theory and crafting
Explore the art of winemaking with our expert-guided course, enabling you to craft your own wine from grape to bottle.
FEAUTURES
- Includes the 10 lesson theory course
- Vineyard visits, grape selection
- Assessing grape ripeness and quality
- Harvesting your own grapes
- Hands-on experience with grape processing
- Destemming, crushing and pressing the grapes
- Fermentation management
- Fining, filtration and bottling
VINEYARD VISITS
Two guided vineyard visits in June – August to select the plot and grape variety, assess grape maturation and quality.
PROCESSING
Harvesting and processing the grapes with your own hands in the winery.
Overseeing fermentation, post-fermentation processes and wine maturation.
BOTTLING
Learn the art of filtration and fining (or when to skip it) and bottle your own 100 bottles of wine.
TIMING
Vineyard visits: June – August
Processing: September – October
Maturation: October – March
Bottling: March – May
GUIDED EXPERIENCE
You are the creater but our expertise and guidance will be with you every step of the way.
WHAT WE PROVIDE
We provide: space, equipment and winemaking tools, materials and agents neccesarry for your wine production.
Our team is also ready to back you up whenever you are busy.
INCLUDES THEORY
Includes theory cours.
If you don’t have the luxury of time you can fully delegate your production to us.
PARTICIPATION COST
The participation cost for the “Theory and Crafting” is 800,000 AMD, and is paid in four installments across 10 months.
WHAT WE DON’T PROVIDE
The participation fee doesn’t cover grape cost and transport, and wine packaging.
* We will consult you with expected costs upon registration.
Avag Harutyunyan, PhD
Lecturer
Avag studied and defended his PhD thesis at the All-Union Institute of Viticulture and Winemaking “Magarach” under Professor G. G. Valuiko’s leadership.
President of the National Wine Center, author of more than 90 scientific articles and 4 monographs. Headed the Armenian Association of Winemakers for over 20 years.
For many years he taught “Wine Technology” and in recent years teaches “Wine Culture”. Founding father of Armenia’s terroir concept, studied and defined the main valuable zones of Armenia. Founder-director of “Maran” winemaking company.
Frunz Harutyunyan, PhD
Lecturer
Frunz is a winemaker, consultant. Trained in some of the best wineries in Europe, in particular Chateau Mouton Rothschild.
Author and co-author of papers in local and international scientific periodicals. Current research areas include rare varieties and crafting the vision of high-altitude viticulture and winemaking in the context of global warming.
Creator of Halde Underwater Wine.
WSET 3 (Bordeaux)
REGISTER FOR THE COURSE
If you want to participate, please fill out this form and we will get in touch with you.