The Healing Grape
Immerse yourself in the wine experience. Literally.
Merlot or cab? Honey, you’re soaking in it. Get in on the secret of why Wine Country women look so young and smooth (non-surgically) by dunking yourself into a warm, bubbly wine bath. So okay, it’s not exactly like throwing yourself into the tanks – that would be sticky, after all. Instead, spas throughout the region are harnessing the power of grapes from stem to seed, called vinotherapy, as a tipple-free way to exfoliate, stimulate and generally perk up tired skin.
At the heart of the vinotherapy movement is Sonoma Valley’s Kenwood Inn and Spa (10400 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood, 707.833.1293). Grape-related treatments include seed oils and red wine extracts in their massages, wraps and facials. If you’re up for a deep treatment, try the Kenwood Wine Wrap ($175), where you’ll be slathered with red wine-infused clay, bundled up tight and warmed into deep relaxation. Any momentary comparisons to feeling like a bag of steamed vegetables inside the wrap melt away after a shower and a rubdown with chardonnay and riesling oil.
The recently renovated resort also offers a signature Wine Country facial ($145/$195 for 50 or 80 minutes) with a wine-based hydrating mask and wine oil neck massage.
Looking for other grape-inspired spas? Check out these toast-worthy treatments:
- The Red or White Tasting: A merlot scrub with jasmine-rose tea soak or the chardonnay sugar scrub and pomegranate soak, Hyatt Vineyard Creek, 170 Railroad St., Santa Rosa, 707.284.1234
- Grapeseed and mud wrap, Health Spa Napa Valley, 1030 Main St., St. Helena, 707.967.8800
- Anti-oxidant vitamin facial with Arctic cloudberry and grape extract, Villagio Inn & Spa, 6481 Washington St., Yountville, 707.948.5050
- Chardonnay Sugar Scrub, Chardonnay Bath and Chardonnay Essential Oil Massage, the Garden Spa at MacArthur Place, 29 E. MacArthur Place, Sonoma, 707.933-3193
- Peach and sparkling wine wrap at the Hotel Healdsburg, 327 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, 707.433-4747
- Red grape and green tea body masque at the Lincoln Avenue Spa, 1339 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga 707.942.2950
- Grapeseed anti-oxidant facial, Napa Valley grape seed and rosehip mud wrap, Raindance Spa, Lodge at Sonoma, 1325 Broadway, Sonoma, 707.935-6600
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Kenwood Inn & Spa
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Kenwood Inn & Spa: 10400 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood, 800.353.6966
Spa at Hotel Healdsburg, 327 Healdsburg AveInsiders Know:
Calistoga, at the north end of Napa Valley, is a haven for the spa set. Home to natural hot springs and therapeutic mud baths, this sleepy little town has been soothing away the kinks and stresses of Wine Country for more than 100 years. Osmosis, in the tiny Sonoma county town of Freestone, offers a slightly different take on baths by immersing guests in warm cedar and enzymes., Healdsburg, 707.433.4747
Health Spa Napa Valley, 1030 Main St. St. Helenna, 707.967.8800.
Garden Spa at MacArthur Place, 29 E. MacArthur Place, Sonoma, 707.933.3193.
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