Emilio Lustau

Emilio Lustau is a Spanish sherry producer. The firm is known for its "Almacenista" range of sherries, the products of small family-owned bodegas that it sells as specialist bottlings under its brand name.

The history of Bodegas Lustau dates back to 1896, when it was founded by Don José Ruiz-Berdejo. He grew some vines in his own finca called Finca Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza, aged the wines for some time and then sold them to bigger houses that commercialized and exported the wines. This is what we call an almacenista, a warehouser or stockkeeper.