Winemakers Association to be established in Azerbaijan

By  Trend

The Winemakers Association will be established in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) said on August 26.

According to the message, the decision was made at a meeting between AZPROMO management and the representatives of local companies engaged in the wine production and sale.

The activity, aimed at promoting local wine export, as well as the offers of the companies, operating in this field, were discussed at the meeting, the message said.

Some 444,000 decalitres of wine were produced in Azerbaijan in January-July 2016, which is 21.8 percent less than in the same period of 2015. As of August 1, there are 844,300 decalitres of wine in the warehouses of local wineries.