Armenian Brandy

I'm no fan of the hard stuff however Armenians are extremely proud of their brandy. Apparently Winston Churchill was a huge fan of Armenian brandy which sustained him as he haggled with Stalin and Roosevelt over dividing eastern Europe at the Yalta Conference in 1945.

Subsequently I have been told that Stalin instructed several cases of best Armenia brandy to be sent to Churchill each year. In my meetings with Armenians they regularly me of this story; albeit with slightly different embelishments.

Attached link from the BBC gives further background.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/9532092.stm