Chateau Dore Winery

Chateau Dore Winery is a stunning winery and garden wedding venue located just some minutes from Bendigo and over an hour from Melbourne. It was established in 1866 with acres of mature and panoramic gardens and lawns, providing the perfect spot for an outdoor garden wedding ceremony. This historic winery is affordable and accommodates either a cocktail style or formal sit-down wedding celebrations, including beautiful wedding photo opportunities on its property, all in one great location. Chateau Dore is the ideal venue for couples that loves a historic winery wedding venue.

Chateau Dore boasts a variety of locations on its property for your special day, whether you are in for a stunning garden wedding, vineyard, or an indoor ceremony in the historic winery, followed by canapés and drinks on the lawns. These locations in details are:
• The Garden
Chateau Dore boasts an English style manicured garden, which is the perfect background for you to share your vows in front of your family and friends. Set up the location of your choice according to your style and let your imagination run wild. Apart from this, there are lots of areas to take memorable wedding photos. This spot can accommodate any number of guests.

• The Chapel
The picturesque Chapel at Chateau Dore serves as an alternative in wet weather for the wedding ceremony. The Chapel is an old room with stunning settings, which provides the perfect spot for your special day and stunning wedding photos.

• The Lawn and Winery
The manicured lawns of Chateau Dore offer the perfect spot to host your guests for pre-reception drinks, mingling, and canapés before moving into the Winery for the mouthwatering dishes and quality wines. The Winery can hold 150 seated guests or 200 cocktail-style guests. You can also set up a marquee on the lawns for more grand guests.

• Event coordination
• In-house catering service
• Bar service
• Wedding cake
• Music and power systems for iPods and musicians
• Complimentary tickets to the venue’s tasting events held in spring and summer

Chateau Dore has an adaptable floor plan that gleams with fairy lights and festoon lightings on the building’s outer parts. They also provide tables, chairs, linen cloths, cutlery, glassware, napkins, mirrors, wine barrels, vases, and many more. Let your creative mind visualize how your dream wedding should be, and the staff will materialize it. Its historic, elegant, and cozy setting makes it perfect for your special day.

Chateau Dore provides a variety of catering service for a cocktail style dinner or a formal sit-down dinner. With various menus like a carvery, three-course meal, communal feast, and many more, you will have multiple dishes to choose from, combined with your choice of beverage packages and wine. Chateau Dore caters to any dietary requirement or allergies and allows self-catering and BYO beverages.

The Stables at Heart of Gold Vineyard is situated just across the venue and features a queen-sized bed, a self-contained bathroom and kitchen, an indoor fireplace, an ample living space with a dining table and a sofa, air conditioning, a TV, an outdoor fire pit, a swimming pool, free WiFi and free parking.
Mandurang Holliday Cottage is pet-friendly and situated in two-minute proximity of the venue and offers a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, a sunlit dining room, large windows, extra beds, and a deck.

Chateau Dore is the perfect historic winery wedding venue for your special day, with a stunning location for the ceremony, reception, photo opportunities, and delicious cuisine.
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