Blackberry Farm, the award-winning East Tennessee Relais and Châteaux resort, announced the 2023 Blackberry Year programming, a curated series of wine, food, wellness, adventure, and educational experiences that offer opportunities designed to inspire a fresh perspective. The Blackberry Year invites guests to kindle relationships, discover passions, and open their minds, proposing the theme, “Spark.”
“Going into 2023 feels like an opportunity to reignite passion and inspiration. So, we put together a series of events and experiences that will encourage us all to find a new spark,” says Proprietor Mary Celeste Beall. “The Blackberry Year lineup of chefs, yogis, winemakers, farmers, cyclists, and adventurers inspires us to jump start 2023 and keep that energy going all year long.”
Throughout the year, guests can nurture their curiosity, lighting the way for a fresh chapter of enrichment. Programming includes guided wellness experiences, adventure-filled weekends, decadent wine and food events, intimate musical performances, and gatherings reimagined.
Blackberry Farm will host a robust roster of talent in 2023, including Michelin-starred Chef Val Cantu of San Francisco’s Californios; “Top Chef” finalist Chef Eric Adjepong, who is passionate about introducing diners to West African cuisine; award-winning winemakers Ben Casteel, Justin Hunnicutt Stephens, Raj Parr, and Bibiana González Rave; experienced yoga instructor Charlotte Hardwick; and foundations such as White Buffalo Land Trust.
Event highlights for this year include La Paulée at Blackberry Farm, which will bring Burgundy to Blackberry for an event designed for true vino lovers. A first-time wellness experience and intimate gathering, Discover You: Enneagram, invites guests to explore a deeper understanding of themselves and others through curated programming. And the annual Deep Healing Woods retreat returns, transporting guests into the Fall forest for a unique immersion in the healing powers of nature.
A lineup of events can be found by visiting www.BlackberryYear.com with more to be announced in the coming months.
Located 25 miles from Knoxville, Blackberry Farm, a Relais & Châteaux property, is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed destination for business retreats and leisure getaways. The 4,200-acre estate, which also owns a nearby 5,000 acres of protected wilderness, is celebrated as an unrivaled food and wine destination, providing the ultimate in farm-to-table cuisine and a wine collection of more than 160,000 bottles from around the world. Blackberry Farm’s Foothills Cuisine® pays homage to locally sourced and seasonally fresh products grown on the property’s four-acre garden. Activities abound at Blackberry Farm and include fly fishing, horseback riding, hiking, wellness activities, spa, sporting clays, yoga, cycling, and more. For more information on Blackberry Farm or to make a reservation, please visit: www.blackberryfarm.com. Blackberry Farm, LLC, encompasses the hotels, brewery, retail enterprises, and charitable outreach of the Blackberry Farm family of brands and the Blackberry Farm Foundation, which has donated more than $1.5 million to local non-profit organizations.
