Upcoming Events

Winemaker’s Tuscan Dinner. Saturday 25th May. Scroll down for details.

The ‘Wine Confidence Course’. Choose either Sunday 16th June or Sunday 15th September, 10am to 3.30pm. Scroll down for details.

Wild Food & Grunty Reds Dinner. Saturday 29th June. Scroll down for details.

Croatian Feast Night. Saturday 27th July. Scroll down for details. 

The Ascension ‘Nose to Tail’ Dinner. Saturday 31st August. Scroll down for details.

Crab & Cray Dinner. Saturday 5th October. Scroll down for details.

Saturday 25th May, 7pm

Ascension Head Chef Predrag Jankovic presents a four-course menu served at long tables celebrating the flavoursome yet rustic peasant simplicity of Tuscan cuisine.
Each dish is partnered with a Tuscan varietal from the cellar of winemaker and host Darryl Soljan who will explain the history and grapes of this fascinating region.

$145 per person includes a flute of Prosecco on arrival, special four course Tuscan meal hosted by owner and winemaker Darryl Soljan and matching wines of Tuscan varietals.

Very limited availability.

Book your place online under the 'Events tickets' at http://www.ascensionwine.co.nz/shop or phone 09-422-9601 ext 2.

The ‘Wine Confidence Course’ @ Ascension

Choose from Sunday 16th June, 10am to 3.30pm or...

Sunday 15th September, 10am to 3.30pm

The team at Ascension Wine Estate believes that wine is made to be enjoyed, not ‘appreciated’ which is why this is not your traditional ‘wine appreciation’ course!

Ascension owner & winemaker Darryl Soljan has developed the ‘Seven Secrets of Enjoying Wine’ and he will share these and more with you during a fun and informative day that is suitable for all levels of wine enthusiast.

You will take home real practical lessons that make wine more enjoyable as well as tasting wines from all over the world.

This full day course is outstanding value at just $189 and includes the course presented by Darryl, wine, notes, certificate and lunch. Similar courses cost over $240 plus lunch!
Gift vouchers are available to enable that special wine loving person in your life to attend.

Limited places available.

Book your place online under the 'Events tickets' at http://www.ascensionwine.co.nz/shop or phone 09-422-9601 ext 2.

Wild Food & Grunty Reds Dinner @ Ascension

Saturday 29th June, 7pm

There will be nothing shy about the flavours in this special winter long table dinner!

Think wild boar, duck and venison with the bold wild flavours of juniper berries, herbs and foraged ingredients.

Serve them up in a four course dinner matched with ‘grunty’ red wines from the cellar of winemaker and host Darryl Soljan and you have an evening not for the faint of heart – or vegetarians!

$145 per person includes a flute of bold sparkling on arrival, special four course ‘wild’ meal hosted by owner and winemaker Darryl Soljan and matching ‘grunty’ red wines.

Very limited availability.

Book your place online under the 'Events tickets' at http://www.ascensionwine.co.nz/shop or phone 09-422-9601 ext 2.

Croatian Feast Night @ Ascension

Saturday 27th July, 7pm

Ascension Wine Estate owners Darryl & Bridget Soljan invite you to spend a fun-filled evening with Croatian Chef Predrag Jankovic who will serve a special feast based on the foods of his homeland.

Combining a passion for food with the traditions of Dalmatia, Istria and Slavonia and drawing on influences from Hungary, Italy, Greece, Russia, Germany and the Middle East, Predrag will take you on a gastronomic tour of his Croatian home which is also the stunning country where our family began.

This fun evening is fully seated at your own table and will feature traditional live music.
Dobra Tek! (Bon Appetit).

$89pp includes feast and live music (beverages additional)

Limited availability.

Book your place online under the 'Events tickets' at http://www.ascensionwine.co.nz/shop or phone 09-422-9601 ext 2.

The Ascension ‘Nose to Tail’ Dinner

Saturday 31st August, 7pm

There won’t be a pork or lamb chop in sight at the Ascension ‘Nose to Tail’ Dinner.

Instead, guests will enjoy a long table meal with an emphasis on whole animal butchery and old world techniques of preservation that utilize every part of the animal.

For Chef Predrag Jankovic, preparation begins months before the meal with a visit to his supplier who specialises in free range, natural fed heritage animals.
After he chooses his selected cuts, they are prepared using pieces from ‘nose to tail’ – and bits in between! They are accompanied by locally grown fresh side dishes that create an inventive menu, playing with textures, temperatures, and flavours available only when venturing outside the commodity cuts with which most are familiar.

$145 per person includes a flute of bubbly on arrival, special four course ‘nose to tail’ dinner hosted by Chef Predrag Jankovic and owner / winemaker Darryl Soljan who will match each course with special wines from his cellar.

Very limited availability.

Book your place online under the 'Events tickets' at http://www.ascensionwine.co.nz/shop or phone 09-422-9601 ext 2.

Crab & Cray Dinner @ Ascension

Saturday 5th October, 7pm

Rare, delicate and tasty crustaceans are the stars of this special dinner.

Chef Predrag Jankovic will take his ocean catch and transform it to a four-course menu infused with delicate flavours to bring out the very best of ‘crab and cray’.

Winemaker and host Darryl Soljan will select similarly exotic and flavoursome wines to make this a real wine and food experience to remember.

$145 per person includes a flute of bubbly on arrival, special four course ‘crab and cray’ dinner hosted by owner and winemaker Darryl Soljan who will match each course with special wines from his cellar.

Very limited availability.

Book your place online under the 'Events tickets' at http://www.ascensionwine.co.nz/shop or phone 09-422-9601 ext 2.