Best Wine Country Spa Hotels and Resorts in the USA

Spa Treatments and Wine are made for one another.  Taste, aroma, sensation and a feeling of well-being all come into play, when drinking wine, eating cuisine cooked with wine, and enjoying spa treatments featuring vinotherapy — the healing properties of the grapes and seeds.

When we hear “wine country spa getaway” most think “ah, Napa Valley.”  It’s true that about 95 percent of the wine produced in the USA comes from California, but did you know the USA is blessed with many beautiful vineyards and wineries dotting the wine country landscape?  California has many more wine regions than the most well known in Napa and Sonoma, and Texas has the second largest wine region in the USA, after Napa.

Here are among the best Spa Hotels and Resorts in the USA Wine Country regions of California, Georgia, New York, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and Texas.

Georgia is more than a Peach state — its wineries and vineyards are on par with some of the lovely wine countries in California and Oregon.  North Georgia is home to its vineyards and wineries, which you’ll find surrounding the Chattahoochee National Forest, in Braselton, Dahlonega, and more.

New York State has a number of wine regions near the coast and along its numerous rivers and lakes. These large bodies of water keep the frost at a level that permits wine grapes to grow.   There are wine regions in the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley and Long Island regions.   You’ll find wineries to tour on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail, Canandaigua Wine Trail, Keuka Lake Wine Trail, and the Seneca Lake Wine Trail. Wine is an esteemed subject at Cornell University near Cayuga Lake. The university has a Viticulture and Enology department which has created Chardonel, Traminette and Cayuga wines.

Oregon is a beautiful state with a famed coastline, but the wine country is just as lovely.  You’ll find wineries, vineyards and AVAs (American Viticultural Areas) in the Willamette Valley, Columbia Gorge, Columbia Valley, Umqua Valley, Rogue Valley, Applegate Valley, Snake River Valley, and Walla Walla, among others.  Plus, the Central Oregon Wine Trail is a six-stop trail takes you from Bend to Terrebonne, Culver and Sisters.

Texas Wineries dot the beautiful Hill Country, from Austin to Fredericksburg and Lampasas to New Braunfels. The Texas Hill Country wine region is the second largest in the country after Napa, and AVAs are in Bell Mountain, Escondido Valley, Fredricksburg, Mesilla Valley, Texas Davis Mountains, Texas High Plains, Texas Hill Country, and Texoma.

Virginia’s wine and regions can be found in the Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Mountains, Central Virginia, Northern Virginia, Southern Virginia, and has AVAs in Middleburg, Monticello, North Fork of Roanoke, Rocky Knob, the Shenandoah Valley, and Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Like its Oregon neighbor, Washington is well-known for its rugged and beautiful coastline, but head inland to the rich and fertile agricultural valleys and you’ll find the Yakima Valley, Tri-Cities and Walla Walla Valley wine regions, and numerous AVAs in the Columbia Valley, Columbia Gorge, Puget Sound, and more.

Wine regions are prolific in California, land of soil and sun.  In Northern California, you’ll find the most well known in Napa Valley, Sonoma, Mendocino, Gold Country, Tri Valley, Paso Robles and Lodi regions.  In the Central Valley and Coast you’ll find wine trails in Monterey Bay, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz, and in Southern California, you’ll find wine and horse country in Temecula, between San Diego and Palm Springs.