The Chaddsford Winery in Chadds Ford and Body Restoration in Philadelphia have joined together to create what they believe is the region's first vinotherapy program.
I thought this would be more interesting and fun, tying wines with a spa treatment.
Vinotherapy is believed to have originated at spas in the wine-making region of Bordeaux, France, in 1999. Spa operators there developed a skin-care therapy that relies on the antioxidants found in the grape seeds discarded at the end of the grape harvest to soothe the skin and slow the aging process.
The products used by spas are derived from grape seeds, grape seed extracts, husks, grape seed oil and vine leaf extracts -- all of which have a high concentration of antioxidant compounds known as polyphenols.
Solomon got the idea to bring the treatment to her spa in Center City after reading a newspaper article about vinotherapy in France. Her research identified only one spa along the East Coast, a facility in Manhattan, offering vinotherapy.
Lee Miller, who owns the Chaddsford Winery in Chester County with her husband Eric, said Solomon approached her more than a year ago with the idea for a partnership.
Solomon, took the grape extracts she collected from different types of wine, dehydrating them and grounding them into an exfoliating substance -- ultimately developing a proprietary "crushed Chianti scrub" from the Chaddsford Winery's 2006 harvest.
In addition to the crushed Chianti scrub, Body Restoration has developed other body and skin treatments that rely on grapes from Chaddsford Winery's vineyards, including the Crepe Pinto Noir wrap, "a warm shaken blend of Chaddsford Pinot Noir, wine yeast, honey and essential oils drizzled over the back and limbs to moisturize."
Under the partnership, Body Restoration receives all the vinotherapy treatment revenues, while agreeing to purchase Chaddsford winery products to include in gift baskets for spa customers buying select packages.
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I thought this would be more interesting and fun, tying wines with a spa treatment.
Vinotherapy is believed to have originated at spas in the wine-making region of Bordeaux, France, in 1999. Spa operators there developed a skin-care therapy that relies on the antioxidants found in the grape seeds discarded at the end of the grape harvest to soothe the skin and slow the aging process.
The products used by spas are derived from grape seeds, grape seed extracts, husks, grape seed oil and vine leaf extracts -- all of which have a high concentration of antioxidant compounds known as polyphenols.
Solomon got the idea to bring the treatment to her spa in Center City after reading a newspaper article about vinotherapy in France. Her research identified only one spa along the East Coast, a facility in Manhattan, offering vinotherapy.
Lee Miller, who owns the Chaddsford Winery in Chester County with her husband Eric, said Solomon approached her more than a year ago with the idea for a partnership.
Solomon, took the grape extracts she collected from different types of wine, dehydrating them and grounding them into an exfoliating substance -- ultimately developing a proprietary "crushed Chianti scrub" from the Chaddsford Winery's 2006 harvest.
In addition to the crushed Chianti scrub, Body Restoration has developed other body and skin treatments that rely on grapes from Chaddsford Winery's vineyards, including the Crepe Pinto Noir wrap, "a warm shaken blend of Chaddsford Pinot Noir, wine yeast, honey and essential oils drizzled over the back and limbs to moisturize."
Under the partnership, Body Restoration receives all the vinotherapy treatment revenues, while agreeing to purchase Chaddsford winery products to include in gift baskets for spa customers buying select packages.
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