YEREVAN-TOURINFO- The start of the wine growing season is here. For the first time this year, the winemakers celebrated it with the Voskehat Wine Festival on September 7, 2019 in Ashtarak.
The start of the wine-making season began with the Voskehat Wine Festival, which took place on September 7 in Ashtarak.
The start of the winemaking season in the professional environment is called the “New Year” of winemakers. This year, for winemakers, it was marked by the Voskehat Win
e Festival. The guests witnessed the blessing ceremony, after which the goldsmith pressed down and filled the symbolic barrel with hunger.
Zaruhi Muradyan, Director of the Foundation of Armenian Viticulture and Winemaking handed over a full barrel of grape juice to Grigori Avetisyan, President of the Artsakh Union of Vineyards and Winemakers for the next wine festival which will take place on September 21 in Togh village of Artsakh.
The fermentation will be carried out in Artsakh, and then the barrel will be handed over to Nune Manukyan, Director of the Areni Festival Fund, to organize the Areni Wine Festival on October 5. “Next year we will open the barrel on this day and enjoy the wine of the festival. Then we will fill up with new hunger and go back to Artsakh again. Zaruhi Muradyan said adding that the Hunger Transfer Board is the continuation of such events. We wish wine to be glorified this way in all regions where wine is made.
A large area adjacent to the St. Sarkis Church in Ashtarak was chosen for the festival, with separate zones allowing representatives of wineries, Aragatsotn communities, restaurants and other pavilions to offer guests a variety of flavors.
Marina, a tourist from St. Petersburg, is spending her second day in Armenia. She tasted Armenian wine for the first time, and liked it very much. “I particularly like red dry wine. I think Armenian wine is close to French. Both in France and in Armenia the vineyards are old, which gives the wine depth”.
Laila Andrews Bashan, Head of the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Sustainable Development said: “The wine I tried here can definitely challenge any wine in the world. I think Armenian wine is great. I have traveled a lot with my family and work, and I must say that Armenian wine can be compared to the wines of Italy, Spain and California.”
The music program was also varied; at the beginning folk, then Armenian ethno, and at the end, dance music to suit the mood.
Photos by Mediamax
