CHAIRMAN OF UNION OF WINEMAKERS OF ARMENIA SAYS WINE PRODUCTION IN ARMENIA SUFFERS DECLINE

arminfo
2008-08-21 15:37:00

ArmInfo. ‘Over the first half of 2007 Armenia produced 1.750 million
liters of wine whereas in the first half of 2008 production was
1.391 million liters hereby falling down to the indicator of the
first half of 2006’, Chairman of Union of Winemakers of Armenia Avag
Haroutiunyan said.

He said the situation with brandy is quite different. Thus, in the
first half of 2007 brandy production in Armenia totaled 6.391 million
liters whereas in the first half of 2008 7.307 million liters were
produced. Thus, the growth for the current year was 12%. ‘The given
figures are evidence of more profitable production and sale of brandy
than wine. Probably, part of grapes earlier used for wine making was
used in brandy production in the current year’, A. Haroutiunyan said.

Several dozens of companies are engaged in wine making in the
country. By tradition all the brands of wines are produced in Armenia:
Areni, Voskevaz, Vernashen and others.