Residential seminars for up to 60 participants, team retreats and weddings for up to 80 guests seated indoors or 150 outdoors can be held at Domaine de la Rose Blanche, a renovated 18th-century former wine estate in Tresses, just east of Bordeaux. The estate is hired in full, and up to 40 guests can sleep on site.
Seminars and company events
The reception room doubles as the meeting room: 95 square meters, set for 60 in meeting format, 80 for a seated meal or 90 for a cocktail. The estate sells the residential seminar as its business format, where the team works, eats and sleeps in the same place. Between sessions, groups can use the heated pool, the pétanque court, a football pitch, table tennis and table football, and about two hectares of grounds leave room for outdoor workshops or team games. Technical equipment is supplied to match the program; no detailed list is published, so confirm screens and sound when you request a quote. The estate is open all year.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are the other half of the business. Hire of the whole estate is included in every booking, so no other group shares the site. Indoors, the reception room seats up to 80. Outdoors, the private panoramic terrace of 500 square meters takes cocktails or an open-air dinner, and the estate gives up to 150 guests for outdoor receptions. A 120-square-meter nomad marquee and a Berber tent add covered space, while the meadow, the south-facing terrace and the summer kitchen give options for the ceremony, the cocktail hour and the party. A bridal suite is part of the accommodation.
Rooms and capacities
The reception room covers 95 square meters: 60 in meeting layout, 80 seated, 90 standing. The panoramic terrace covers 500 square meters. The nomad marquee covers 120 square meters. The estate also lists a Berber tent, a meadow, a large lounge, a south-facing terrace, a summer kitchen, an indoor pool lounge and an outdoor pool area among its gathering places.
Accommodation
The estate gives 40 beds in total. The main house has six bedrooms, one of them a dormitory, for up to 15 people, with stone walls and exposed beams. The other beds are in gîtes and four tipi tents. Room types include doubles, a dormitory and a suite. Accommodation is included in the hire, which makes the estate practical for a two-day seminar or a wedding weekend where the families stay on.
Catering
The estate works with partner caterers but leaves you free to bring the caterer of your choice, which helps for a specific menu or a company that already has a trusted supplier. Ask the estate for its list of partners when you plan the meals.
History and setting
The estate was built as a wine property at the end of the 18th century and has been fully renovated to host events, with country-style rooms in stone and wood. Saint-Émilion, the Médoc, the Bassin d'Arcachon and the Bordeaux châteaux are all within reach for an excursion or a tasting during a seminar.
Getting there
The address is 40 avenue de Branne, 33370 Tresses. Bordeaux Saint-Jean station is about 15 minutes away, and Paris is about two hours from Bordeaux by train. Bordeaux-Mérignac airport is about 20 minutes away.
