Botanist and Barrel Tasting Bar + Bottle Shop Asheville

My wife and I were visiting Asheville for a concert and we went in on a Saturday night. Our server, Amanda, was extremely knowledgeable, attentive, and welcoming. We sampled many ciders and wines as well as a charcuterie board. Great selection of locally sourced dry ciders! Will definitely my go to for drinks in downtown Asheville!

Jim was wonderful! I truly believe he wouldn't have been happy unless he found something we liked and he really did! I would never have considered vermouth over ice but wow!! He picked two that were truly amazing.
We also have a ten of sardines in lobster oil And they were delicious! I wish we lived closer but I know when we come back to Asheville we will be going back there.

The most diverse array of local botanical ciders I’ve ever had! There is something for every palette here. Bonus points for the huge tinned fish selection.

Little disappointed by false advertisement. Went for pieroges night and it was Asian pieroges night. Since when Asian are called pieroges. It's dumpings.

Aloof staff, terrible wine and over priced. Save yourself some time and money.

We had an excellent brunch with chef Luis Martinez doing Oaxacan Cuisine. The atmosphere was relaxing, the food was delicious , and the cider was amazing. I highly recommend!!

This place is a gem! Stopped by and had a cider flight and small bites and nerded out over tinned fish. Highly recommend to anyone who is interested in an elevated wine or cider tasting!

Cider tasting flight was delicious. Lisa makes great eye contact!

Owner or host was sort of rude, I was in the shop to purchase ciders and she wasn’t helpful at all. She did not ask if I would like to taste a few before I bought. I picked two, Sunshine Rainbow which was supposed to taste like Apricot and a Strawberry cider. Also she didn’t mention that the ciders taste like kombucha…so imagine opening a bottle expecting to enjoy an amazing cider … it tasted worse than Apple Cider Vinegar… so do not expect to open a bottle and enjoy it. Was a total surprise, one bottle was $14 and the other $13.

The other lady that was working with the main lady gave exceptional service. I collect stickers and she went out of her way to run down the sidewalk to bring them to me so gold star ⭐️ to her!!!

Wonderful place and employees

My partner and I stumbled upon this tasting bar - literally stumbled (strada was the scheduled plan, they weren’t open yet). When I tell you we were SO impressed with the hospitality and knowledge of cider/wines, I’m not exaggerating! Amanda was our server and she was AMAZING! The cheeseboard was absolutely phenomenal paired with a flight of our servers choices of wine. I fell in love with the Traminette and HAD to purchase a bottle. I am so excited to come back and visit and bring my friends who I know will fall in love with it too!

The real deal - no bull, all natural. Always fun. Interesting experience in a glass. The pizza maker was a wonder - Great pairing.

Great team of people working here and a very enjoyable wine bar experience.

Great mead, wine and cheese! The cheese is made from a local creamery ??And the staff is awesome!

Beautiful little shop with some tasty meads, wines and ciders. My husband tried the “Flower Child” a Dry Sunflower Honey Mead, in his words “Light and refreshing. Will definitely be back.