Château des Ravatys hosts study days, conferences, product launches, team building programs, wedding receptions and private parties for up to 250 guests. The estate offers four reception areas: the château with its seven salons, the Orangerie, the barrel cellar and a park of 2.5 hectares. It stands at 44 Montée de la Chapelle in Saint-Lager, in the Beaujolais, at the foot of Mont Brouilly.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells company events of every format: a working day away from the city, a conference, an exhibition, a new range presentation or an incentive built around its wines. The seven salons of the château give room for plenary and breakout work, and the Orangerie takes larger groups.
Wine is the natural theme for team building here. The estate offers cellar tours, tastings of its crus, food and wine pairing sessions and wine games such as blind tasting and a wine casino. Through partners, it can also arrange cooking classes, helicopter rides and hot-air balloon flights, quad biking, walking trails, laser game, treasure hunts and painting workshops. Each activity is set up on request with the events team.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and private receptions use the same four spaces. Couples often choose the Orangerie for the dinner, the cellar for the drinks reception and the park, shaded by linden trees and cedars of Lebanon close to the vines, for a ceremony or photographs. The estate offers culinary workshops, gastronomic dinners, wine pairing, open bar packages and a next-day brunch through its partners.
Rooms and capacities
The Orangerie measures 180 square meters and seats 150 guests, or 200 standing. Its large bay windows face Mont Brouilly and the château and open onto an outdoor terrace. The Espace Caudalie covers 90 square meters, with stone walls and metal beams, and takes 40 seated or 80 standing; it works as a bar, a dance floor or a children's area. The Chai, a 160-square-meter cellar among the barrels, takes 200 standing and suits a drinks reception. The park adds outdoor space for summer events. The château's seven salons complete the offer; their individual capacities are not published.
Catering
Food is supplied by the estate's exclusive partner caterers, selected by the château. Menus are built with them, and the estate's own wines are served with the meal.
History and setting
The story of the estate starts in the middle of the 19th century, when Auguste Solet, an engineer from Lorraine trained at the École Polytechnique, bought the property. The cellars, kept at about 12 degrees all year, have been in use since 1870 and rank among the largest in the Beaujolais. In 1990 the château and the Orangerie were modernized to receive the public.
Today the estate belongs to the Lavorel family through the Lavorel Hotels group. Its 36 hectares of vines produce AOC Brouilly and Côte de Brouilly from Gamay, with old vines pruned in the traditional gobelet style and grapes picked by hand. The estate holds High Environmental Value certification at level 3 and its vineyard is converting to organic farming.
Getting there
The estate lies in Saint-Lager, in the Rhône department, in the heart of the Beaujolais wine country north of Lyon. Groups usually arrive by car or coach. Ask the events team about transfers from the nearest stations for your group.
