The Château de la Greffière hosts half-day meetings and study days for up to 30 people in theater layout, or 15 around a boardroom table, in its Chardonnay room. The estate can supply the whole day, from the welcome breakfast to a lunch paired with its own wines and a tasting. The Greuzard family has made wine here since 1924, on 26 hectares of vines in La Roche-Vineuse, between Cluny and Mâcon, in the Mâconnais.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells a turnkey seminar package for a half day or a full study day in the Chardonnay room. It includes the equipped room, a welcome breakfast with hot drinks, fruit juice and pastries, morning or afternoon breaks, and a lunch of regional dishes paired with wines from the château. The day ends with a visit: the vine and winemaking work explained from harvest to bottling, a tasting of the estate's wines and a free visit of its museum of vine and wine.
Groups that prefer to run their own event can hire the room alone, for a half day or a full day, and add services as needed. The estate also offers small gifts from the château for participants at the end of a seminar.
For team activities, the estate proposes electric bike rides, alone or with a guide, on routes for every level with a GPS and pre-loaded itineraries. A walk of about two kilometers around the domain leads to a viewpoint over the vineyard, which works as a break between two sessions.
Rooms and capacities
The Chardonnay room covers 50 square meters and adapts to several layouts: 15 people in a boardroom, 15 in a U shape, 18 in a classroom and 30 in theater style. It comes with a screen, a video projector, a flipchart, wifi, a speaker and a microphone, as well as folders, paper and pens.
The vaulted 18th-century cellar is used for tastings, and the museum displays more than 2,000 tools from the trades of the early 20th century, from carpenter and blacksmith to cooper and winegrower. The museum is open to groups of more than 15 on booking only.
Catering
Lunch is part of the seminar package and is built on regional produce, with wine pairings from the château. The estate does not describe a restaurant or a chef; ask how the meal is prepared and served when you book.
History and setting
A typical Mâconnais house and an old fermenting room, now the museum, show that wine was made on the site as early as 1585. The vaulted cellar followed in 1789 and the château itself in 1830. The Greuzard family bought the estate in 1924, and four generations have run it since. Isabelle, Vincent and Xavier Greuzard now lead it.
The estate works the four Burgundy grape varieties, Chardonnay and Aligoté for whites, Pinot Noir and Gamay for reds, and produces wines across several appellations, including Mâcon La Roche-Vineuse, Saint-Véran, Saint-Amour and Crémant de Bourgogne. The family also runs a second property, the Château des Bois. The vineyard sits on hilly ground, with views over the domain and its surroundings.
Getting there
The estate is at 71960 La Roche-Vineuse, between Cluny and Mâcon in Saône-et-Loire. Visits and tastings run at set times through the year, so confirm your arrival time with the estate when you plan the day.
