"ARARAT" Brandy Factory – "NOY" Wine and Brandy Factory 

• "ARARAT" Brandy Factory .The beginning of the production of cognac was in 1887 in Erivani by a merchant and philanthropist Nerses Tairyan, which subsequently was obtained by Nikolay Shustov in 1898. In 1948 due to the reorganization of the Yerevan Wine and Brandy Factory (this was the previous name of Shustov’s factory in late 1940s) into the Yerevan Winery, the manufactory of alcohol distillation and cognac manufactory were merged into the separate Yerevan Cognac Factory. In 1953, after the finishing of construction and moving in a new building, the independent history of Yerevan Cognac Factory began. 

• "NOY" Wine and Brandy factory is located on the territory of Irivani fortress, built in the XVI century by Persian Farad Pashа, where the history of Armenian cognac evolved. In that days the fortress was cultural and domestic, religious center of the Persian Khans. In 1853 the Fortress was almost ruined by a severe earthquake and its territory was bought by Nerses Tairyan. In 1887 Tairyan began the production of Armenian cognac, which in 1989 continued Nikolay Shustov. During the excursion you can get accustomed to the unique productions of cognac and wine, degustate them and purchase.