Production of cognac and wine in Armenia increases, beer and vodka drops

Production of cognac and wine in Armenia increased in the first ten months of 2011, production of other alcoholic drinks dropped, News Armenia reports.

Armenia produced 11.2 million liters of cognac in January-October, exceeding production in the same period in 2010 by 16.2%. Wine production reached 4.5 million liters (+8.7%).

Beer production dropped by 4.8% to 13.3 million liters. Production of liqueurs and vodka dropped by 24.4% to 6.1 million liters.

Production of lemonades, carbonated, energy and other alcohol-free drinks reached 30.7 million liters (+5.3%).