Press
Please find listed below a few excerpts and links to full stories published about Twin Farms.
Recent Press
Details.com — Finest Spas for Foodies
“Dinner choices at this central Vermont resort depend on local producers but will likely include vegetables from Fable Farm cooperative, herbs and mushrooms from expert foragers Les Hook and Nova Kim, cheese from the Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery, and handmade kimchi from a neighbor. (The 26,000-bottle wine list is the only constant.)”
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Improper Bostonian — Oh, the Places You’ll Go
“There’s an emphasis on Americana and plush seating, on graciousness leavened by the warmth of a smiling host uncorking a bottle of something rare.”
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Boston Magazine — Destination Dining
“With no set menu and a bounty of local food artisans just past his back door, chef Ted Ask churns out mind-blowing cuisine (like hen croquettes over barley-walnut salad; or apple, onion, and cheddar gratins) to just 10 or 20 diners a night.”
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Food Arts — Where the Wild Things Are
“Guests are cosseted from dawn to dark. Imaginitive breakfasts can include anything from heuvos rancheros to soufflé pancakes.”
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Boston Magazine — Best of New England: Vermont
“As lavish a resort as you’ll find anywhere, Twin Farms wows the senses with pastoral views and painstakingly outfitted rooms (four-poster beds, fireplaces, Jacuzzis, museum-quality art). But the flawless service is what really seals the deal.”
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2010
Affluent Magazine — Into The Woods For A Luxurious Out Of The Woods New England Experience
“Much of the beauty of this property and experience is its natural amenities: endless forest trails for walking and biking, ponds for fishing, tennis, swimming and croquet.”
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Spa Magazine—Into the Woods
“A relaxing bonus: Twin Farms’ modest Out of the Woods spa features treatments with all-natural, hand-mixed salts, oils and lotions, and its Furo (Japanese-style bathhouse) invites leisurely soaks.”
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A Rare World—Twin Farms — Remote, Relaxing and Refined
“The kitchen is under the direction of Ted Ask, and there wasn’t one meal that we ate that wasn’t customized just for us and served the way we wanted it. Menus are decided day of and everything depends on what is available and being delivered that morning.”
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Conde Naste Traveler UK—Where To Stay: Trailblazing
“Leaf-peeping, they call it, when the New England countryside bursts into crimson, gold and orange in late September, triggering a rush of visitors eager to experience this fabulous annual trick of the trees.”
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Robb Report —The Chalet at Twin Farms
“Twin Farms’ ostensibly endless list of activities (skiing, tobogganing, ice skating, snowshoeing, swimming, fishing, canoeing, hiking) has prompted many a guest to describe the 300-acre Vermont resort as camp for grown-ups.”
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Cigar Aficionado—The World’s Best Hotels and Resorts
“…Twin Farms has consistently been one of the most decorated hotels on the planet, despite having less than two dozen units.”
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Wall Street Journal—Master of the House
“I also love Twin Farms in Vermont. It’s special in that cuddly way.”
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Vanity Fair—Twin Farms, an Idyllic Country Retreat
“Idyllic is probably the most appropriate word to describe this exclusive inn, situated discreetly in beautiful, sleepy central Vermont.”
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Pastoral 12 — Twin Farms
“To stay at Twin Farms is an opportunity to let go, absorb its many treasures, be inspired, and respond to the unique pleasures that one can only find in Vermont and in the way that only Twin Farms offers it.”
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2009
Out Traveler.com—Value Watch: Twin Farms, Vermont
“The property is also available to rent for weddings, civil unions, and vow-renewal ceremonies.”
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Archives
Travel & Leisure — Renovating Vermont’s Twin Farms
"If there was anything that marked his designs," critic Paul Goldberger writes of designer Jed Johnson, "it was a forthright determination to make space resonate, to make it glow with that peculiar form of perfection that comes when objects of great quality are well placed in carefully wrought surroundings."
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Yankee Magazine—The Most Expensive Night in New England
“Even the inn’s history has glamour.”
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Robb Report—Patriot Games
“Far from bound by its heritage, however, Twin Farms tweaks the staid New England stereotype with subtle details throughout the property. The covered bridge that links the house to the pub, gym, and spa seems more like a creation of Frank Lloyd Wright than of Currier & Ives.”
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Town & Country Travel — The Charm of Twin Farms
“The first fall [Sinclair Lewis and Dorothy Thompson] owned the property, they insisted that their friends drop everything and set out immediately for Twin Farms so as not to miss the crimson brilliance of the dying leaves.”
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Departures—New at Twin Farms
“The aviary is unlike any other building at Twin Farms: instead of a woodsy cottage, it is a sexy geometric affair with a wall of glass and an exposed chimney clad in copper.”
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Travel & Leisure —Double Pleasure
“Twin Farms promises its guests the ultimate in discreet and elegant country relaxation. I had hallucinatory visions of a Thoreau-like reverie accompanied by facials and the perfect Pinot Noir.”
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Architectural Digest—Twin Farms
“An elegantly rustic, subtly extravagant, impeccably but discreetly administered hotel, it is a clever marriage of high and low at nearly every turn.”
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Architectural Digest—Fantasy at Twin Farms
“…Twin Farms has set out to become one of the most exclusive, if unassuming, hotels in America, and the architecture and design go a good way toward meeting that goal.”
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Business Week — Cold Comfort: A Taste of Vermont
“It's not surprising that the adults-only Twin Farms, with an environment that's both luxurious and laid-back, attracts an exclusive clientele looking for a respite from their frenetic lives.”
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Washingtonian Magazine — Vermont’s Twin Farms
“For two days, we dined on lobster, jumbo shrimp, lamb. Waiters poured drinks and wine—Twin Farms is a Wine Spectator Grand Award winner for its wine list—at no charge.”
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Wine Spectator — Great Getaways
“…while Twin Farms is a gentler, more bucolic setting.”
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Blogs
Forbes.com — Hotels I Love: Twin Farms, VT
“You can be pampered at every turn or self-sufficient, with the resort’s ample amenities at your disposal, and it always feels like you are the only one here, because there are so few rooms (20) for so much space (300+ acres).”
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Forbes.com — How to Vacation Like an Eccentric Billionaire
“[Twin Farms owner Thurston Twigg-Smith] is a noted philanthropist and art collector, and every building at Twin Farms, including the 20 luxury homes, each architecturally unique and thematic, that pass for ‘rooms,’ is adorned with collectible art.”
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Poshbrood.com— Twin Farms
“Generally an adult (16 and up) getaway, twice a year they offer family week, and we're smitten.”
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Travelingmom.com— Luxury Summer Camp at Twin Farms
“You will never eat this well in your life. I licked my plate clean at every meal, devoured every dessert, and lost weight.”
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Huffingtonpost.com — What’s Worth It: Twin Farms-Vermont
“City life often just gets too much. Twin Farms is an escape to the countryside for in-the-know Bostonians and New Yorkers.”
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Media Contact
Katherine Nichols
808-285-4247
krnichols@mac.com