Industry rankings — from Guide Michelin, Zagat, Saveur, to name a few — are often coveted awards. And then there is Southern Living’s list, the South’s Best Bed and Breakfasts. In the most recent edition of the magazine, Sperryville’s own Inn at Mount Vernon Farm is among the eight B&Bs listed. “The most important distinction for this six-room 1827 mansion is that it’s an 840-acre working farmstead,” the review says. “Daily breakfasts showcase the farm’s yields, such as eggs, from resident layers, and jam made with blackberries from an on-property briar patch.” Cliff Miller IV, who along with his sister are seventh-generation owners of the inn property, says he knew nothing about his family’s lovely ancestral home’s being on Southern Living’s list until someone mentioned it to him. Indeed, these rankings are often the result of anonymous visits. In an earlier Sperryville column, heralding the opening of this southern gem, I’d written, “Cliff Miller IV is all about drive, determination, vision and execution. As a young man, he set his goals, one of which was to bring back to life, with his father, the beautiful country manor now known as the Inn at Mount Vernon Farm.” Fast forward several years […]
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