Countryside vs Vineyard
Two kinds of place, side by side — who each one suits, what each one costs, and where they concentrate. The setting decides the tone of the whole week, so it is worth deciding on purpose.
Design a retreatCountryside
Pastoral estates — manor houses, gardens, and slow luxury.
- Venues
- 28 private estates
- Typical group
- 15–500 guests
- Indicative budget
- $700–$1,300 pp/night
- Concentrated in
- British Isles · Southeastern United States · Mediterranean Europe
- Best for
- leadership, strategy, team building
Vineyard
Estate wine country — long tables, tastings, and golden light.
- Venues
- 21 private estates
- Typical group
- 10–400 guests
- Indicative budget
- $650–$1,300 pp/night
- Concentrated in
- Mediterranean Europe · Western United States · Caribbean & Latin America
- Best for
- celebration, strategy, leadership
Gleneagles
A storied Scottish estate on 850 acres of glen — a grand hotel with its own railway stop, falconry school, shooting school, and three championship golf courses.
Borgo Egnazia
A resort built as a Puglian village of whitewashed courtyards, 182 rooms across La Corte, the Borgo and standalone houses, with 11 meeting rooms handling groups to 500. Site of the 2024 G7 summit, with a championship golf course, spa and Puglian countryside all around.
Pinehurst Resort
The cradle of American golf — ten courses in the Carolina pines, a grand village resort, and the home of multiple U.S. Opens.
Marcus Whitman Hotel & Conference Center
A 1928 landmark tower in downtown Walla Walla, the base camp for one of America's fastest-rising wine regions. 133 rooms, a full conference center and four tasting rooms in the building itself, with more than 120 wineries within a short drive.
Novotel Barossa Valley Resort
A 140-room resort set among vines in the heart of the Barossa, one of Australia's great wine regions. Nine purpose-built event venues seat up to 250 theater or 180 banquet, with balconies over the vineyards and Shiraz cellars minutes in every direction.
Castello di Casole
A 4,200-acre restored 10th-century castle estate near Siena, surrounded by its own vineyards, olive groves, and cypress-lined roads made for driving.