📍 Getap

Getap is a village in Vayots Dzor, known first of all for the Getap Wine Factory, founded in 1938. The company calls it one of the first wine factories in Armenia. It began as a state enterprise, and since 1999 it has belonged to Vedi Alco. The factory's own vineyards cover about 120 hectares, 70 of them planted with Areni.

Dry, semi-sweet and semi-dry wines are made here. Two old labels, Areni and Getap Vernashen, are still produced, and Areni has existed since 1945. The Getap Vernashen label shows Spitakavor Monastery, seven kilometres from Vernashen. Some of the grapes come from leased plots.

A special pride is Enotec, a collection of wines about 60 years old. Part of the equipment has stood here for decades and still works.

Getap lies in Vayots Dzor, where vineyards climb to 1,000 to 1,700 metres. January averages about -4 °C and July about +25 °C, and soils are light brown. Vedi Alco has been planting its own vineyards since 2000: 150 hectares in Vayots Dzor and the Ararat Valley, between 800 and 1,600 metres, mostly Areni.

Compare it with its neighbours. In Areni and Rind small private wineries work their own plots, while Getap is a plant of a large company. Aghavnadzor holds about 400 hectares of Areni, against the factory's 70. And Vedi Alco's second plant stands in Ararat province, at Ginevet.