On Asara Wine Estate July is a busy time, even though the vines are sleeping…
On Asara Wine Estate in Stellenbosch July is a busy time with many activities, setting up the vineyards & Cellar for Harvest 2020...
Asara The Vineyard Collection Cape Fusion 2015, perfect match for Lizet Hartley’s Pork Chops with Mushrooms & Cider Cream Sauce…
Unusual for a Cape Blend, the Asara The Vineyard Collection Cape Fusion 2015, has apart from the Pinotage and the Shiraz, an equal portion of Malbec...
Asara The Bell Tower 2013, great with Alida Ryder’s Honey-Garlic Pork Ribeye Steaks…
Asara releases a new vintage of the sublime Asara The Bell Tower 2013, named for the modern Bell Tower which rings twice daily when the hot scones arrive at The Deli...
Asara #7 Asara MCC Brut 2015, great with Dianne Bibby’s Portable Tapas Bar
My Asara #7 Asara Méthode Cap Classique Brut 2015, is a fine example of a delicate anytime wine, as a refresher and also good with food...
Sue Torrance’s Take Root and Grow, a growing gardening guide, launched at Asara…
Sue Torrance with her Take Root and Grow Asara Wine Estate and Luxury Hotel has an excellent vegetable garden which is the hard work Sue Torrance and Asara Head Gardener, Tommy Williams and his team have put in. Providing vegetables, saladings and herbs for the hotel’s restaurants and the fabulous Sansibar Gin Bar. Sue Torrance
Advent Calendar #17 2018…
A fine Cognac from a family producer since 1270 and a stunning MCC from Stellenbosch in my Advent Calendar #17 2018...
International Merlot Day & I look at Asara The Vineyard Collection Merlot 2017 with Dianne Bibby’s Roast Butternut & Lentil Bobotie…
Celebrate International Merlot Day with a bottle of Asara The Vineyard Collection Merlot 2017 and a stunning Bobotie...
Asara #4 The Asara Vineyard Collection Pinotage 2017, good match with Dianne Bibby’s Tunisian Chickpea Soup…
Asara #4 The Asara Vineyard Collection Pinotage 2017, my voyage through the sublime Asara Wines. Dianne Bibby provides the pairings
The Asara Bell Tower 2013, a good match with a wedge of Dalewood Huguenot….
The Asara Bell Tower 2013, the perfect expression of a Stellenbosch Bordeaux style Blend.
Asara Vineyard Collection Shiraz 2015, the partner to Sansibar’s Slow Roasted Springbok Shank…
Asara Vineyard Collection Shiraz 2015, such a special wine. This June it is available to partner the Slow Roast Springbok Shank with Colcannon Mash in the Sansibar Gin Bar & Bistro.
Asara Luxury Hotel offers a Springbok Shank & Shiraz dish in the Sansibar Bistro…
Sansibar Gin Bar and Bistro on the Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel Exciting things happening in the Sansibar Gin Bar and Bistro on the Asara Wine Estate and luxury hotel for the month of June. The menu has on offer a delicious slow cooked Springbok Shank, which has spent 6 hours in the oven
Asara Wine – 2 beauties from Polkadraai…
Perfectly positioned in the Polkadraai Hills, Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel, offers both Food destinations and delicious Asara Wine. A short drive from Cape Town and well worth the trip as they say in the Michelin Guide....
Asara MCC Brut 2014 & Dianne Bibby’s Prosciutto, Strawberry & Feta Salad – 16.10.2017
Asara MCC Brut 2014 is a crisp, refreshing delicate bubbly. Excellent on its own and also as an aperitif. Perfect food wine....
Asara Vineyard Collection Cape Fusion 2014 with Tony Jackman’s Heritage Month Bacon & Beer Braai Bread – 20.09.2017
Asara Vineyard Collection Cape Fusion 2014 with Tony Jackman’s Bacon & Beer Braai Bread. A perfect accompaniment for a braai in heritage month.
Asara Vineyard Collection Chenin Blanc 2016 & Alida Ryder’s Cheat’s Deep Dish Pizza – 26.05.2017
Asara Vineyard Collection Chenin Blanc 2016 I have watched this vintage grow over the last year. The 2015 vintage took a trophy at the Japan Wine Challenge last year for the Best New World Wine. This vintage is a step up on the 2015 and I can’t wait to taste the 2017 babies in the