John Harvey & Sons is a brand (trading name) of a wine and sherry blending and merchant business founded by William Perry in Bristol, England in 1796.

[1] Bristol Cream sherry exports to America boomed from 1928 onwards with Jack Harvey making trips there as often as he could.

[1] From 1962, the business was known as Harveys of Bristol Ltd, and in 1966, the firm including all subsidiaries was bought out by Showerings, Vine Products & Whiteways Ltd.[1] After 1960, the business relocated from Denmark Street to Whitchurch Lane, Hartcliffe, at which point the Denmark Street cellars became Britain's only wine museum, with an adjoining restaurant.

John Harvey's descendants continued making Bristol cream since the takeover of the company's main brand.

The blend starts with wines from fifty different soleras, including three sherry types: Fino, Amontillado and Oloroso.

Finally some Pedro Ximénez wine from sun-dried 'raisonified' grapes of the region is blended for sweetness, for the richness or 'creaminess' of aftertaste that is the hallmark of the product.

[4][3] The business eventually began buying its own vineyards to invest in fermenting and fortification premises locally and to protect the quality of source material.