Wine making in Armenia dates back 6000 years (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-12158341).
Unfortunately this long experience has not universally resulted in good wine. There are excellent Armenian wines and if you come across the Norovank and Karas labels, they are certainly worth buying. Even though these good wines cost less than $10, this is far too expensive for most cash strapped locals.
Popular wine is a good deal more basic and cheaper. Everywhere along the roadsides stalls sell homemade wine. Some is pretty drinkable and some is not. The frugal nature of Armenians means that any useful container is used for wine. Those two litre Coke bottles are particularly popular and these sell for about $3.00.
While the homemade wine is worth a try, the locally made vodka is a good deal more questionable, though very popular with the locals. You can have plain vodka or vodkas in a variety of flavours. Good luck to you drinking that!!
Unfortunately this long experience has not universally resulted in good wine. There are excellent Armenian wines and if you come across the Norovank and Karas labels, they are certainly worth buying. Even though these good wines cost less than $10, this is far too expensive for most cash strapped locals.Popular wine is a good deal more basic and cheaper. Everywhere along the roadsides stalls sell homemade wine. Some is pretty drinkable and some is not. The frugal nature of Armenians means that any useful container is used for wine. Those two litre Coke bottles are particularly popular and these sell for about $3.00.
While the homemade wine is worth a try, the locally made vodka is a good deal more questionable, though very popular with the locals. You can have plain vodka or vodkas in a variety of flavours. Good luck to you drinking that!!
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