Château de Seguin hosts seminars, team building days, product launches, gala dinners and weddings for up to 300 guests. Its modular hall seats 300 for a conference and 250 for lunch or dinner, and 13 bedrooms on the property let a group stay overnight. The estate is a working Bordeaux vineyard in Lignan-de-Bordeaux, in the Entre-Deux-Mers, about 15 km from the center of Bordeaux.
Seminars and company events
Events are run by a dedicated team, Château de Seguin Events. It sells full-day and half-day seminar packages, each with its own room layout and catering format, as well as residential seminars and executive meetings. The main hall works for a plenary session, and smaller rooms on site take breakout workshops afterwards. Small groups or VIP guests can use the salons of the 18th-century château, which covers 530 m².
The team lists team building programs for 50 to 150 people, product launches, company evenings, gala dinners for up to 300 guests and Christmas parties. A museum space in the wine buildings can be added for a visit, with or without a tasting. Parking on site is free, and the estate points out that participants arriving from Toulouse or Agen do not need to cross the Bordeaux ring road.
Weddings and receptions
The estate sells weddings as a turnkey offer, as well as christenings and birthday parties. The reception space covers 450 m² in all: an entrance with a cloakroom, the main hall, a fitted catering kitchen with cold rooms, a multipurpose room with audiovisual equipment that can serve as a children's room, and restrooms sized for the hall. The drinks reception usually takes place in the 1,130 m² courtyard and under the 165 m² covered gallery, with the tree-lined park and the vines for photographs.
Rooms and capacities
The main hall measures 300 m² and was fully renovated in 2017. It seats 300 in conference layout and 250 for a seated meal. Outdoor areas add more than 1,000 m², including the courtyard and the covered gallery. The château salons and the breakout rooms suit smaller sessions; their capacities are not published.
Accommodation
The château itself is rented as a gîte rated 5 épis by Gîtes de France: six bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, for 12 to 13 people, with a veranda, a billiard room, a large kitchen and a swimming pool in the park. Five guest rooms, including the 42 m² Nabuchodonosor suite and an accessible room on the ground floor, sleep up to 14, with breakfast included. The Maison du Lac, a 74 m² cottage below the château, adds two bedrooms for 4 to 6 people. In total the property sleeps about 33. More rooms are available at Château La France, a partner estate 15 km away.
Catering
The events team works with a list of partner caterers, photographers and florists. Caterers use the fitted kitchen next to the hall. The estate produces AOC Bordeaux Supérieur red wines, including the Prestige and Carpe Diem cuvées, which can be served or tasted during an event.
History and setting
The estate covers 173 hectares in one piece, 95 of them under vine, on clay and limestone slopes. The present château, with its two pointed towers and long wine sheds, dates from 1780. The estate traces its name back to a Count of Seguin, an administrator under Charlemagne in 780. The cellars hold around forty temperature-controlled vats and four barrel halls for up to 1,200 barrels. The property belongs to the Vignobles Mottet group.
Getting there
The address is 3 chemin du Bon Coin, 33360 Lignan-de-Bordeaux. By car, take the Bordeaux ring road toward Paris, then exit 24 toward Fargues-Saint-Hilaire and Lignan-de-Bordeaux. Bordeaux airport is about 30 km away. The Roger Lapébie cycle path runs past the Maison du Lac.
