The Garvey Group produces sherry, sherry brandy, traditional spanish digestives, strong beverages (whisky, rum, gin, liqueurs, vodka), wines of Denomination of Origin Toro, Ribera del Duero,  Penedes, D.O.C. Rioja, D.O. Cava, sweet wines, land wines of Castilla and Cadiz.

The Garvey Group is the joining of the bodegas Garvey B.V. and José de Soto S.A,  and is located in the 'Bellavista' complex in the western part of the city. The complex comprises of the offices, the 'bodegas de crianza' (maturing bodegas), bottling plants and warehouse. As all are together in the same location, which enables us to offer our clients greater flexibility and faster response. Garvey finds itself in the privileged position of being one of the most important companies in  its sector, both at the national and international level.                       

Annual sales of the Garvey Group at present are over 12 million litres approximately, of which 70% is Sherry and 30% Brandy, and its products enjoy an enviable reputation of quality in over 50 countries. Our main export markets are the United Kingdom, Holland, Germany, Denmark, the United States, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Japan and throughout Latin American.

In the national wine, brandy and spirits market, the Garvey Group is one of the most important, with brands as well known as Fino 'San Patricio' and Brandy 'Espléndido. Also responding to changing market tendencies, Garvey introduces new products such as Manzanilla 'Juncal' and 'Shetland' 12 Year Old malt whisky. In the last decade, the company's stocks of maturing wines and brandy have been increased four fold, to correspond to a similar increase in sales. Our bottling plant can produce over 38,000 per hour.

History

Bodegas Garvey was founded in 1780 by WILLIAM GARVEY, an Irish aristocrat, from the county of Waterford. He was able to make Garvey one of the principle bodegas in Jerez in a short period of time. He set sail on a grey day towards the bright sunshine of Cadíz, in order to acquire 'merinas' sheep to crossbreed with those that his father pastured on the green lands of Ireland. Then, right in the Bay of Cadiz, the sea became enraged and hurled his ship onto the rocks sinking it in less time than it takes to write about it. William was saved thanks to a Captain of the Spanish Navy, Rafael Gómez, who generously offered to have him looked after. .at his house in Puerto Real,  a tiny village near Jerez.

Whilst recovering from his fright, William Garvey fell in love with one of the Captains beautiful daughters, Sebastiana Gómez Jiménez. We do not know if he bought or even sent the 'merinas' sheep, though we believe so. What is for sure though, is that with Sebastiana on the one hand, and the incredible business atmosphere that he saw around him on the other, he decided to stay and try his fortune in the winetrade. Although he knew nothing about it, he listened to advice and began to move forward with great intelligence and honesty
In this way, he started by buying small quantities to forward to Ireland and England. In fact, upon payment of one of these small shipments, was generated the first document whose original is still kept and treasured in the archives of Garvey of Jerez de la Frontera, dated in Cadíz the 10th of January, 1780. William Garvey dreamed of creating the huge bodega, the largest in the city. With the phrase 'Saint Patrick will guide us', he commended himself to the Patron Saint of Ireland, his country. If it is achieved I will call it Saint Patrick, in his honour. He would close his eyes and see it there, great and real, filled to the brim with excellent wines. Saint Patrick must have helped him, because from night to day, the dream started to become reality. However, in his house next to his beloved bodega, named San Patricio, William Garvey died in 1824, with the name of his Patron Saint on his lips.                                     
 Another of his dreams was to export Jerez Fino in great quantities, which inhose days were considered to be a 'sick wine' and called 'straw' because of its colour. It was used to produce vinegar. However William saw the possibilities of an export market and from 1823 began with 'pale' though in small quantities.

It was his only son Patrick, who would persevere with the idea andfinally see it to fruition wi  th time. It was his successors who came to bring us today the bodega with its great quality wines. The secret of Garvey's sales success, and becoming the slogan for the company, is that only by guaranteeing the finest selection of Sherries, will we deserve to be famous. We should never export a wine that would not make its purchaser proud to buy it. Our aim is to make even the most demanding palates of the world surrender to our wines. In 1978, the Spanish holding company 'RUMASA' became interested in Garvey.                            

In June of that year it became the majority shareholder, and Garvey became a member of a great group, whose objective was to look after and encourage its workers. This situation was terminated in 1983 by the expropriation by the Government of this and other of the many companies of RUMASA which shook the position the bodega was then enjoying. Without entering into detail, the company returned to its prev ious owners in 1997, as William Garvey would have wished, this time under the name 'Nueva Rumasa'. Another important landmark, although much more recent, occurred in 1998, the year in which the Bodega, José de Soto, joined the Group.