Marques de Riscal

Super Vintage Weekend at the Hotel Marqu�s de Riscal

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Wine, Auctions, Charity

The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts group has planned a "Super Vintage" wine auction weekend at the incredible Frank Gehry-designed Hotel Marqués de Riscal in Rioja, Spain in October. To celebrate 150 years of the region's famed wines, the culinary-themed weekend will culminate in a gala dinner and charity auction of local vintages conducted by Christie's - including the Riscal Superlot, a single lot consisting of 131 bottles dating back to 1862, proceeds from which will go to UNICEF. Details on the once-in-a-lifetime event, which will take place from Oct. 24-26, can be found here.

Gallery: Hotel MarquÃ©s de Riscal

Tags: Christies, Frank Gehry, FrankGehry, Hotels, Luxury Collection, LuxuryCollection, Marques de Riscal, MarquesDeRiscal, Rioja, Spain, UNICEF

List of 10 Wine Spas

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels, Spas, Wine

We've seen more and more spas that focus on wine recently as well as grape extracts popping up in skin care by companies like Caudalie and Davi, the new Mondavi skin care line. The most recent and lavish wine spa is the Frank Gehry-designed Marqués de Riscal in Spain. Forbes Traveler has rounded up a list of ten spas that offer vinotherapy treatments for your body as well as delicious wines to nourish your interior. Most of the spas listed are located outside the U.S. spanning the globe from Argentina to Australia to South Africa to France. The Kenwood Inn and Spa in Sonoma, California is a villa-style hotel with a Caudalie spa that offers treatments such as a Sauvignon massage, a Merlot wrap and a crushed Cabernet scrub. Two-night winter spa packages start at $955 double occupancy.

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Tags: gehry, kentwood, marques de riscal, MarquesDeRiscal, spa treatments, wine, wine spa