The spa-focused Six Senses group has breathed new life into both the former Aquapura hotel and Portugal's Douro Valley with a hotel that focuses on life's pleasures - relaxation, food and wine.
At the risk of sounding like a dirty hippie, wouldn't the occasional toke be better than the scrips-and-wine relaxation method adopted by so many of my fellow once-hip surburbanites?
After a few days of countryside food, wine and relaxation around Carmelo, I drove east towards Montevideo, stopping at Casapueblo, the home and studio of 88-year-old Uruguayan painter and sculptor Carlos Páez Vilaró.
Indeed, our previous study looking at the possible active principles that support the endothelial NO-dependent relaxation produced by red wine polyphenols, including Provinols™, demonstrate that anthocyanins and oligomeric-condensed tannins exhibit a pharmacological profile comparable to the original extract, the most potent being delphinidin [6].
I have to be, because I never, ever get to opt for the easy relaxation of a glass of wine or other substance to take the edge off at the end of a long day of crushing the game at home and at work.
If a family member had an alcohol problem, or if cocktails were served regularly for relaxation, he said, "That's a different message than wine at the table".
The aim of all of them is not speed or convenience, but pleasure and warmth, which accounts for the wine, a distinctive Italian touch that invites relaxation rather than hurry.
Nothing says relaxation to me more than a glass of good wine in a romantic setting with a night or two at a bed and breakfast.
Results showed that New Zealanders considered wine with different flavours as a subject of relaxation and fun, but also linked to food.
For example, Napa Valley, California is known as the wine country is tranquil and idyllic, perfect for honeymooners seeking rest, relaxation, and a little romance.
