The Romantic Beechwood Inn is located in the beautiful North Georgia Mountains and is on the Scenic Georgia Wine Highway

The Beechwood Inn is Georgia's Premier Wine Country Inn and offers luxury lodging in a rustic mountain setting. The Inn is nestled among 100 year-old terraced gardens overlooking Black Rock Mountain. It is a place where all elements add up to a culinary and wine-oriented journey. The Inn also features Northeast Georgia's only Wine Spectator Award of Excellence restaurant. The restaurant offers Saturday Prixe Fixe dining by advance reservation featuring fresh California and Mediterranean-style meals using the best of local, organic and sustainable products from Georgia farms, vineyards and orchards.

July 18 Fresh & Healthy Mediterranean Dinner with Fine Wines

The health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet have now been recognized the world over. It is not just the warm climate, beautiful and romantic islands and the deep azure sea, with all its' enchantments, but the wonderful fresh food that the locals enjoy as part of their daily diet. 

Rich in fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts and seafood, the Mediterranean diet is a diet for lovers of fresh food with the minimum of preparation, and this has the benefit of not only assisting in weight loss but also reducing the risk of heart disease and cancer. In the countries bordering Mediterranean, the local diet is based on seasonal produce, usually grown by the villages, but now we can enjoy these fresh foods all year round, easily obtained from your local markets. 

Wine, particularly red wine has long been an important part of the traditional Mediterranean Diet Red wine is rich in health giving anti-oxidants and is also acknowledged to have beneficial effects on the heart and arteries, so to enjoy a glass of wine with this diet is perfectly acceptable. Dinner and wines $65.00 per person, plus tax and gratuity.

Aperitif: Glass of Beechwood Inn Wine with Local Cheeses and Fruit

Appetizer: Heirloom Tomatoes Stuffed with Souffleed Goat Cheese on Savory Greens

2006 Pocas Coroa D’ouro Reserva, Douro, Portugal

Salad: Beechwood Inn House Summer Salad

Local Organic Greens, Candied Pecans, Blue Cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette

Entrée: Heirloom Berkshire Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Fresh Basil Pesto

Silver Queen Corn Pudding with Smoked Tomato Sauce

2000 Apollonio Copertino Riserva, Puglia, Italy

Dessert: Fresh Georgia Peach Crisp with Blueberries and Vanilla Cream