Vedi Alco Winery

Coordinates: 39°55′54″N 44°37′20″E / 39.93167°N 44.62222°E / 39.93167; 44.62222
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Vedi Alco
Company typeClosed Joint-Stock Company
Industry,
Key people
Asatur Gevorgyan (General manager)
ProductsAlcoholic beverages
OwnerManvel Ghazaryan (Major shareholder)
Websitevedi-alco.am

Vedi Alco (

Ararat plain as well as the Areni and Getap region of Vayots Dzor
.

History

The construction of the Vedi Wine Factory was launched in 1952 and completed in 1956

Ginevet
under the independent government of Armenia, during the 2000s.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Vedi Wine Factory was privatized in 1994 to become a

closed joint-stock company
.

The products of the factory are constantly exported to Russia, United States, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, France, Lithuania, etc.[3]

The Getap Wine Factory operating since 1938 in the village of Getap in Vayots Dzor is also owned by the "Vedi Alco" CJSC since its privatization in 1994.[4]

Products and brands

Getap Vernashen, red semisweet wine from Vedi Alco, made of the Areni Noir grapes[5]

Currently, the factory produces wine, cognac (brandy) and vodka.[6][7][8]

The winery produces a variety of red and white, dry semisweet and dessert wines. Notable wine brands of Vedi Alco include the Yerevantsi,[9] Getap Vernashen, Areni Gold, Anush, Hayq, Khoran, Vivat Armenia and Kharji. The winery also produces many types of wine derived from the grapes of Areni, Kagor, Muscat and Saperavi. The winery also produces fruit wine, derived from blackberry, raspberry, cherry, peach and pomegranate.

Vodka brands of Vedi include the Afisha, Leader, Stolik, Senator, Novinka, and Bochka. The winery also produces fruit vodka, derived from grape, apricot, cornelian cherry, mulberry, forest pear and cherry.

Cognac brands of Vedi include Duduk (7 and 10 years old), Araks (10 years old) and Vivat Armenia (3, 5, 7 and 10 years old). The winery also produces Muscat and apricot cognac.

References

  1. ^ Vedi Alco
  2. ^ "Best Buy Liquors Vedi Alco". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  3. ^ Vedi Alco brand is also popular outside Armenia
  4. ^ "History of Vedi Alco CJSC". Archived from the original on 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  5. ^ Getap Vernashen
  6. ^ "Wine and fruit wine at Vedi Alco". Archived from the original on 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  7. ^ "Cognac at Vedi Alco". Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  8. ^ "Vodka at Vedi Alco". Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  9. ^ "Yerevantsi wine from Vedi Alco". Archived from the original on 2015-02-14. Retrieved 2016-12-08.

External links

39°55′54″N 44°37′20″E / 39.93167°N 44.62222°E / 39.93167; 44.62222