Lustau: Sherry
• WHAT IS NOW EMILIO LUSTAU WAS FOUNDED BY DON JOSÉ RUIZ-BERDEJO Y VEYAN IN 1896. OVER THE YEARS LUSTAU HAS EXPANDED BOTH IN SIZE AND EQUIPMENT. IN 2001 LUSTAU PURCHASED A TRADITIONAL BODEGA COMPLEX IN CALLE ARCOS. AFTER A TOTAL REFURBISHMENT LUSTAU NOW OPERATES IN JEREZ FROM ONE CENTRAL SITE.
• EMILIO LUSTAU IS JUSTLY FAMOUS FOR ITS ALMACENISTA WINES. ALMACENISTAS ARE STOCKISTS OR SMALL BODEGA OWNERS WHO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH LUSTAU TO SUPPLY AND MARKET THEIR WINES UNDER THE LUSTAU UMBRELLA. QUANTITIES ARE SMALL BUT THE WINES ARE WELL WORTH SEEKING OUT.
• EACH LABEL CARRIES THE ALMACENISTA'S NAME ON IT AND THE WINES ARE INVARIABLY EXCELLENT AND TRADITIONAL IN STYLE MOSTLY DRY AMONTILLADOS AND OLOROSOS.
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MARKETING OF LUSTAU SHERRIES HAS BEEN THE CREATION OF A SALES AND EXPORT CONSORTIUM WHICH JOINS TOGETHER WITH LUSTAU TWO OTHER GREAT SPANISH WINE PRODUCERS, LA RIOJA ALTA FROM THE RIOJA REGION AND VEGA SICILIA FROM RIBERA DEL DUERO.
• EMILIO LUSTAU IS JUSTLY FAMOUS FOR ITS ALMACENISTA WINES. ALMACENISTAS ARE STOCKISTS OR SMALL BODEGA OWNERS WHO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH LUSTAU TO SUPPLY AND MARKET THEIR WINES UNDER THE LUSTAU UMBRELLA. QUANTITIES ARE SMALL BUT THE WINES ARE WELL WORTH SEEKING OUT.
• EACH LABEL CARRIES THE ALMACENISTA'S NAME ON IT AND THE WINES ARE INVARIABLY EXCELLENT AND TRADITIONAL IN STYLE MOSTLY DRY AMONTILLADOS AND OLOROSOS.
• RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MARKETING OF LUSTAU SHERRIES HAS BEEN THE CREATION OF A SALES AND EXPORT CONSORTIUM WHICH JOINS TOGETHER WITH LUSTAU TWO OTHER GREAT SPANISH WINE PRODUCERS, LA RIOJA ALTA FROM THE RIOJA REGION AND VEGA SICILIA FROM RIBERA DEL DUERO.
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