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Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia, in cooperation with the Wine Committee of the Auvergne Rhône Alpes region of France and GIZ Armenia, initiated the development of a strategy for the development of wine tourism in Armenia.

A meeting was held within the framework of the "Digital Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Eastern Partnership Countries" project, which was attended by SME development policymakers and experts from Armenia, representatives of the private sector, as well as RA government officials, representatives of the European Union, GIZ and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The famous ProWein 2024 alcoholic beverages expo took place in Dusseldorf, Germany. This year, Armenia was represented by a joint national pavilion, dis  playing the products of 22 Armenian wine producers.

Director of Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia Zaruhi Muradyan participated in the 100th anniversary event of the International Organization of Viticulture and Winemaking (OIV).

The Armenian delegation took part in Green Week 2024 (Grüne Woche) in Berlin, with a joint national wine pavilion featuring products of 13 companies. It is the world's largest consumer trade fair, an important platform for the beverage and food industry.

To replenish the wines of the single platform for the online sales of Armenian wines, www.winesofarmenia.store, in 2023, the blind tasting competition "Wines of Armenia" was held in two stages. The competition is organized by the Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia (VWFA) with the support of GIZ.

The editor-in-chief of the Italian online periodical Winemag.it, wine critic Davit Bortone and international wine buyer Giovanni Lombardo visited Armenia at the invitation of the Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia (VWFA) with GIZ’s support.

For the participants of the "MEDS Gyumri 2023" workshop, the German Cooperation Company, with the support of the VWFA, organized a wine tasting-presentation of the Wines of Armenia platform.

Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia and the National Agrarian University, together with the University of Geisenheim in Germany, with the support of the GIZ, organised the "Wine Business" international conference.

On July 9-10, the ArmWine 2023 exhibition was held in St. Petersburg, where more than 200 wines from 35 Armenian wine companies were presented.

Tamlyn Currin, a wine journalist and senior editor of the well-known JancisRobinson.com website,was in Armenia at the invitation of the Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia and with the funding from the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).

Armenian wines participated in the prestigious London Wine Fair 2023 exhibition during the period of May 15 to 17.

Concours Mondial de Bruxelles is the largest European wine-tasting competition, during the 30 years of its existence, the evaluation committee has tasted and evaluated more than 175,000 wines from 65 countries.

From March 19 to 21, in Dusseldorf Germany, 23 Armenian wine-producing companies demonstrated their products and told the world the legend of Armenian wine.

On August 5 and 6, Dilijan will host the DILIJAN WINE FEST 2023 with the support of the Tourism Committee of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia.

The Institute of Molecular Biology of Armenia was part of the world's largest grape genome research project, realized by 23 research centers from 16 countries. 

The internationally renowned Mundus Vini International Awards, established in Germany, is considered one of the most influential wine competitions in the world. 

At the annual food and beverage exhibition ProdExpo 2023 in Moscow, 20 Armenian winemaking companies supported by the Vine & Wine Foundation of Armenia were presented in a single  national pavilion, with their over 150 still and sparkling wines.

On May 15-17, the annual ProWein wine and alcoholic beverages exhibition took place in Dusseldorf, Germany. It is the most prestigious trade fair in Europe, which for almost 25 years provides a platform for a specialized audience of wine and spirits companies - wine experts, consumers, journalists, representatives of the HoReCa sector.

On April 28-29, "Wines of Armenia" blind tasting competition was held in the "Best Western Plus Congress" Hotel in Yerevan. The event was organised by the Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia, with support of GIZ.

During the 29th ProdExpo 2022 International Exhibition of Food and Alcoholic Beverages, Armenian wines were presented by the Vine and Wine Foundation of Armenia (VWFA) with a joint national pavilion.

10 Armenian wine producers participated in the Wine and Spirits Ukraine 2021 in the city of Kiev on November 2-4.

Selected wines of Armenia were presented at the "Be Wine International" wine exhibition on September 4-5.

At the initiative of "DAR" Foundation of Regional Development and Competitiveness, Kristian Brask Thomsen, the founder of the world's first culinary embassy - ​​Bon Vivant Communications - arrived in Armenia to breathe new life into centuries-old Armenian cuisine.

This year, Yerevan Wine Days was held on June 4-5 bringing together thousands of wine and food lovers and tourists.

To communicate Armenia’s wine heritage and culture and to promote Armenia's wine regions and wine tourism the Vine and wine foundation of Armenia has launched a hand book “ Explore Armenia through a glass of wine”.

To explore the 6100 year old wine heritage of Armenia the delegation of the editors and photojournalists from Simple Wine News attended Armenia.

134 types of wine produced by 34 Armenian wine companies took part in the competition, which were "blind" tasted and assessed by the representatives of the participating wine companies