site.btaBulgaria, Armenia Exchange Experience in Wine Making as Part of EU4Business Initiative

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Bulgaria, Armenia Exchange Experience in
Wine Making
as Part of EU4Business Initiative


Yambol, Southern Bulgaria, February 14 (BTA) - Bulgaria and Armenia exchange experience in wine making in a project called Winebizz worth 60,000 euros which is funded under the EU4Business Initiative and which aims to promote the bilateral commercial ties in vine growing and wine making. The project was launched by the Yambol Chamber of Commerce and Industry while the partner from Armenia is the Investment Promotion Centre, Yambol Commerce Chamber head Stoicho Stoichev said.

In Stoichev's words, the initiative for the project is underpinned by the fact that Thrace, where Yambol is located, and Armenia are among the oldest areas where wine is produced. Stoichev further said it has proven that vine growing was started in Armenia eight thousand years ago, to spread towards the Black Sea region, then on to Europe and the rest of the world.

A series of bilateral events are to be held under the project in the next 12 months at which wine makers will exchange expertise and marketing and sales practices. Armenian experts will pay visits to Bulgaria, the first one to the traditional Vinaria wine-making exhibition in Plovdiv, Southern Bulgaria, and the next, in the Yambol region. MY/ZH//