Haute Date Haute Plate Archives - Chewsy Lovers

A few weeks ago I was looking for a nice day trip for us to getaway for Buckaroo’s birthday. I called my sister and dad to help us with the kids and I said let’s go! No excuses. We went to a small mountain town called Blue Ridge, Georgia to Mercier Orchards. It was about an hour away from Atlanta, and just gorgeous. I had been begging since last year to visit an apple orchard, and Buckaroo loves the mountains, so it was a perfect compromise.

We had such a good time!! There was apple picking, they had a huge store, and restaurant. A bag to pick apples was $10 and it included a tractor ride through the orchard.

They had fresh cider and…an onsite winery. Oh yeah!! We wanted to start featuring cool date night spots on Chewsy Lovers, where you could also get good food. Well this episode of Haute Date, Haute Plate is about the wine…although there is a restaurant at Mercier. It was packed and we actually had packed lunches to have a picnic, so all we needed was a little bubbly.

In the winery we enjoyed a free tasting and demo which was really interesting, and delicious! The orchard grows all kinds apples, peaches, blueberries, and nectarines, just to name a few and they make their own hard ciders and wines onsite. We tasted about six different wines and hard ciders. We bought two bottles of the Just Peachy wine to take home. It was the sweetest out of the six we tasted.

After we left the orchard we rode around and looked at cabin houses, holding hands, and making plans like we did when we were dating. Then we stopped in at an open air art festival we saw while riding and did some walking and talking.

If you live in the Atlanta area, Mercier Orchards is a quick day trip! It’s well worth it. Live on purpose, love on purpose, date on purpose, and BE CHEWSY!!