-intervention bottle just landed, by the glass
Wine focus: Organic, sustainable and natural wines from small producers
Food: Cheese, charcuterie and snacks
Tip: Kask2 on Cheltenham Road repeats the trick north of the river; take-home bottles are shelf price plus corkage.
Native Vine runs a natural wine bar on Church Road in Redfield, Bristol, pouring biodynamic bottles from small producers and obscure regions.
Signature pour: An orange wine from a region you cannot pronounce yet
Wine focus: Biodynamic, organic and natural wines from indigenous grapes
Food: Snacks and boards
Tip: Happy hour runs 16:00 to 18:00; their Bedminster bottle shop covers daytime browsing Wednesday to Saturday.
