The Belted Goat  offers a fine selection of coffee, wine, hand-made chocolate truffles, breakfast pastries and desserts from The Fearrington House Restaurant.  You will also discover an outstanding  selection of Panini, gourmet salads, meats, and home-baked prepared meals.  Just minutes from Pittsboro and Chapel Hill, The Belted Goat offers locals and visitors to the area a fun place to enjoy house-roasted coffee, a glass of wine, lunch, a light snack, Maple View ice cream,  or a delicious afternoon tea.  We look forward to welcoming you!

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Wine & Beer Tasting Seminars: Join Fearrington House Wine Director Maximilian Kast for a relaxed and informative wine or beer seminar at The Belted Goat. Seminars begin at 4pm. $25 per person, with hors d'oeuvres provided by The Fearrington House. Call (919) 542-2121 for reservations.

German White Wines, Sunday July 19th: Come join us for a tasting of German white wines. No, they are not all sweet! We will taste wines from such varietals as Silvaner, Muller-Thurgau, Kerner, and of course
Riesling. As always we will look into the history of German wine production and help make sense of the often complicated German wine laws and labels. There is no time better than a hot July afternoon to learn more about some of the greatest white wines in the world...Prost!

The Fearrington Wine Club
We are delighted to introduce our Monthly Wine Club from The Fearrington House and Wine Director Maximilian Kast. Join us on a wine adventure and let Max hand-select wines from small, family owned wineries matched specifically to your preferences and lifestyle. Whether for yourself or for a gift, this is a wonderful way to expand your palate, learn about new regions and experience some of the world’s best wines!

Hand-Crafted Chocolates
The Fearrington House Restaurant's Chocolatiere, Jill Leckey, creates delectable hand-crafted chocolates and desserts that are now available at The Belted Goat.  Jill joined Fearrington in 2005 following training at The French Culinary Institute and working for the famed Jacques Torres Chocolate Shop in New York.

Choose from a selection of chocolates truffles including Irish Cream, Lime and Lavender, Mango, Rum, Pineapple and Rosemary, and Orange and Thyme - all free of preservatives and artificial flavors.  Jill's Sweet Case also features a selection of desserts including Fruit Tarts, Flourless Chocolate Cake with Hazelnut Cream, Black Currant Mousse, and Carrot Cake. Visit us soon to discover these delicious goodies!

Also available at The Belted Goat is our very own Fearrington Blend Coffee - roasted in-house and available by the bag or freshly brewed in the store. Join our coffee club on your next visit to the store and receive a pound of free coffee for every 10 pounds you buy. Now available online! Order>>

Fabulous New Beltie Items!
Just arrived: Beltie Items for dogs! High-quality collars and leads, plush squeaky toys, Beltie Bits Treats and more! We have also expanded our Beltie Tee Shirt collection to include some eye-catching new colors and are also offering adorable items for baby, including Onesies and Bibs. Golf enthusiasts will be delighted to discover our new golf collection, featuring top-quality Beltie Golf Balls and Tee and Ball Marker Sets! 

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Why does the Belted Goat dance?
The favorite bedtime story about the origin of coffee goes like this: Once upon a time in the land of Arabia Felix (or in Ethiopia, if an Ethiopian is telling the story), there lived a goat herder named Kaldi. Kaldi was a sober, responsible goat herder whose goats were also sober, if not responsible. One night, Kaldi's goats failed to come home, and in the morning he found them dancing with abandoned glee near a shiny, dark-leafed shrub with red berries. Kaldi soon determined that it was the red berries on the shiny, dark-leafed shrub that caused the goats' eccentric behavior, and soon he was dancing too.

Finally, a learned imam from a local monastery came by, sleepily, no doubt, on his way to prayer. He saw the goats dancing, Kaldi dancing, and the shiny, dark-leafed shrub with the red berries. Being of a more systematic turn of mind than the goats or Kaldi, the learned imam subjected the red berries to various experimental examinations, one of which involved parching and boiling. Soon, neither the imam nor his fellows fell asleep at prayers, and the use of coffee spread from monastery to monastery, throughout Arabia Felix (or Ethiopia), and from there to the rest of the world.

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