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ArmeniaGeorgia · 11 days · 6–10 people
Eleven-day wine tour from Yerevan to Tbilisi with sommelier Dante Minutello: karas and qvevri cellars, Areni Noir and Saperavi, tables in Armenia and Georgia.
Armenia · 7 days · 6–10 people
Seven days from Yerevan with sommelier Dante Minutello: a small-group wine tour of Armenia's Vayots Dzor, karas cellars, the Areni-1 cave and family tables.
Armenia · Region guide
My guide to Armenia's wine country: Areni Noir in the Vayots Dzor canyons, Voskehat under Mount Aragats, karas cellars, and how I run a wine tour from Yerevan.
Armenia
Armavir, Armenia: the hot Ararat plain below the mountain, nearly half the country's vines, Karas Wines at 400 hectares and the brandy heritage behind them.
Armenia
Armenia's Aragatsotn wine region: Voskehat and Kangun on volcanic soils below Mount Aragats, karas at Voskevaz, Van Ardi and ArmAs, 40 minutes from Yerevan.
Armenia
Vayots Dzor, Armenia's high-altitude wine region: Areni Noir, karas cellars in Rind and Aghavnadzor, the Areni-1 cave and Noravank, and how my wine tour runs.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor Traditional
Old Bridge Winery, Yeghegnadzor, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: a family winemaker since 1998, five hectares of Areni Noir and Voskehat, and a 13th-century bridge.
Armenia · Armavir Classic
Karas Wines, Armavir, Armenia: about 400 hectares of Syrah, Malbec and Kangun on the Ararat plain, and the classic estate I visit on my Armenia wine tour.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor Classic
Keush, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: traditional-method sparkling from Voskehat and Khatouni grown up to 1,750 metres near Khachik by winemaker Vahe Keushguerian.
Armenia · Aragatsotn Classic
Voskevaz Winery, Aragatsotn, Armenia: a state winery from 1932, a hall of working clay karas, and the Voskehat I pour on my Armenia wine tour from Yerevan.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor OrganicTraditional
Trinity Canyon Vineyards, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: organic Areni Noir at 1,300 metres, karas in the cellar, and a harvest afternoon on my Armenia wine tour.
Armenia · Vayots Dzor Traditional
Zorah Wines in Rind, Vayots Dzor, Armenia: Areni Noir aged in buried clay karas at 1,400 metres, and a winemaker who came back from Milan to make it.
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