L'Atelier de Candale can host a half-day or full-day seminar, a client event, a wedding or a private dinner, with a reception room for up to 60 in theater style or 80 for a cocktail. The venue is the restaurant and event space of Château Candale, one of four estates of the Magali & Thibaut Decoster vineyards, at Saint-Laurent-des-Combes, just outside the village of Saint-Émilion.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells half-day and full-day seminar packages, built on a base of 10 or 20 participants and adapted on request. Each package combines the room with lunch at the restaurant. Breakfast and an afternoon break can be added, as can a cellar visit with a tasting of the family's wines, which makes a natural close to a working day.
The reception room comes with a screen, Wi-Fi and a paperboard. The team offers a tailored service for each group, and the owners also present the estate as a place for professional meetings and client events.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings and private celebrations get a proposal built for each event, handled by the estate's hospitality manager. The restaurant and its private rooms can be booked for weddings, christenings and family meals, and the terraces overlook the vineyards. Guest reviews published by the estate mention a wedding with a tasting visit, the meal and a brunch the next day, all arranged by the Atelier team.
Rooms and capacities
The reception room at Château Candale covers 75 m². It takes 10 to 60 guests in theater style, up to 22 in a U shape, 10 to 36 in classroom and up to 80 for a cocktail. A covered terrace of 25 m² and an open terrace of 35 m² extend the room outdoors. The restaurant also has rooms that can be booked privately; their capacities are not published.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms at Château Candale. The Decoster family runs guest rooms at Clos des Jacobins, another of its estates in Saint-Émilion, with a pool and terraces among the vines. Ask the team whether these rooms can be booked for your group.
Catering
Catering is in-house. The restaurant, L'Atelier de Candale, was the first in Saint-Émilion to open in the middle of the vineyards. Chef Renaud Bernadet and his team cook seasonal dishes from Tuesday to Saturday, from local suppliers: seafood from the nearby Atlantic, meat from Saint-Denis-de-Pile, cheese from Libourne, bread and chocolate from Saint-Émilion. The wine list covers the family's estates, their neighbors and other regions. In season, tables can be booked with a brasero for grilling at the table.
History and setting
Château Candale stretches across a south-facing clay and limestone slope and houses cellars, a tasting room, a shop and the restaurant with its large terraces. The view runs over the vineyards and the Dordogne valley, in a landscape listed by UNESCO. The Decoster vineyards group four properties: Clos des Jacobins and Château La Commanderie, both Grand Cru Classé, Château Candale and Château Roc de Candale. The estates follow a Bordeaux environmental program since 2010, hold the HVE level 3 certification since 2021 and are converting to organic farming.
Getting there
The estate is at the edge of the village of Saint-Émilion, in Saint-Laurent-des-Combes. The site does not publish train or airport directions, so check transfers with the team for groups arriving by rail.
