Summer in Spain - Grapes!

During my great adventure in Spain I had spent a lot of my time in the small town of Saint Pere Des Ribes. (Pronounced Saint-Pera-Des-Rivas) This small town was located roughly 10 minutes north of the Mediterranean sea and was nestled in the heart of wine country. On any given day, when traveling either to the grocery store, the pharmacy, the beach, or even going for a hike up the hill, your field of vision would be overwhelmed with the landscape of never ending vineyards. The result of all these neighboring vineyards gave way to an endless supply of fresh grapes and wine (with a few head aches thrown in!).

The types of grapes cultivated in this region differed depending on the elevation, soil type, and their micro-sites (fancy wording for a plant home). I learnt much about what I know of grapes from a tour I did at the world renowned vineyard of Torres Spain. During this elaborate tour we were introduced to the concepts of grape cultivation, wine making, and learned much about what this delicate plant has to offer. Not only was I inspired by their state of the art production facility, which won the award for Number One Winery on the Green List but I was also inspired by the properties of the grape and its seed.

I learned that grape seed in its raw or oil form contain high levels of anti-oxidants which are combatants against cellular stress and age related macular degeneration. This fascinating (NATURAL) resource has also been proven to possess adaptogenic properties which serve as a line of defense against negative environmental toxins such as smoke and chemicals leading to stress and trauma to the body.

This tour, which first began as a leisure activity, soon got me thinking of ways to apply my new found knowledge into an application for our line of work. Over the past couple of month we have developed a line of products that incorporates grape seed and olive squalane into five different products; a premium bar of soap, a moisturizer, a face mask, a lip gloss and a facial serum.

We plan on launching this line of premium products for the first time, exclusively at the One of a Kind Show in Toronto (quantities are limited). We also plan on offering this product to all our customers across Canada in the following months.