{"product_id":"ararat-vaspurakan-15-year-old-700ml","title":"Ararat Vaspurakan 15 Year Old (700mL)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\n\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhen the French let you use their beloved \"Cognac\" designation, that’s impressive.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFor good Brandy, you need good grapes and you know how you have to wait a bit after heavy rains to plant your grape seeds? With the sun shining for over 300 days in a year in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe valley of Ararat in Armenia,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e the issue doesn't come up that often nowadays but the first grape seeds in the region were actually planted by Noah right after the big flood – you know, the one where he had to arrive on his ark because there was water literally everywhere. Anyway, what we're trying to say is that grapes and traditional Brandy-making go way back in Armenia and one of their oldest, if not the oldest Brandy companies is \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYerevan Brandy Company\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e that was founded in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1887 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ein the Armenian capital of Yerevan.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFor over a century, they've been producing the award-winning Yerevan Brandy from some of the oldest grapes in the world (Think Noah-old.). Using \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewhite grapes, fresh spring water \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003etraditional methods \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ethat have been around for thousands of years, they make some pretty remarkable stuff and the story goes even \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinston Churchill \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ewas a die-hard fan after \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStalin \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003egifted him a bottle at the\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e 1945 Yalta Conference.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e Even the French thought it was really great and worth of their carefully (to put it mildly) guarded designation\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"Cognac\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e at the 1900 International Exhibition in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\"Vaspurakan\" is Armenian for \"noble country\" and in ancient times, Vaspurakan was considered the promised land. Honoring its noble homeland, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArarat Vaspurakan 15 Year Old\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e spent a long time in\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Caucasian oak barrels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e that imparted an exquisitely harmonious combination of spice, coffee, and wood aroma. Bottled at 80 proof,\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e this is some seriously luxurious stuff.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ArArAt","offers":[{"title":"2","offer_id":46375944683577,"sku":"zzc1787266058686","price":64.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"292","offer_id":46375944716345,"sku":"jzs1787266058687","price":80.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/9176\/8121\/files\/ararat-vaspurakan-15-year-old-700ml_1.png?v=1787266068","url":"https:\/\/myoutfitstore.shop\/products\/ararat-vaspurakan-15-year-old-700ml","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}