Seminars and company events
Corporate conferences, seminars, workshops, team building, exclusive receptions and weddings can be organized at Castello di Meleto, a castle and wine estate in Gaiole in Chianti, 30 km from Siena and 60 km from Florence. The estate does not publish capacities, so group sizes are confirmed with the booking team when you share your program.
For working sessions, the castle has a dedicated meeting room inside its former stables, plus other adaptable spaces for seminars and workshops. Team building is a large part of the offer. Groups can play team games in the historic halls, take on outdoor challenges in the gardens, cook with experienced chefs, set out on excursions through the vineyards, or blend their own wine. A residential seminar can mix morning sessions in the stables with an afternoon among the vines and a tasting of wines made in the castle cellars.
Weddings and receptions
The castle hosts wedding receptions and private receptions in its historic halls and gardens. Guest numbers, formats and the setting for the meal are discussed with the team for each date, and guests can stay on the estate in the castle rooms, the village rooms, the villas or the apartments.
Rooms and capacities
The event spaces named by the estate are the meeting room in the stables, the historic halls of the castle and the gardens. No seated or standing figures are published, so ask the booking team for the layout your group needs.
Accommodation
Accommodation is spread across four types. Some rooms are inside the castle walls, with Wi-Fi and large bathrooms. Others are in the borgo, the village around the castle, in restored stone buildings of varied size and style. Two villas stand in the heart of the village with access to a pool overlooking the valley, and the apartments in the village share an outdoor pool. The estate does not publish the number of rooms, so check availability for your group.
Catering
The Osteria di Meleto, the estate restaurant, and the Enoteca del Castello, its wine shop, are both on site. The wines poured at dinners and tastings come from the castle's own cellars, and cooking classes with chefs can be booked as a group activity. Event catering formats are agreed with the team.
History and setting
The estate links its wine to Benedictine monks in the 11th century, and the name Meleto first appears in writing in 1256. The castle's exterior has changed little since then. In May 1968, Gianni Mazzocchi, director of the magazine Quattrosoldi, launched Operazione Vigneti, a public share sale that raised more than half a billion lire in two months and led to Viticola Toscana, owned by 1,600 people across Italy. Today the estate farms organically across seven named vineyards, Meleto, Casi, Trebbio, Poggiarso, San Piero, Cerreta and Parabuio, with woodland and a bee park around them. Meleto Arte hosts temporary and permanent art exhibitions.
Getting there
The castle is in Gaiole in Chianti, in the heart of Chianti Classico, 30 km from Siena and 60 km from Florence. Gaiole became a recognized subzone of the denomination in 2021, the largest and one of the coolest, with soils of galestro, alberese and sandstone.
