ArmInfo. In August 2025, a laboratory for isotope analysis of brandy art operating in Armenia, RA Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan said at a meeting of the RA government on July 31, touching upon the problems associated with the export of Armenian brandy.
Recall that a year earlier, TASS, citing research conducted by the international association "Anticorafact" and the Union of Brandy, Alcohol and Alcohol Producers, reported that almost 90% of Armenian brandies ussian stores were unsafe. Papoyan then called on Armenian producers to purchase laboratory isotopes in Europe to conduct research in their companies. He noted that the RA government will most likely oblige Armenian producers to take this step already in 2025. Local producers encountered problems with the export of Armenian brandy year at Georgian customs when delivering brandy to the markets of third countries. Due to inspection delays, Armenian exporters suffered major financial losses.
As the head of the Ministry of Economy stated today, the importance of creating a laboratory and its international accreditation is that the documents it issues could be valid in other countries. At the first stage, the laboratory's capabilities will be very modest - 3-4 samples per day.
"We have not solved this problem for 34 years, but now we have such a laboratory, and we will be able to check the three main isotopes of brandy, which show that it is produced from grape alcohol," Papoyan said.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, the problem with brandy exports is that those who produce quality products suffer the most. It is necessary to be very careful about the reputation of Armenian products, since the story of one low-quality batch becomes an assessment of the entire product, he noted.
"I saw a case when Armenian brandy was not produced in Armenia and sold. Naturally, the influence of the quality assessment on this product begins to spread to Armenian products. This is also a problem, and we need to find a control mechanism," the Deputy Prime Minister added, adding that the same applies to agricultural products. "I know markets where non-Armenian agricultural products are sold as Armenian because the Armenian product has a good reputation. Here, too, we need to be very careful," the Deputy Prime Minister noted.
