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since 1796. The brand was wholly owned by John Harvey & Sons of
Bristol until the 21st century acquisition. John Harvey's descendants continued making Bristol cream since the takeover of the company's main brand. Since 2019, it is made and bottled in Spain. Some residual assets or shares of the
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Since its inception, it has been generally reviewed as one of the major four types of sherry, although less so in some parts of Spain. The business eventually began buying its own vineyards to invest in fermenting and fortification premises locally and to protect the quality of source material. The
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Bristol Cream sherry exports to
America boomed from 1928 onwards with Jack Harvey making trips there as often as he could. From 1962, the business was known as Harveys of Bristol Ltd, and in 1966, the firm including all subsidiaries was bought out by
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In 1796, the first iteration of Harvey's wine-trading business was established in
Denmark Street in Bristol. This was owned by William Perry, who went into partnership with Thomas Urch. In 1822, Urch's nephew (John Harvey I) joined the firm as an
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at a poolside party drinking Harvey's
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which traveled better consistently. During the 1860s and 1880s John Harvey's sons John and Edward developed in the company's cellars what was dubbed a new type of sherry: cream
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Britain's only wine museum, with an adjoining restaurant. Both closed in 2003. By 2016, the bar Harveys Cellars was located on the same site in Denmark Street.
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