ARMENIA UNABLE TO FILL WINE GAP IN RUSSIA
Armenpress
Feb 07 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 7, ARMENPRESS: A parliament member Manvel Ghazarian,
who is also the owner of one of the biggest Armenian wineries- Vedi
Alco-lamented yesterday that Armenian wineries are unable to fill
the gap in Russian wine market that has emerged after its authorities
banned imports of Georgian and Moldavian wines last year.
He said Moldova and Russia were selling about 200 million bottles of
wine in Russia, while all Armenian wineries can produce together about
10 million bottles of wine. Ghazarian said the ban on Russian and
Moldavian wines has prompted a bigger interest in Armenian products.