Bodegas Lustau - East India Solera Sherry Wines made from these grapes

Wines made from these grapes introduced the winery to international audiences

Their journey is truly a start-from-scratch story: Bill and Ross Spence come from a long line of winemakers

Dirk wanted to grow his own grapes and make his wine using the traditional ways (foot-treading in lagares)–an expensive way to do the maceration of the grapes

But Pedro goes beyond terroir: he has an abiding interest in granitic soils

Bodegas Lustau - East India Solera Sherry Wines made from these grapesThe origins of Emilio Lustau S. A. date back to 1896, when Mr. Jos Ruiz Berdejo, a secretary to the Court of Justice, started cultivating the vines of the familys state, Nuestra Seora de la Esperanza, in his spare time. With these humble beginnings he made wines which were then sold on to larger Sherry producers. This business role in the production of Sherry is traditionally designated as almacenista or stock keeper. In 1931, his daughter, Mara Ruiz