Soil to Soul at Blackberry Farm

Frenchette chefs and Paul Lato Wines

The program brings together guest chefs Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr of Frenchette with Paul Lato of Paul Lato Wines for a wine and food event at Blackberry Farm in Walland. Blackberry Farm is listed as both the organizer and the event location.

Menus, pairings, seminar, and cooking demonstration

The culinary side centers on menus that combine Blackberry Farm’s rustic elegance with brasserie-inspired flavors associated with Frenchette. Named program pieces include wine pairings and a seminar featuring Paul Lato, a finale dinner menu featuring Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, a cooking demonstration from the Blackberry Farm culinary team, and a Blackberry Conversation with Hanson and Nasr.

Paul Lato’s role is tied directly to the pairings: he is listed as sharing personally selections to complement each dish, and he is identified with Paul Lato Wines from Santa Maria, California. Hanson and Nasr are described as bringing their take on French cuisine to the Farm, with Frenchette named as their New York City restaurant.

Blackberry Farm setting and per-person activity fee

Blackberry Farm is the named host site in Walland, Tennessee, with the location listed at 1471 West Millers Cove Road. The resort is described as a luxury hotel and resort on a pastoral 4,200-acre estate in the Great Smoky Mountains.

The published event activity fee is $1,300 per person. That fee includes all event activities and group meals with wine pairings; taxes and a 20% service charge are additional, and the event activity fee is sold separately from room.