In Vino ...
... a highly-rated restaurant on TripAdvisor, but it's really more of a wine bar where you can get some cheese and cold cut platters. I had wanted to try at least a couple of glasses of Armenian wine, starting with a white and then followed up with either a rose or a red - but the staff was too busy laughing and chatting amongst themselves after I finished the first glass, so I simply left. Service in Yerevan has been quite spotty, so far. It didn't help that the wine wasn't anything special - the white was very light and almost bland, which wasn't the worst thing to drink on a scorcher of a day.
Armenia prides itself on being the first nation to formally adopt Christianity (early 4th century). Despite periods of autonomy, over the centuries Armenia came under the sway of various empires including the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Persian, and Otto... ... read more 
