This is what the sweet life tastes like.

»The sun means a lot to us,« says Leonel González, Country Manager of SanLucar Ecuador. The Lourdes farm is located in the province of Santa Elena in Ecuador, and the sun shines 12 hours a day here. The temperatures are constantly between 24 and 30° Celsius, and the wind blows gently from the coast. You can taste this favourable climate in the fruit. The varieties that grow here are pleasantly sweet, very aromatic and have, as Leonel says, the »right crunch.« »They’re simply delicious,« he says, laughing. The clayey soils with a certain salt content in this area provide precisely the right ingredient for the best taste. The team tested 25 different grape varieties on the farm before we selected the perfect ones – and of course none of our varieties are genetically modified organisms. The art is in finding the best combination of grape variety, handling and climate. They have succeeded for years. And it´s not just grapes that are lucky here. Growers and pickers are paid fairly, and with the many social projects of our DREAMS initiative, we make employees happy all over the world.