Savoring Summer’s End at 5 Country Getaways

It’s late summer time, when farm stands are bursting with coloration, piled with vegatables and fruits within the weeks earlier than the season attracts to a detailed. And the place higher to get pleasure from a summer time harvest — or to attempt your hand at actions like beekeeping, foraging, even the artwork of ax-throwing — than at a farm or winery resort?

Whether you need to escape to a working farm simply outdoors of Nashville; a farm and winery with an inn and “yurt village” within the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia; or a restored distillery and boutique resort on a river in Cognac, France, these getaways for epicures and country-lovers await with recent eggs, jams and meals for the soul.

Bristol, Va.

Nicewonder Farm & Vineyards

Wander this 450-acre farm and winery amid the Blue Ridge Mountains (its viognier, chardonnay and merlot have been winners of the Virginia Governor’s Cup competitors) and also you’ll discover cattle, chickens, vegetable gardens — and a brand new 28 room-and-suite inn. Or you’ll be able to keep within the “yurt village”: 9 yurts manufactured from cedar, making them really feel extra like cabins, located between the inn and the vineyard’s tasting room. Book a yurt and also you’ll have your individual kitchenette and rainfall bathe, in addition to a porch and again deck from which to breathe within the mountain air. Each yurt can sleep two to 6 individuals; pets are welcome, too (for a price).

As you may anticipate, meals at Nicewonder are farm-to-table affairs. Hickory, on the bottom flooring of the inn, serves seasonal, Appalachian-inspired dishes — like whipped Spam with home pickles, nori, yuzu scorching sauce and fried saltines — and overlooks a lake and the winery. There’s additionally a bar and, after all, a wine cellar. And you’ll be able to store for flowers, greens, jams and jellies on the property’s produce market. In truth, you would spend a whole weekend simply consuming and imbibing. Yet there are miles of trails to deal with, main you previous bushes, over hills and close to a creek. You can go for a swim within the infinity pool and, come September, work out in a brand new “fitness yurt” with spin bikes and train tools, or unwind with a spa therapy within the forthcoming “spa yurt village.” Prices from $335 an evening in August and September, together with breakfast.

Los Olivos, Calif.

The Inn at Mattei’s Tavern, Auberge Resorts Collection

A former stagecoach cease, this property, located close to the vineyards and farms of the Santa Ynez Valley, has been receiving visitors for the reason that late Eighties. Shuttered in 2018, it reopened this yr after a renovation that included new buildings and a brand new title. You can select from 67 rooms, 4 of that are restored cottages relationship to the early 1900s. There are new visitor rooms, every with a patio, terrace or solar porch, located in constructions known as Guest Houses. Also new is the two-bedroom Courtyard cottage with a lounge and personal outside area the place you’ll be able to finish the day beside an out of doors hearth or in a scorching tub. The Homestead cottage has two bedrooms and personal outside area as effectively.

Beyond your sleeping quarters is the Tavern restaurant, the place lots of the elements come from an on-site backyard and the menu focuses on grilled proteins and greens, served indoors or outdoors beneath a trellis. For dishes impressed by Chinese delicacies — assume duck gained tons, soy-braised Chinese eggplant, crispy pork stomach, spicy peanuts, grilled shiitakes and shrimp toast — pop into Gin’s Tap Bar, named for the property’s former chef, Gin Lung Gin. Need a caffeine repair? Try Felix Feed & Coffee, the place it’s also possible to order recent baked items and breakfast. For a cocktail or a glass of wine, head to the Bar. Or placed on a washing go well with and go to the Shed, a poolside bar with informal Mediterranean-inspired fare. After a chunk and a dip, hop on a bicycle and go for a experience previous vineyards — or keep put and discover ways to infuse your individual olive oil with herbs from the backyard. Prices from $950 an evening.

Cognac, France

La Nauve Hôtel et Jardin

While France is thought for main wine areas like Bordeaux and Champagne, this restored distillery and boutique resort goals to lure you to Cognac nation in southwest France, residence to main producers similar to Hennessy, Martell and Rémy Martin. The resort opened in June in a belle epoque mansion by the Charente River and is a part of the Almae Collection of motels in addition to a member of the resort community Relais & Chateaux. Its 12 suites are set amid 12 acres of gardens rife with fruit bushes, rose bushes and greens. Crack open a favourite novel, ease into the swimming pool, or observe the gardens towards the river. There, personal canoes await. Or you’ll be able to board the resort’s boat and go to the city of Cognac. E-bikes are additionally accessible.

Meals will be had at Notes, a fine-dining restaurant with a four-course or seven-course tasting menu that makes use of herbs and greens from the property’s gardens, in addition to elements from Cognac distilleries and native farms. Alternatively, head over to the previous distillery constructing, which is now Brasserie des Flâneurs, the place the French brasserie menu highlights seasonal produce like ceviche with citrus fruit from the property’s greenhouse. There’s additionally the Bar and Tea Room, linked to a terrace the place you’ll be able to have a pastry (or two) along with your tea or espresso. Should you favor one thing a bit stronger, you’ll be able to order a cocktail, wine or — what else?— Cognac. Prices from 450 euros, or about $490, an evening, together with breakfast.

Amenia, N. Y.

Troutbeck

This storied Hudson Valley nation property about two hours north of Manhattan has attracted an extended checklist of writers and thinkers, together with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and W.E.B. Du Bois. In the early 1900s the property was purchased from its authentic house owners, the Benton household, by Amy and Joel E. Spingarn, one of many founders of the writer Harcourt, Brace & Co. and a former president of the N.A.A.C.P. (he was the originator of the Spingarn Medal, awarded yearly by the N.A.A.C.P.). Today the 250-acre property is a member of Design Hotels and has 37 rooms and suites. Recently, it opened Benton House alongside Webutuck Creek, the place you’ll discover 13 visitor rooms, every with personal outside area amid grasses and wildflowers. All look to nature for inspiration, with grass material wallpaper and beds by the Connecticut-based furnishings maker Ian Ingersoll.

Head to the barns — that are lined in timber reclaimed from the previous Tappan Zee Bridge Hudson River crossing — for a health or yoga class, or to make use of the health club and sauna. Outside you’ll be able to play tennis, swim within the pool, stroll via a walled backyard inbuilt 1916, or take a personal falconry session. You can hike and bike on the property, too. Or enterprise a bit of farther for a fly-fishing tour, or a visit to close by Maitri Farm, the place you’ll be able to browse produce and flowers (personal excursions are additionally accessible). Birders might need to try the Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy. Other visitors, within the custom of Troutbeck, might merely need to sit again and converse over a meal. Settle right into a sales space within the Dining Room for seasonal dishes with native elements, like spelt ricotta cavatelli with chanterelles and garlic scapes. For bites on the go and late-night snacks, the Pantry gives temptations like salted chocolate chip cookies, espresso cake, brownies and blondies made in-house and accessible 24 hours. Prices from $400 an evening.

Franklin, Tenn.

Southall Farm & Inn

Just 25 miles south of Nashville’s buzzing music scene, this nascent farm and inn gives a buzz of a unique kind with seven apiaries that home tens of millions of honeybees, together with some 1,300 apple bushes, greenhouses (together with an orangerie), formal kitchen gardens, crops and loads of land for foraging fungi and berries. While the property calls to thoughts a historic farm, it has the comforts of a contemporary escape. You can select from 62 rooms and suites, 16 cottages and plenty of locations to savor the land’s bounty. For informal meals, attempt Sojourner, the place you’ll be able to start every day with pastries and eggs (lunch and dinner are additionally accessible). Even the cocktails are made with freshly harvested herbs and juices. Stop by the Farm Stand for produce, picnic baskets and preserves. And later this yr, be looking out for January, a restaurant with a eating room and outside patio that plans to supply multicourse menus with elements grown at Southall.

If the pastoral views are usually not sufficient to shed your stress, head over to the 15,000-square-foot spa to decompress with remedies that use botanicals and elements, some from the farm. You can work out on the health middle, float within the 104-degree mineral pool (there’s an out of doors pool, too), strike a pose on the property’s hilltop meditation and yoga spot, or problem your self on the ropes-and-obstacle course. Runners and hikers can benefit from greater than 5 miles of trails. And there’s no scarcity of extra outside actions (some for a price), together with falconry, fishing, bee maintaining, archery and ax-throwing. Prices from $559 an evening in August, and from $839 starting in September.

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