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Château Sentout's ivy-covered towers above the main courtyard and its rose bushes, in the Entre-deux-Mers near Bordeaux

Your wedding at Château Sentout

Fervenza plans your wedding here, from $70,000, 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 Sentout

Seven houses of pale stone around a courtyard of roses, towers, a chapel, and a cloister garden where you say yes, on a hillside facing the Garonne valley. The château and its 50 beds all yours, near Bordeaux. And in the evening, your guests drift from house to house, as if the whole village were theirs.

  • 120

    guests outdoors, or under the Berber tent

    100 at the table in the reception room

  • 12 hectares, all yours

    the château and its seven houses, rented as one from Friday to Monday

  • Rows of white chairs set for a ceremony in the walled cloister garden of Château Sentout, its old stone gables behind

    The rose-garden cloister

    its arcades for your vows, the drinks or the dinner, up to 120 guests

  • The party

    • A chapel

      with 19th-century stained glass, for a blessing among your people

    • A dance hall

      for 100 guests, and a nursery for the little ones

    • Rain plan

      the reception room, 100 guests at the table, and the columned gallery

  • Practical

    • 50 beds at the château

      in 24 rooms, each with its own bathroom, billed directly by the château, to you or to each of your guests: you decide what you offer

      invoiced directly by the venue, and we send you the links to book

    • 60 parking spaces

      and a step-free room with an adapted shower room, for the grandparents

    • 17 km from the Bordeaux ring road

      from Mérignac airport as from central Bordeaux, by exit 22A

  • The east gateway of Château Sentout, its stone pillars and pointed gables under the trees
    Through the stone gateway
  • White chairs set for a ceremony on the lawn of Château Sentout, beside a tall umbrella pine and a round tower
    Your vows on the lawn, by the tall pine
  • Tall old wooden doors standing open between pink rose bushes at Château Sentout
    The big doors open onto the drinks
  • A long table laid with white linen and bentwood chairs in the main courtyard, at the foot of Château Sentout's towers
    Dinner in the courtyard, below the towers
  • Aerial view of the cloister garden of Château Sentout at night, round tables under string lights
    The cloister lights up
  • The heated swimming pool of Château Sentout under its shelter
    The next day, the heated pool

The area

The château stands on a hillside of the Entre-deux-Mers, facing the Garonne valley, between Bordeaux and Cadillac-sur-Garonne. On Saturday mornings the market fills the old walled town of Cadillac, below its ducal château. At the Maison des Vins de Cadillac you taste the local sweet whites, and the Roger-Lapébie greenway crosses the Entre-deux-Mers by bike, with a detour to the abbey of La Sauve-Majeure, a UNESCO site.

While you enjoy your engagement, Fervenza plans your wedding here

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

Château Sentout's ivy-covered towers above the main courtyard and its rose bushes, in the Entre-deux-Mers near Bordeaux

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 Sentout 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 $70,000
Weekdays from $70,000

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 Sentout cost?

From $70,000, all-inclusive, for about 100 guests: the venue, the table, the flowers, the music, your photos, and us on site. Your exact price depends on your date and guest count, 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 lovely house. The château rents you its estate, its 24 rooms, its furniture and its kitchens. You then bring together the caterer, the drinks, the flowers, the decor, the music, the photographer and the running of the day. 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 100 at the table indoors, and 120 outdoors or under the Berber tent. At 50, everyone sleeps at the château; at 120, it's the big party in the gardens, and the others stay near Cadillac-sur-Garonne or in Créon.

Which dates are still free?

The château welcomes weddings over a weekend, Friday to Monday, or midweek, Monday to Thursday. Tell us your date, we check with Château Sentout and reply in writing.

Can we have a secular ceremony on site?

Yes: under the arcades of the cloister garden, in the orchard, or on the lawn by the tall pine. For a blessing, the château also has its own chapel, with 19th-century stained glass. Your words, your officiant, your people around you.

Can we have our civil wedding in Tabanac?

In France, a civil wedding always takes place at a town hall, never at the château. Tabanac 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: from Mérignac airport as from central Bordeaux, you follow the ring road to exit 22A, then 17 km to the château. And 50 of your guests sleep on site, from Friday to Monday.

Where do we get ready?

At the château. One of you in the bridal suite, in the square tower above the courtyard, your people close by. The other in one of the houses around the courtyard, every room with its own bathroom.

Will our grandparents and the little ones be comfortable?

Yes. A step-free room has an adapted shower room, with direct access to the living room and the gardens. Every room is air-conditioned, the little ones have their nursery, and 60 cars park on site.

And if it rains?

Dinner moves into the reception room, with its stone walls and beams, which seats 100, and drinks go under the columned gallery. If you are more, the Berber tent welcomes up to 120 guests, and the party carries on in the dance hall.

Coming from abroad: how does it work?

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

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 château imposes no caterer: yours is welcome, and it recommends its regulars.

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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