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MARK VANDYKE

FEATURED

TOURS

THE BELLE
OF THE

UPSTATE
PASTORAL PERFECTION
AT CHATTOOGA
BELLE FARM
BY JOQUITA BURKA

MARK VANDYKE

It was a deliberate destination: address in phone,
comfortable shoes and coffee to go. We were
headed to Chattooga Belle Farm, a 138-acre Eden
where orchards and vineyards are heavy with
fruits destined for jam or the distillery, brides
flock for the ideal wedding and where, I discovered, the best reason to go out of the way is exactly
that. It is out of the way.

As we drove from Greenville to the farm, traffic and parking lots were
replaced by rolling farmlands surrounding clapboard houses unchanged
for generations. Green spread into green, and the horizon became a soft
misty-blue wave as the Blue Ridge Mountains came into view. While eons
of wear have made these hills seem gentle and accessible, they are, in fact,
home to 125 peaks above 5,000 feet in elevation, a height that creates some
of South Carolina's most astonishingly beautiful landscapes and rushing
whitewater rivers-and Chattooga Belle Farm.

FARM FRESH

GETTING FRESH
Search DiscoverSouthCarolina.com for details on U-pick
farms across the state and to find growers that sell their
goods from farmers markets and roadside stands.
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Just off U.S. Highway 76, we saw the Belle's Bistro sign. We arrived just in
time for lunch. Our patio table overlooked acres of pristine vineyards and
orchards, long stretches of lush green lawn and rows of white chairs set for
that evening's wedding as a cool breeze descended from the nearby mountains. We learned that the berry patches were ripe for picking, and that
the apples, grapes and stone fruit would be ready to pick in a few weeks.
Lunch was (sorry vegetarians) Chattooga Belle Farm natural grass-fed Black
Angus beef burgers blended with herbs, apple salsa and a mixed-greens salad
with blueberries and goat cheese. From our table, we could see the apple trees,
the blueberries were down the hill and the cattle were grazing near the distillery. This is farm-to-table in its purest form.
As we ate, an old school bus loaded with rafts wound down the hill. We
asked the waitress where it was going. "To the river," she answered.
The Chattooga River, just minutes from the farm, is designated by Congress as Wild and Scenic, and protected for its stunning beauty. In a drop
of almost 2,000 feet, the river forms Class 2-5 rapids and offers an irresistible attraction for adventurous rafters, campers, hikers and trout anglers.
It is indeed wild and scenic.



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