The theme of the next meeting of the Wine Business Club of the business newspaper “Yug” in Krasnodar became “Opening of Armenia”. Event for business sphere of the Kuban capital was held by the head of the project “New Wine Company”, Head of the Sommelier Union and experts of Russia Artur Sarkisyan.
Wine Business club “Business South” has been running for several years. The first meeting of 2017 became the 53rd in history. The event was held at one of the most prestigious place of the Krasnodar – in the pent-house Business center “Emerald” in the center of the city.
For tasting “the Opening of Armenia” the honored sommelier of Russia Artur Sarkisyan chose 7 wines from the portfolio “New Wine Company” that fully reflects the national style of modern winemaking.
Besides the authorial small-circulation white wine Van Ardi of Varuzhan Muradyan, a local variety Kangun, the guests got intruduced with two indigenous varieties in the French style, created by oenologist Didier Corneliano on one of the largest wineries in the region of Vayots Dzor – Hin Areni: Voskehat of white dry and red dry varieties of Areni.
Continued intruduction with the indigenous varieties of Armenia- Kataro wine from the region of Nagorno-Karabakh (winemaker – Grigory Avetisyan, oenologist-consultant – Arman Manukyan from SeminaConsulting). In addition, members of the Business club were able to get introduced with wines from international grape varieties, above which operates in Armenia the most authoritative oenologist and consultant of planet, Michel Rolland. Krasnodar businessmen, journalists and sommeliers were presented with 3 samples of the Karas brand: sparkling Brut 2014, red and white blend harvest of 2015.
Tasting was accompanied by traditional Armenian cuisine and national music. At the end of the evening everyone could take part in an autograph session and could got merged guide “Russian wine” and “Wines of Armenia” from the hands of the author.
All samples submitted for tasting are already available in “Tabris” and “Alcotec”, chain in Krasnodar.