Ararat Akhtamar 10 Year Old Armenian Brandy, 50 cl

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The factory is mainly famous for its Noy and Kremlin Award Armenian brandy brands. The products are exported to many countries of the CIS and Europe, as well as the United States and Australia.

In 1899 Shustov invited Kyrill Silchenko, who had just finished Nikitin's school of wine-making, to work at the factory. He worked at the factory devotedly and dedicated all his life to the development of production of wine and brandy. This is why Armenians called him "the great Ukrainian son of Armenian people". This species, also called Persian oak, is part of the family of white oaks and grows in the Caucasus and surrounding region. There are over a hundred-different species of white oaks, only a handful of them, however, are used for maturing wines and spirits. Currently, the Yerevan Ararat Brandy Factory produces a variety of Armenian brandy, mainly under the brand NOY: [5]

Ararat Brandy is only made using Armenian grapes from Ararat Valley, which are aged in barrels for at least 3 years. You have 2 different tasting options, the traditional tasting or the premium. An undocumented story claims that during the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill was so impressed with the Armenian brandy Dvin given to him by Joseph Stalin [4] that he asked for several cases of it to be sent to him each year. [5] [6] [7] Reportedly 400 bottles of Dvin were shipped to Churchill annually. [3] [8] This brandy was named in honour of the ancient capital Dvin, and was first produced in 1943. [8] The prime min­is­ter enjoyedArArAt brandy when it was served by Stal­in at the Yal­ta con­fer­ence in Feb­ru­ary 1945. After the Sec­ond World War, the Sovi­et leader arranged for Churchill to be sent 400 bot­tles everyyear. The largest Soviet-era brandy distiller, the Yerevan Brandy Company, was sold by the Armenian government to French spirits giant Pernod-Ricard in 1999. It is the most common brand of Armenian brandy found abroad and is today exported to over 20 countries. a b Prynn, Jonathan (23 March 2012). "First chance to buy brandy that Stalin served Churchill". London Evening Standard . Retrieved 6 March 2015. Sir Winston Churchill's favourite Armenian brandy... The brandy, which was also a favourite of Agatha Christie and Frank Sinatra, has been made in the Ararat Valley since 1877.

Churchill drankastill white wine on occa­sion. The only such type men­tioned by the apprais­er was acase of’ “per­fect­ly dread­ful” Chardon­nay. Churchill had per­son­al­ly bot­tled this with his long­time friend Hilaire Bel­loc.Hefor­bade throw­ing itout. a b Vladimir Gendlin (2003). "Armenia. The cognac republic". Коммерсантъ. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30 . Retrieved 2007-07-28. After the tour, you’ll be taken to the tasting room where you can finally try the highly raved about Ararat Brandy. The country’s vineyards benefit from dry warm summers and cold snowy winters. Around 20 million liters (5.7 million gallons) of brandy are produced each year and, in another resemblance to Cognac, around 90% is exported. Aging and categories The judges were so impressed that they gave Shustov the right to label his products as Cognac, even though they weren’t produced in the Cognac region.Brandy production is still a big business in Armenia. Yerevan, the country’s capital, boasts more brandy distillers per capita than any other city in the world, including Cognac.