Les Greniers de Vineuil can host small seminars, training days, workshops and team retreats, with meeting rooms, a bar that can be booked for a private event, a restaurant that writes seminar menus and gîtes with 14 beds. The venue is a cooperative cultural space set in a 17th-century building at 118 route de Chambord in Vineuil, in the Loire Valley between Blois and Chambord, less than two hours from Paris.
Seminars and company events
The meeting rooms come with professional equipment, including a video projector and flipcharts. A welcome coffee can open the day, the restaurant can serve lunch and dinner, and the bar can be booked for a private evening. Accommodation on site lets a team stay one or two nights, which suits a residential retreat for a small team.
The setting is the main reason to choose the place. Artisans, artists and local producers work in the same building, and an art gallery, workshops and concerts run through the year. A team can combine work sessions with a craft workshop or a visit to the gallery, in a setting very different from a business hotel.
Smaller rooms are also rented by the session to local entrepreneurs and trainers for yoga, creative workshops or training courses. The cooperative runs its own training programs, including woodwork workshops for young people.
Rooms and capacities
The website does not publish room names or capacities. Organizers should state their group size and preferred layout when they contact the space rental team, who will suggest the right room. The bar and the restaurant, Le Quartier Gourmand, complete the meeting rooms for breaks and meals.
Accommodation
Two gîtes can be booked separately or combined into one large gîte with 14 beds. La Courte Échelle sleeps four in two bedrooms, one with a double bed that converts to twins and one with twin beds, plus a kitchen, a library lounge and a wooden terrace. Le Grenier has four bedrooms, each with its own shower room, double beds that convert to twins, a large kitchen, a dining room and a lounge. Combined, the Grand Gîte offers six bedrooms, two kitchens, a large dining area for long tables and a lounge with a fireplace. Bikes can be rented through a local partner and collected on site.
Catering
Le Quartier Gourmand serves homemade, seasonal food from fresh, local and artisan produce, with a weekly menu set by the chef. The restaurant can design menus for business meetings and seminars. It opens for lunch from Thursday to Saturday and for dinner on Friday and Saturday, so group meals on other days need to be arranged in advance. The bar, Le Bar des Greniers, can be booked privately.
History and setting
Les Greniers de Vineuil were founded in 2018 by a cabinetmaker and a baker, and became a cooperative society of collective interest with more than 300 members: users, professionals, local authorities and volunteers. The project values cooperation, local skills and environmental care, with local products, short supply chains and soft mobility.
Getting there
Vineuil lies on the route de Chambord, just outside Blois, in the Loir-et-Cher department. The venue states that it is less than two hours from Paris. Blois is the nearest town with a train station, and the Château de Chambord is a short drive away.
