Maison Noilly Prat hosts meetings, team-building days, corporate events, weddings, ceremonies and private parties for 5 to 200 guests. The house has five reception rooms of 40 to 700 m², renovated by a designer, with the kitchens open to a professional caterer. It stands at 1 rue Noilly in Marseillan, on the port, by the Thau lagoon in the Hérault, among vineyards and oyster beds.
Seminars and company events
Corporate hire runs from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a day delegate package. The meeting area is a conference space with natural light, and the rooms keep the features of a working wine estate. The house markets the venue for meetings, team building and company events from 5 to 200 people, and sends a brochure on request.
Visits fit naturally into a program. The house runs guided tours year-round that cover the outdoor ageing of the wines in casks, the maceration of herbs and spices, and the hand-stirring process the house calls dodinage. A tasting at the end of a working day gives a team a local activity without leaving the site. The house also offers a mobile Noilly Spritz bar with staff, glassware and branded ice, which can serve cocktails at an event.
Weddings and receptions
The house can be privatized for weddings, ceremonies, birthdays and private parties, in various configurations up to 200 people. Event hire runs from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m., which leaves room for a dinner and a party into the night. The kitchens are open to the couple's professional caterer. A brochure and quote are available on request.
Rooms and capacities
There are five reception rooms, from 40 m² to 700 m². The largest events take up to 200 guests. Room names and per-room capacities are not published, so ask for the plan when you request a quote.
Catering
There is no in-house catering for events. Organizers bring a professional caterer, who has access to the kitchens on site. The house can supply its own vermouths and a cocktail service through its mobile bar. A cocktail bar is also part of the visitor offer.
History and setting
The Noilly family started in Lyon. Joseph Noilly ran a wine and spirits business there by 1813, and his son Louis took over in 1828. Claude Prat joined, married Louis's daughter Anne-Rosine, and the company Noilly Prat & Cie was founded in 1855. The Marseillan site opened in 1859 to age the wines used in the vermouths. After her husband and father died, Anne-Rosine Prat ran the company from 1865 and grew it. Noilly Prat won a gold medal at the Paris world exhibition in 1878, and the house bought more land in Marseillan around 1900 to create the Enclos Sainte Anne and its cellars. Noilly Prat appeared in an early recipe for the Martini cocktail in 1911.
Getting there
Marseillan is about 50 minutes from Montpellier. By car, take exit 34 (Agde) from the A9 motorway. The nearest train stations are Agde and Marseillan-Plage, served from Montpellier, Béziers and Paris by TGV; taxis run from Agde. The nearest airports are Montpellier Méditerranée and Béziers Cap d'Agde. A cycle path links Sète to Marseillan.
