ArmenPress
July 1 2004

YBC PLANS TO BUY 3,000 TONS OF GRAPES IN KARABAGH

STEPANAKERT, JULY 1, ARMENPRESS: Last year the Yerevan Brandy
Company (YBC), owned by French Pernod Ricard, purchased around 2,300
tons of grapes in Nagorno Karabagh. This year the company is expected
to buy 3,000 tons.
Pierre Larretche, the outgoing chief manager of the Yerevan Brandy
Company (YBC), was earlier this week in Nagorno Karabagh to receive a
local medal for his contributions to the development of Karabagh
economy. The Medal of Gratitude was handed to him by Karabagh leader
Arkady Ghukasian.
Pierre Larretche praised Karabagh authorities for creating good
conditions for cooperation between the YBC and a local Karabagh Gold
company.