Marisa always looks forward to spending her birthday in Boone. Our tradition was dinner at Twigs,but this year we decided to try something different.
We settled on the 1861 Farmhouse, a wonderful Farm to Table restaurant/winery in Valle Crucis. The place is outfitted in a very shabby chic style with mismatched furnishings, mismatched dinnerware and lovely lace curtains throughout. One dining room is more charming than the next. They serve salad from greens and veggies they grow in their own fields.
One of the high points of the lovely evening we spent there, was when the owner Steve offered to take us on a personal tour of the winery. He showed us how they built the winery in another building INSIDE the carriage house. they left the charm of the old building while providing the modern efficiency of the new construction.
