2009 Was A Difficult Year For Armenia’s Wine Makers

2009 WAS A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR ARMENIA’S WINE MAKERS

Aysor
March 17 2010
Armenia

Avag Harutyunian, Chairman of the Union of Armenia’s Winemakers,
said 2009 was a difficult year for county’s wine makers.

"Rate of Armenian cognac production decreased by 38% in 2009. The
2009 crisis threw the country to realities of 1902 and 1936; while
2008 left behind both tsarist and soviet-eras’ growth rate," said.

According to Avag Harutyunian, the growth rate of Armenian wine
production increased by 31% in 2009, in comparison with 2008’s index.

Growth rate of vodka production registers 8%, while it has been
increasing by 10-15% per year since 2000. Production of beer increased
by 3%.

Referring to issue of exporting, Avag Harutyunian said that in 2009
there were exported less cognac by 39%, alcohol by 43% and vodka by 7%.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS