Armenian winemakers advise to drink white dry wine in summerJuly 8, 2011 - 14:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the Union of Armenian Winemakers Avag Harutyunyan advises to drink white dry wine in the summer evenings, as wine is very useful. According to him, men should drink 300 grams of wine every day, while women should consume 100 grams less. As Harutyunyan said summing up results of the first half year of 2011, a batch production of wine has recorded a 20% growth as compared with same period in 2010. Production of brandy increased by 6%, while beer production underwent a 10% decline. In this respect, Harutyunyan stressed that in post-crisis period consumption of vodka has decreased in Armenia. “In the first half year of 2011, the volume of consumed vodka in Armenia amounted to 3.1 mln. liters, as against 4.7 mln. liters in 2010,” he said. As regards wine consumption, it remained unchanged, that is 1.4 mln. liters, whereas brandy consumption in the reporting period totaled 625 thous. liters against 610 thous. liters in 2010. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |