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Featuring culinary destinations, regional wine events, oeno-spelunking and wine trivia.
Beechwood Inn Best Food and Wine Destination
Wine Enthusiast Magazine places Beechwood Inn in the Top 5 Destinations "for your next wine and food-focused escape," Dec 28, 2011.
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History of Beechwood Inn
Beechwood Inn was in its historic Hay-Day as a summer house from 1922 through the early 60’s.It was originally built as a private residence in 1916 for Reverend Herman Charles and Lura Bucholz and their family.
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Beechwood Inn Eggs
McDonald's and Target dropped the nation's 5th largest egg supplier after an animal rights group released an undercover video of the egg producer's farms in three states. Try our organic eggs from pastured chickens.
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Food as Art
The enjoyment of food is as much visual as it is about taste and smell. Both Gayle and I care about how food is presented to us.
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The Tradition of Champagne and Weddings
There are lots of traditions associated with weddings, but toasting of the bride and the groom with Champagne is one of the most historic traditions that we honor. Champagne is truly the wine of celebration.
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Food as Art, Part 2 - Photo Tips
You don’t need to have an expensive Canon or Nikon digital camera to take great photos of food. Most of us we can take some pretty awesome photos with a fairly inexpensive digital camera if we keep some useful photography tips in mind.
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Summer 2010 Culinary Travels with Joanne weir
When Gayle and I travel it usually involves some type of wine and culinary adventure. The Summer of 2010 was no exception. We enrolled in a culinary class with Chef/Author Joanne Weir. Chef Weir got her big start working at Chez Panisse with Alice Waters. What a great culinary week . . .
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North Georgia Culinary Destinations
Many guests at Beechwood Inn are seeking local and fresh products and share wanderlust for food and wine destinations, so we provide farm-to-table culinary and wine oriented itineraries through our region. These culinary voyages are designed to help visitors experience local culture through our food and wine, and to learn about our regional friendships and businesses.
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Glory Seeds Farm
There are certain people you meet in life that you admire for their great humanitarian values. The owners/operators of our local Glory Seeds Farm are two of those people. Here is their story . . .
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David Taylor Farm
At Beechwood Inn we are proud to serve Taylor Farm greens to our guests, but it does involve more work than simply buying triple washed lettuce in a plastic bag from Wal-Mart. Food is needed by everyone, everywhere, every day. We believe that making shopping decisions that favor sustainable and local food sources benefits health, improves the local economy and is ecologically sound – even if it means more effort on our part.
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Jan 15: Judgment at Sautee
Georgia challenges California Wines to a tasting to see which is the best. Surprising results.
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Chef's Culinary Garden
We’ve been to restaurants where just moments before you are seated for dinner you observe the chef clad in her white coat tip toe into the gardens to snip fresh herbs and edible flowers. You just know you are in for a treat. We want to offer the type of experience where the diner sees and tastes things on their plate they know came out of the garden minutes before.
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Portrait of the 2011 Traveler to North Georgia
The travel planning and purchasing habits of the 2011 traveler will be to demand more in exchange for their travel dollar: they will seek an upgraded guest room, a more bountiful breakfast included with their room rate, complimentary amenities and, yes, free Internet.
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Chef James Reaux at the Chop House
Chef James Reaux owns and operates The Chop House at LaPrade's Marina on Lake Burton. After talking to him I’m confident that he went into to this venture with his eyes open and with a business model and plan pointed to success.
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New French Bistro Comes to Clayton
I was told by a friend that Clayton was getting a new French Bistro and that it would be located at the Old Clayton Inn. Being a dedicated foodie, and very much a Francophile I exclaimed “What, a French Bistro in Clayton? Who, when; where do I find out more?”
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Chuck and Callie Wheat Visit the Beechwood Inn
Here's a little bit about our amazing getaway to the Beechwood Inn in Clayton, Ga back at the beginning of April. Thank you David and Gayle for providing everything we needed as we recharged and explored Rabun. Salut!
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Chattooga Belle Farm
Nearby Chattooga Belle Farm offers farm fresh produce and a drop dead gorgeous venue for weddings and special events!
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Chef Michael Collins at Michaelee's Chocolate Caffe
Wow! Another CIA Trained Chef here in the North Georgia Mountains. Chef Michael Collins brings a wealth of experience to Michaelee's Chocolate Caffe, in Hiawassee, Georgia
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Culinary and Wine Vacations in the North Georgia Mountains
Visitors are now associating the North Georgia Mountains with beautiful new wineries, fabulous dining, luxury resorts and the abundance of wonderful fresh and local products. Of course, you can still find a mason jar of good ‘shine if you know who to ask.
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New Winery Sautee Nacoochee Vineyards
New wineries are continuing to open in the North Georgia Mountains. We stopped by to meet the owners and taste their wines. What a delightful visit.
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Steve Whiteman's Famous Micro-Greens
We buy and use some very beautiful and tasty micro-greens from a local farmer. I call them "Chef's Confetti."
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Crane Creek Vineyards & Eric Seifarth
Brigadoon is a place that is idyllic, unaffected by time, and distant from our world of tension and stress. Crane Creek Vineyards fits this definition perfectly. G
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Comfortable B & B - Review by Jennifer Whitford-Stoddard
The Beechwood Inn is a very special place – in large part because of the wonderful ambience and hospitality provided by David and Gayle. The inn is not just a nice place to visit...you WILL want to live there.
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Chef Jenny Wilson at Rabun County's Fromage
Gayle and I go out to lunch frequently. It has become almost a daily ritual in order to get out of the Beechwood Inn just for a small change in scenery. Invariably, the first place that comes to mind is “Fromage.”
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Tasting at Anderson's Conn Valley
It may be the most expensive wine in the world, and it may be the most interesting wine-maker too. It was a unique experience.
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Chef Dennis Barber at The Copper Door
Chef Dennis Barber owns and operates The Copper Door in Hayesville, NC. When I walked into The Copper Door Restaurant in Hayesville and was taken back by the fine dining décor. I could just as easily have been dropping into one of our favorite Atlanta restaurants for a romantic evening.
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