contain all that
what can you feel
but cannot be expressed in words … “
But in 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, festival events may be canceled.
The history that has come down to us through the millennia testifies that it is one of the most ancient and since time immemorial Armenian wine was known all over the world. Armenian grape varieties, depending on climatic conditions, have a high percentage of sugar, therefore, they have a high alcohol content, which contributes to the production of stronger and semi-sweet wines.
And in this regard, it is these wines that have no analogues. These are only the natural and climatic conditions of Armenia, thanks to which the grapes here are distinguished by unique qualities. Nature has created all the conditions for the production of wines. The world collection includes light wines, muscat, Madeira, port.
More than once, Armenian wines gave odds to the “historical fathers” of wines. Thus, Armenian sherry won the exhibition and sale in Spain, and port in Portugal. Since ancient times, Armenia has been famous for its winemakers, whose original traditions have survived to this day. You can even learn about this from the works of philosophers such as Herodotus and Strabo.
In 401-400 BC, when Greek troops led by Xenophon “walked” across the country of Nairi (one of the oldest names in Armenia), in Armenian houses they were treated to wine and beer, which was kept in deep dugouts in special карасах… It is interesting that reeds were inserted into the crucians with beer, which served as straws for our ancestors.
The excavations carried out by academician Pyatrovsky in the 19th and 20th centuries confirmed the fact that in the ninth century BC Armenia was a developed wine-making state. Archaeologists have discovered in the Teishebaini fortress a wine storage with 480 karas, which contained about 37 thousand decaliters of wine. During excavations in Karmir Blur (one of the oldest settlements in Armenia, where the first signs of life were discovered several thousand years ago) and Erebuni (a fortress city on the territory of present-day Yerevan, built 2800 years ago and became the capital of Armenia 2700 years later), 10 wine storehouses, which contained 200 crucians.
Even the ancestors of the Armenians – the inhabitants of one of the most ancient states in the world – Urarta, were engaged in viticulture. The chronicles preserved evidence that special attention was paid here to the development of viticulture and fruit growing. Often in the historical information that has come down to us, the technology of making wine and beer is mentioned.
Due to the fact that the bulk of the grapes goes to the production of the legendary Armenian brandy, Armenian wine is supplied abroad only in small quantities. Therefore, it is not well known to the “non-Armenian” consumer.