In honour of
Amara Osei · Julien Marchetti
Together with their families
- When
- Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM EDT
- Where
- Alder House
- 114 Wolcott Lane
- Rhinebeck, NY, US
The marriage of Amara Osei and Julien Marchetti at Alder House, with dinner and dancing to follow.
We would be glad of your company. Please reply by the sixteenth of September so we can settle the tables, and tell us what you cannot eat.
The favour of your reply
Reply with love
The order of the day
Schedule
3:30 PM
Arrival and welcome drinks
The Orchard Lawn
The orchard lawn, weather permitting. Cloakroom in the hall.
4:00 PM
The ceremony
The Reverend Alice Fenwick
The Long Barn
Please be seated by ten minutes to four.
4:45 PM
Photographs
The South Steps
Family groups first, then everyone on the steps.
6:00 PM
Dinner
The Glasshouse
Tables are listed by the door. Find your name on the board.
7:30 PM
Speeches
The Glasshouse
8:30 PM
First dance, then the band
The Wolcott Lane Four
The Long Barn
11:30 PM
Carriages
The Front Gate
Taxis are booked for half past eleven from the front gate.
At the table
Menu
Canapés
Cured sea trout on rye
Passed on the lawn with the welcome drinks.
contains fish · contains gluten · contains dairy
Heritage tomato and basil tartlet
vegetarian
To begin
Chilled pea and mint velouté
Served with a warm roll.
vegetarian · gluten-free
Burrata with late peaches
vegetarian · contains dairy · contains nuts
Mains
Herb-crusted lamb rump
Chef’s pickCooked pink. Ask if you would prefer it well done.
contains gluten · contains dairy
Wild mushroom and pearl barley
The vegan main, and worth ordering on its own terms.
vegan
Puddings
Elderflower and lemon cake
The cake, cut at half past nine.
vegetarian · contains gluten · contains dairy · contains egg
Poached pear with almond cream
vegetarian · contains nuts · contains dairy
A short list
Gift registry
Toward the honeymoon
$250.00
Two weeks on the west coast of Ireland. Any amount is welcome.
Cash gift · Group gift
Copper preserving pan
$185.00
The one thing on this list that will outlive us both.
Linen tablecloth, seats twelve
$120.00
For the Sunday lunches we intend to keep having.
Cast iron casserole, seven litre
$245.00
A case for the cellar
$300.00
Six bottles laid down to open on the tenth anniversary.
Group gift
A night at the coast
$200.00
Toward a stop on the way home.
Cash gift
The shared album
Photographs
Chosen by the host
Sign your name
Guest book
A note, a blessing, a line you want to leave behind.