ArmInfo. Armenian wines won numerous awards, including top prizes, at the prestigious international Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (CMB), which took place in Yerevan from May 19 to 23.
Specifically, two Armenian wines received two Grand Gold medals in the blind tasting, the highest award given to the best wines of the competition. Additionally, 13 winemakers received gold medals (for outstanding quality) and 20 received silver medals (for high quality). The competition brought together 400 international expert tasters from 65 countries, who had to determine the winners through a blind tasting of over 7,700 wines. "We congratulate the Armenian winemakers on their outstanding achievement: two Grand Gold medals, 13 gold, and 20 silver awards have been added to the collection of Armenian winemaking achievements, making Armenia even more prominent on the global wine map," the Wine and Viticulture Foundation said in a statement.
Recall, this event is considered the "Oscar" of the wine industry. It is the largest winemaking event, with a history spanning over 30 years. Previously, it was held in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and China. This year, the competition was held in our region for the first time, presenting Armenia as both the ancient birthplace of winemaking and an innovative winemaking country. During the event, guests visited Armenia's main winemaking regions: Vayots Dzor, Armavir, Aragatsotn, and Tavush.
It is worth noting that, according to the RA Statistics Committee, wine production in Armenia decreased by 23.3% in 2025, reaching 7.7 million liters. However, in Q1 2026, wine production increased by 26.7%, reaching 1.7 million liters. According to data provided to ArmInfo by the Armenian Viticulture and Winemaking Foundation, grape wine exports totaled 4.043 million liters in 2025, while fruit wine exports totaled 4.354 million liters, reaching approximately 39 countries.
According to the latest Customs data, in the first half of 2025, Armenia's wine exports decreased by 31.8%, compared to a 3.6% increase the previous year, reaching 1.4 million liters. Meanwhile, the customs value of exported wine decreased by 12.6%, to $7.3 million. The main sales market is Russia (70% versus 82.7% a year ago). The United States (6.6%), Poland (3.3%), China and France (2.5% each), Belgium (1.9%), the Netherlands and Lithuania (1.7% each), Canada (1.2%), Italy (0.8%), Germany and Kazakhstan (0.7% each) were next in line. Smaller volumes were supplied to Argentina, India, Greece, Belarus, Bulgaria, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Spain, and Israel. Less than 1,000 liters were exported to Angola, the UAE, Iceland, Latvia, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Norway, and Sweden.
