CHARITY ORGANIZATION PLANS TO REVIVE WINERY IN IJEVAN

ARMENPRESS
Dec 19 2007

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, ARMENPRESS: Assistance to Armenia, a charity
organization, based in the Swiss town of Schafhausen, plans to reopen
a white wine factory in the town of Ijevan in the province of Tavush.

This organization’s chairmen Mihran Baronian, an ethnic Armenia,
said to Armenpress that the winery has been idle since the collapse
of the Soviet Union.

He said an area of 100 hectares will be planted with high quality
grape.

"Our goal is to have a winery that will produce high quality white
wine," Baronian said.

He said some $500,000 are needed for the first phase of
re-commissioning the winery, which may start selling its products
2-3 years later.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress