The Château de Tracy hosts half-day and full-day meetings, small conferences and team days for up to 14 people, or 18 for a cold meal, in a seminar room at the center of its wine estate. The château produces Pouilly-Fumé at Tracy-sur-Loire, in the Nièvre department, on the slopes above the Loire about 200 km south of Paris.
Seminars and company events
The seminar room measures about 35 m² and comes equipped with a video projector, Wi-Fi, a flip chart, notepads, heating and a coffee machine. It suits a management meeting, a sales team workshop, a training session or a board day away from the office. The estate opens its doors to companies that want to bring their teams together around wine. A study day can end with a team activity: a guided visit of the cellar and production site with a commented tasting led by the estate's wine tourism manager, who is also the contact for seminar bookings. Tastings with local cheeses can be added, and the estate's wines can be poured during lunch or after the meeting. A seminar brochure can be downloaded from the official site.
Rooms and capacities
The seminar room takes 14 people for a meeting or conference and 18 for a cold meal. Equipment is included in the hire. For a larger group, the format would need to be discussed with the estate, as the site states no other room.
Catering
The estate serves a welcome breakfast with pastries, compote, fruit juice and hot drinks, coffee breaks with snacks, and at lunchtime a board prepared with seasonal local products. A formula called Le Vigneron Gourmand combines lunch with a presentation of the estate and the appellation, a tasting and a private cellar visit. For dinners, the estate recommends restaurants in Pouilly-sur-Loire.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms at the château for seminar groups. The official site lists places to stay nearby, including a family gîte called Le Couvent about 200 meters from the tasting cellar with views over the estate's vines, a gîte in Tracy-sur-Loire, guest houses near Pouilly-sur-Loire and La Charité-sur-Loire, and group gîtes near Sancerre.
History and setting
The Château de Tracy is listed as a historic monument. The estate is run today by Juliette d'Assay, youngest daughter of Count and Countess Alain d'Estutt d'Assay, who restored the vineyard in the 1950s; her family has worked the land for some 600 years. The house makes a delicate, precise style of Sauvignon Blanc meant for the table, with a respect for the natural cycles of the vine. The Pouilly-Fumé appellation covers about 1,200 hectares worked by around a hundred growers, on soils of flinty clay, Kimmeridgian marl with small fossil oysters and limestone. In 2016 the estate received the Vignobles et Découvertes label for wine tourism.
Getting there
The château is at Tracy-sur-Loire, near Pouilly-sur-Loire and across the river from the Sancerre hills. Electric bikes and mountain bikes can be rented from local providers and delivered to the château for a ride through the vineyards after the meeting. Ask the estate for directions and parking when booking.
