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ARMENIAN WINE IS ON EUROPEAN MARKET BY 35%
This year was special because the harvest of grapes was high
quality, the president of the Association of Armenian Winemakers Avag
Harutiunyan told journalists today. He says before last year farmers
begged them to buy their harvest, next year we will start begging
farmers to produce grapes. According to him, there is a U-turn in
the Armenian market.
The president of the Union said ten companies have already bought
10,000 tons. On September 20 everyone will start to buy. This year
160,000 tons of grapes will be harvested which will be bought and
processed by 45 entities. The price per kg of grapes costs 145 drams
minimum, the price is set by Yerevan Brandy Company. Red grapes will
cost at least 170 drams per kg except for the grapes of Vayots Dzor
where one kg of Arenee grapes costs over 200 drams per kg. According
to Avag Harutiunyan, the tendency will continue.
In answer to the question whether membership to the Customs Union
will boost or harm winemaking, Avag Harutiunyan said there is no
official stance on this issue but brandy and wine should be considered
separately because 90% of grapes is used for brandy and 90% of brandy
is exported to the countries of the Customs Union, so there will not
be a major change. Earlier 500 sorts of grapes were grown in Armenia,
now 180 sorts are left but there is no official statistics.
Avag Harutiunyan disagrees that we have difficulty placing Armenian
wine in the European market but will not take one hundred years
because Armenian wine is already on the European market by 35%.
14:39 17/09/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/economy/view/30904
This year was special because the harvest of grapes was high
quality, the president of the Association of Armenian Winemakers Avag
Harutiunyan told journalists today. He says before last year farmers
begged them to buy their harvest, next year we will start begging
farmers to produce grapes. According to him, there is a U-turn in
the Armenian market.
The president of the Union said ten companies have already bought
10,000 tons. On September 20 everyone will start to buy. This year
160,000 tons of grapes will be harvested which will be bought and
processed by 45 entities. The price per kg of grapes costs 145 drams
minimum, the price is set by Yerevan Brandy Company. Red grapes will
cost at least 170 drams per kg except for the grapes of Vayots Dzor
where one kg of Arenee grapes costs over 200 drams per kg. According
to Avag Harutiunyan, the tendency will continue.
In answer to the question whether membership to the Customs Union
will boost or harm winemaking, Avag Harutiunyan said there is no
official stance on this issue but brandy and wine should be considered
separately because 90% of grapes is used for brandy and 90% of brandy
is exported to the countries of the Customs Union, so there will not
be a major change. Earlier 500 sorts of grapes were grown in Armenia,
now 180 sorts are left but there is no official statistics.
Avag Harutiunyan disagrees that we have difficulty placing Armenian
wine in the European market but will not take one hundred years
because Armenian wine is already on the European market by 35%.
14:39 17/09/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/economy/view/30904