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The world's only wine spa, Les Sources de Caudalie,
is in the Bordeaux region, deep in the heart of the wine growing
countryside at the 14th century Chateau Smith Haut-Lafitte.
It is believed that wine beautifies you, and grape seed products
like creams, oils and red wine marc (the residue left over
after grape pressing) is a fantastic nutrient for the skin.
This new fangled art is known as Vinotherapy.
Les Sources de Caudalie Vinotherapy resort emphasises luxury
and pampering. Bathing in a barrel bath of natural hot spring
water and the foam of grape seed extracts is the most popular
treatment, as it weeds the free radicals from your body. Or
you could get all hot and sticky in honey and wine body wraps.
The spar offers three types of cures: anti-ageing, slimming
and relaxation (where you can eat and drink as much as you
like!) You can also enjoy swimming, jogging and walks in the
pretty region.
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Christina La Monica enjoys a good soak
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Vinotherapy came about when professor Joseph Vercauteren
saw that the most nutrition part of the grape, the skin, flesh
and seed, was being thrown away. He scientifically proved
that the tannins in grape seeds act as antioxidants. They
protect against the free radicals like pollution, cigarette
smoke and the sun which ages the skin. The spa produces its
own anti-aging creams used by top glamour pussies like Caroline
of Monaco and Catherine Deneuve.
The wine of Chateau Smith Haut Laffite is renowned by wine
experts as a particularly fine vintage. At the spa's restaurants,
low fat but delicious foods are served in a 19th century lavoir
where the grape pickers would have washed their clothes. And
you can expect the finest wine with every meal!
You can chose from one day treatments to longer stays. Prices
start from around $400 for a two-night weekend package with
four treatments.
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