Areni Wine Winery — Attraction in Areni

There is lot of confusion among wine travelers in the Areni area because numerous wineries in close proximity to each other have similar names. Even some of the reviews and photos are associated with the wrong place. In preparing for my visit, I was told to avoid the commercial wineries situated along the highway and seek out Areni Wine LLC as the top priority (along with Zorah in Rind). That turned out to be the correct advice. The highway wineries are decent, but in essence they are tourist traps. Areni Wine LLC is completely different. It is a true boutique winery that preserves its commitment to traditional production methods and family spirit, and the quality of the wine reflects this commitment. The wine tasting (free) covers a range of eight different bottles -- three dry reds (of which two were opened right on the spot), a semi-sweet, three fruit wines (of which the sour cherry was the most memorable), and and a Glintwine. Anyone who appreciates wine on more than a merely casual level should make this a stop on their wine journey and not bother with the wineries by the side of...

Excellent wine tasting experience. We tried 6 wines and bought 4 bottles of cherry, blackberry, orange and semi-sweet wines which we loved. Shame we couldn't take more due to the luggage limitations. The wine tasting was very informative and interesting. We also had dinner in the new restaurant next door that belongs to the same owners where we had a delicious vegetarian dinner. Lovely people, lovely wine, lovely food. I absolutely...

Incredibly good degustation ceremony with great lecture on how to taste wine.

I liked young wines and fruit ones the most. Fruit wines were really fruity, I have never tasted anything like that. At leat, they are not your supermarket-grade fruit wines.

At that time fruit and young wines cost about 2k dram, and 2016 and 2014 dry reds were 5k and 7k respectively.

Many thanks to the owner and his son for captivating...