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    PRESS RELEASE
    Tufenkian Hospitality
    21/1 Tumanian St.,

    Yerevan Armenia 375001
    Contact: Lilit Hakobyan
    Tel: 374 1 520 911
    Fax: 374 1 520 913
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: www.tufenkian.am


    THE FIRST NATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL
    Second Saturday of October (2004 10 09)
    Vayots Dzor region, Areni Village,

    Armenia



    USDA and Tufenkian Hospitality are glad to announce the first national wine
    festival in Armenia, with the aim to introduce an ancient Armenian tradition
    of winemaking to the World.

    More than just a showcase for great wine, the festival is a major event for
    traditional food making and tasting, traditional crafts-making, and
    folkloric performances.

    The event program includes traditional dancing, singing, tight-rope
    performances, a Marionette Theatre, food-making and tasting, wine-making and
    tasting, traditional games, contests, art work, carpet weaving, and craft
    items: their creation and presentation (materials used include stone, wood,
    and local ceramics).

    Villagers will sell home-made products, in their houses - yogurt (matsun)
    and cream, honey, nuts and walnuts, vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, baked
    goods, lavash, home-made jams and jellies, sweet sujukh, herbal teas
    (including hip-rose & thyme), and all the other products that a typical
    Armenian household usually prepares for its members.

    Armenian companies will present such products as wine, cheese, dried fruits,
    meat and fish products, and soft drinks.

    Craftsmen will present their work, and visitors may try their hand at
    replicating this art.

    Armenian restaurants and cafes will organize an area for a one-day operation
    of their businesses.

    Children can draw in a nearby meadow.

    At the Information Desk, visitors can learn about the history and historical
    monuments of the region, including Gladzor Museum, the Selim Pass and
    Caravanserai, and Noravanq Monastery. Find out more about the local climate,
    the flora and fauna of the region, and the village itself. The Djermuk Spa
    will also be present.

    A qualified trilingual guide will take visitors to the local church for a
    tour. This will be done according to a set schedule throughout the day.

    For more information please contact us at 374 1 520 911, 105 ext., or e-mail
    [email protected]
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