Wine and Yoga

What does yoga have to do with drinking? They both are very communal. After a yoga class, most people’s defenses are down. You feel very balanced and a little more open, and it’s a calm place where people have time for each other.

To many, wine country evokes Bacchanalian images of eating and drinking, followed by spa treatments involving hot stones or mud wraps. But now that paradigm has shifted: Visitors who once wanted to be wined, dined, and pampered are instead seeking a pastime that requires a bit more sweat. Yoga venues that promise to de-stress city folk in a spectacular setting—often with a side of gourmet sips and bites—are popping up all over, including Yoga in the Vineyard and Napa Valley Yoga Retreats. Then there’s Ubuntu, a vegetarian restaurant and yoga studio, and Ubuntu Annex, a retail space peddling yoga gear plus specialty items from the restaurant, both owned by vintner Sandy Lawrence. While the restaurant has become a culinary phenomenon, Lawrence—a former Miami businesswoman­ who is also the proprietor of organic winery Lion’s Run—has emerged as a leading advocate of what might be called “sustainability, the lifestyle.”

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