Awash Winery Aspires to Crack World Market

By Dawit Endeshaw

Awash Winery S.C hopes to place Ethiopian wines on the world map as it speeds ahead with a capital expansion project to improve its capacity. The expansion, which began in late 2014 and cost 200 million Br, has now reached one-third completion, pushing the winery's production capacity from seven million to 10 million litres.

By 2020, the company hopes to see its annual production capacity doubled to 20 million litre.

It includes expansion of the vineyards and farming mechanisation. New vines have been planted on a 100ha plot, which doubles the company's cultivated farm land, located in Merti Jirsu, on the upper Awash stream. Read more here