Having met Susannah and Graham whilst dining at our ‘interesting’ French restaurant on Friday night, they kindly invited us to a barbecue at their home this afternoon.
The beautiful French manor house has been their home for the past four years. They have been very busy during this time in restoring this magnificent property. Their work to this stage in both the grounds and the building itself is nothing short of amazing.
Susannah, having her own antique business has acquired the most exquisite collection to enhance and restore the Manoir to its former glory. Chandeliers were in abundance as well as delightful French furniture and window dressings to name but a few.
What a delightful couple and so welcoming.
Other guests were their friends, Tony, a retired craftsman and dealer in silverware, and Pablo and Clara another delightful local couple. Clara had briefly lived in Canberra as a child as her father was a diplomat.
The afternoon and evening went all too quickly. Much fun and laughter, not to mention gourmet delights with some blind tasting of a number of red wines, before Graham brought out his fine cognac collection!
To top this off we were treated to some eau-de-vie which was discovered in an area of the house having been under wraps for possibly over a century - obviously left behind by previous owners who were in the cognac business.
The eau-de-vie discovered by Susannah and Graham. We were very privileged to have been able to taste their very rare discovery.
The eau-de-vie was stuff to blow your socks off! Wow! But what a find. And we were so privileged to be included.
The party continued to well after midnight - fortunately we were able to stop here for the night!
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