San Francisco - June 01, 2005

Grapes of Wrap

Crushed Cabernet Scrub

What’s full-bodied, warm, seductive, and makes you tingle all over?

No, it’s not the cutie you snagged at the Urban Cougar party. (Good for you, though. Me-ow!)

It’s the Crushed Cabernet Scrub at Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa at Sonoma’s Kenwood Inn.

Lie back as the therapist douses you with a warm mixture of honey, essential oils, and grape seeds, then massages it into every inch of you, toes to neck. You’re then neatly sealed in plastic wrap and left to relax as the scrub does its magic, ridding you of dead skin cells and moisturizing your bod. (Note: If you have claustrophobic tendencies, this is when you’ll want to daydream about that UC cutie.)

After twenty minutes, the concoction is rinsed away. The result? Soft, radiant skin. Our rec: Follow the 50-minute service with an energizing massage, one of the spa’s specialties — an hour of bliss you won’t soon forget.

And more than you can say for your Cougar crush.

Available at Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa, The Kenwood Inn & Spa, 10400 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma (707-833-1293).