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    EurasiaNet.com
    June 30 2012

    Azeri Hack of Armenian Wine Site a Case of Sour Grapes?

    June 29, 2012 - 4:32pm, by Yigal Schleifer


    Perhaps following the Latin proverb "in vino veritas," a group of
    Azeri hackers decided to recently use the website of a major Armenian
    wine producer to spread their version of the "truth." Reports
    Armenia's News.am:


    Azerbaijani hackers cracked the website of Armenia-based `Armenia
    Wine' factory on the night of June 25.

    A group of hackers calling themselves `Anti-Armenia team' posted an
    article about alleged Armenia's `aggression' towards Azerbaijan,
    photos, videos about Azerbaijani leader and armed forces.

    In response, the Armenia Wine company said the hack was not fueled by
    the political tensions that exist between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but
    rather by Azeri sour grapes over the recent growth of the Armenian
    wine industry. Again, from News.am's article:


    In its statement the company said Azerbaijanis are angered by
    Armenia's ability to develop production and enter international market
    even being under the blockade. The company representatives assured
    that promotion of Armenian wines in the international market will
    continue regardless of any attempts.

    Indeed, as previously reported on this blog, the Armenian wine
    industry has been making strides lately, with the creation of a
    handful of new wineries that are working to bottle world-class wines
    and with several older wineries also revamping their production to
    boost the quality of their product.

    Not to be outdone by its rival, Azerbaijan is also working hard these
    days to fix the dismal reputation of its wine, at least according to
    an article in Sommeliers International magazine, which suggests that
    the country is now using "western-style" growing and winemaking
    techniques to good effect:


    We discover now Azeri wines of a high quality with a beautiful sensory
    expression, mono or bi-varietals, sometimes associating Azeri and
    French grape varieties. It is a very big recon - version, in mind of the
    modern vine growing that leads now Azerbaijan in the circle of the new
    producing countries of the Old World.

    For now, the jury is still out on this new wave of Azeri wines. What
    is clear, though, is that like with so many other things, Azeris and
    Armenians will likely find a way to turn even the subject of
    winemaking into something to fight about.

    http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65619

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