Today's Travel Finds: In Vermont | Food and Antique Tractors, Private Wine Tastings, Recipes from the Rabbitt Hill Inn, Wine Weekend Getaways

1.) The Grafton Inn's annual Grafton Food and Spirits Festival, is collaborating this year with the Grafton Historical Society, on their annual Antique Tractor Show. 

Event Date & Time:

September 3, 2022 | 10AM-4PM

More Info

2.) The Woodstock Inn is offering private wine tastings, paired with Vermont's artisan cheeses. Must be 21 or older to participate. Visit website for inquiries.

3.) Enjoy recipes from the Rabbitt Hill Inn in Vermont. Find links to more recipes from New England Bed and Breakfast Inns, here on New England Food Adventures.

4.)  Wine Weekend Getaway Packages at Red Clover Inn, feature a 20% discount when you attend a wine dinner, prepared by their chef the first Friday of each month.   

 Enjoy!

 

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Today's Travel Finds: Romance at Manor on Golden Pond, Christmas at Newport Mansions, Relax in the Berkshires, A Taste of Maine, Best Towns for Hiking in CT, The Winter Menu at The Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont

Looking for a romantic getaway? Experience the royal treatment, with the Romance-Honeymoon package, at Manor on Golden Pond, in New Hampshire. 

Enjoy a full country breakfast each morning, afternoon tea, Chef tasting 7-course menu, a spa package that includes a spa lunch with champagne and more. Visit website for details. 

Festive grandeur and Gilded-Age ambience—Christmas at The Newport Mansions will commence on November 23 and continue through January 1, 2020.  The celebrations include live holiday music, special holiday evenings, the holiday dinner dance (Sold Out), Newport Nutcracker performances. 

Christmas at the Newport Mansions begins on Saturday. From November 23rd - January 1st, three of the iconic mansions, The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House display thousands of poinsettias, fresh flowers, evergreens and wreaths to celebrate the beginning of the holiday season. pic.twitter.com/p5CwZCiwZY

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Escape to Blantyre in the beautiful Berkshires region of Massachusetts and recharge. Under new ownership, this award-winning, luxury Forbes Five-Star resort (a member of Relais & Châteaux) has undergone a major renovation, while maintaining its elegant charm. Blantyre offers casual and fine dining experiences, and is involved in the Farm to Table movement.

 

Inn by the Sea is offering a Taste of Maine Culinary Package. The 2 1/2 hour tour of the city of Portland, Maine, is available seven days a week, year-round, and includes two nights luxury accommodations (single bedroom), house-made whoopie pies upon arrival, a $100 voucher towards dining at Sea Glass, a bottle of Maine wine. 

Love the outdoors and hiking in particular? The Connecticut Office of Tourism has suggestions for best towns for hiking, including where to eat, stay and play.
 

On the winter menu at The Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont: Austrian Waldorf Salad, Butternut & Goat Cheese Ravioli, Trapp Farm Braised Pork Belly and Roasted Pork Loin. View the full menu.

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Explore the trails with Grafton Inn's "Falling Leaves Package"— includes room & breakfast for two. Sunday through Thursday ~ $149 per night (excluding applicable taxes and service fees).

Fall Brilliance Package ~ From $307 per person.
Check in to the Green Mountain Inn in Stowe, Vermont and enjoy a 2 night stay that includes daily country inn breakfast, scenic horse and carriage ride, harvest gourmet basket with bottle of wine and complimentary afternoon tea and cookies.

The Stowe Mountain Lodge in Stowe, Vermont is offering a Fall Foliage Stay & Play With Unlimited Golf Package. Rates start at $225 per person, per night, based on double occupancy.

Is writing your passion? Check out upcoming workshops and retreats at http://burlingtonwritersworkshop.com.

View a list of Vermont newspapers here.

Interested in a photography adventure tour or cooking class? Here are some useful links:

https://www.vermontvacation.com/plan-your-visit/events

https://newenglandfoodadventures.blogspot.com/p/cooking-classes.html

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Today's Travel Finds: Tea & Cheese Class/Dinner, Clambakes, BBQ

The Grafton Inn Vermont is hosting a Tea & Cheese Class/Dinner on September 23, 2015 - Spend an evening tasting and comparing teas and cheese with Certified Tea Specialist Melanie Franks and Grafton Village Cheesemonger Joseph Green. 

You'll learn about and taste six different teas paired with specialty local cheeses. Following the class, Melanie and Chef Cal present a specialty dinner in The Old Tavern with four flavorful courses, each incorporating a different type of tea. Class starts at 4:00pm and dinner is 6:00pm in the Old Tavern Dining room.

www.graftoninnvermont.com/2015/09/tea-cheese-classdinner

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Wood Fired Oven Breakfast Pizza at the Inn at the Round Barn Farm

Chef Charlie Menard of the Inn at Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield, Vermont, prepares breakfast pizza using a wood fired clay oven.

Watch as he makes strawberry-chevre with maple syrup. Yum!

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Get an up-close look at how maple sap is collected and boiled into pure Vermont maple syrup. View how their cheeses are hand packaged for safe shipment and travel. Meet the 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation Luce family and make friends with the farm animals. Enjoy!

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