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A little while ago I introduced you to a Beer Spa in Czech Republic. Now I’d like to introduce to the world of “Wine Treatments”.
Since the opening of the world’s first official wine spa in the Bordeaux region of France in 1999, high-end spas around the world have followed suit. While the true, trademarked treatments are only available at Caudalie-affiliated spas like Les Sources de Caudalie in France, The Kenwood Inn & Spa in California and Relais San Maurizio in Italy, wine treatments, considered to firm the skin and slow down the aging process due to wine’s high antioxidant content, are beginning to be incorporated into spa menus around the world.
Here are a couple of spas in North America that you can enjoy a Vinothérapie treatment:
The elegant Caudalie Spa is the first Vinothérapie center to open in the United States and offers a full menu of exclusive treatments that rely on the anti-aging properties of grapevine-derived extracts. The benefits of wine drinking have been medically documented, and doctors around the world also recognize the penetrating, protective qualities of topical skin treatments based on oils extracted from grape seeds.
Their baths, wraps, scrubs, massages and facials all use a range of grapevine-based Vinothérapie products created and tested at Les Sources de Caudalie. The products have anti-oxidant properties that protect cells from free radical damage that causes the skin to age. Caudalie Spa’s body treatments decongest tissue and boost circulation, and our massages nourish and soften the skin, restoring elasticity.
Sauvignon Massage
A soothing massage using grape seed oil from Sauvignon grapes and organic essential oils for either a revitalizing or relaxing effect. (Swedish or Deep Tissue)
50 minutes - $125USD
80 minutes - $175USD Ultimate*
*Ultimate massages begin with a footbath and includes a foot massage upon request.
The Kenwood Inn and Spa
10400 Sonoma Hwy.
Kenwood, CA 95452
Tel: 707-833-1293, 800-353-6966
Beyond Wrapture is the first spa in western Canada to offer Vinothérapie treatments. By nurturing the three aspects of wholeness…body, mind, and spirit, Beyond Wrapture encourages customers to become that which they are…perfect, whole, and complete.
The Spa uses the by-products that the winery normally disposes of – the pips, stems and skins – all of which contain a valuable antioxidant called Resveratol. Another powerful antioxidant used is Grape-seed oil that is high in oligomeric proanthoscyanidins (PCO) and can greatly reduce the damage created by free radicals, strengthen and repair connective tissue and promote enzyme activity at the skin cell level.
Red or White Wine Vinothérapie Massage
Enjoy a relaxing & healing massage with the effective and noticeable antiaging properties of Grape-Seed Oil, shea butter and your choice of either red or white wine blended into their special Vinothérapie massage lotion.
75 minutes - $128CAD
Silver Star Mountain Resort & Spa
123 Shortt Street
Silver Star Mountain, BC
Canada V1B 3M1
250 542 0224
If you love touring wineries, this could be a fantastic add on for you.