Armenia Unable to Fill Wine Gap in Russia

Remember our earlier post about Armenian wines in Russia with Georgia out of the picture?

A parliament member Manvel Ghazarian, who is also the owner of one of the biggest Armenian wineries - Vedi Alco - lamented yesterday that Armenian wineries are unable to fill the gap in Russian wine market that has emerged after its authorities banned imports of Georgian and Moldavian wines last year.

He said Moldova and Russia were selling about 200 million bottles of wine in Russia, while all Armenian wineries can produce together about 10 million bottles of wine. Ghazarian said the ban on Russian and Moldavian wines has prompted a bigger interest in Armenian products.

I wonder if there is a market in Russia for cheap Californian wines? If I am asbent for weeks, you will know why!

Source: ArmenPress