ASCONI Winery
Wine resort in Puhoi (Ialoveni) - 12 rustic thatched-roof cottages, 2 restaurants (ASCONI + SOL NEGRU), founding family since 1994.
Thatched-cottage stay + traditional ASCONI dinner + winery tour + vineyard tasting.
Yes, for a wine-plus-rustic-stay combo 30 min from Chișinău - thatched-roof cottages, two restaurants and a cellar tour with a tasting in the vineyard, run by a real family rather than a corporation.
Asconi is the founding family project (since 1994) in Puhoi village (Ialoveni, ~30 min from Chișinău) - a complete wine estate emphasizing traditional Moldovan hospitality. On site: 12 rustic thatched-roof cottages (20 rooms), ASCONI restaurant (Moldovan cuisine from family recipes) and SOL NEGRU (Moldovan-Balkan fusion, farm-to-table). Attractions: outdoor pool, vegetable and flower gardens (ingredient source for restaurants), vineyard walks. Varieties: predominantly French (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Malbec, Riesling, Muscat). Philosophy: «winery as home» - community, tradition, warm welcome.
- 12 rustic thatched-roof cottages (unique)
- 2 distinct restaurants (ASCONI + SOL NEGRU)
- founding family since 1994
- pool + farm-to-table gardens
- 30min from Chișinău
- stabilized French varieties
- thatched-roof cottage at sunset
- long ASCONI table with traditional food
- pool with vineyard behind
- garden with seasonal vegetables
- cellar with barrels
The winery I recommend for tastings and the house wine.
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“We booked a wine tour with tasting at Asconi Winery and also had a dinner reservation. Overall, the experience was mixed. First of all, it’s a bit disappointing that there is no option to pay online. You can reserve the tour in advance, but payment is only possible on-site, either at reception or at the end if you combine the tour, tasting, and dinner. The tour itself was oka…”
“We come to this restaurant often. In general the food is very good, everything is freshly homemade. Our favourite wine is Penumbra, a delight. On Sundays there is also a band playing live popular music, although it is not compulsory to pay, in fact it is because the band asks you to. Unfortunately the service is bad, the waiters don't care about the customer at all.”
“It is very close to Chisinau, 20 min car ride. On our trip we ate and had a wine tasting experience there and also we slept in one of the houses in the complex. The entire complex is nice looking, vintage type, with accommodations in separate houses built old style, with reed on the roof, well equipped inside, but you can see that there were not renovations made for a while (th…”
- busy weekends for groups
- reservations weeks ahead in summer
- May-October season for full experience