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Azerbaijan to develop winemaking industry

29 October 2014 [10:59] - TODAY.AZ

By Aynur Jafarova

The Azerbaijani government intends to develop its winemaking industry in the mountainous Shirvan region.

In order to effectively use the economic capacity of the region, Azerbaijan's Economy and Industry Minister Shahin Mustafayev has assigned the relevant bodies with financing certain projects in this sector.

The relevant instructions were given on October 27 at a meeting of the minister with over 100 residents of the Aghsu, Goychay and Shamakhi regions.

Azerbaijan has all the natural conditions -mountainous terrain and close location to the Caspian Sea- for the development and expansion of winemaking.

Wine is produced in several regions of Azerbaijan. Many vineyards are found at the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains and in the Kur-Araz lowlands. Ganja, Nagorno-Karabakh, Shirvan, and Nakhchivan have emerged as centers of wine production in Azerbaijan in the 21st century.

The vineyards in these regions account for about 7 percent of the country's cultivated land. The regions are famous for its 17 wine and 16 table grape varieties.

Among the grape varieties used to produce Azerbaijani wine are Pinot Noir, Rkatsiteli, Pinot Blanc, Aligote, Matrassa, Podarok Magaracha, Pervenets Magaracha, Ranni Magaracha, Doina, Viorica, and Kishmish Moldavski.

Local grape varieties in Azerbaijan include White Shani, Derbendi, Nail, Bayanshire, Gamashara, Ganja Pink, Bendi, Madrasa, Black Shani, Zeynabi, Misgali, Khindogni, Agdam Kechiemdzheyi, Tebrizi, and Marandi.

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