BODEGA EL LOMO

The winery belongs to the family of Mr. Félix Rodríguez Rodríguez, man of great entrepreneurial skills.
In the 1980s spent a part of the savings, fruit of a life filled with efforts, and buys a farm of 30,000 square meters in the area known by El Lomo, municipality of Tegueste.

It begins producing small quantities of wine in the way that was traditional in the area, through open “lagar” and traditional press. Was surprised by the oenological potential of the strains that are found on the farm, belonging to the varieties; listán negro, listán blanco, negramolle, tintillo castellana, málaga, gual, white malvasia, pink malvasía, etc.
Decides then to improve processing methods to remove all the aroma, taste and splendor of the grapes harvested on the plantation.

Begins D. Felix to restore the old stable located in the estate, transforming it into a small but interesting wine cellar, with deposits of stainless steel and the fermentation temperature control systems. The initial capacity of the winery was about 6,000 litres, destined to be a “personal entertainment”.
The quality of the wine and the success among consumers was successive enlargements, to make small the old building.
A new building is built with capacity to produce about 120,000 kg of grapes, which has also became small.

This has forced him to build a new modern wine cellar with capacity to produce 250,000 kg of grapes comfortably. grape. The new building consists of zones aimed at quality control laboratory, dependencies for the workers tasting room. The winery also houses a ship specially designed for the production of wines in oak barrels.

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