Dresden Estate Winery + Wedding Venue

This 64x64 winery estate is inspired by the Egon Müller Winery in Germany and is saved as a residential lot so you can change the venue type to suit your gameplay. Designed mainly as a wedding venue, it also works well as a getaway or owner-occupied vineyard home.

Outside, your Sims can explore a hedge maze with a hidden gazebo, a two-storey arboretum, a quiet pond picnic area, and a rotunda wrapped around an old oak tree, complete with swing set and vineyard views. A simple farmer’s shed hides a staircase down to an underground wine cellar with bar seating, bathrooms, and a cozy reading corner, while the ground floor holds nectar-making and gardening equipment.

The main building features a grand entrance with wine and cheese, a ballroom with bar and piano, a small sitting room, and a reception hall with bar, buffet, bathroom, and doors leading to a wedding-ready patio overlooking the hedge maze. A large catering kitchen connects to the arboretum, which holds a fountain and many of the plants used to make the estate’s wine.

Upstairs, there are four ensuite bedrooms with walk-in closets, plus lounge areas with a fireplace, games, bonsai space, and a balcony where Sims can enjoy views of the grounds or stargaze through the telescope at night.

This build was inspired by Egon Müller and Schloss Johannisberg wineries

Build info:

Lot type: Wedding Venue* | 4 bed/7 bathroom
Size: 64 × 64 (built on the ‘Dresden House’ lot in Windenburg)
§: 729, 063
Game version 1.124.63

Packs: Horse Ranch, High School Years, Cottage Living, Island Living, Get Famous, Cats & Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Wedding Stories, Parenthood, Back Yard Stuff, Romantic Garden, Movie Hangout, Luxury Party, Bridgerton Masquerade Ball.

Optional packs: Bust the dust

*Tray files are saved as residential

Outside (front)

Outside (patio and hedge maze)

Outside (back pond and picnic area)

Back (rotunda)

Back of the lot

Underground wine cellar (accessed via the farm house shed)

Arboretum entrance to the kitchen

Dining space set up to cater wedding events

Front entry foyer with ballroom and bar

Upstairs overnight guest rooms and recreation spaces

Bird’s-eye views of the property

A selection of photos taken at night

Download links

Tray files are here which includes all Curse Forge CC.

Additional CC required

Ameranthe – buyable lab objects
AnYe – Festive dinner, gardenlounge watering can
Dreamteamsims – Mari Aesop Pump
daer0n – dodoma wine bottles, reagal sim royal crystal chandelier
ENIOSTA – Anaca office
GG100 –Modern romantics
Hel Studio – Mulled wine fizalis
Lilis-palace – Budapest,Folklore (rustic wastebasket), Intarsia (heirloom small etagere)
Loree – Billyjean's whitewine box
Moriel – Stable set (hay on floor)
Aroundthesims – water collector barrel(requires Eco Lifestyle EP – can be skipped if you don’t have the EP)
Baumgarten (free) – Apres Midi, Festivities, Rustic Lunch, Windswept Linens
Brazenlotus – Bridal closet, Green House set
Brujah236 – wrought iron stair rail fence
Ars Botanica – centerpiece 2
Cowbuild (perma paywalled) – Everyday laundry, Screening Room wine bottle
Ellemant – Vintage dancing figures
IDBD – wildstar rake hanging and leaning spade
KHD – Romanesque set, Cottage Core set
LxN – Muse luxury
Ingeli –Rustic spiral stairs
LANA – Bakery revolving cake stand
Linzlu –Frontier wall lantern (requires Cats and Dogs EP – can be skipped if you don’t have the EP)
Natalia Auditore– Rock wall 8, vampire candles 3, rose wall
MXIMS – magazines and books I
Myshunosun – Music Nook
Peacemaker – Hamptons getaway, Shaker kitchen, splendid panelling
Pacosims – wine bucket
Jennisims –Plantdamagreek, Statue Octav
Pandorasimsbox – Holierthanthou wallpaper
Plumbobteasociety – Deco little flower picture
Puffersuffer – 13 pack bath
Radioactive –garden set snail
Ruby Red – Beach wedding, Greenhouse – garden shed wall planter
Syboulette – cooking cookies, country kitchen, laundry clutter, loft build, new year 2021, piano, pioupiou,serenity, shabby rhapsody, simxties, sleek half wall trim
Sixamcc – Goodies
Sanoysims – Budget bathroom (retired CC, Dropbox link)
Silverlinings– Homestead kitchen (tiered egg stand)
Simenapule – Simythology Egypt Kitchen (ancient metal jug)
SimPlistic – RHxRug
Tonywgus – Ming vase

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TSR CC

RVSN – Easy Peasy Lumen Squeezy Light system, You Know The Drill Utility Set, Safety First Paper Towel
BuffSumm – Industry present
Moniamay72 – Elegant ceiling floor
Kardofe – Ye Medieval Red Dragon tavern sink
Naunakht – Antique nectar maker, Pagan goddess statue
Shino – PB slippers
SIMc – Naturalis wall kitchen towels
Severinka – Apple tree branches in vase, Chalet II – wine box
Simspaces – Pot of dirt
Wondymoon – Palladium rug
Summerr Plays – Atelier Kitchen
Lavilikesims –Gold Rocks
Numberswoman – Used shabby chic bathroom

Final thoughts…

This build took a long time an had many challenges (building on the diagonal and deciding how to use fill such a large block). The initial structure was relatively simple as it is just 3 rectangles essentially. Using my inspiration photos made it easy to pick the CC to use that best captured it. Beyond the initial plan I just winged it. For such a large block you want to fill it, but not crowd it. It can be easy to cram a lot of stuff in to try an fill the space but this can end up crashing your game. Things like the pond, hedge maze and debug vinyard served to fill large areas.

The cellar was a necessity to age the wine, but having it below the main building wasn’t feasible given the restrictions of stairs when built on the diagonal. I picture this estate as originally belonging to a minor noble who produced wine for the region. With that in mind, it made sense that the cellar would be accessed via the farm side of the estate rather than the main house.

There are lots of little details that really add to this build feeling authentic but still being usable by sims and relevant to gameplay. Whether that is nectar making, a wedding venue, a bar/lounge/ or a residential home-business. There are so many directions that you could take this lot with a few tweaks. I hope you enjoy it.