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ARMENIAN WINE EXPORT NOT TO SUFFER FROM "GEORGIA-CRADLE OF WINE" BRAND REGISTRATION - COMPANY HEAD
/ARKA/
17 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 17. /ARKA/. Even though Georgia registers its wine
in the EU under the brand "Georgia- Cradle of Wine", Armenia's wine
export will not suffer from that, Vedi Alco wine company head Manvel
Ghazaryan implies.
In March 2012, the European Union registered Georgian wines under
"Georgia-Cradle of Wine" brand. Some Armenian experts think Armenia
should boycott this decision, as it influences the export of the
Armenian production negatively.
"I don't think it can create some obstacles for the export of the
Armenian wines. We do not have such huge volumes of export to Europe
so as to be concerned about this decision," Ghazaryan told ARKA.
Along with this, according to him, such decision is pretty subjective.
"It is a little bit exaggeration to say that Georgia is a cradle
of wine. The whole region, I mean the territory from the Caucasian
mountains, can be called so. We can say that Armenia is a cradle of
wine, and the Georgians may say it is Georgia. There is no need to
monopolize it," he said.
Ghazaryan added that the problem of the Armenian wines is that
they are not so popular as the Georgian production. Nevertheless,
according to some leading specialists, Armenian wines, such as Areni
and Vernashen if not better, but are not worse than Georgian ones too.
"It means we have potential, we just need to enter new markets,"
he said.
Vedi Alco CJSC unites Getap and Vedi wine factories, founded in
1938 and 1956 respectively. The company also grows grape on its
own territory of 150 hectares in Aragatsotn valley and foothills
of Armenia.
/ARKA/
17 October, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 17. /ARKA/. Even though Georgia registers its wine
in the EU under the brand "Georgia- Cradle of Wine", Armenia's wine
export will not suffer from that, Vedi Alco wine company head Manvel
Ghazaryan implies.
In March 2012, the European Union registered Georgian wines under
"Georgia-Cradle of Wine" brand. Some Armenian experts think Armenia
should boycott this decision, as it influences the export of the
Armenian production negatively.
"I don't think it can create some obstacles for the export of the
Armenian wines. We do not have such huge volumes of export to Europe
so as to be concerned about this decision," Ghazaryan told ARKA.
Along with this, according to him, such decision is pretty subjective.
"It is a little bit exaggeration to say that Georgia is a cradle
of wine. The whole region, I mean the territory from the Caucasian
mountains, can be called so. We can say that Armenia is a cradle of
wine, and the Georgians may say it is Georgia. There is no need to
monopolize it," he said.
Ghazaryan added that the problem of the Armenian wines is that
they are not so popular as the Georgian production. Nevertheless,
according to some leading specialists, Armenian wines, such as Areni
and Vernashen if not better, but are not worse than Georgian ones too.
"It means we have potential, we just need to enter new markets,"
he said.
Vedi Alco CJSC unites Getap and Vedi wine factories, founded in
1938 and 1956 respectively. The company also grows grape on its
own territory of 150 hectares in Aragatsotn valley and foothills
of Armenia.