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The pale 18th-century facade of the Château des Briottières behind its wide lawn and old trees, in Anjou

Your wedding at Château des Briottières

Fervenza plans your wedding here, from $59,000, everything included

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Win back 56 days of peace of mind

Planning a wedding is a second job. At Fervenza, it's ours: creative ideas that feel like you, our address book, one contract and a price you know up front. Your ally, for the two of you, carrying your whole wedding.

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Why we love Château des Briottières

An 18th-century château, fifty hectares of English-style parkland, a pond, a chapel founded in 1528 and the same family for seven generations. An Orangerie for 180 at table, up to about forty of your people sleeping on site. And what your guests will tell on the way home: the house says George Sand and Chopin stayed here.

  • The Orangerie of the Château des Briottières, its tall arched glass doors and potted shrubs, under a blue sky

    180

    guests at table, in the Orangerie

    a kitchen for your caterer, tables and chairs included

  • The great striped lawn of the English-style park seen from the château's stone balustrade, a small stone building and the pond beyond

    Private, sized to you

    from the Orangerie alone to the total privatisation: château, Fruitier, lodge, park and pool

  • The heated pool of the Château des Briottières, loungers and parasols along a terracotta deck, cypresses and hedges around

    A heated pool

    at 28 °C, for the next-day brunch, with the total privatisation

  • The party

    • An Italian-style courtyard

      with the Orangerie, for drinks before dinner

    • The party in the Orangerie

      then, with the total privatisation, the billiard room and the château's salons

    • Rain plan

      the Orangerie for 180 under cover, and the salons with the total privatisation

  • Practical

    • About forty beds

      a 12-bed dormitory with the Orangerie, and with the total privatisation the château, the Fruitier and the lodge

    • Dedicated parking

      two ground-floor rooms at the Fruitier for the grandparents, children welcome

    • 35 min from Angers

      Paris 1 h 30 away by TGV to Angers, Nantes airport 1 h 30

  • The Château des Briottières seen across its pond, framed by tall trees and reflected in the still water
    Arriving, the château across the pond
  • The great striped lawn of the English-style park seen from the château's stone balustrade, a small stone building and the pond beyond
    Your vows in the park
  • The courtyard of the Château des Briottières outbuildings, tall cypresses around a lawn, old stone and brick walls
    Drinks in the courtyard, among the cypresses
  • The Orangerie of the Château des Briottières set for a wedding dinner, round tables in white, tall glass vases of pink and cream roses, wooden chandeliers
    Dinner in the Orangerie
  • The Château des Briottières at dusk, every window lit, under a deep blue sky
    Dusk, every window lit
  • The wood-panelled library of the Château des Briottières, its French billiard table under a hanging lamp, shelves of old books
    A late game of billiards in the library

The area

Champigné is a village of the Anjou countryside, north of Angers, near the Sarthe valley. The Tuesday morning market on the church square, the Friday market in Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe, the 104-metre Apocalypse Tapestry at the Château d'Angers, and the national stud at Le Lion-d'Angers, 15 minutes away.

While you enjoy your engagement, Fervenza plans your wedding here

With your Fervenza planner, from the first message to the last guest

The pale 18th-century facade of the Château des Briottières behind its wide lawn and old trees, in Anjou

We start planning your wedding

  1. The first call What you want, your budget and the ideal length of your wedding
  2. The price of your wedding at Château des Briottières Within a week, and based on what you want, your planner puts together a wedding plan with an all-inclusive price, to fine-tune together.
  3. Signing One contract with Fervenza for your whole wedding, and the planning begins.

your ideas, our hands

Between now and your wedding, here are the big moments we share

You keep the fun parts and we take the rest off your plate (56 days of planning you get back)

  1. The mood and decor

    • On a video call, a curated selection of ideas for the decor, the flowers and the music
    • We book your favourites

  2. Visiting the château

    • We set it up and show you the right spot for each moment
    • The staging is settled together, in the spaces of the château

  3. The tasting

    • The moment everyone waits for: you taste the menus and the drinks, with the caterer or the private chef
    • We fine-tune it all to your taste

  4. The invitations

    • Designed with you, sent by us
    • We answer your guests and help them plan their trip

this part? you do nothing!

A wedding takes 22 vendors on average: we handle every one of them.

  • We handle the quotes, the contracts and the follow-ups
  • The logistics, the schedule and the negotiations with each vendor
  • The deposits, the invoices and the due dates
  • The budget spreadsheet, line by line
  • Replacing a vendor who can’t make it
  • Plan R (the rain plan, between us) is always ready

The days before

We set up on site before your guests arrive

  • The setup: the decor, the flowers, the furniture, the lighting, the sound…
  • Managing each vendor’s deliveries, access and timing
  • We brief every vendor with the minute-by-minute schedule of the day or the weekend
  • The first tests (and the rehearsals, if you’d like)
  • The seating chart, place cards and signage go up
  • And every surprise gets handled

Your wedding, at last!

  1. Welcoming guests and running the day

    • Your planner and our team on site keep your whole wedding running
    • We welcome your guests and put each vendor in the right place, at the right time
    • A minute-by-minute schedule: vendors and team are briefed ahead of time
    • Surprises are handled backstage, invisible to you
    • All through the party, our photographers slip quietly among your guests to capture the best moments
    • You’re free and relaxed to enjoy the moment

  2. You say yes!

    • We set up your ceremony on site or in the place of worship of your choice
    • Little touches are planned for your comfort and your guests’
    • The ceremony space is decorated in your wedding colors, flowers and furniture included
    • You get a ceremony that feels like the two of you

  3. Cocktail hour

    • Music, hugs and toasts!
    • Depending on the time and what you like: ice cream, cold drinks, Champagne…
    • Fun activities, in the theme of your wedding
    • You see the wonder in the eyes of your family and friends

  4. Dinner

    • You move to the table without a fuss, and your guests follow naturally
    • Seated, or a cocktail-style dinner with live cooking stations: you chose
    • The mood rises with the music
    • You savor the evening with your family and friends

  5. Let the party begin

    • You open the party your way
    • A cocktail bar serves the couple’s signature cocktail
    • The cake arrives at the perfect moment of the evening
    • Our team stays by your side until the very last moment
    • You dance, without a care

Throughout

  • Your Fervenza planner and our team on site, keeping your whole wedding running
  • A VIP direct line to your planner: you see everything move forward, without chasing anyone
  • Our advice on every choice, and France’s best on speed dial, always matched to the two of you
  • Your guests looked after: the schedule and practical info, sent ahead of time
  • Something else in mind? Tell us, we’ll make it happen here.

Your wedding here

Our all-inclusive prices, by month and by day
All year
Weekends from $59,000
Weekdays from $59,000

The rooms, included in this price, are paid directly to the château.

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In your corner, both of you

You keep the fun of choosing the venue, the menu, the music. We organize everything else. And on top of that, you get France’s best on speed dial

  • Your budget

    • A price you know up front

      it doesn’t move, unless you’d like to add an extra along the way

    • A single contract

      with us, instead of 22 vendors and as many contracts to juggle

    • You set the budget

      we build within it

  • Your time

    • 56 days freed up for you*

      planning is our job

    • A single thread

      for your whole wedding, from the venue to the DJ

    • On the day, nothing to manage

      we’re there as long as you need us

    *7 hours a week over a 15-month engagement, on average (The Knot, Real Weddings Study 2023, 9,318 couples): about 450 hours, or 56 eight-hour days.

Emilie di Ciaccio, Fervenza planner
  • Reachable on WhatsApp
  • Your wedding known by heart
  • There on the day

A team that plans weddings all year round, from your first message to the thank-you cards.

Message the team

Who is Fervenza?

Fervenza is a French all-inclusive wedding company. With Émilie and the whole team, we’re already planning the weddings of 2027 and 2028.

  • French company, licensed live-event producer Your contract is governed by French law
  • Covered by professional liability insurance

Your questions

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How much does a wedding at Château des Briottières cost?

From $59,000, all-inclusive, for about 100 guests: the venue, the table, the flowers, the music, your photos, and us on site. The exact price depends on your date and your guest count, and you get it in writing within a week.

Can the price change?

Once we’ve agreed, no. It only changes if you change the wedding: more or fewer guests, a wish added along the way.

What if one of our suppliers can’t make it?

We replace them. They’re our suppliers, under our contract, so the two of you have nothing to search for or renegotiate. You approve the choice, and we take care of the rest.

Can we insure our wedding?

Yes, if you wish. We can offer optional cancellation insurance dedicated to your wedding, placed with Lloyd’s. It covers canceling or postponing for reasons beyond your control, including if one of you can’t be there, as set out in the policy terms.

What if we booked the château directly?

You can, it's a beautiful house. The château rents you the Orangerie, its tables, its chairs and its kitchen for your caterer, and depending on the formula the Fruitier, the château and the park. You then bring together the caterer, the drinks, the music, the flowers and the decor. With us, all of that is in your price, every choice stays yours, and the château keeps its own rate. You come to get married.

How many guests can we invite?

Up to 180 at table in the Orangerie, and up to about forty of you can sleep on the estate with the total privatisation. From a family weekend for 40 to the big party, the château keeps up.

Which dates are still free?

Tell us your date, we check with the château and reply in writing. It opens from late March to early November, and out of season on request for a private event.

Can we have a secular ceremony on site?

Yes: the fifty hectares of English-style park, lawns and century-old trees around the pond, are made for open-air secular ceremonies. We choose the spot together during the visit. You choose who marries you, in English, French or both, and what gets said.

Can we have our civil wedding in Champigné?

In France, a civil wedding always takes place at a town hall, never at the château. Champigné belongs to the town of Les Hauts-d'Anjou, whose town hall can marry you if one of you, or one of your parents, lives there or has lived there for at least a month. Otherwise, the civil wedding happens in your own town, and the ceremony at the château.

Our guests are flying in. Is it easy for them?

Yes: Paris is 1 h 30 from Angers by TGV, and the château 35 minutes from Angers. Nantes airport is 1 h 30 away, Paris-CDG 2 h 30. Up to about forty of them sleep on the estate with the total privatisation, and for the others we share the best addresses around.

Coming from abroad: how does it work?

Your contract is governed by French law, and also written in English.

How do our guests get back after the party?

Those who sleep on the estate are already home. The others stay in the villages around or in Angers, 35 minutes away, and the château has its own parking. We give you the addresses, ready to share with your loved ones.

How late can we party?

The château's wedding listings mention no time limit for the end of the evening, and we confirm it with the château for your date. The party is in the Orangerie, and with the total privatisation those still up carry on at the billiard table.

Where do we get ready?

If you take the château, in one of its suites: the Chambre Rose, looking out on the pond and full of evening light, or the Charles X room and its south-facing balcony over the park. Otherwise we find you a quiet corner of the estate together.

And if it rains?

The Orangerie seats up to 180 guests at table under cover, so dinner and the party carry on whatever the sky does. With the total privatisation, the château's salons, its library and billiard table are yours too. For the ceremony, we plan the indoor option together during the visit.

Will our grandparents and the children be comfortable?

Yes. Two ground-floor lodgings at the Fruitier, the Potager room and the Provençal apartment, welcome guests with reduced mobility. The château has no lift, so its rooms go to the sprightliest. For the children: cots on request, croquet, ping-pong, bikes and the pool.

Did George Sand and Chopin really stay here?

So the house tells it, and it keeps the memory alive: Madame de Staël loved the place, George Sand and Chopin stayed here, and the film Impromptu, about their love story, was shot at the Briottières. Guests who sleep at the château rest under the same roof.

Can we bring our own vendors?

Yes, and if you already have a vendor in mind, they're welcome. Your photos are included, with our photographers. If you already have yours, we welcome them into the team and adjust your price. For the table, the caterer is your choice, and the Orangerie has its own kitchen for them.

Can you picture yourselves here? Fervenza takes it from here

Two answers are all it takes to start: how many you’ll be, and roughly when

We’ll be guests, in

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Free, no commitment. Your Fervenza planner replies the same day, then within a week: your dates, your price and the creative direction for your whole wedding, dreamt up with you.

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