Château Armand Heitz hosts seminars, residential team retreats and weddings, with a barn that takes 240 people in conference style, 180 for a seated dinner or 300 for a cocktail, and three smaller rooms for 35 to 42. Ten bedrooms allow groups to stay on site. The château, also called the Château de Mimande, belongs to the Armand Heitz wine and farm estate and stands in a 9-hectare park at Chaudenay, in Burgundy, 13 kilometers from Beaune.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells working meetings and company seminars over half a day, a full day or several days. Each room comes with equipment that includes a projector, unlimited Wi-Fi and a paperboard. The team builds a program around the group, and activities linked to the estate can fill the breaks: wine tastings, a walk through the vineyards, a visit of the garden or of the estate's cellar in Pommard, and outings in the countryside. The estate presents its seminars as low-impact, in a preserved natural setting.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings, the estate makes the whole site available except the first floor of the château: the park, a reception room, a room for the caterer, several outdoor courtyards, a car park, and accommodation in the château and the guesthouse. Furniture is provided. The park, bordered by meadows, fields and tributaries of the Dheune, can host a lay ceremony, drinks and photographs. The team follows the couple through the preparation.
Rooms and capacities
All rooms were restored by A&A Heitz Architecture, keeping the existing buildings. La Grange, the main space, covers 190 square meters and takes 100 in a U-shape, 240 in conference style, 180 for a seated dinner and 300 for a cocktail. L'Écurie, 40 square meters, takes 20 in a U-shape and 35 in conference or cocktail. L'Orangerie and Le Logis each cover 53 square meters and take 22 in a U-shape and 42 in conference or cocktail. One page gives a lower figure of 190 for a cocktail in the reception room, so the final number should be confirmed for a large standing event.
Accommodation
Ten bedrooms are available for residential groups, between the château and the guesthouse. The château offers single, double and triple rooms as well as suites, with free access to the common areas and the park. The guesthouse, a former farmhouse renovated about twenty years ago with underfloor heating, sleeps 4 or 7. Breakfast is included. Pets are not accepted.
Catering
The estate produces wine, beef, beer, honey and charcuterie. For weddings, it works with a partner caterer that offers several menus based on meat from the estate's own farm. For seminars, catering is arranged with the team, and wine tastings can be added to the program.
History and setting
The château is the base of the Armand Heitz estate, a winegrower and livestock farmer working near the Côte de Beaune. The park of 9 hectares is home to deer, woodcock, hares, foxes, owls, squirrels and woodpeckers, as well as century-old trees. The estate also runs a cellar and a guest apartment in Pommard.
Getting there
The address is 1 rue du Château, 71150 Chaudenay. By car from Paris, take the A6 and exit 24.1 toward Beaune-Centre and Chagny; the château is 326 kilometers from Paris. By train, the nearest stations are Beaune, Chalon-sur-Saône and Dijon. Parking is free.
