YEREVAN. – A wine academy will be founded in Armenia with the support of Austrian organization.

On Monday acting Agriculture Minister Sergo Karapetyan received representative of Vienna City Council Rainer Stepan and director of Vienna Consortium for Development Initiatives (VCDI) Sebouh Baghdoyan. 

Mr. Stepan said he had been working with Center for Agribusiness and Rural Development and has a goal to implement wine making development program in Armenia that provides establishment of a wine academy. As a first step, he proposed assistance in organization of trips for experts.

In tur, Karapetyan noted importance of the projects and pledged Ministry's support, taking into account prospects for development of Armenian wine making.