Los Arcos complex, Lustau wineries

Lustau, unlike other wineries, started in the countryside, surrounded by vineyards, in the Nuestra Señora de Nuestra Esperanza farm. It was founded in 1896 by José Ruiz Berdejo. The wine made here was sold to other wineries. They were wine-storers: a Jerez tradition that still exists in many companies today.

In the 1940s, now under Berdejo's son-in-law, Emilio Lustau, the company took the big step of moving to the town of Jerez and bottling and exporting its own wines. In 2000 it acquired what is now its current winery in the center of the town of Jerez. This is the Los Arcos complex, built in the 19th century and housing 6 aging cellars dating from different eras. Built in the style of a cathedral, it has high arches and is made of limestone. The hundreds of casks in which the wines rest are kept in darkness and humidity, providing them with the stillness necessary for them to develop. And develop they do, creating wonderful sherries in one of the great wineries of the area.