Château Beauchêne rents halls, gardens and a courtyard for seminars, company evenings, weddings and birthdays on its wine estate at Piolenc, in Vaucluse. Its two linked halls take up to 150 guests, with a barn, gardens and a 300-year-old plane tree in the courtyard.
Seminars and company events
The château lists seminars, conferences and product launches for colleagues, clients, partners and suppliers, as well as company evenings: dances, Christmas parties, company anniversaries and retirement parties. The reception halls are renovated and equipped. The estate also publishes team building ideas around wine for companies in Provence.
Weddings and receptions
The French-style garden can be reserved for a ceremony or a cocktail, with a view of the vineyard at the edge of an oak forest. The ampelographic garden, devoted to the grape varieties of the Rhône valley, can host a reception among the vines. The inner courtyard, around the 300-year-old plane tree listed as a remarkable tree, is used for open-air aperitifs, buffets and dinners.
Rooms and capacities
Les Chais and L'Orangerie are two adjoining halls whose surface can be adjusted from 75 m² to 180 m², for up to 150 guests. They have reversible air conditioning and wifi. La Grange measures 250 m², houses a museum of vine work through the centuries, and seats up to 50 or serves as a bad-weather fallback for a garden cocktail. La Vieille Cuisine du Mas, dating from the 12th century with a fireplace and an oven, suits dinners of 10 to 20 people. Outdoor tents can add space if needed.
Rental covers the château, access to the gardens and halls, wedding furniture (dinner tables and 50 garden chairs), parking surveillance and cleaning after the event.
Accommodation
A suite in a private wing of the château is available for the newlyweds. A gîte with three bedrooms and one bathroom upstairs, a fitted kitchen, a living room and a terrace on the ground floor suits close family. Larger groups should plan lodging in the area.
Catering
The estate produces Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Côtes-du-Rhône Villages and Côtes-du-Rhône from 70 hectares, and offers wine tastings for guests.
History and setting
The Bernard family has been in Orange since the 17th century and is now in its tenth generation on the land. Château Beauchêne is the winemaking base of the family vineyards, and the whole harvest is bottled at the château.
Getting there
The château is at 1452 route de Beauchêne, Piolenc, in Vaucluse.
