Yerevan’s Wine Cellars & Street Art – Ancient vintages meet modern creativity.

Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, is a city of unexpected juxtapositions—ancient vineyards beneath a skyline of modern murals, jazz echoing beside medieval churches. Beneath its streets lie wine cellars where clay amphorae hold vintages pressed from Areni grapes, cultivated since prehistoric times. You descend into one such cellar, its air cool and fragrant with oak. A vintner pours ruby-red wine, its flavour deep with cherry and spice. “This is our memory,” he smiles, “older than the Bible.” Later, above ground, you stroll through Cascade Complex, where fountains and sculptures spill down the hillside, framing the snow-tipped perfection of Mount Ararat. In hidden alleys, artists paint new stories over old walls—phoenixes, doves, women with eyes like constellations. Yerevan hums with creativity grounded in history, proving that even a city of stone can keep reinventing its soul.