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A great wine hotel should offer more than vineyard views and a well-stocked cellar. The best ones help you understand why wine is made the way it is in that particular place—whether that means through picking grapes with a harvest crew in Mendoza, sleeping above centuries-old port cellars in Portugal, learning about missionary-planted vines in the Himalayas, or soaking in a grape-seed treatment at the French spa that invented vinotherapy.
There are winemaker-led dinners, rare vintages, blending workshops, Michelin-starred pairings, and plenty of opportunities to get your hands dirty.
From South Africa to the Douro Valley, these hotels offer a deeper way into both the wine and the place that made it.
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Late summer is all about the beach for me—at home in New England and in Egypt, where we go annually for a Cairo stopover before a big extended-family break in The Sahel (the newly pulsating North Coast). Before hitting the road to the Med, we stopped in at the new Grand Egyptian Museum for a mind-bending cultural stop to see Pharaonic riches—and I couldn't visit Giza without a visit to the historic, gilded Mena House Hotel, which was just restored to its original glory in time for the GEM opening. Once we made the four-hour drive to the breezy, desert-nestled North Coast it was all about the calming stone villas steps from the shore. This year’s trip was focused on getting back into the swing of things (with two one-year-olds) after missing last year's trip—so high-comfort was the name of the game.
I’m obsessed with Sahajan’s Ayurvedic skincare products these days (my postpartum skin thanked me in the desert dryness) and packing plenty of cozy apparel. Athleta socks are my go-to on long flights—I forgot, after not traveling too far for 18 months, how good it feels to slip into a cloud sock after take off. J.Crew’s scrunchie swimsuit has been my kindest one all summer long, whether on the beach in Rhode Island or in the waves of the Mediterranean. Last but definitely not least, are my new Adidas Barreda Mary Jane slip-ons, which elevate any travel outfit into a cool and colorful one—they're uber-comfortable for long travel days, and have gotten me so many compliments in the airport and on-the-go.
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