Word: vining
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...long been known that a glass of red wine is good for you, but now spas are proclaiming the great grape's properties and using it in their treatments. "Vinotherapy" clients are massaged and bathed in wine and vine extracts. Supporters insist that grape antioxidants are more powerful than vitamins C and E and have a positive effect on the skin. "Because of oxidation, the body 'rusts' in the same way an apple turns brown," says Geraldine Mitton, medical director of Sant? Winelands Hotel, a wellness center in the Paarl-Franschhoek valley, one of South Africa's best-known wine...
...long been known that a glass of red wine is good for you, but now spas are proclaiming the great grape's properties and using it in their treatments. "Vinotherapy" clients are massaged and bathed in wine and vine extracts. Supporters insist that grape antioxidants are more powerful than vitamins C and E and have a positive effect on the skin. "Because of oxidation, the body 'rusts' in the same way an apple turns brown," says Geraldine Mitton, medical director of Santé Winelands Hotel, a wellness center in the Paarl-Franschhoek valley, one of South Africa 's best-known...
Another name should be added to their ranks: British Mystery Writer Ruth Rendell, who since 1964 has published 26 novels and four volumes of short stories, all of them intelligent, trenchant and graceful. This summer she will introduce an additional byline, Barbara Vine, which will accommodate her high productivity and, she says, give voice to a more feminine, less dispassionate side of her personality. Rendell plots deftly, and she brings comprehension if not compassion to even the kinkiest of characters. Until now, the author has been something of a secret indulgence, enjoyed primarily by mystery buffs. Within the genre...
Though biodynamics flies in the face of conventional agriculture, Beckmen is a believer. "My 100%-biodynamic vineyards are doing great. I immediately saw better vine development, fewer pests and need less irrigation. The grapes made some of our best wines yet." The proof comes in the glass...
...live with someone like traditionalist bulwark Joseph Ratzinger as Pope. It's yet another sign that the dream scenario for some progressives in the Church that somehow a Pope will emerge from this Conclave with plans to undo John Paul's doctrinal dictates is doomed to die on the vine. But it's still early in the week, and TIME's team of reporters here will do its best-as always-to confirm that with our sources...