Ashkar Winery
יקב אשקר
Winery · ₪₪ · No kosher certificate
234 Kafr Yasif West, Kafr Yasif
A family boutique winery on a hill in western Kafr Yasif, founded in 2010, with guided tastings by appointment from Wednesday to Saturday
Ashkar Winery is a boutique winery on a hill in Kafr Yasif, founded in 2010 by Nemi Ashkar, who had a long career in high tech before it. Its site says the Ashkar family comes from Iqrit, a village in the Upper Galilee where it made wine for generations, and a painting of Iqrit appears on every label. The wines are single varietals and blends from vineyards around Iqrit, at Kfar Shamai and at Tuval, among them Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Shiraz, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and a rosé. The winery is open from Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 18:00, by appointment: a one-hour tasting of five wines with a guided tour, held in the cellar or at a bar overlooking old olive groves, with labaneh, za'atar, the family's olive oil, olives, cheeses and homemade bread. Its press page links coverage in Haaretz and The Guardian.
What happens here
- Wednesday to Saturday, 10:00 to 18:00, by appointment
- Guided tasting
Five wines, two whites, two reds and a rosé, with a tour of the winery, in the cellar or at the bar over the olive groves; about an hour, 60 shekels a person or 120 with a cheese platter.
As published on the winery's website, read 2026-10-05.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 10:00-18:00
- Kosher
- No certificate
- Prices
- ₪₪ of ₪₪₪
- Wheelchair
- No statement
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the town and the trade, not Ashkar Winery itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Tuesday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Wednesday to Saturday | 10:00-18:00 |
Candle lighting 5:54 PMShabbat ends 6:49 PM
As published on the winery's website, read 2026-10-05. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Every visit and tasting is by appointment, booked by phone.
Location
234 Kafr Yasif West, Kafr Yasif
- Train: Ahihud4.7 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 257 mlines 19
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-05.
Questions
About Ashkar Winery
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 10:00 to 18:00.
- 4.7 km from Ahihud stationBus stops within 416 m: אבו חואריף/כביש 70, מרכז פיס, כביש 70/אל חלאת, עוקף כפר יאסיף 1, כפר יאסיף כביש 70, עוקף כפר יאסיף.
- Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
- Price band ₪₪A guided tasting costs 60 shekels a person, or 120 with a cheese platter; bottles in its shop cost 90 to 280 shekels.
InstagramFacebookashkarwinery.com
Ashkar Winery is a winery at 234 Kafr Yasif West in Kafr Yasif, in the Northern District. Behind it: founder and chief winemaker Nemi Ashkar.
It publishes its menu on the winery's website; 12 of its dishes are listed below with their prices, as read on 5 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on the winery's website on 5 October 2026: Sunday to Tuesday closed, Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 to 18:00.
The nearest railway station is Ahihud, 4.7 km away. The nearest bus stops are אבו חואריף/כביש 70 (257 m), מרכז פיס (353 m), כביש 70/אל חלאת (391 m).
Its website, read on 5 October 2026, shows no kosher certificate for the winery or its wines. The Nahariya religious council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026, which covers Kafr Yasif, names one business in the town, a meat caterer. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company. Kafr Yasif does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
Ashkar Winery is a boutique winery located on a pastoral hill in Kafr Yasif village. The winery was founded in 2010 by Nemi Ashkar as a continuation of a long tradition, started by his family’s homeland village Iqrit.The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Kosher certificate
- Its website, read on 5 October 2026, shows no kosher certificate for the winery or its wines. The Nahariya religious council's list on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026, which covers Kafr Yasif, names one business in the town, a meat caterer. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-10-05
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings2026-10-05
- Companies Registrar
- No company of that name in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il, in Hebrew or in English; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. data.gov.il2026-10-05
- Municipal business licence
- The Kafr Yasif local council's sanitation and business licensing page gives the business licence fee, links the council's specification of licensing requirements (updated 19 February 2022), the Business Licensing Law and the Interior Ministry's guide, and offers the application forms, but it publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. kafr-yasif.muni.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | יקב אשקר / Ashkar Winery | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 234 Kafr Yasif West | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.951667, 35.158503 (the Waze link on its website) | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 04-996-4966 | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Website | ashkarwinery.com | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from ashkarwinery.com | ashkarwinery.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Tuesday closed, Wednesday to Saturday 10:00 to 18:00 | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Guided tasting | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Price band | ₪₪ | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Menu | 12 items with prices | ashkarwinery.com | Fact, shown | |
| Kosher certificate | None published | shirathayam.m-datit.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | No published statement found | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Ahihud 4.7 km; אבו חואריף/כביש 70 257 m; מרכז פיס 353 m; כביש 70/אל חלאת 391 m; עוקף כפר יאסיף 1 406 m; כפר יאסיף כביש 70 413 m; עוקף כפר יאסיף 416 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Delivery apps | Not on Wolt or 10bis | Our own check | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | No company of that name in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il, in Hebrew or in English; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | The Kafr Yasif local council's sanitation and business licensing page gives the business licence fee, links the council's specification of licensing requirements (updated 19 February 2022), the Business Licensing Law and the Interior Ministry's guide, and offers the application forms, but it publishes no list of licensed businesses, and none is on data.gov.il. | kafr-yasif.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| The owners' own words | Quoted from the winery's website | ashkarwinery.com | Quoted, attributed | |
| Photographs | 3 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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