Greek president visits Yerevan Brandy Company
01.10.2014,
16:24
Before wrapping up a two-day state visit to Armenia, the president of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias and his entourage were hosted by the French-owned Yerevan Brandy Factory in Yerevan.
YEREVAN, October 1. / ARKA /. Before wrapping up a two-day state visit to Armenia, the president of the Hellenic Republic, Karolos Papoulias and his entourage were hosted by the French-owned Yerevan Brandy Factory in Yerevan.
The Greek delegation toured around the factory and were told about its history and achievements.
President Karolos Papoulias was introduced to the “Barrel of Peace,” a cask containing brandy from 1994, when Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a cease-fire.
The cask was sealed in 2001, when the US, Russian and French chairpersons of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Minsk Group, the body overseeing the Karabakh talks, visited Yerevan and toured the factory. The brandy-makers vowed to open the barrel when the Karabakh conflict is resolved.
The Greek president was given a gift, an exclusive bottle of Ararat brandy prepared from the oldest spirit held at the factory. Also a barrel was filled with brandy in his honor. He is the 26th president to have a personal barrel of brandy at Yerevan Brandy Company.
Yerevan Brandy Company is the exclusive producer of ARARAT Brandies is the direct successor of Armenian brandy-making traditions, established in1887. Yerevan Brandy Company is the biggest taxpayer of the field and the biggest grape buyer. In 1999 Yerevan Brandy Company joined the Pernod Ricard Group, the world co-leader of the Wine & Spirits industry, which unites such brands as Chivas, Absolut, Martell, Jameson and others. -0-.
