Isotope laboratory to test brandy quality to open in Armenia in August

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.