Château de Villerambert hosts weddings, company meetings, product presentations and private dinners for up to 240 seated guests, and offers 10 bedrooms on site. The venue combines a restored orangery, an 800 m² main courtyard, a chapel and three historic rooms inside the château. It stands among vineyards and garrigue at Caunes-Minervois, in the Aude, roughly equidistant from Montpellier, Toulouse and Perpignan. It is open all year.
Seminars and company events
The château offers several work and meeting spaces of different sizes. Uses listed by the estate include product presentations, sales force or branch staff meetings, general assemblies and prestige dinners for clients and partners. The Vaulted Room, quiet and set apart, suits a class, a workshop or a presentation, and the Medieval Room can host a board dinner of about 20. For a launch, the main courtyard has been used to present products such as luxury cars.
For business events, you choose the rooms you need rather than hiring the whole site. A grass car park for about 150 vehicles is included in every offer, and a helicopter can land there.
Weddings and receptions
For weddings, the whole site is reserved for the couple. The drinks reception takes place in the main courtyard, framed by the orangery, the château, the 16th-century chapel, the ramparts and a 17th-century wrought-iron gate. Dinner is served in the orangery, which seats up to 240. The chapel serves as a quiet area where young children can be looked after by a nanny.
In case of rain, the Great Corridor, the Medieval Room and the Vaulted Room shelter the drinks reception at no extra cost. The estate also hosts birthdays, private parties, concerts, film shoots and photo sessions, and it describes itself as gay-friendly.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangery covers 300 m² and seats 100 to 240 guests depending on the table plan. It has its own sound system with 10 speakers, heating and air conditioning, a caterer's kitchen, a cloakroom and five crystal chandeliers. The Main Courtyard covers 800 m² and is accessible to wheelchair users. The Chapel, restored in 2002, covers 60 m². The Great Corridor, with its original 16th-century paving, takes about 40 standing guests. The Medieval Room, with exposed beams and a working fireplace, seats about 20 for a private dinner or 40 for a formal one. The Vaulted Room seats about 60 for a concert and holds about 160 standing; its adjoining tower serves as a bar or green room.
Accommodation
The château has eight bedrooms in two apartments. Villerambert Haute Époque, on the ground and first floors, restored in 2023, has four bedrooms and a Renaissance room with a French ceiling and fireplace. Les Hauts de Villerambert, on the second floor, has four bedrooms around a 60 m² living room facing the Pyrenees. The Maison Vigneronne, on the courtyard, adds two bedrooms and sleeps up to six. On wedding weekends these are let to the couple and their guests for one or two nights.
Catering
The château has no in-house restaurant. The orangery includes a caterer's kitchen, and the estate shares a selection of local caterers, florists, DJs, photographers and lodgings.
History and setting
The Vernon family built the château in the 16th century and kept it until 1858, when the Julien family bought it. It was altered in the 18th century. A vineyard is recorded here from about 1231, and five generations of the Julien family have made wine on the estate. The estate also owns a pink and grey marble quarry that supplied columns for the Grand Trianon at Versailles and the grand staircase of the Opéra Garnier.
Getting there
The château lies near Caunes-Minervois, 11160, in the Aude. Montpellier, Toulouse and Perpignan are at similar distances. Most guests arrive by car, and the grass car park takes about 150 vehicles.
