Botanist and Barrel Tasting Bar + Bottle Shop Asheville

Such a fun and quirky place! Fantastic cider and wine offerings. Everything from funky to sweet and in between. The bartenders are super friendly and will let you try anything and help you decide what to explore! Highly recommend!

A friend and I came early on a weeknight and the atmosphere was great. Nice selection of vermouth. I tried a few, and then to ensure I was thorough, I tried a couple more.

I found the service exceptional and the staff friendly. Probably not the place if you want to dwell in a dark booth and down some Bud Light, but for a summer afternoon with a couple of refreshing drinks, B&B was 10/10.

Decent place but bartender takes every opportunity to talk about the world being completely biased forwards men. It obvious she is not a male lover. Its obvious she thinks something should be given to her. Its obvious she spends significantly more time with female guest. She is the bias one. Males, dont go here. Females only go if you like other females and you will be well taken care of.

I dropped into this spot for my first time, to perform on a comedy show. The staff were very friendly and helpful woth the menu. Several on-draft and pre-paclaged drink options, as well as nonalcoholic selections. And, a pleasantly surprising diverse array of tinned fish from all over the world. The space is clean and has a chilled-out atmosphere. I recommend a glass of mead and some cheese straws, at the very least.

Came in on Saturday afternoon. Had the merlot and cab franc. Both were slightly sparkling but sour. The staff was neither helpful nor pleasant. Not a good experience.

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