Ijevan Wine-Brandy Factory ( (''Ijevani Ginu-Konyaki Gortsaran'')), is a leading enterprise of

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for the production of wine, fruit wine and brandy. The factory was opened in 1951 in

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during the

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period. The factory is located on Yerevan Street 9,

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History

Modern viticulture in the region of

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has been developed since the 1950s. In 1951, the Ijevan Wine-Brandy Factory was founded in to process the grapes of Aghstev and Spitak rivers valley, with more than 3000 ha of vineyards. At the beginning, the factory had produced different types of wine, cognac, as well as champagne. At that period, the plant did not have a bottling line, thus, the entire product was being sent to the Yerevan for the bottling process. During the Soviet days, the production of Ijevan factory has been delivered to different regions of the

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. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the factory was privatized in 1996 to become a

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. The factory was replenished with a modern bottling line, with major renovation and expansion works performed. Many of the factory's products are exported to Russia, United States,

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Products and brands

Currently, the factory produces

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink made from Fermentation in winemaking, fermented fruit. Yeast in winemaking, Yeast consumes the sugar in the fruit and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Wine is most often made f ...

fruit wine Fruit wines are fermented alcoholic beverages made from a variety of base ingredients (other than grapes); they may also have additional flavors taken from fruits, flowers, and herbs. This definition is sometimes broadened to include any alcohol ...

sparkling wine Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy. While it is common to refer to this as champagne, European Union countries legally reserve that word for products exclusively produced in the Champagne ( ...

brandy Brandy is a liquor produced by distilling wine. Brandy generally contains 35–60% alcohol by volume (70–120 US proof) and is typically consumed as an after-dinner digestif. Some brandies are aged in wooden casks. Others are coloured ...

, fruit vodka as well as fruit paste, vegetable preservation and juice. Wine variety of Ijevan factory includes red and white, dry, semisweet and liqueur wine under the brands of ''Ijevan'', ''Khachkar'', ''Ijevan Tnakan'', ''Sargon'', ''Ijevan Areni'', ''Ijevan Muscat'', ''Ijevan Saperavi'', ''Ijevan Kagor'', ''Nazeli'', ''Gayane'', ''Vazashen'', ''Haghartsin'' and the ''Selected Ijevan'' special edition of red and white dry wine. It also produces the ''Old Ijevan'' red and white vintage wine from the 1977 and 1982 harvest. ''Haghartsin'' is white sparkling wine also produced by the Ijevan factory. The company has a variety of fruit wine including pomegranate, blackberry, cornelian cherry, quince, tea rose and cherry. Transparent white fruit vodka produced by Ijevan includes cornelian cherry, apricot, mulberry and grape. Armenian brandies produced by Ijevan are also popular, mainly the 40 years old ''King Abgar'', the 20, 25 and 30 years old ''Nemrut'', the 22 years old ''Ijevan Special Edition'' and the 15 years old ''Arqa''. Other notable brandies include ''Ijevan'' 3 and 5 years old, ''Ijevan Premium'' 3 and 5 years old, ''Ijevan Apricot'' 5 and 10 years old, ''Vanuhi'' 7 years old, and ''Old Ijevan'' 10 years old.

References

External links

Official website
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History

Products and brands

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