ZULAL
“Zulal» wines were founded by Aimee Keushguerian in 2017. The main grape varieties are Areni and Voskehat which are sourced from approximately 40 grape-growers in the villages of Aghavnadzor and Rind as well as the Arpa Valley in the Vayots Dzor region.
“Zulal” means “pure” in Armenian. Wines aim to express the purest characteristics of Armenian indigenous grape varieties. High elevation viticulture, extreme climate and volcanic soil give these wines their distinctive character.
Zulal is also engaged in working with lesser known grape varieties, such as Koghbeni, Nazeli, Movuz, Tozot, Karmir Kot, Sireni from Artsakh, Jrjruk, Kakhet.
Wines include:
ZULAL ARENI CLASSIC
ZULAL VOSKEHAT CLASSIC
ZULAL ARENI RESERVE
ZULAL MILAR
VAN ARDI
In 2008, the unyielding faith in the art of wine drove Varuzhan Mouradian and his family to uproot their lives in Los Angeles and embark on a generational journey in Armenian wine culture.
The boutique estate winery is based near Ashtarak, less than an hour North-West of the capital, Yerevan.
“Van Ardi” translates as ‘Sun of Van”, referring to the ancient capital of Armenia.
Since its inception, the estate has operated based on organic, bio-natural principles and is in the process of obtaining international certification
Van Ardi wines are made from Areni, Haghtanak, Milagh, Kangun, Voskehat, and Syrah grape varieties.
Wines include:
VAN ARDI ESTATE BLEND
VAN ARDI ROSE
VAN ARDI KANGUN
VAN ARDI MEDIUM DRY KANGUN
VAN ARDI RESERVE ARENI
VAN ARDI RESERVE HAGHTANAK
VAN ARDI RESERVE MILAGH
VAN ARDI RESERVE SYRAH
TOR TORI RED
TORI TORI WHITE
VOSKENI
Voskeni Wines, located at Sardarapat, Ararat valley is a family owned and managed winery. Vineyard was founded by our family forefather Smbat Mateossian, a successful businessman from Boston, who moved to Armenia in the early 1920-es. He dreamed of his own winery. Unfortunately, Smbat was repressed and his property was confiscated during the Bolsheviks time. In 2008 we bought back the vineyard full of authentic grape varieties and made his dream of high quality wine come true. The diverse Ararat valley microclimates and the extraordinary terroir create unique conditions for cultivating exquisite grape sorts and producing elegant wines reflecting the 6000-year old rich authentic wine making traditions.
Main indigenous grape varieties used in wine production are: Areni, Voskehat, Kangun, Khndoghni, Garan Dmak, milagh, Khatun, Qrdi Chakat.
Wines include:
VOSKENI RED DRY
130 RESERVE ARENI
VOSKENI WHITE DRY
VOSKENI WHITE SEMI-DRY
SARDARAPATI RESERVE
SIRO ROSE
GN WINERY
“GN winery” was founded in 2018. Co-founder Areg Khojoyan believes that good winemaking begins in the vineyard, where they use sustainable and biodynamic viticulture practices to combine traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. Using modern technologies, “GN Winery” produces high-quality wines, and the grapes used in production grow in Vayots Dzor and Aragatsotn regions.
The main indigenous grape varieties used are: Areni, Voskehat, Khatun Kharji, Hagtanak and Kangun.
Wines include:
VAN CAT ROSE DRY
VAN CAT KANGUN WHITE DRY
VAN CAT ARENI RED DRY
KANGUN BARREL FERMENTED WHITE DRY
HOGI VOSKEHAT WHITE DRY
HOGI ARENI/HAGHTANAK RED RESERVE
KIN RED RESERVE
KIN WHITE
NOA
Jacob Schuler, the current head of St. Jakobskellerei Schuler & Cie AG Schwyz, one of the most famous wine houses founded in Switzerland back in 1694, invested years of experience and technological skills in Armenia in 2017, creating an excellent assortment of Armenian wines from grape varieties born on Armenian idyllic terroir.
“Noa” Winery produces red, white, rose still wines made from Areni, Tozot, Milagh, Voskehat, Khatuni indigenous grape varieties.
The brands are: "NOA", "Arkuri", "Arevuni".
Wines include:
NOA ARENI RESERVE LIMITED EDITION
NOA ARENI RED DRY
NOA WHITE DRY RESERVE
NOA ROSE DRY
NOA NATURAL SWEET LATE HARVEST
ARKURI WHITE DRY VOSKEHAT
ARKURI WHITE DRY KHATOUNI
ARKURI ROSE DRY
ARKURI RED DRY ARENI
ARKURI RED DRY MILAGH
AREVUNI WHITE DRY
AREVUNI RED DRY
AREVUNI ROSE DRY
ZARA MURADYAN
Zara Muradyan Wines is a family owned boutique winery created since 2012.
The founder is the winemaker PhD Zaruhi Muradyan, whose activities in the field of winemaking started since 2000s. She is also the executive director of the Vine and Wine Foundation in Armenia, the initiator and ex-director of EVN Wine Academy, and the founder of the Young Winemakers’ Union of Armenia.
The winery created by her produces unique wines from Armenian indigenous grape varieties using innovative technologies based on her own scientific researches.
Wines produced are:
ZARA MURADYAN WINES ARENI
ZARA MURADYAN WINES ARENI RESERVE
ZARA MURADYAN WINES ARENI ROSE
ZARA MURADYAN WINES VOSKEHAT
QOTOT
“Qotot” winery was founded in 2014 by Vahagn Ghazaryan and his family. Winery is located in Areni village, Vayots Dzor Region, which has a great role in the history of Armenian wine and is known for its thousand-year winemaking traditions.
The legend has it, that Qotot wine is the reflection of a friendship between a bear cub (“qotot” in Armenian) and a child, which started after they tasted ripe grapes together.
Today Qotot transmits the values of peace , friendship and pleasure.
Qotot presents red, white and rose dry wines from Areni and Voskehat grape varieties.
Wines include:
QOTOT RED DRY
QOTOT ROSE DRY
QOTOT WHITE DRY
NORQI KEGHAR
"Norqi Marani" company was born in 2019 and is located in one of the important historical cellars that have reached our days. This 150-year-old cellar belongs to the Derdzakian family, who are the founders of this boutique winery that enriched the local wine market with another wine, Norki Keghar.
The word "keghar" is delivered from Western Armenian meaning "wine cellar". This series of wines are created from only the best-selected white and black grapes.
The main grape varieties are Areni, Karmrahyut, Kangun, Voskehat and Ararati. The production technology is traditionally craft, fermentation takes place on wild yeast, all wines are aged in barrels or clay amphoras - karases. The wine of the Ararati brand is collectible, due to the fact that the vine was planted more than 100 years ago by the founders of the winery.
Wines include:
NORQI KEGHAR ARARATI
NORQI KEGHAR ARENI
NORQI KEGHAR CARASI
NORQI KEGHAR ARENI ROSE
NORQI KEGHAR KANGOUN
NORQI KEGHAR KARMRAHYUT
NORQI KEGHAR VOSKEHAT
GEVORKIAN
“Gevorkian Winery” was established in 2006 in Armenia by Vahagn Gevorkian.
“Winemaking is a heavenly granted chance to create eternal values.”-says the founder Vahagn Gevorkian. The goal of the company is to achieve ideal combination of originality and traditional quality.
Аdvanced technologies were applied to craft distinctive wines using the ancient Armenian “Kakhani” method for producing noble wines from dried grapes. They claim to have revived the unjustly forgotten traditions of monastery amphora wine, as well as applied
the tradition of producing Ice Wine, Orange Wine and Pet Nat in Armenia.
The line of brand names include: “Ariats", “Anais”, “Gevorkian Amphora”, “Pet Nat”, etc. The main strategy of the Company is to use only local Armenian grape varieties, such as Voskehat, Muscateni, Areni, Kakhani (method), Kangun etc.
Wines include:
ARIATS KES KAKHANI RED DRY
ARIATS KAKHANI RESERVERED DRY
ARIATS KAKHANI RESERVE RED SWEET
ARIATS VOSKEHAT WHITE DRY
ARIATS VOSKEHAT ORANGE WHITE DRY
ARIATS MUSCATENI WHITE DRY
ARIATS ARENI ROSE DRY
GEVORKIAN AMPHORA WHITE DRY
GEVORKIAN AMPHORA RED DRY
ANAIS RESERVE ICEWINE WHITE SWEET
HAY PET NAT SPARKLING ROSE DRY
HAY PET NAT SPARKLING RED DRY
TUS
“Tus” wines were created in 2019 by “Northern Terroir” company. The winery and gardens are located in Koghb village of Tavush province. The average height of 24 ha of vineyards is 450m. No pesticides or herbicides are used, so the grapes are grown almost organically.
The founders of the company believe that their wines reflect nation’s strength, professionalism, methods, teamwork and love. They see their mission as setting standards for next generations by combining ancient Armenian winemaking traditions with innovative solutions.
Company is specialized in white wines using endemic Armenian Lalvari grape variety.
Wines include:
TUS WHITE DRY
TUS WHITE DRY RESERVE
ZOÉ SPARKLING WHITE DRY
ALLURIA
Starting 2013 the Machanyan family laid the path for a family winemaking experimental small-scale productionin Etchmiadzin. Their goal was to revive family traditions and create an entirely natural wine.
The wine-making traditions of the Machanyan family began in a small village called Aylur, located near Lake Vana. The name of the village comes from the river Alluria flowing around the village.
Inspired by the family winemaking traditions coming from several centuries, the family created “Alluria” wines from Haghtanak and Karmrahyut grape varieties grown in their own vineyards.
Alluria has also special edition wines from Khndoghni and Voskehat grape varietis.
Wines are made with traditional methods, with spontaneous fermentation, meaning that no commercial yeasts and sulfites are added.
Wines include:
ALLURIA THE CLASSIC RED
ALLURIA THE SPECIAL N1 RED
ALLURIA THE BEAUTY WHITE
ALLURIA THE ROSE
ALLURIA THE RESERVE RED
ALLURIA THE DARK (GRAND RESERVE) 2019
JRAGHATSPANYAN
The Jraghatspanians, who moved from Western Armenia to the Blur district of the historic capital of Armavir, known for its ancient wine-making traditions of the Ararat valley, planted gardens, built an underground cellar in the 1890s, and made their own wine with the power of tradition, passing on these knowledge and skills from generation to generation.
The wines are created as a result of the fusion of traditional and inherited methods of processing the fruits of sunny grapes.
The wines produced under the brands "Jraghatspanyan" and "Bambak" are made from the Armenian grape varieties of Tigrani, Karmrahyut, Garan Dmak, Kangun, which are grown in the unique terroir of the village of Bambakashat, Armavir region.
Wines include:
JRAGHATSPANYAN SPECIAL SELECTION GARAN DMAK WHITE DRY
JRAGHATSPANYAN RED DRY
JRAGHATSPANYAN RESERVE RED DRY
JRAGHATSPANYAN ROSE DRY
JRAGHATSPANYAN SPECIAL SELECTION TIGRANI RED DRY
JRAGHATSPANYAN WHITE DRY
BAMBAK ROSE DRY
BAMBAK RED DRY
BAMBAK WHITE DRY
BAMBAK ORANGE WHITE DRY
BAMBAK MUSCAT WHITE DRY
VOSKEVAZ
«Voskevaz Winery” was founded back in 1932 and is located in Voskevaz village of Aragatsotn region.
Davit Hovhannisyan bought the winery in 1997 and started mass renovation works. Since 2004, the factory experienced its renaissance, when David's two brothers joined the team of the winery, creating a new, unique tourist complex.
Along with all the innovations, it has carefully preserved most of the elements like old buildings making it more authentic.
Today, Voskevaz creates wines that are produced both using modern winemaking methods and using old traditional “Karases” (amphoras) that were created back in the late 19th century.
Only local grape varieties are used in wine production, such as: Areni, Haghtanak, Milagh, Sireni, Voskehat, Kangun, Muscat Vardabyur, and high-quality Armenian oak barrels are used for aging.
Wines include:
VOSKEVAZ WHITE DRY
VOSKEVAZ WHITE SEMI-SWEET
VOSKEVAZ RED DRY
VOSKEVAZ RED SEMI-SWEET
VOSKEVAZ ROSE DRY
VOSKEVAZ VINTAGE ARENI RED DRY
VOSKEVAZ VINTAGE HAGHTANAK MILAGH RED DRY
VOSKEVAZ VINTAGE SIRENI RED DRY
VOSKEVAZ VINTAGE MUSCAT WHITE DRY
VOSKEVAZ VINTAGE VOSKEHAT WHITE DRY
VOSKEVAZ KATARINE DESSERT
VOSKEVAZ MUSCAT ROSALI DESSERT
VOSKEVAZ KARASI COLLECTION, VOSKEHAT WHITE DRY
VOSKEVAZ KARASI COLLECTION, HAGHTANAK RED DRY
VOSKEVAZ KARASI COLLECTION, ARENI NOIR RED DRY
VOSKEVAZ VANAKAN RED DRY
ACOL
“ACOL” Company wines are produced from special grapes, selected with a unique flavor which are grown at an altitude of 900-1800 meters above sea level and are manually harvested, one by one, in a natural way.
The fermentation process takes place only naturally, without any additives or enhancements.
The wines are aged in oak barrels with a capacity of 1500-2000 liters, which are stored underground at a depth of 2-2.5 meters.
Before bottling, the wines are filtered and cooled.
Wines include:
ACOL MILAGH RED DRY
ACOL MILAGH-KARMRAHYUT RED DRY
ACOL ARENI RED DRY
ACOL KARJI KHATUNI WHITE DRY
ACOL MUSKAT HAMBURG ROSE DRY
ACOL LALVARI WHITE DRY
WINE ART
"Wine Art" winery was established in 2019 in Yerevan by Tigran Avagyan.
Adhering to the traditions of Armenian winemaking, it presents to its consumers natural wines made with unique grape varieties collected from the orchards of Aragatsotn and Armavir wine regions.
Grape varieties used in wine production are: Haghtanak, Karmrahyut, Milagh, Voskehat, Muscat, Chilar.
The wines of "Wine Art Winery” are produced using traditional methods and natural fermentation, without additives and sulfates.
Wines include:
LUSAK WHITE DRY
SUTAK RED DRY
SIRVARDE ROSE DRY
QNARE ORANGE DRY
KTAV RED DRY
KTAV WHITE DRY
KTAV ROSE DRY
WINE HOUSE
“Wine House” company has been established by Garush Samvelyan in 2011. The company is producing exclusive wines using principally its own grapes.
Vineyards are located on a 10 ha plot of land in the village of Aghtsk, Aragatsotn province.
The Company cultivates ancient indigenous and new-generation grape varieties of Armenia in its vineyards. Grape variaties used in winemaking are Viskehat, Milagh, Haghtanak, Muscat, Vardabuyr.
Sarduri Wines are named after the Armenian King of Urartu.
Wines include.
SARDURI WHITE DRY
SARDURI WHITE RESERVE
SARDURI RED DRY
SARDURI RED RESERVE
SARDURI SWEET MUSCAT
SARDURI ROSE
SAMVELYAN RED DRY
SAMVELYAN WHITE DRY
OLD VINE RED
MOONQ
Moonq wines are the perfect manifestation of how dreams come true.
The creation of this winery is a result of devotion and commitment of its founder, Tevan Poghosyan.
After 18 years of amateur production, he finally made a decision to create his own brand and fully merge into his favorite industry.
MOONQ offers wines made of Armenian Areni, Khndoghni, Nrneni and Voskehat grape varieties.
Wines include:
MOONQ NRNENI
MOONQ NRNENI-KHNDOGHNI-ARENI BLEND
MOONQ VOSKEHAT WHITE DRY
KOGHBA
"Koghba Wines" was created in 2021 in Koghb village of Tavush region by co-founders Gagik Aghababyan and Arsen Drambyan.
The brand produces dry, semi-dry, as well as special wines from endemic grapes, including Lalvari, Banants, Jrjruk, Kanach Keni, Koghbeni, as well as ordinary wines: white dry, rosé dry, semi-dry and red dry wines.
For the first time as a scientific experiment, a strong sweet wine of the Port wine style was produced, from the late special harvest of Lalvari grapes with barrel aging for at least one year.
With the initiative of Gagik Aghababyan a specialized nursery for the propagation of new types of grapes and a collection garden of grapes was planted near the winery, where about 7 types of grapes are already localized.
Wines include:
KOGHBA LALVARI
KOGHBA WHITE DRY
KOGHBA WHITE SEMI-DRY
KOGHBA ROSE DRY
KOGHBA ROSE SEMI DRY
KOGHBA RED DRY
KOGHBA RED RESERVE
KOGHBA WHITE RESERVE
Special Wines:
KOGHBA KAKHANI KOGHBENI
KOGHBA ICE WINE
KOGHBA WHITE SWEET RESERVE
Special endemic wines:
KOGHBA JRJRUK
KOGHBA KANACH KENI
KOGHBA BANANTS
STORK
The founders of the "Stork Nest" winery are Karen Tsharakyan and Syune Barseghyan, who strive to present themselves to the consumer with wines that embody the characteristics and essence of Armenian land and indigenous grape varieties.
Karen Tsharakyan, the co-founder of Stork wine, has lived and worked outside the homeland for more than 18 years and came up with the idea of creating an iconic wine since 2015, when he started visiting Armenia more often. And already in April 2019, the story of STORK wine started.
STORK originates from Ararat Valley in Armenia where the art of winemaking is being mastered. The name and label are an homage to storks, who seasonally migrate to live and raise their young alongside the grapes of the valley and are an integral part of the landscape and culture.
Wine is made from Kangun grape variety.
Wines include:
STORK WHITE DRY
AZARIA
«Azaria Winery” is a family-owned company, established in 2019 in Dimitrov village of Ararat Region. Entered the market later in 2020 (vintage 2019).
The co-founder and winemaker is Hrant Yeghiazaryan, who combined ancestral winemaking secrets with modern methods.
Family members compare Azaria's winemaking tradition with the deep vine roots printed on the bottle’s label.
The company produces red and white dry wines from Armenian grape varieties, such as Haghtanak, Areni, Kangun.
Wines include:
AZARIA RED DRY
AZARIA WHITE DRY
AZARIA RESERVE 2020
MARAN
Maran Winery’s story goes 2 centuries back to 1828 and the 4th generation of winemakers is already taking the lead of the traditions.
In 2018, German oenologist Rainer Ruettiger joined Winery’s team and the family grew even more.
Together they embarked on a new winemaking journey, which brought them to Malahi wines: a new line of red and white wines that represent the crossing of different winemaking parallels and different terroirs.
MALAHI is the original old name of the Areni grape variety. The bottle bears the work of Armenian architect Ararat Haydeyan.
Grape varieties used in wines are: Voskehat, Khatun Kharji, Spitak Areni, Kangun, Aligote, Areni, Khndogni, Sirah
Wines include:
ZARM RED DRY
MALAHI WHITE DRY
MALAHI AMBER DRY
MALAHI RED DRY
MALAHI RESERVE
NORAVANK WHITE DRY
NORAVANK RED DRY
NORAVANK ROSE DRY
BAGRATUNI RED DRY
BAGRATUNI WHITE DRY
HALDE UNDERWATER WINE
MEYRON
One of the young bearers of Vayots Dzor's winemaking traditions is “Meyron” Wines. Since December 2021, the activity of the organization has started in the vineyards of Rind settlement in Vayots Dzor region.
Grandfather's edification: "If you are going to make wine, it should be “meyron”(chrism)”, was decisive and equally binding for the founder of wines to create a product that would strive to be the best. Today, every step of the winemaking process is taken with great efforts to create a wine that lives up to that promise.
It is important for the company to exclusively work with grapes of Armenian endemic varieties, such as Areni, Voskehat, Milagh etc. The first claret wine, an innovation for the Armenian market, was also a “Meyron” product."
Wines include:
MEYRON RED ARENI
MEYRON ROSE ARENI
MEYRON WHITE VOSKEHAT
MEYRON RED MILAGH
MEYRON CLARET ARENI
MEYRON SUMMER WINE WHITE
DOVE CANYON
According to the founder of the company, Abel Hakobyan, this brand is the dream of their viticultural family.
The vineyards were planted in 1969 in Aghavnadzor, a village in the Vayots Dzor region, at an altitude of 1380 m above sea level. In 2020, a small winery was established not far from the vineyards, which was named “Dove Canyon” in honor of the settlement. The founder interpreted the name as follows: “The wine stands out for its purity, simplicity, like a dove ("DOVE"), and depth, height, majesty like the valleys and canyons surrounding Aghavnadzor village ("CANYON").”
The winery boasts state-of-the-art equipment that complies with European standards.
Grapes used in wines are: Areni and Voskehat.
Wines include:
DOVE CANYON ARENI CLASSIC
DOVE CANYON ARENI RESERVE
DOVE CANYON VOSKEHAT WHITE
DOVE CANYON ARENI ROSE
DOOR
DOOR wines, founded in 2021 by ArLeAM, one of the leading agricultural companies in Armenia, offers a variety of Armenian wines crafted by the best winemakers in the country.
The DOOR Collection consists of five distinct wines, each showcasing the individual characteristics and flavors of Armenia's vineyards:
These wines are likely sourced from renowned wine-making regions in Armenia, where the climate, soil, and expertise of the winemakers contribute to the exceptional quality of the wines.
Wines include:
DOOR ARENI-SYRAH
DOOR ARENI-HAGHTANAK
DOOR ARENI-HAGHTANAK RESERVE
DOOR VOSKEHAT-MUSCAT RESERVE
DOOR ARENI RESERVE
SHOROR
"Shoror" wines were founded by Ruben Lokk.
He used to be a criminologist, and since 2019 he has been active in the wine industry.
He first entered the EVN Wine Academy, where he gained education and experience, and then decided to engage in winemaking and produce wine exclusively from Areni grapes. As he notes: "Areni grapes are my favourite variety. I hope that one day it will become known all over the world."
He collaborated with winemaker Artak Gabrielyan to produce the wine. The first small batch of Shoror was produced in 2019, and today 15,000 bottles of wine are produced.
Author of the name "Shoror" is Ruben Lokk. Shoror is an Armenian dance with elements of swinging from foot to foot. As Russian sommeliers call it: Shoror is the dance of sommeliers, when they roll home drunk after work.
Wines include:
SHOROR RED DRY
SHOROR RESERVE RED DRY
ARATASHEN
"Aratashen Winery"- a family wine company was created in 2018. It is located in the heart of the Ararat valley in Aratashen village of Armavir region, next to the ancient settlement famous for 8000 year old grape seeds.
The founder Vahan Yeghoyan claims that, Armenian wines have the whole potential of becoming big players in the international wine market thanks to endogenous grape varieties, Armenian terroir, innovative technologies and national wine traditions. Organic viticulture and processing of grapes is fundamental for the company.
Main grape varieties grown in the vineyards are: Areni and Voskehat.
The first wine of Aratashen Winery is "Shunch".
Wines include:
SHUNCH RED ARENI
SHUNCH WHITE VOSKEHAT
SAVAR
SAVAR wines were founded by the joint efforts of Vardan Sahakyan and Nelly Abrahamyan, since 2018. Being from the village of Rind and living in Russia for many years, Vardan aimed to return to his roots by investing in winemaking. initially establishing new vineyards in Rind village and giving new life to 30-50 year old vineyards in Aghavnadzor village of Vayots Dzor.
SAVAR means “to soar” . The wines aim to bring a new breath to Vayots Dzor, to show the connection between people and land, to play their role in the development of Rind village and Vayots Dzor region. At the heart of the wine brand is the ideology "Soar into your dreams, big ideas".
Main endemic grape varieties used are: Areni, Khatun Kharji, Voskehat, Garan Dmak, Milagh, Tozot.
Wines include:
SAVAR Red Dry Classic, Areni
SAVAR White Dry Classic, Khatun Kharji
SAVAR Rose Dry Classic, Areni
