How to recover after BottleRock 2022

BottleRock Napa Valley attendees receive IV fluids at Rapid Recovery Hydration Solutions in a spa last year’s festival.Photo: Eric Risberg / Associated Press 2021

The producers of BottleRock Napa Valley knew what they were doing when they scheduled the festival over a holiday weekend. Returning to work the day after the wild festivities under Napa’s hot sun would be brutal.

While most people plan to fire up their barbecues, Memorial Day offers Wine County festivalgoers a necessary recovery day. If you’re staying in Napa Valley after the three-day festival wraps up on Monday, May 30, check out these revitalizing spas, pools, hot springs and healthy dining options. Plus, there’s always more wine.

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The spa pool at Stanly RanchPhoto: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle

Detox

Napa’s newest resort,Stanly Ranch,卖过一天的巨大健康村佛r $350. The pass includes access to its locker rooms, fitness center and a movement class (if scheduled), private spa pool and Springhouse. This circuit of cold, wet, hot and dry modalities includes a cold plunge, steam room and cedar sauna that’s the size of a studio apartment. Non-resort guests can also book spa treatments, such as a massage or facial.

The sauna inside the spa at Stanly RanchPhoto: Jessica Christian / The Chronicle

Groups of up to six people can book a cabana ($400) atCarneros Resort & Spa‘s picture-perfect hilltop pool. The large adults-only pool has far-reaching views of vineyards and rolling hills, plus a hot tub. Cabana reservations come with a bottle of sparkling wine, two appetizers and assorted sodas. The resort unveiled a $3.5 million spa transformation in 2018, and available treatments include a CBD massage, body scrub and high-tech hydrafacial.

ResortPassalso offers day passes ($100) for the pools at the Meritage Resort & Spa and Vista Collina Resort.

Recharge

Hudson Greens and Goods at the Oxbow MarketPhoto: John Storey / Special to The Chronicle

After three days of partying, your body will probably be craving some nutrients. Swing by the juice bar atHudson Greens & Goodsinside the Oxbow Public Market, or take a leisurely drive up to St. Helena for a visit toCrisp Kitchen & Juice. This new, healthful cafe is worth the trip, serving a wide selection of smoothies, superfood lattes, tonics, grain bowls and salads, among other energizing choices.

Crisp Kitchen & Juice serves healthy meals in St. Helena.

More healthy options can be found atSouthside Cafe(note that only the Napa Century location is open on Mondays) andHouse of Betterat the Dr. Wilkinson’s resort in Calistoga. The latter also has a unique wellness-focused beverage menu consisting of shrubs, tonics, medicinal teas and alcohol-free cocktails packed with botanicals and adaptogens.

Heal

Calistoga, at the north end of Napa Valley, is famous for its hot spring pools, and they can do wonders on a tired, achy body. Day passes are hard to come by if you’re not staying at one of the town’s resorts, so a spa treatment reservation is the best route to access these natural thermal waters.

The mud bath at Dr. Wilkinson’s Hot Springs Resort in CalistogaPhoto: Dr. Wilkinson’s Hot Springs Resort

All Calistoga spas offer the town’s other claim to fame: mud baths. Some, such asIndian SpringsandDr. Wilkinson’s, go the traditional route, which utilizes large vats of mud. Others, such asSolageand theCalistoga Motor Lodge, take a modern-day approach where the mud is painted on. Both methods result in silky smooth skin.

The most famous hot springs in Calistoga is Indian Springs, home to an Olympic-size pool built in 1913 and set to a balmy 92 to 100 degrees. The Calistoga Motor Lodge has a trio of pools, all different sizes and temperatures. Dr. Wilkinson’s recently redesigned its two pools and curated fourhydrotherapy spa treatments($169-189) designed around a mineral whirlpool bath.

The 100-degree pool at Indian Springs spa in Calistoga.Photo: Chris Stewart / The Chronicle 2005

Hair of the dog

Catching all the musical acts and Culinary Stage craziness at BottleRock doesn’t leave much free time forwine tasting at Napa Valley’s renowned estates, but a flight of Cabernet could be just what your body needs to push through the long weekend’s hangover. Given that it’s a holiday, many wineries are probably already booked up, so make your reservations as soon as possible. (Tockis a great way to search for openings.)

Greg Gregory (left) of Napa and Deray Parker of San Francisco have wine and focaccia bread at Ashes & Diamonds winery in 2020.Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 2020

As of this writing, Memorial Day reservations were available atAshes & Diamonds(splurge for the family-style lunch pairing);Baldacci Family Vineyards, where tastings in its newly renovated salon cost $75; and the serene Oasis byHoopes Vineyard, where guests can visit an animal rescue farm featuring pygmy goats, pigs, chickens and donkeys, one of which is cleverly named Jack E. O’Asses.

If spontaneity is more your style, many of Napa’s downtown tasting rooms, like new additionsBrendelandChateau Buena Vista, can typically accommodate walk-ins.

Correction: The original version of this story misstated the tasting fee at Baldacci Family Vineyards. It costs $75.

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