Meneghetti Wine Hotel & Winery is a Relais & Châteaux wine estate in Bale, Istria, that hosts conferences, executive meetings, product launches and weddings. Its Garden Pavilion holds up to 250 guests for business events, outdoor ceremony settings take 80 to 200, and the whole estate can be reserved for exclusive use. The address is Stancija Meneghetti 1, 52211 Bale, Croatia.
Seminars and company events
The official site lists five spaces for business events. The Garden Pavilion is the main room, for up to 250 guests, with floor-to-ceiling glass walls and what the site calls architectural flexibility. It is presented for conferences, team building, brand presentations, product launches and gala dinners. The Meneghetti Restaurant and Bar takes up to 50 guests indoors for executive dinners and formal corporate evenings. The Wine Lounge holds up to 100 for private tastings, executive receptions and client events. Oliveto Restaurant and Lounge Bar is outdoors, for up to 150 guests, for business lunches and evening events. The VIP Tasting Room, in the winery's cellars, takes up to 12 for private meetings or tastings.
The estate can be reserved for full exclusivity, while smaller gatherings use indoor spaces, villas or open-air settings. Programs can include wine tastings, gourmet dining and olive harvesting between sessions. The site says the venue is available all year.
Weddings and receptions
The weddings page quotes 365 days of availability, more than four locations and 200 or more guests. The settings are Under the Oaks, an outdoor ceremony area under old oaks for up to 150 guests; the Boulevard, a pine-lined aisle for up to 120; Something Blue, at the Meneghetti Beach Club, for up to 200; Oliveto terrace, where the wedding page gives up to 80 guests; and the indoor Garden Pavilion of 500 m2. A brochure can be downloaded from the site.
Rooms and capacities
Business events: Garden Pavilion 250, Oliveto 150 (outdoor), Wine Lounge 100, Meneghetti Restaurant and Bar 50, VIP Tasting Room 12. Weddings: Garden Pavilion 500 m2 indoor, Under the Oaks 150, Boulevard 120, Something Blue 200, Oliveto terrace 80. The two pages give different figures for Oliveto, so confirm which applies to your layout.
Accommodation
The estate offers 14 accommodation types: five rooms and suites (Classic, Vintage, Superior, Executive Suite, Vintage Suite), five estate residences, three estate villas and one estate house, Casa Del Bosco. The site does not state the number of bedrooms. A spa, a tennis court and a beach club are part of the property.
Catering
Food and drink come from the estate: the Meneghetti Restaurant and Bar, Oliveto, the Wine Lounge and the Beach Club. The site describes dinners by candlelight, wine tastings and gourmet experiences. The winery works about 40,000 vines, produces 13 wine labels and grows 700 olive trees of four varieties.
History and setting
The estate is a countryside property between vineyards and olive groves, close to Rovinj and Pula on the Istrian peninsula. It also develops private villas and ownership projects inside the estate.
Getting there
Meneghetti is at Stancija Meneghetti 1 in Bale, near Rovinj and Pula. The site does not give distances to airports or stations, so ask the team about transfers for a group.
