Vinotherapy 101

Here’s a spa practice we love to toast: vinotherapy, the art of celebrating products and treatments containing antioxidant-rich grape skins, seeds and extracts.

Our SpaFinder editor Shari Rosenberg has taken you through a quick tour of select spas in Sonoma, but spas around the globe – whether located in wine country or not—are offering a cocktail of vino-inspired treatments, acclaimed for their anti-aging and free radical-fighting properties, on their menus.

You might not think “wine region” at these spa locales, but they offer vinotherapy services that we raise our glass to.

Here’s a sample:

• Peppermill Resort Spa Casino – Reno, Nevada
  Wine Down full-body massage with warmed grapeseed oil; 50 or 80 mins, $110-$160
• Caudalie Vinothérapie Spa at The Plaza – New York, New York
  The term vinothérapie is trademarked by Caudalie, and the entire spa menu – think cabernet scrubs, wine maker’s massage and barrel baths filled with vine-based extracts – uses natural grapes and the fruit’s restorative polyphenols; prices vary
• Rosewood Crescent Hotel – Dallas, Texas
  Sauvignon Massage with grapeseed extracts and oils; 50 mins, $115
  Texas Crush cabernet grapeseed scrub; 50 mins, $105
• Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge – Charlotte, North Carolina
  DiVine Wine (Anti-Aging) Facial with Tokay and Champagne grapes and mimosa champagne massage oil; 80 mins, $180 (plus 20% service charge)
  DiVine Wine Body Wrap; 50 mins; $110 (plus 20% service charge)
• Spa Gaucin at St. Regis Monarch Beach – Dana Point, California
  Chardonnay Sugar Scrub; 60, 75, or 90 mins, $175-$260
  Chardonnay Bubble Bath; 20 mins, $65
• Qua Baths and Spa at Caesars Palace – Las Vegas, Nevada
  Vino Veritas Body Treatment, a combination of Vichy shower, Chardonnay bath cream, organic olive oil, apricot oil and sugar scrub, and Chardonnay scalp treatment; 50 mins, $155

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