Armenian brandy producers say they're unsure exactly how to market their award-winning spirits that are known to most consumers as “cognac” as an EU agreement banning use of that word comes into force ...

With the ARARAT Flavor range, the company is taking Armenian brandy in a new direction. The spirit is traditionally produced with no additional flavorings, but the company has seen the opportunity to ...

The Caucasus region spreads across Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and part of Russia. While Georgian cuisine is famous worldwide for its cheese-filled bread boats, neighboring Armenia boasts its own ...

The European Union will pay Armenia 3 million euros to rename its prize-winning grape-based spirits, which have traditionally been known as “cognac.” Under European law, the term is a trademark and ...

In the cellars of the Yerevan Brandy Company sits a barrel of brandy that has been waiting 13 years for resolution of Armenia’s conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of ...

From neighboring hilltops overlooking Armenia's capital, two distilleries are dueling over a biblical brand name and this desperately poor nation's biggest export: brandy.One distillery is run by a ...

Last week I wrote about Armenia’s wine history, which can be traced back to 4000 BC. But the modern Armenian wine industry “is not 6,000 years old — it’s closer to six,” quips Yeraz Gharibian, ...

Wine has always been an inseparable part of Armenian history. Just look at Areni-1, an ancient winery discovered in the village of Areni in 2007, with well-preserved clay vessels, a wine press for ...

There’s a restaurant in Chicago called Sayat Nova, which is named for the Armenian 18 th century poet Arutin Sayadyan, whose pen name means “King of Songs.” The food is so good I used to fly it back ...

The next time you go out to eat at a nice restaurant, ask your server if they offer any Armenian wines. The odds are high that they won't even know what an Armenian wine is and even higher that it won ...