Tushpa Winery

About

Tushpa is owned by Mihran Manasserian and his family. Mihran is a fourth-generation winemaker and the family moved from the neighboring province of Van. The first vineyard was planted in 1992 in the Ararat Valley, at about 800 m, with Haghtanak, Kangun and Muscat. The cellar holds wine in Armenian-oak barrels and in clay “karas” amphoras. No yeast is added during fermentation, and wine ages 7–14 months in barrels. The emblem shows a woman lowering grapes into a karas. Pope Francis tasted Tushpa wine on his 2016 visit and asked for extra bottles to be sent to Rome. Tastings come with cheese, nuts, dried fruit, lavash, olives and jam. The winery is about 40 minutes from Yerevan and 10 minutes from Khor Virap.
What you can do there: tour the cellar, taste wines and brandy with Armenian snacks, combine with a Khor Virap visit.