A stay can open a door. A gathering can bring people together. But a gathering is not simply an event placed inside a castle. Hospitality, conversation and social life have always been part of what gives such a place its meaning. For us, it is not about taking a familiar kind of event and moving it into a castle simply because the surroundings are beautiful. The place itself should help shape what happens there — what we talk about, who sits around the table and, sometimes, w