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 #11 The Bell Tower 2013, very good with Dianne Bibby’s Best Marinated Rib-Eye Steak…
My Asara #10 The Bell Tower 2013 is a fine blend of Bordeaux wine grape varieties, aged in a selection of 225 litre French oak barrels...
Asara Vineyard Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2015, perfect with Ina Paarman’s Shank & Shin Potjie…
The Asara Vineyard Collection Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 reflect all that is good about Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon, part of a range of single varieties and blends...
June is Asara’s ‘Month of Shiraz & Venison’…
Shiraz & Venison is the theme in the winelands restaurants for the month of June, venison being freely available then, Asara has a special offering...
The Plettenberg offers a fine Seafood Soup which you can make at home…
The Plettenberg, a jewel in the Plettenberg Bay Crown offers luxury accommodation and fine food with great sea views...
Asara #10 The Vineyard Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2018, good partner to Dianne Bibby’s Traditional South African Pickled Fish…
Asara #10 The Vineyard Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2018, part of my series of visiting Asara Wines with Dianne Bibby's recipes...
Asara MCC Brut 2016, so good with Christine Capendale’s Goat’s Cheese Cigars as a pre-prandial snack…
From the Estate's Speciality Range, the sublime Asara MCC Brut 2016, is an anytime wine, so refreshing and excellent with food...
Asara #6, the Vineyard Collection Pinotage Rosé 2018, delicious with Dianne Bibby’s Wild Rice Salad with Sweet Peppers…
Crisp, dry, refreshing and fruity, the Asara Vineyard Collection Pinotage Rosé 2018 is a perfect wine for summer salads....
The Asara White Cab 2018, a history making wine, excellent with Christine Capendale’s Fish Cakes with Yoghurt Sauce…
The Asara White Cab 2017, a Cabernet Sauvignon Blanc de Noir is a history making wine, the first of its type made from the noble grape of Bordeaux.
Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel adds more medals to its collection, Cape Fusion up ahead…..
Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel adds more medals to its collection with the Asara The Vineyard Collection Cape Fusion 2015 leading the charge....
Asara Vineyard Collection Pinotage Rosé 2018, made for Bazil Stander’s Potato Gnocchi with Tiger Prawns, Garlic, Roast Tomatoes & Tarragon…
Asara Vineyard Collection Pinotage Rosé 2018, takes an Award of Excellence at the 2018 ABSA Pinotage Rosé Awards. One of three in the winelands.
Asara Wine Estate appoints Johan Joubert as Cellarmaster…
Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel has announced the appointment of experienced and much lauded Johan Joubert as Cellarmaster....
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....
Christiaan Nigrini – Assistant Winemaker at Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel
Christiaan Nigrini in the Douro Valley, Northern Portugal Christiaan Nigrini is such a likeable young man, so dedicated to what he is doing as part of the Asara Winemaking Team. Last year he spent the harvest in the Douro Valley in Northern Portugal. What was the defining moment in your life that set you on
Asara Vineyard Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2017, matching the Hotel’s Mise-en-place Restaurant’s Pear, Gorgonzola & Blue Cheese Salad – 31.01.2018
Asara Vineyard Collection Sauvignon Blanc 2017 is a great expression of the grape and fingerprint of the vintage. Perfect as an Aperitif and with Summer Salads.
mise en place, everything in its place, finds a place at Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel…..
A fine restaurant, mise-en-place at the Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel, offers great food, excellent service and a great choice of wines....
Advent Calendar #23, The Asara Bell Tower 2012, a fine Stellenbosch red blend
My Advent Calendar #23 red wine for Christmas is The Asara Bell Tower 2012. A fine red blend from Stellenbosch, perfect for your Christmas lunch.
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 Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel – well worth the visit as the Guide Michelin would say..
Asara Wine Estate & Luxury Hotel - well worth the visit as they say in the Guide Michelin
ASARA – one stop Stellenbosch Wine Estate
The Asara Wine Estate and Hotel In the undulating Polkadraai Hills, east of the town of Stellenbosch and in its eponymous Wine Appellation, lies a gem, The Asara Wine Estate and Hotel. This award-winning wine estate. and its luxury hotel, has no Cape Dutch Houses, white walls or generations of family winemakers. It is a
Asara The Bell Tower 2012 & Alida Ryder’s Bolognese Pasta Bake – 12.01.2017
Asara The Bell Tower 2012 I was out at Asara Wine Estate and Hotel today with a visitor. It was the most idyllic day and the views over the vineyards and east to Stellenbosch and the Helderberg just beyond description. We do live in a lovely country. Tasting the wines with the winemaking team was,