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Member of Relais & Chateaux: 1988 - present
AAA Five Diamond Award: 1995 - present (Inn & Restaurant)
Forbes Five Star Award (formerly Mobil): 2000 - present (Inn)
Forbes Four Star Award (formerly Mobil): 2000 - present (Restaurant)
Top 50 Best Overall Restaurants in The Country - OpenTable.com Diners' Choice (2009)
Certified Green Restaurant™: 2008 - present
Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence: 2004 - present
Member of Andrew Harper Alliance
Member of Virtuoso
Recommended by Elite Meetings and Travel + Leisure

7/16/2010 - The Fearrington House Rated by Travel + Leisure Readers as One of North America's Top Hotels>>

7/1/2010 - The Fearrington House Introduces a First-Ever "Behind The Scenes" Inn Package>>

5/27/2010 - The Fearrington House Restaurant Celebrates its 30th Summer>>

5/14/2010 - In May, Fearrington Village Welcomed its Newest Addition: Roost, a Beer Garden>>

4/16/2010 - The Fearrington House 2010 Wine Maker Series Begins>>

2/26/2010 - Fearrington Named Among Top 50 U.S. Restaurants for Best Service by OpenTable Diners>>

2/2/2010 - Fearrington Village hosts Eighth Annual Folk Art Show>>

12/21/09 - The Fearrington House Restaurant joins Seafood Conservation Effort>>

11/10/09 - The Fearrington House Country Inn is Awarded The 2010 Forbes Travel Guide (Formerly Mobil)
Five-Star Rating>>

11/10/09 - The Fearrington House Country Inn & Restaurant Receives 16th AAA Five Diamond Award>>

10/16/09 - The Fearrington House is Named Among Top Ten Small U.S. Hotels in Condé Nast Traveler>>

9/25/09 - The Fearrington House and fellow Relais & Chateaux announce the Southern Route du Bonheur>>

9/1/09 - Fearrington Introduces The Sculpture Garden>>

8/13/09 - Fearrington Wine Director Maximilian Kast Becomes Advanced Sommelier>>

4/24/09 - The Fearrington House Named Among Top 50 Restaurants in the US by OpenTable>>

4/1/09 - McIntyre's Fine Books at Fearrington Celebrates 20 Years>>

4/1/09 - Announcing The 2009 Fearrington House Culinary School Series>>

3/9/09 - VIETRI Comes To Fearrington Village>>

2/16/09 - The Fearrington House Announces 2009 Winemaker Dinner Series>>

2/2/09 - Colin Bedford Named Executive Chef at The Fearrington House Restaurant>>

1/26/09 - The Fearrington House Restaurant is a Green Certified Restaurant^TM >>

1/22/09 - Fearrington House Receives 10th Consecutive Mobil Five Star Rating>>

11/26/08 - Fearrington Belted Galloways Take National Honors at Livestock Show>>

11/14/08 - The Fearrington House Receives AAA Five Diamonds For Lodging & Dining>>

*Travel + Leisure: The 15th annual World's Best reader survey listed The Fearrington House as the 71st best hotel in the world, and the 5th best inn in North America.

*OpenTable: The Fearrington House Restaurant was named among the Top 50 U.S. Restaurants for Best Service in the 2010 OpenTable Diner's Choice Awards. Determined by thousands of reviews submitted by diners.

*OpenTable: The Old Granary Restaurant was named among the Top 50 U.S. Restaurants for Best Brunch in the 2010 OpenTable Diner's Choice Awards. Determined by thousands of reviews submitted by diners.

*Condé Nast Traveler: The Fearrington House was chosen among the top ten on the "Reader's Choice Awards" list of the best small hotels in the United States. November, 2009.

*Travel + Leisure: Nearby Chapel Hill, NC was chosen as one of America's Coolest College Towns, September 2009.

*Condé Nast Traveler: 32,000 readers voted The Fearrington House onto Conde Nast Traveler's 15th annual Gold List - a collection of the 700+ best hotels, resorts and cruise lines in the world, featured in the January 2009 issue.

*Travel + Leisure: In the 2006 "World's Best" awards, The Fearrington House Country Inn was voted one of the Top 100 hotels in the continental United States.

*The Independent voted The Fearrington House as Best Bed & Breakfast in the Indy Best of the Triangle 2006 Awards.

*The Fearrington House Restaurant was saluted for its "decadently delicious" Chocolate Soufflé in Cary Magazine's June issue highlighting the area's 5 best chocolate desserts - Summer 2006

*AOL CityGuide recently recognized The Fearrington House Restaurant with the City's Best Award for Best Restaurant in the area - April 2006

*Greg Cox of The Raleigh News & Observer hailed the Fearrington House as the Most Romantic Restaurant in the Triangle area - March 2006

*The Fearrington House Country Inn was awarded Triangle CitySearch's Best Of Award for Best Hotel Dining, Luxury Hotel and Romantic Hotel - March 2006

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