ARMENIA: 80-85% OF GRAPE USED FOR COGNAC PRODUCTION
by Esmerk
VinMoldova.md
August 26, 2008 Tuesday
Avag Arutyunyan, Chairman of the Union of Armenian Winemakers,
has announced that 80-85% of grape grown in the country are used for
cognac production. For large Armenian producers cognac is a commercial
product, while wine an image one. According to the Union of Winemakers,
cognac output decreased to 6.39mn litres in Armenia in H1 2008, against
7.31mn litres in the same period of 2007. Cognac export surged 61%,
to 13mn litres in 2007, against 2006.