Napa Valley is well known in the wine world, however it also provides an excellent selection of alternatives for workout and wellness. A number of outdoor activities, from walkings that expose breathtaking views of rolling vineyards to bathhouses with geothermal pools and mud baths, are simply a couple of ways to invigorate. Throw in a mix of winetastings and fresh foods obtained from regional purveyors, and you’re well on your method to a full sensory experience. Here’s how to delight in both red wine and wellness in Napa Valley over a three-day itinerary.Day 1 Head to lunch at
Truss
Dining Establishment & Bar in the just recently opened & 4 Seasons Napa Valley. Match a farm-to-table lunch in the open idea space with meals that include a yellowfin tuna bowl with California avocado and enjoy the sweeping vineyard views. Other menu products chef Erik Anderson sources in your area include quail from Wolfe Ranch and caviar from California Caviar Co. Pair your meal with one of 250 curated bottles chosen by sommelier Morgan Grey, like a zippy chardonnay from close-by producer Chateau Montelena. Start your vacation in Napa right with lunch at the 4 Seasons’s Truss
restaurant. After lunch, venture to the recently reopened Newton Vineyard tasting room in Calistoga
(a city that’s worth a weekend trip itself). Its unfiltered, licensed organic white wines are sourced from high, well-drained soils; try varietals like single-vineyard cabernets and two single- vineyard chardonnays.Next up, check out a Studio at Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection. The 100-room home uses a number of wellness programs in its 200,000-square-foot-spa, like a bathhouse with geothermal swimming pools and mud bath treatments. For dinner, the hotel’s Solbar highlights the best of the Valley’s produce, including a starter of compressed watermelon, garden cucumbers, hijiki
(sea lettuce ), and chile-lime-ginger vinaigrette, plus an entrée of grilled wild king salmon with roasted infant squash, tomato chutney, charred baba ghanoush, and yellow curry sauce.Day 2 Start your day of rest on a walk with views at the historic Oat Hill Mine Path. Found less than a mile from Solage, the pathway commands views of the valley and when assisted quicksilver miners in 1893. At Napa River Ecological Reserve in Yountville, a short drive south, you can walk along a river-hugging 0.5-mile loop shrouded by tall oak trees and wildflowers during the spring season.After the brief hike, head to Clif Family Bruschetteria for a farm-to-food-truck experience. Seasonal ingredients lead the rotating menu, that includes fresh kale and Napa cabbage salads with pickled carrots
and tamari glazed mixed nuts and sesame. There’s likewise an on-site tasting room where you can enjoy the food and wine pairings, consisting of a plant-based and organic tasting menu.For another afternoon sipping red wine, Tres Sabores is a natural, family-and woman-owned winery that uses an intimate tasting experience, including lunch with winemaker and owner Julie Johnson. Visitors begin with a tour of the winery’s gardens and olive grove, followed by a wine-paired lunch featuring seasonal components from the on-property garden. For supper, take a seat on the roomy, serene patio at Acacia House and enjoy”Leading Chef Masters”winner Chris Cosentino’s seasonally driven menu that includes dishes like treasure tomatoes and stone fruit in a lemon verbena and raspberry vinegar, and a California striped bass served with a nutty
fregola pasta, clams, and chorizo. MoonAcre Health spa is a modern-day update of Calistoga’s bathhouses from the 1880s. Image by Cynthia Glassell Day 3 Relaxation takes spotlight today, with a check out to Calistoga’s Moonacre Health spa & Baths. The modern-day bathhouse provides a variety of massages and a signature treatment called the MoonAcre Mud Bake, Bath & Massage
, that includes a salt soak in a claw-foot bathtub, an outdoor mud bar, and a relaxing sit in the day spa’s gardens as the mud dries. After an
outdoor rinse, the treatment ends with a massage and steam.After unwinding at the medical spa, get a bite at the newly opened Crisp Kitchen & Juice, where each meal is seasonal and made internal, including a gluten-free noodle ramen with bok choy, braised greens, kabocha squash, tofu, shiitake and enoki mushrooms, and nondairy macaroni and cheese with butternut squash, coconut milk, and dietary yeast.
Finish your Napa Valley trip in Rutherford with a red wine experience at the Napa Green Certified St. Supery. Each wine is paired with a little bite that also consists of farm-to-table produce from its culinary garden and Dollarhide Estate Ranch. Previous food and wine pairings have actually consisted of”Vino and Veggie”and “Great Sustainable Seafood.”