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Member of Relais & Chateaux: 1988 - present
AAA Five Diamond Award: 1995 - present (Inn)
AAA Five Diamond Award: 1996 - present (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, 2010)
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

1/18/2012 - The Fearrington House Inn Celebrates its Silver Anniversary>>

12/13/2011 - The Fearrington House Voted a Top 100 Best Restaurant Nationally for 2011>>

12/5/2012 - The Fearrington House Receives Relais & Chateaux's 2012 Garden Award>>

11/15/2011 - The Fearrington House Inn Named Five-Star Hotel By Forbes Travel Guide>>

10/12/2011 - Conde Nast Traveler Readers Voted The Fearrington House a 2011 World's Best Hotel
and No. 3 Best Small Hotel in The U.S.>>

6/20/2011 - The Fearrington Granary Re-Opens with New Bar, New Hours and New Menu>>

2/25/2011 - The Fearrington House is Voted #3 Best Value Worldwide by Travel + Leisure Readers>>

11/10/2010 - Fearrington House is Awarded The 2011 Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star Rating>>

10/29/2010 - Fearrington House Receives AAA Five Diamond Award for 17th Consecutive Year>>

10/26/2010 - The Spa at Fearrington Opens its Doors>>

10/19/2010 - Conde Nast Traveler Readers Voted The Fearrington House a 2010 World's Best Hotel>>

10/18/2010 - Fearrington House Becomes the only AAA Five Diamond Certified Green Restaurant®>>

9/30/2010 - Chef Colin Bedford Profiled in Relais & Chateaux Cookbooks>>

7/16/2010 - Fearrington House Rated by Travel + Leisure Readers in 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 Welcomes 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 - 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 Books at Fearrington Celebrates 20 Years>>

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

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

Chapel Hill Magazine: Readers voted The Spa at Fearrington the top spa in town in its 2011 "Best of Chapel Hill Awards"

Conde Nast Traveler: The Fearrington House was voted the #3 Small Hotel in the U.S., 2011 Readers' Choice Awards

Travel + Leisure: The magazine's readers voted The Fearrington House Inn #3 on their list of World's Best Hotel Values in February, 2011.

OpenTable: The Fearrington House Restaurant was named among the Top 50 U.S. "Best Overall" Restaurants in the 2010 OpenTable Diner's Choice Awards. Determined by over 7 million reviews submitted by diners.

Condé Nast Traveler: The Fearrington House was voted the #2 Small Hotel in the United States and the #58 hotel worldwide, 2010 Readers' Choice Awards.

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 Fearrington 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.

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