Eastern Tennessee destination offering luxurious relaxation and fine dining earns spot on Food & Wine Global Tastemakers list of U.S. best dining hotels
Blackberry Farm in Woland, Tennessee was listed in the magazine’s recent Global Tastemakers magazine’s “Editor’s Pick” in the category recognized as the best national and international culinary destinations . While the project is Food & Wine’s “first-ever reader’s choice award,” the publication has been awarded editorials in many categories for “shouting out a few more culinary destinations in places you can’t miss.” It states that it contains recommendations for.
Other categories with their own lists include Best Restaurants for Ambiance (which gives Nashville’s fine Italian restaurant Yolan the number one spot) and Best Bars in America (which tops Nashville’s The Fox).
Blackberry Farm ‘lives up to the hype’
Regarding Blackberry Farm, the editors of Food & Wine wrote: Whether your particular tastes are world-class wines and food picked this morning, frolicking with truffle puppies, outdoor excursions on foot, boat, horseback or bike, or immersing yourself in a blissful spa. From the comfort of the cottage’s front porch, the farm and its sister property, Blackberry Mountain, are the pinnacle of cherished delights. “
The 4,200-acre haven in the Great Smoky Mountains shares the Best Hotels for Food list with luxury hotels and resorts in the countryside of Las Vegas, Florida, New Orleans and Vermont.
Decades of destination
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Converted into a six-room country inn in the mid-1970s, Blackberry Farm grew into a landmark resort in the decades that followed. According to the website, the farm produces fresh produce for chefs and a unique collection of home, lifestyle and other items for sale.
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