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We welcome Stephanie Lewis-Degan to tour the Bordeaux wine-making regions. We learned a lot, tasted lots of wine, and saw lots of beautiful chateaux. You can follow Stephanie on Instagram @steph_vin_ie.

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Manor & Maker theme music by Jamie Christopherson and Jeff MacDonald for Louder Productions.

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Sara, an IT professional & Stephen a graphic designer and artist are world-traveling Canadians who dreamt of moving to Europe, and France in particular. In 2020 they were working from home when Stephen turned to Sara and popped the question she was longing to hear, “What would have to be true for us to buy a chateau in France?” They searched online for months viewing hundreds of properties. They narrowed their search and toured some properties when they happened upon the one that captured our hearts, Château de Saint-Germain-des-Prés. A year later they made the move to France to start their new adventure in our beautiful Château. They created “Manor and Maker” to reflect the two sides of their adventure. One, to live as chateau owners with all the ups and downs and two, to pursue their passions as makers, creating art in all its forms. They will invite others to come together, united by their passions, to share in this adventure. We invite you to join us too, as we bring our dreams to life. Welcome to Manor & Maker.

23 Comments

  1. Excellent vlog traveling to various French wineries!!🍇 I bet it was not only educational but a lot of fun!😁🥂🍾

  2. Steve Edd and Anna said that area was the most expensive place to buy wine in that area. They said it is cheaper to buy from a Cheatue instead. Edd is a wine expert too.

  3. Very interesting having visited this area myself several times. You should have called in at Anna & Edd who would have shown you around and tastings at their Chateau.

  4. Learned a lot about wine, very informative… some things I didn’t know. Nice of her to share info, she’s very down to earth.
    My favourite is ‘Ice Wine’ from the Niagara Region…. I’m from Toronto and have visited quite a few of wineries there…

  5. Fascinating trip – great to learn from the experts and the vintners. Here’s to enjoying the wines now – thank you for sharing from Australia.

  6. Thank you for your sharing all the encouragement Our Lord has shown you! I needed this this week as I have been feeling Weakened and needed to fight back and stand my ground!!

  7. Great video! Have read all Caro Feely's books. Fantastic to hear her stories and to learn more about her vineyard.

  8. Love this episode, thnx! Would love to see you visit Chateau Margeux..(sp). Had quite an adventure tasting of 10 vintages of this, all gran cru! Still makes my mouth water

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