NETJETS EU VOLUME 15 2021

ART ON THE VINE
The grape and the
grand come together
SOMERSET BLOOMS
England’s green and
very pleasant county
A SENSE OF WELLNESS
Advice, apps and more
for mindfulness matters
THE CHEF’S ODYSSEY
Daniel Boulud on
reinventing classics
NEXT STEPS
One man’s quest
to travel to space

TAKING OFF
AS THE AUTUMN LEAVES START TO TURN, we all at NetJets are rededicating
ourselves to the idea of renewal.
That starts with our best selves: the premise of being present, centered and
mindful, all topics which we explore in great detail starting on page 42. But
we don’t stop there. On the heels (no pun intended) of our expansive look of
all things running in the summer issue, this autumn we investigate how e-bikes are allowing
cyclists the opportunity to ride together for more meaningful experiences and exercise.
We are also recommitting ourselves to a pair of travel themes that are at the heart of this
magazine: the exploration of the topical and the timeless. In this issue, we visit the French
apple brandy region of Calvados where the potent milieu conspires to produce a delectable
spirit unlike any other. We also report from the English county of Somerset, where the elite
are now flocking to discover a raft of freshly unveiled hostelries, restaurants and attractions
that are popping up in every conceivable corner.
Beyond our travel and lifestyle features, we visit Alaska native John Shoffner, who
is training to fly Axiom’s Ax-2 mission for an eight-day stay on the International Space
Station; we check in with William Chase to hear what’s next for the Herefordshire-based
entrepreneur; and we head to Columbus to spend a few minutes with Patrick Gallagher,
President of Sales, Marketing and Service at NetJets.
We hope you enjoy this edition of the magazine and wish you safe travels wherever they
may take you.
– All of Us at NetJets
C O N T R I B U T O R S
BILL KNOTT
The London-based
restaurateur and
food writer gets a
glimpse into the
world of Daniel
Boulud, the
towering creative
mind behind the
reinvention of a
Manhattan icon,
Le Pavillon, in
Updating the
Classics (page 64).
ELISA VALLATA
For Fit For a Queen
(page 60), the
Italian stylist and
fashion expert
has selected and
arranged some
of this season’s
most spectacular
jewels against
the backdrop of a
beautifully crafted
chessboard from
Purling London.
CATHERINE
FAIRWEATHER
A native of
England’s West
Country, the travel
writer examines
things close to
home in Suddenly
Somerset (page
52), profiling
a county that
rivals the beauty
of its Cotswolds
neighbours.
JIM CLARKE
The well-travelled
wine and spirits
specialist ventures
from his New
York home to a
fascinating part of
France to catch up
on the developments
in Calvados and
discovers the Spirit
of Normandy (page
68) is enjoying its
time in the spotlight.
JOHN McNAMARA
Always eager for
assistance, the
managing editor
of NetJets, The
Magazine evaluates
the latest e-bikes
on the market and
how they ease travel
around town and
country – and do
so with style – in
Power to the Pedal
(page 48).
This symbol throughout the magazine denotes the nearest airport served by NetJets to the
story’s subject, with approximate distances in miles and kilometres where applicable.
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CONTENTS
CENTRE OF ATTENTION
Untitled, 2011, by
Urs Fischer, page 74
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36 42 64
DREAM FOUNDATION
Seriously ill children
benefit from the work of
Rays of Sunshine
pages 10-13
INTOXICATING BEAUTY
Vineyards are now cultural
showcases as art and wine
prove a perfect blend
pages 36-41
ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
The season’s most alluring
jewels shine against a
chessboard backdrop
pages 60-63
IN THE NEWS
A hideaway in central Italy,
Rolls-Royce advances,
desirable drinks and more
pages 14-23
ALL IN THE MIND
A comprehensive guide
to taking charge of your
mental well-being
pages 42-47
NEW YORK DARLING
Daniel Boulud’s latest
venture in the Big Apple is
an old classic reimagined
pages 64-67
NETJETS UPDATE
The benefi ts of biofuel,
exceptional accommodation
and staff in profi le
pages 24-27
MOTOR ON
The increasing popularity
of e-bikes is producing a
plethora of exciting options
pages 48-51
A TASTE OF CALVADOS
A fresh generation of
producers is elevating
Normandy’s local spirit
pages 68-73
STEFAN ALTENBURGER, SHAWN CORRIGAN, DIANA HIRSCH / ISTOCK, THOMAS SCHAUER
SPACE 2021
John Shoffner’s adventurepacked
life is to have an
extraterrestrial twist
pages 28-31
IBERIA IN PLAY
Golf in Spain and Portugal
is getting a boast from new
courses and resorts
pages 32-35
SOMERSET SWINGS
The West Country charmer
epitomises the English
countryside idyll
pages 52-59
PARIS PRESENT
The Bourse de Commerce
is home to a spectacular
art collection
pages 74-81
THE LAST WORD
Entrepreneur William
Chase on how he enjoys
the finer things in life
page 82
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NETJETS, THE MAGAZINE
FRONT COVER
Aerial view of the fall
colours of Tuscany.
(See page 36, for art in
vineyards in Italy, France,
and beyond.)
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GOODWILL
Fulfilling Dreams
From seeing the Loch Ness Monster to a day as a
firefighter, Rays of Sunshine brings joy to the lives
of seriously ill children // By Claire Wrathall
KEITH MEATHERINGHAM
SCAN THE CALENDAR OF auctions due to be
held at Christie’s in London during the week
of Frieze Art Fair, and among the big-ticket
post-war and contemporary art sales, there’s
an unexpected addition: a fundraiser featuring
works donated by many of the same blue-chip
artists, but – unlike most lots – never previously
offered for sale. They will be sold in aid of Rays
of Sunshine, a UK nonprofit whose remit is
to “grant wishes” to 3- to 18-year-olds with
serious, degenerative or life-limiting illnesses.
The last time the charity organised an
auction, it persuaded artists of the calibre of
Rana Begum, Sir Peter Blake, Ian Davenport,
Tracey Emin, Barry Flanagan, Howard
Hodgkin, Kate MccGwire, Grayson Perry (a
glazed ceramic sculpture of a cat, cheekily
entitled I Love You Super Rich Person),
Richard Long, Julian Opie and Marc Quinn
to consign works, 68 lots in total that raised
almost £750,000 in what the art trade calls a
white-glove sale – a rare event when everything
offered is sold. This year’s edition promises to do
better still.
“The work we’ve been getting is really top
quality,” says Richard Burston, chair of the
charity’s executive committee and the driving
force behind the auction, reeling off a list of
international figures who have donated works,
among them Marina Abramović, Hurvin Anderson,
Helaine Blumenfeld, Tony Cragg, Antony Gormley,
Sheila Hicks, Damien Hirst, George Shaw, Bernar
Venet and Edmund de Waal, many of whom are
artists whose work he collects.
“I love to support great living artists, some of
whom I’ve got to know. There’s no better way
to support the arts,” he explains, continuing to
spill names. “Barnaby Barford has given us a
really fantastic sculpture,” he says of the artist
best known for his towering installation in the
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Victoria & Albert Museum’s ceramics gallery.
He also mentions the figurative painter Caroline
Walker; the Zambian-born painter Jonathan
Wateridge; and Lucy Williams, whose intricate
works assembled from multiple layers of
meticulously cut and arranged paper redefine
the concept of collage. “I hate to single out
individuals because everyone who’s given us
a work is a hero in my eyes. Artists are always
so incredibly positive, or the ones I’ve met
anyway. They’re probably more philanthropic
than any other group of people.” As, he hastens
to add, are the “tremendous committee of
dealers who have really gone in to bat for us.
We’ve been busy!”
Of course, a fundraising auction is about
more than just the art on offer. Burston first
came across Rays of Sunshine more than a
decade ago when a friend alerted him to a
no-longer-extant website called Buy Once Give
Twice through which charities could raise funds
by auctioning items and experiences. The BBC
news anchor Fiona Bruce had offered a tour of
the corporation’s newsroom and “a discussion
on how the news is made” in aid of the charity.
Burston bid for it, won it and spent a “really
interesting afternoon at the BBC. She was
incredibly gracious,” he adds.
Intrigued by the charity he had found
himself supporting, Burston mentioned that
he’d like to meet its CEO. An introduction was
made. And gradually he became more involved
in its work. In 2012, for example, he used his
contacts to enable “a lovely young girl, who
was a gymnast and had a brain tumour”, to
go to the Olympics and watch the women’s
gymnastics. Not just that, but some of the team
then came to the box she was watching from.
“Her parents were nurses at Addenbrooke’s
Hospital in Cambridge, and I spent the day
with them all,” he says. “They were all really
inspirational in terms of their bravery and
courage. She had a fantastic time, and her
parents had a great day with her, but she sadly
passed away a few weeks later. I attended her
funeral and talked at some length with her
parents and realised that what we did as a
charity had a real impact on families because
they retain these incredibly positive memories
of the experience.”
Listen to the stories of the children that Rays
of Sunshine exists to help, and it is impossible
not to be moved. Sometimes their wishes are
modest: they might want an iPhone, an iPad,
COURTESY RAYS OF SUNSHINE
TOP GEAR
Joe Lunn’s bike ride raised
more than £15,000 for the
charity that helped him
achieve his NFL dream
STANDING PROUD
George Shaw’s Painted Love,
2021, one of the pieces in Rays
of Sunshine’s auction
a laptop for gaming or to meet a celebrity. But
others, despite their predicament, dream big.
Not that anything seems to faze the “wish
granters”, who manage to make about 700
a year come true. They actually receive twice
as many requests, and through ward wishes,
activity days, and parties bringing together
families, touch the lives of around 20,000
children and their families each year.
One child longed to meet a real-life
mermaid. The team at Rays of Sunshine found
one for her. (At least it looked like a mermaid.)
“No matter what the future holds, we will
always have the memories of seeing her run
towards the mermaid and the look on her
face,” said her mother afterwards.
Yet more incredibly, they managed to
grant another five-year-old’s wish to see
the Loch Ness Monster. Eight weeks after a
seven-month stay in hospital being treated
for leukaemia, he and his parents travelled to
Scotland, set out on a boat and, through his
binoculars, glimpsed it. “I got to see her! She
was green and scaly, a bit like a dinosaur, but
friendly,” he said. (And you thought she was
mythical!)
ONLY MARGINALLY less complicated to set up
was the wish granted to a little girl who went
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for a spin – at speed – in a Lamborghini sprayed
shocking pink for the occasion and driven by
Richard Hammond, co-presenter of Amazon’s
The Grand Tour. “It was a wonderful thing
for her,” says Burston. “And it gave so much
pleasure to her family too, to all of those who
loved her. She passed away soon afterwards.
But they still watch the video.”
No less poignant are the wishes granted to
children who just want to grow up and have a
career – as a zookeeper or an Underground driver
or a firefighter. One was given the chance to
experience life as a member of British Airways’
cabin crew, looking every bit the part in her smart
Julien Macdonald-designed uniform. Another, this
time an aspiring ballerina, realised her ambition
to step on to the stage of London’s Royal Opera
House with a member of the Royal Ballet.
It takes a staff of 29 and a cohort of 200
volunteers as well as dozens of supporters and
celebrity ambassadors (among them footballers
Dele Alli and Mesut Özil, Olympian gymnast Louis
Smith, chef Gordon Ramsay, musicians Pixie Lott
and Olly Murs and acts such as Little Mix and
One Direction) to make the magic happen. But
granting wishes to individual children is not all
the charity does. It caters to groups as well, for
which it hosts parties. And sometimes wishes
are granted to whole wards, benefiting dozens of
children through the creation of indoor gardens or
sensory rooms, or simply enabling the hospital to
buy specialist equipment.
KEEP ON SMILING
Rays of Sunshine’s efforts will
continue to raise the spirit of
seriously ill children
As the parent of one wish grantee put it,
“We’ll never ever be able to thank you enough
for what you did for [our son], what you did
for all of us. You’re as important to us as the
surgeon who saved his life, the oncologist who
keeps him well, the radiologist who monitors
him and the nurses who care for him.”
Another mother talks of the
“immeasurable” joy and support the charity
brought her teenage son, Joe Lunn, during
his struggle with metastatic synovial
sarcoma, a very rare and deadly soft-tissue
cancer. A huge NFL fan, Joe longed to meet
the New York Giants, to walk out on to the
field of the MetLife Stadium with them and
toss the coin to determine who kicked first.
Rays of Sunshine granted his wish. And
Joe went on to reciprocate by cycling 160km
in aid of it, raising more than £15,000. “He
was so passionate about it, just an incredible
advocate,” says Burston. “And I got to know
him and his family quite well.” Indeed, Joe
should have been speaking at this autumn’s
auction, but sadly he did not survive the
summer. “He fought so hard,” Burston adds.
“He was a real fighter. He’s what inspires me.
I’ll be thinking of him on the day.”
Rays of Sunshine Art Auction at Christie’s
London and globally on christies.com,
16 October 2021
raysofsunshine.org.uk
KEITH MEATHERINGHAM
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THE SMART GUIDE
Ultimate relaxation near Rome, travel accessories,
mouthwatering spirits, Rolls-Royce-plus and more –
herewith the best, the boldest and the brightest
SYBARITIC
ESCAPE
Italy’s new immersive
wellness destination Palazzo
Fiuggi hits all the right notes,
from tech-savvy treatments to
superlative cuisine
TYSON SADLO
ADD YET ANOTHER fully
immersive, purpose-built and
high-echelon European wellness
and medical retreat to the
expansive list of distinguished
offerings already available
to sybarites and spa-hounds
across the Continent. The latest
is Palazzo Fiuggi: a handsome
6,000sq m facility situated on
an 8.5ha estate an hour outside
Rome in the hilltop spa town
that bears its name.
Conferred with curative
mineral waters since the Middle
Ages (Michelangelo and Pope
Boniface VIII are among those
who imbibed them, though not
at the same time), some guests
at the just-opened Palazzo Fiuggi
may simply wish to indulge
in the myriad relaxing hydro
therapies within the Thalasso
pools, circuits and hammams,
while enjoying a verdant estate
dotted with gardens, woodlands
and a lake, 700m above sea
level, where the rarefied air adds
to the sense of vitality.
Others, however, will want
to avail themselves of cuttingedge
knowledge as well as the
latest wellness and medical
devices available, including the
highest range of MRI technology,
infrared technology for brain
health and sleep, retinal
scanning and an endless range
of diagnostic testing. “Palazzo
Fiuggi was created by a team of
international experts who have
developed scientifically backed
and innovative protocols to aid
a full recovery of health and
wellbeing,” says its founder,
Lorenzo Giannuzzi, who is also
the chief executive of Sardinia’s
Forte Village Resort, already a
well-established name in the
world of hospitality.
To that end, guests can
expect five different bespoke
programmes to treat body,
mind and soul after an initial
consultation and diagnostic
assessment, created by a
team of expert scientists,
doctors, dietitians and trainers.
This results in a 360-degree
approach for a suite of medical
services, wellness treatments
and holistic therapies over a
number of days, including
specialised detox and weight
regimens and the already
HIGH TIMES
Palazzo Fiuggi pairs
the latest technology
– including the
Icaros virtual reality
fitness machine,
left – with classic
Italian hospitality
popular Immuno Boost
programme with its bioenergetic
and toxaemia scans and
prescribed treatments to help
increase vital energy, strengthen
immunity and achieve optimum
long-term health.
And while guests will
be in the care of leading
scientists and medics during
their multiday stay, it won’t
be a hardship: alongside an
eatery from three-Michelin-star
chef Heinz Beck, there are
54 immaculately decorated
bedrooms, a further 47
expansive suites as well as
the commodious 1,000sq
m private villa, which is set
within its private park for
bedding down. Add to the mix
myriad picturesque public
areas (think libraries, salas, tea
rooms and terraces with views
of the Ernici mountains), not
to mention a private cinema
and a clubby billiard room,
it’s leaving Palazzo Fiuggi that
may end up being the most
difficult part of the experience.
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THE SMART GUIDE
Club Corner
Spirits of great distinction, making
cocktails with class and art in a glass
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3 4
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ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES
1 THE BROLLACH A tribute to the Craft Irish Whiskey founder Jay Bradley’s late father, just 661 bottles of rare double-distilled, single malt whiskey have been released.
craftirishwhiskey.com // 2 TALES OF THE MACALLAN VOLUME I Distilled in 1950 and bottled in 2021, this is a homage to Captain John Grant, the inspiration behind Macallan,
whose story is told in an accompanying book. themacallan.com // 3 BENROMACH 40 YEARS OLD The Speyside distillery has released just over 1,000 bottles of this rare single
malt that has spent four decades maturing in Oloroso sherry casks. benromach.com // 4 BOWMORE 27 YEARS OLD Part of the Timeless Series, the whiskymaker from Islay has its
distinguished product housed in a distinctive display box with a decorative hourglass. bowmore.com // 5 GLENLIVET 2004 Independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has added three
new single malts from the Moray mainstay to its Connoisseurs Choice range, including this 16 year old, aged in refill bourbon barrels. gordonandmacphail.com // 6 THE MACALLAN
A NIGHT ON EARTH IN SCOTLAND A single malt with which to bring in the New Year, the Speyside distillery honours aspects of Caledonia’s most treasured evening of celebration.
themacallan.com // 7 HIGHLAND PARK CASK STRENGTH The second release in the “straight from the cask’ series is whisky in its purest form, with no water added after maturation,
delivering a robust and intense flavour. highlandparkwhisky.com // 8 VECCHIA ROMAGNA RISERVA ANNIVERSARIO A blend of five different casks and a product of 200 years of
expertise, this Italian brandy comes in individually numbered crystal decanters. vecchiaromagna.it // 9 THE YAMAZAKI 25 A novel mix of single malt whiskies, marks a new direction
for the collectable Japanese brand, led by the fifth-generation chief blender Shinji Fukuyo. suntory.com
SHAKE IT
ALL ABOUT
Mixology comes home as
Italian design firm Alessi has
teamed up with world-renowned
mixologist Oscar Quagliarini to
create five different stainless
steel mixing kits, including North
Tide, left, which comprises
cocktail measure, bottle opener,
ice bucket and ice tongs, along
with an “870” shaker designed
by Luigi Massoni and Carlo
Mazzeri in the 1950s. alessi.com
ARTISTIC TOUCH French cognac brand Rome De Bellegarde
continues to reinvent its luxe liquor, including a release of
150 decanters designed by Iranian artist Ghass Rouzkhosh.
romedebellegarde.com
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THE SMART GUIDE
Always moving, Rolls-Royce has never been
busier as it finds handsome ways to put a
new spin to its classic cars
OPENING UP
The Rolls-Royce
Boat Tail shows off
its cantilever trunk
© ROLLS-ROYCE
Evolution of
a Marque
IT’S A SIGN OF THE standing
of Rolls-Royce that as
spectacular as its recent
models have been – think
of its “baby Roller” Ghost
model from last year, or the
attention-grabbing Black
Badge limited edition from
earlier this one – it’s not just
the big releases that really
make the marque. And so
Rolls-Royce’s innovators are
ever looking at different ways
to enhance the experience
of owning the world’s most
iconic automobile.
Nautical Nous
Inspired by J-class yachts,
the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail – of
which just three have been
made so far – does little to
hide its seafaring roots, but
the grand tourer, a product of
the company’s coachbuilding
workshop, has some secrets
within the undoubtedly
sleek design. At the touch
of a button the rear of the
car opens in a cantilever
movement – supposedly
inspired by Spanish architect
Santiago Calatrava. The
bounty is within, as the
trunk contains a champagne
chest, two bottles of Armand
de Brignac vintage cuvée,
caviar, and blinis. For perfect
moments of relaxation, two
cocktail tables open on
either side of the deck, with
accompanying picnic stools.
A Matter of Time
The Boat Tail is also home
to one of the most stunning
collaborations that Rolls-
Royce has been involved
in – with Swiss watchmakers
Bovet 1822. What appear
to be an unusual two
clocks in the fascia of
the Boat Tail, are, in fact,
removable watches. The
pair of reversible tourbillon
timepieces are both designed
to be worn on the wrist, used
as a table clock, pendant, or
pocket timepiece, when they
don’t take their place in the
dashboard. Both watches
have specially designed
18K white gold cases and
feature matching front dials
with the same Caleidolegno
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veneer found on the aft deck of
Boat Tail itself. The gentleman’s
timepiece is highly polished;
the lady’s is ornately engraved
then filled with blue lacquer,
with great effort – and teamwork
between Rolls-Royce and Bovet
– to get a precise colour match
between this lacquer and that of
the car.
Escape to the Country
Rolls-Royce’s bespoke services
have also stepped up a gear
recently, epitomised by the
Cullinan, its take on the SUV. At
the heart of its “Celebration of
Sporting and Country Pursuits”,
the Cullinan has a range of
options for enhancing a trip out of
the city including the Recreation
© ROLLS-ROYCE
Module, a motorised drawer
cassette that appears at the touch
of the button, offering the perfect
paraphernalia for a day out.
And Bags More…
Proving that it is about more
than the motors, Rolls-Royce
also has a luxury luggage range
to complement its cars – a
range that has recently taken
a different turn with the Black
Badge variant to its Escapism
range. Comprising a 48hr
weekender, 24hr weekender,
holdall, tote bag and organiser
pouch, the leather collection
reflects the “darker, edgier
personas” of the Black Badge
cars – the Cullinan, Wraith and
Dawn. rolls-roycemotorcars.com
IN BLOOM
FOR HIS FIRST MUSEUM exhibition in France, the
one-time enfant terrible of British art Damien
Hirst has opted for the rather calming subject
of cherry blossoms. The Fondation Cartier
pour l’art contemporain hosts 30 large format
paintings. It’s an intriguing mix of master and
subject, but as Hirst explains, “The cherry
blossoms are about beauty and life and death.
They’re extreme – there’s something almost
tacky about them. Like Jackson Pollock twisted
by love.” All 107 paintings in the series, which
took the artist three years to complete, are
available in an accompanying book. Until 2 Jan
2022; fondationcartier.com
© ROLLS-ROYCE
DRIVE TIME
Bovet 1822’s timepiece
for the Boat Tail;
above: the Cullinan’s
Recreation Module
© DAMIEN HIRST AND SCIENCE LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, DACS 2020
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THE SMART GUIDE
At the Wheel
Whether it’s taking to the open road or enjoying a guided tour, the
options for exploration are increasingly decadent
SPORT BUT NOT
AS WE KNOW IT
ALL ABOUT
THE STYLE
© ARES
IF THE MILWAUKEE manufacturer of iconic motorcycles
has a particular reputation, then Harley-Davidson is
doing much to change that – and its latest release
certainly does challenge preconceptions. The
Sportster S is certainly different to what has come
before it, both as an HD bike and in the sportster
genre. Visually, there is no doubting this is a very
modern bike, but the devil is in the detail, in this case
a new engine (a Revolution Max 1250T V-Twin) and a
flurry of technical innovations. Sport, Road and Rain
riding modes lead the way, while a sat-nav screen and
smartphone integrations follow. Performance-wise, it is
also a step up on previous iterations – and a bike that
truly shows its best on wide-open roads.
harley-davidson.com
IT’S NO LONGER ENOUGH for high-end hotels and
entertainment venues to simply ferry their guests
around in ordinary vehicles – something special is
required. That’s why Billionaire Life, whose portfolio
includes properties in Porto Cervo, Dubai, Monaco
and Riyadh, has teamed up with Ares, the Italian
coachbuilder, which has delivered a fleet of individually
built ARES for Land Rover Defender Spec 1.2
Cabriolets. Each of these vehicles sports a remarkable
level of customisation with features hand-crafted in
Ares’ Modena atelier. Every one of the Defenders’ livery
and style mirrors the colour palettes and trims of the
various venues (such as Cipriani in Monaco, above)
and will offer a bespoke VIP service to Billionaire Life’s
guests. aresdesign.com
CLUTCH STUDIOS
VISION VIRTUOSITY
MARK COCKSEDGE
Iconic designer Marc Newson has joined forces with
Austrian crystal expert Swarovski to produce the CL Curio
7x21, light and compact binoculars that promise a higher
level of intensity and clarity. swarovski.com
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Natural
Wonder
The appreciation of the precious
fleeting essence of time and
nature’s changing beauty from
season to season is a particularly
Japanese concept which lies at
the heart of Grand Seiko’s latest
creation.
Handcrafted by the finest
Japanese watchmaking artisans,
the Grand Seiko Mishaka is
a masterpiece; its carefully
selected green garnets and
tapered baguette diamonds
delicately and precisely set in
18ct white gold.
The Mishaka is powered by
the brand’s iconic Spring Drive
calibre 9R01 which delivers
a level of precision that no
traditional mechanical watch can
match. Twenty years on, it has
become recognised as one of the
most significant developments
in the recent history of fine
watchmaking.
Its design is inspired by the
Mishaka pond – close to Grand
Seiko’s elite Micro Artist studio
– which is a magical place where
the still waters reflect the beauty
of the changing nature of time,
with infinite shades of green.
Just fifteen Mishaka watches
will be created, sold exclusively
within flagship Grand Seiko
boutiques around the world,
including London’s Knightsbridge
boutique, where private viewings
can be arranged for this limitededition
masterpiece.

THE SMART GUIDE
On the Move
Travel in style with luggage and accessories that
prove function and form need not be strangers
THE GAME
IS AFOOT
FOLLOWING ITS BELGIAN FOUNDER Georges Nagelmacker’s
dream of Orient Express being more than a way of
getting from A to Z, the Steam Dream collection of
travel objects is a series of accessories from the famed
company that elevates the travel experience. As the
remarkable interiors of the carriages are adorned
with fi ne marquetry and exceptional gold work, so
the creations of 18 craft houses and designers are
designed by singular talents and honed to perfection.
Among those contributing to the collection are such
diverse companies as Danish electronics company
Bang & Olufsen, French malletier Au Départ, Smythson,
London-based purveyors of high-end stationery, and
Hector Saxe, the Parisian creators of unique designer
games, whose mahjong trunk is pictured here.
orient-express.com
QUITE THE
CARRY-ONS
New world, new luggage – a pair of the
fi nest case makers has released exceptional
luggage for the modern traveller. The 19
Degree international expandable 4-wheeled
carry-on from TUMI (tumi.com;
below left) is made from recycled
polycarbonate. Carl Friedrik’s
Carry-On (carlfriedrik.com, right)
features large zip compartments
and compression straps to keep
essentials in order.
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES
METAL MAGIC
Available in either silver (left) or black, the latest Rimowa
Personal Cross-body Clutch Bag, with a removable
leather strap, features two open compartments, a zipped
pocket, three slots for cards, and updates the previous
polycarbonate model to aluminium. rimowa.com
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Aesop’s Fabulous
The Australian botanical firm is prolific in
creating all-round body-care products
FRAGRANCE
MATTERS
FRENCH PHILOSOPHER Michel Foucault’s concept
of heterotopia – a sense of worlds within
worlds where things are strangely different
– informs Australian botanical brand Aesop’s
latest trio of fragances. The Othertopias blur
the boundaries of real and unreal, here and
there. Comprising Erémia, Miraceti and Karst,
each fragrance is created to evoke images of
otherworldy experiences within our own realm.
The herbaceous Karst recalls the sea’s grasp of
the land, the more woody Miraceti is a tribute
to perilous adventures on the water, while the
citrusy Erémia conjures up an image of a city
ravaged by nature, with rain pouring off the
concrete. Scientifi c knowledge joins the artistic
freedom allowed to creative partner Barnabé
Fillion to produce fragrances that go beyond just
the simple sense of smell. aesop.com
PLAYING
STRAIGHT
Aesop’s Tame Hair Serum helps
to keep frizzy hair under control
– a particularly handy trick when
on the move. A blend of essential
oils – including petitgrain,
bergamot rind, patchouli and
jasmine –imparts a fresh citrus
and floral aroma, while the
formulation is enhanced with
panthenol and hydrolysed oats
that hydrate and nurture the hair.
GELLING IT
TOGETHER
A successor to the ultra-popular
Wild Lime Hair Polish, Aesop’s
new formulation for Sculpt Hair
Polish promises a non-sticky
shaping product, which offers
hold, definition and wet-look
finish. It was a long process to
improve on the original concept.
“We are extremely proud of
the result of our painstaking
efforts,” says Dr Kate Forbes,
Aesop’s director of innovation, of
a product that raises the bar in
haircare.
© AESOP
© TALA
SPORTING CHANCE
Available in shadow black and tornada grey, British
brand Tala’s six-piece SkinLuxe collection exemplifi es the
company’s commitment to quality activewear made from
sustainable sources. wearetala.com
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
Latest happenings, accommodation opportunities,
and companywide news and profiles
ON REFLECTION
Farnborough Airport’s
forward-looking nature
complements NetJets’ views
© FARNBOROUGH AIRPORT
FEATS AND FEASTS IN FARNBOROUGH
PERFECTLY POSITIONED in the south of England, within easy reach of London, Farnborough Airport is a vital hub for NetJets flights
in and out of the area, yet it is also one that mirrors NetJets’ principles and desire for a greener world. The first business aviation
airport to be awarded carbon neutral status in 2018, since July it has been able to offer sustainable aviation fuel (SAF, see facing
page) to all aircraft using the airport. Farnborough has also been innovating in other ways with the new On Air Café offering
premium takeaway meals to visitors to the airport. It’s elegantly designed with dark grey tones, oak panelling, reclaimed wooden
bookcases and contrasting fabrics and will not just provide peace and respite for customers but also offer an opportunity to support
local businesses and producers using high-quality goods.
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INSIDE TRACK
PATRICK
GALLAGHER
President, Sales,
Marketing and Service
WHEN DID YOU START AT NETJETS?
I started with Marquis Jet and was the
Executive Vice President of Sales when
it was acquired by NetJets in late 2010.
At that time, I was asked to lead and bring
together the two sales organisations. In
the years that followed, I got the opportunity
to work with our Marketing and Owner
Services departments as well.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
“Right now and for
the foreseeable future,
sustainable aviation
fuel is the best option
for sustainability
in aviation”
Bradley Ferrell, NetJets Executive Vice President for
Administrative Services
WHAT DOES YOUR NORMAL DAY
CONSIST OF?
No two days are the same. I try to divide
my time between our teams and our clients,
staying close to the front lines of our
business. There was no such thing as
“normal” over the past 18 months. When
COVID-19 spread worldwide, we had to
determine how to successfully survive a
pandemic with 10% of our typical fl ight
volume. Within a few months, we had
record interest in our services. It became
more important than ever to keep both our
customers and our teams informed.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
YOU FACE IN YOUR ROLE?
Staying disciplined and maintaining focus
on the long-term view. It is so important
to not overreact to near-term stimuli and
to stay true to our business model. We
must never sacrifi ce the core values of
NetJets to take advantage of near-term
growth opportunity.
FUEL SOLUTION
ALREADY A PROVEN TECHNOLOGY sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a
biofuel made out of anything from used cooking oil to nonfood crops,
from urban or agricultural waste to algae, which can be blended with
standard aviation fuel in order to reduce the life-cycle emissions by up
to 80%, depending on how the SAF is made and sourced. “What makes
sustainable aviation fuel so important is that you don’t have to change the
specifi cations of the aircraft or their engines to use it. As the technology is
refi ned over coming years, the fuel is only going to become more effi cient
to produce,” says Bradley Ferrell, NetJets’ Executive Vice President for
Administrative Services.
NetJets is getting ahead of the curve in becoming not just a buyer of SAF
– in 2020 it purchased three million gallons of it in partnership with global
aeronautical services network Signature Flight Support – but also the fi rst
private aviation company to go as far as taking a stake in the actual
production of SAF, making a sizable investment in SAF developer WasteFuel.
NetJets is committed to buying 100 million gallons of its fuel over the next
decade – “that’s a substantial portion of our annual fuel usage under any
scenario,” stresses Ferrell.
ISTOCK
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
With its curated cluster of some of the
finest villas and properties around the
world, NetJets partner Le Collectionist
offers perfect destinations for Owners
SLICES OF PARADISE
A selection of superlative
Le Collectionist properties
FRANCESCO & ROBERTA RASTRELLI
© LE COLLECTIONIST
© LE COLLECTIONIST
TAILOR-MADE BLISS
MORE THAN SIMPLY providing
just a luxury property for the
perfect stay, Le Collectionist
creates once-in-a-lifetime
experiences. The Francebased
company, founded by
three friends – Max Aniort,
Olivier Cahané and Eliott
Cohen-Skalli – sources
properties around Europe,
spreading out from a base that
began in the South of France,
but now incorporates much
more, including some of the
finest properties in the Alps
for winter adventures. Villas
from Portugal, Italy, Greece, to
Spain, Croatia and Switzerland
– as well as further-flung
properties in Morocco and the
Caribbean – are the building
blocks for a business that relies
as much on the old-fashioned
idea of personal service. From
an emphasis on dealing with
potential clients over the
phone rather than the faceless
world of cyberspace, to having
on-site teams to smooth the
experience as the holiday goes
on, all is catered for.
While one thing remains
constant – the quality of the
property – Le Collectionist
aims to tailor very individual
getaways, depending on a
client’s whims. From the
basics like airport transfers,
grocery delivery and a personal
chef, to the more niche –
cocktail classes and a massage
therapist – the aim is to have
all bases covered, ensuring the
client has a perfectly relaxing
time and, perhaps, allowing
thoughts to turn to the greater
adventures that can be had
beyond the confines of the luxe
accommodation.
And here, Le Collectionist
continues to excel, with
truly authentic experiences.
For example, the culinary
minded can indulge in a
gourmet version of fondue in
a Courchevel yurt, or sample
a true Marseille bouillabaisse
in a fisherman’s cabin.The
more adventurous can explore
Comporta in Portugal on
horseback or follow in footsteps
of Napoleon in Pays-Basque –
in a Citroën 2CV. And the everinquisitive
can gain intimate
insights into a perfumier’s art
or the hand-rolling of cigars in a
Tuscan factory.
Simply put, Le Collectionist
aims to tailor-make dream
holidays – and has all the
resources to do just that.
lecollectionist.com
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JULIAN RENTZSCH
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY WOULDN’T
GUESS ABOUT ME IS … that my genuine
care for their general wellbeing and best service
possible comes not from my training or job
requirements, but from my heart.
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE
DARIA NAPIERALA
Cabin Crew
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …
on a family holiday when I was 16, and it was
magical. Suddenly, the world seemed so small
and yet so big. While up in the clouds, I could
dream like never before.
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … the
freedom – the ability to learn, to experience
and to live through incredible adventures
around our beautiful planet. You get to know
different cultures, ways of being, of thinking, of
perceiving life itself.
BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS TEAM,
I WAS … already certain that fl ying would be
my lifelong love affair.
THE ONE DAY AT NETJETS I WON’T
FORGET WAS … of course, my fi rst one, as a
new exciting chapter in my life’s journey was
just beginning.
ON MY DAYS OFF … I spend time with
my loved ones from whom I am away for a
substantial amount of time throughout the year.
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO
… see the world coming together again. Moving
forward, fi nding some peace and harmony once
more. After a hard year, full of fear, uncertainty,
many restrictions and a dramatic change in our
way of living, the ability to do anything at any
moment wasn’t possible any more. Hopefully, for
all of us, we will appreciate more what we used
to take for granted.
MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE ACROSS
TIME ZONES IS … to adjust your sleeping
patterns, while listening to your own body’s
needs. Make sure to stay hydrated, eat properly
and, most importantly, stay relentlessly positive
regardless of the diffi culties that may come up.
MY PROUDEST MOMENT AS A CREW
MEMBER WAS … an incident where I and two
other crew members saved a life while in the air.
When a passenger had a heart attack, I started
resuscitation while the others brought the
defibrillator. The passenger was conscious before
we landed and was safely escorted to hospital.
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OWNER’S PROFILE
REACHING
FOR
THE STARS
With boundless energy and a savvy tactical
approach, John Shoffner is hoping to become one
of the fi rst private citizens on the International
Space Station – and to be productive while he’s
there // By Josh Sims
JOHN SHOFFNER CANNOT FLY an airship. “Gliders,
hang gliders, airplanes, seaplanes, warplanes and
jets,” says Shoffner, ticking off those craft he has
learned to pilot. “But somehow I missed airships.”
One might be tempted to nip in with
“spaceship” too, but Shoffner has that covered as
well. The businessman, racing driver and NetJets
regular has recently started training with private
space company Axiom Space with a view to
rocketing to the International Space Station (ISS)
on a SpaceX ship in the latter part of next year.
“I’ve always been interested in those activities
that involve calculated risk, that involve a
challenge you have to prepare for, that make
you feel uncomfortable, that have an element of
danger to them,” says Shoffner, who, driving for
his own champion J2-Racing team, once totalled
his new Porsche 911 on a corner at Germany’s
famed Nürburgring, fl ipping it over and over and
yet somehow coming out largely unscathed.
“That just showed me what you can go through
with good preparation and equipment. In fact,
when I woke up in hospital I was ready to race
again and did so the following week – though
not in that car,” he adds with a laugh. “When
[my wife and I] took up racing cars, neither of us
had even driven sports cars before. We stopped
skydiving because it was starting to get boring.
Put it this way: we’re not exactly golf fans.”
Unless, perhaps, it’s the kind played by
astronaut Alan Shepard on the moon. Then
Shoffner might be tempted. Indeed, getting
into space will be the fulfi llment of a lifetime’s
ambition, even if it’s a counterintuitive adventure
to go on, it might seem, for someone who’s
also fascinated by the idea of maxing out his
lifespan by keeping up with the latest science in
nutrition, sleep and lifestyle. He grew up through
the bold ambitions and amazing achievements
of the Space Race between the US and Soviet
Union, and always had a fascination for
equipment with plenty of lights and switches,
with rockets and the stars.
“I was sure I’d go into space some day – I
was just never sure how – so it’s been amazing
that the advent of private spacefl ight and the
gradual maturing of that market now allows
that to be possible,” says Shoffner, who made
his money building Dura-Line, a Kentuckybased
company that pioneered and patented
fi bre-optic cable installation technologies,
before retiring in 1996.
© AXIOM SPACE
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NEXT STOP: SPACE
Shoffner and Peggy Whitson, who
will command the flight to the ISS, in
Axiom’s zero gravity chamber
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OWNER’S PROFILE
ALL IMAGES COURTESY JOHN SHOFFNER
ADRENALINE HIGHS
Shoffner has embraced
risk-taking activities from the
skies to the water – and is
now aiming for loftier heights
“The first time I heard about it I [counted
myself] in,” he says. “I’m not a window-shopper.
If I have no interest in owning something I don’t
go into the shop. But I enquired about the ISS
trip, the answer was right for me, and then I
knew I was going. Space isn’t going anywhere,
but I want to be one of the first [private citizens
to go]. In five years people will be going into
space for the weekend but I want to go when it’s
difficult, not when it’s easy.”
OF COURSE, it would be easy to dismiss this all
as the ultimate joyride of someone with the
funds to pay their way. (Axiom isn’t talking
money, but SpaceX charges NASA around
US$55M for a ticket to the ISS.) Two other
billionaires have signed up for Axiom flights
to the ISS too. What makes Shoffner’s flight
crucially different, though – at least compared
to, say, that of Dennis Tito, the first space
tourist, 20 years ago – is that he will be the
pilot, travelling alongside revered astronaut and
NASA veteran Peggy Whitson as commander.
“As a passenger I’d likely not have gone,” says
Shoffner, who, far from finding it an inconvenience,
seems thrilled by the fact that NASA now requires
that anyone going to the ISS undergoes full
astronaut training, the space station being, after
all, a government-owned research facility, not an
orbiting hotel. “I don’t want to go on a trip like this
just to take a bunch of selfies. I want to be useful
up there. It would just be way too much money for
it to be just for the fun of it.”
That’s why Shoffner will be helping to conduct
experiments during his eight-day stay on the
station, specifically those involving singlecell
genomic methods for 10x Genomics, a
Californian bio-tech company in which he’s also
an investor. To date, scientific work in this field
hasn’t been attempted on the ISS, so it was of
interest to NASA. That Shoffner has bought his
ticket is likely the only way 10x would be able
to get to conduct this research in a micro-gravity
environment – and get the results back quickly –
so that’s a huge bonus for it as well. It helps to
fund the likes of Axiom too, in its mission to build
the next space station, seeing as the ISS will soon
be decommissioned. And, naturally, it satisfies
Shoffner personally.
“Sure, I get to go on a cool trip,” says the
man whose slowest speed is white-water
kayaking or cross-country cycling (that is, across
the entire country). “I get to do something
challenging for me. But also to do something
good for mankind more broadly in the process.”
But that’s getting ahead of ourselves, Shoffner
concedes. He has to undergo all the training
first. NASA isn’t cutting any slack either. There
will, he says, be weeks and weeks of classroom
study before he spends the same time inside
a spaceship mock-up learning the controls in
practice. He notes that because they are now
highly automated, piloting such a craft is more
akin to being, as he puts it, “a high-function
systems manager”. But not everything is
automated. “There’s a lot to take in, right down to
how to use the toilet,” he chuckles. “I’m anxious
to get the training started.”
He certainly expects others like him to follow
– and he concedes that there is something
of a Wild West flavour to the privatisation of
spaceflight that can divide opinion. Is the
idea of spaceflight trivialised by allowing film
directors to take actors into space to shoot
a movie scene? Or by allowing people to
be able to win tickets for spaceflights in TV
competitions? Both are currently on the cards.
In fact, the competition winner may be flying
with Shoffner and Whitson.
“It’s all still early, and people are still trying to
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work [this new world of private spaceflight] out.
It’s like the early days of aviation, in the 1920s
and 1930s. There was airmail and then cargo,
but when passenger routes were first proposed
people scoffed,” says Shoffner. “Even the military
thought aeroplanes were silly at first. But over
time the value of such advances came to be seen,
and improvements in technology and increased
availability pushes prices down. I think the public
is still skewed towards scepticism: There are so
many major problems on Earth that need solving
it’s easy to say that the cost of space travel would
be better put to other uses. But things have to
shift slowly.”
INDEED, with NASA increasingly seeing itself
as more a spaceflight customer and not as a
spaceflight provider, Shoffner argues that the
willingness of private individuals like him to
spend a lot of money in order to, in part at least,
fulfill an understandable childhood fantasy will
in the coming years prove vital to the next space
race. That’s space’s commercialisation. And, from
the human perspective, its expansion.
“Right now, getting into space is expensive
enough that people who do it have to take the
decision very seriously. You have to think about
the value your money is providing,” explains
Shoffner. “But space is only going to become
more and more available to people with different
objectives. Some people will just want to go, as
I do, while also wanting to do something useful
with my time up there too.
“But I believe that it’s also important that
humanity makes progress in space,” he adds.
“Listen to Elon Musk and he argues that for our
long-term survival it’s important we think of
ourselves as an inter-planetary species. But also
because there are [scientific research] things
we can do in space that you can’t do on Earth.
And private people like me going into space is
another way of promoting awareness of space,
of catching attention in the way mine was as a
seven year old.”
That’s also why Shoffner is developing a
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) programme for the school he
attended, in the hope that more of an emphasis
of science and tech – “education is too generic,”
he suggests – will foster an interest in working in
the space sector, a career he would have pursued
himself if he had been nudged in the right
direction earlier.
Still, better late than never, as he may say to
himself as the countdown runs out and engine
ignition fires up. After all, he’ll likely touch down
as a changed man. As so many astronauts have
found, spaceflight can be a profound experience.
Shoffner says he hopes it doesn’t make him
cry, but he does expect to be changed by being
able to see for himself the fragility of the planet,
protected only by its thin curl of atmosphere.
“I hope to come back wanting to look for ways
to do some good in the world, without going
to the top of the mountain and sitting crosslegged
for the rest of my life,” laughs the man
who, one imagines, would find sitting still rather
intolerable. “I hope to come back less resource
hungry and less consumerist. Really, just less of
an asshole. And that has to be a good thing.”
“I believe that it’s also
important that humanity
makes progress in space”
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TEEING OFF
UNDER THE
IBERIAN SUN
From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, world-class
golf courses are proliferating across Portugal and Spain
// By Farhad Heydari
STEVE CARR
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AN ODE TO THE ALGARVE
The tree-lined Ombria
Resort, an inland
alternative to the region’s
many coastal courses
SPECKLED WITH NO fewer than 420 courses
and lavished with more than 300 days of
sunshine annually, it’s no wonder that the
Iberian Peninsula continues to retain its crown
as the undisputed epicentre of Continental
golf, especially for weather-weary northern
Europeans. And regardless of whether you’re
heading to the Algarve or to one of the Costas,
you are unlikely to stumble across a track that is
anything less than bonsai-perfect.
Indeed, thanks to variations in topography,
vegetation and architectural approach, golf in
Spain and Portugal offers 36-holes-a-day-types
an endless variety of experiences across a tableau
where, after a long hibernation, new layouts are
once again starting to sprout up alongside a raft
of new developments and refurbishments.
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VASCO CELIO
TEEING OFF
The most recent debut dates back four years,
where an hour north of Lisbon on Portugal’s
emerging Silver Coast, Cynthia Dye’s 6,403m
West Cliffs (westcliffs.com) came to fruition after
a 14-year gestation period. Luckily, we won’t have
to wait that long for the next launch. Scheduled to
open in the spring of next year, a former fruit farm
in a lush ancient river valley a half-hour’s drive from
the Algarvian capital, Faro, is being transformed into
the Ombria Resort (ombria.com). Surrounded by
hillsides and dotted with indigenous plants and trees,
the course is the brainchild of veteran Portuguese
architect Jorge Santana da Silva, who has routed the
par-70 course around mature oaks to offer a contrast
to most of the layouts in the area, many of which
are found on the coastal plain. When completed, the
resort will feature a Viceroy hotel with 76 rooms and
suites and 65 residences set amid hectares of citrus
groves and fig and carob trees.
Another highly anticipated launch is that of
Comporta Dunes (comporta.biz), which is finally
taking shape after a six-year hiatus. Designed
by the noted Oregon-based, Scottish architect
David McLay-Kidd – who has been involved with
SEA AND LAND
Below: CostaTerra Golf &
Ocean Club; facing page: the
view to the clubhouse at SO/
Sotogrande
the project since 2007 and has courses such as
Bandon Dunes, Queenwood and the Castle Course
at St Andrews to his name – it will open in the
summer of 2022 on “virgin dunes that go on for
miles and miles”, on the Alentejo coast, about
an hour’s drive from Lisbon, as a par-71. It will
doubtless join the conversation as one of the
premier experiences on the European continent.
THE SAME IS true with CostaTerra Golf & Ocean
Club (costaterraclub.com), the brainchild of Mike
Meldman, a California businessman and realestate
developer who has built a glittering roster
of residential communities in resort areas such
as Idaho, Los Cabos and the Bahamas. Like his
other properties that exemplify the trend towards
utopian second- (or third-) home enclaves, this
one on Portugal’s “Blue Coast”, already home to a
roster of A-listers, should attract boldfaced names,
who’ll be enticed by the prospect of living along
one of the last stretches of untouched Atlantic
Coast in Southern Europe, in the countryside
between Comporta and Melides. Spread over
292 hectares, it will feature 300 cottages, villas
and residences, its own vineyard, an expansive
equestrian centre and the only Tom Fazio-designed
course in mainland Europe, set to open in spring.
One resort that needs little introduction, Quinta
do Lago (quintadolago.com), has also been busy
burnishing its appeal, by giving its much-loved and
original South Course an 18-month, €7 million
upgrade. In addition to resurfacing fairways,
approaches, greens, collars and tees with a hybrid
type of Bermuda grass, no fewer than 48 bunkers
have been given extra TLC, while some have been
relocated to favour the modern game, among
other improvements. Like the other two 18-hole
championship courses on site – the North Course
and Laranjal – the 6,500-metre long South Course
wends its way among umbrella pines, lakes and
wildflowers in the 809ha Ria Formosa Natural Park.
Meanwhile, outside Madrid, a new course
by architects Marco Martin and Blake Stirling is
taking shape at the 550ha LaFinca Golf Los Lagos
(lafincagolf.es) development. The centrepiece
of another exclusive residential community, the
6,480m course has been fashioned by moving
more than a million cubic metres of earth in order
to create gentle gradients and undulations, providing
remarkable golfing vistas. And while 96% of trees
found on the site have been preserved, more than
1,200 pine trees have also been planted.
Elsewhere, a pair of must-know names are adding
enhancements and refinements to their distinguished
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set of offerings. PGA Catalunya (pgacatalunya.
com) in Girona, Spain, has recently unveiled a
long-awaited €5 million wellness centre with nine
treatment rooms, a gym and yoga studios, as well
as thermal and water facilities set among areas that
reflect gardens, forest clearings and waterfalls.
Over in Andalucía, SO/ Sotogrande (so-sotogrande.
com) comes courtesy of the Accor hotel group and
will be the avant-garde brand’s first opening in
Spain and its first resort in Europe. “The new hotel
is a significant development for us,” said Marc
Topiol, chairman of Sotogrande SA, of the 152-
room property, complete with six restaurants and
bars and an expansive wellness centre. “It provides
guests with a window into our curated world here
in Sotogrande and elevates our overall quality of
experience even further, ensuring that those who
make or wish to make Sotogrande their permanent
or co-primary home, have even greater amenities
from which to benefit.”
Perhaps the most anticipated project over the course
of the next two years is the long-awaited development
of the South Course at Monte Rei Golf & Country Club
(monte-rei.com) in the eastern Algarve. Designed, like
its sister North Course, by Jack Nicklaus, “the South
Course will have many similar features – great trees,
wonderful topography, beautiful vistas – and has the
potential to be another sensational course,” said the
18-time major winner. Ground-breaking for the par-
72, 6,755-metre-long course is scheduled for spring
of 2022 and once complete, it will offer panoramic
views of the Serra do Caldeirão mountains to the north
and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It’s an idyllic
setting – and one that perfectly represents the beauty,
charisma and world-class variation available across
the picture-perfect Iberian courses.
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CULTURAL CACHE
A REFINED
PAIRING
LOST IN ART
Gao Weigang’s Maze,
2017, at the Donum Estate,
Sonoma, California
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Vineyards have become showcases not only for the viticulturist’s
art but also for museum-quality artworks and exhibitions that are
increasingly taking center stage // By Brian Noone
ART OPENINGS ARE INCOMPLETE without wine: it stimulates
conversation, of course, but the slow pleasures of sipping are
also a good match for the equally slow pleasures of reflecting on
a painting or a sculpture. You can’t – or at least you shouldn’t
– rush a glass of good wine any more than you hurry through an
interesting art exhibition. Not if your palate is sufficiently refined.
Museums have long understood this connection as well. It’s why
the wonderfully muralled restaurant at Tate Britain in London has
one of the city’s best wine lists, and why Odette, the three-Michelinstarred
dining destination at the National Gallery of Singapore, has
some 700 varieties in its cellar. Connoisseurs rarely appreciate just
one aspect of the world – and the opportunity to mix several sublime
things with each other is what makes for truly memorable occasions.
So there is an elegant simplicity about reversing the norm and
bringing art to the vineyards instead. Increasingly, this is just what
viticulturists around the globe are doing, turning the geometric
beauty of their repeating rows of vines into a stunning backdrop
for artworks of distinction – pieces that might otherwise be found
in an urban museum and are drawing culture vultures to the
countryside for a truly slow experience, of both art and wine.
ROBERT BERG
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CULTURAL CACHE
ITALIAN WORKS
From left: Protect Me
Everywhere, 2012, by Valerio
Berruti at Ceretto; red nerve,
2019, by Miroslaw Balka at
Castello di Ama
MARINA SPIRONETTI
ALESSANDRO MOGGI
The placement of art in vineyards is a relatively recent
phenomenon, largely because oenotourism itself is relatively new.
For centuries, wine lovers, even the most ardent, were as unlikely to
visit the grapes as they were to try catching a beluga in the Caspian
Sea or visiting the dairy that made a particularly piquant cheese.
AS IN SO MUCH of the modern wine world, Robert Mondavi played
a role in turning vineyards into destinations. His efforts in getting
Californians to venture north to Napa kickstarted the concept – and
not just in the American West. In France, for instance, people didn’t
visit vineyards, in part because the négociant model gave merchants
full control of distribution, which meant that in some cases you couldn’t
buy the wine directly from the grower even if you knocked on the door.
Standing in the splendid isolation of the Peyrassol (peyrassol.
com) estate in Provence today, with views of the rolling hills and
distant mountains, kissed by the breezes wafting up from the
Mediterranean, you wonder why it took us so long to make vineyards
visitable. the estate dates back to the 13th century and still produces
standout rosés, but its leading appeal at the moment is its phenomenal
sculpture garden, superb permanent indoor exhibition and current
temporary solo show given over to Anish Kapoor. Just up the road,
on the other side of Aix-en-Provence, Château La Coste (chateaula-coste.com)
has taken the art-and-wine destination to the next
level: museum-quality exhibitions are joined by a sculpture garden of
marvels as well as two restaurants led by celebrated chefs – Hélène
Darroze and Francis Mallmann – and a 28-suite hotel and spa.
Across the Italian border, in Piedmont, Ceretto (ceretto.
com) was a pioneer in modern winemaking in the region – the
single-vineyard barolos are a must-try – and it was also the first
to bring artists to the region for site-specific creations. Thirdgeneration
vigneron Bruno Ceretto invited British artist David
Tremlett to paint the Chapel of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the
Art in vineyards is a relatively recent
phenomenon, largely because
enotourism itself is relatively new
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first of his many commissions in the region, in 1999. Other
internationally known artists made their way to Ceretto and
the region in his wake, from Sol LeWitt to Marina Abramović,
and now Piedmont has taken a place beside Provence as the
leading wine and art pairings in the world. Towns like Alba and
winemakers such as La Raia (la-raia.it) have invited artists to
make permanent installations, while Lunetta11 (lunetta11.
com) is a standalone gallery in the hamlet of Mombarcaro
started by Eva Menzio, former director of the Marlborough
Monaco gallery, to cater to the growing demand in the region.
IT WAS ALSO in 1999 that Castello di Ama (castellodiama.
com) in Chianti began its collaboration with Galleria Continua,
bringing prominent contemporary artists to live on the terroir
and construct works inspired by the setting. The first creation,
L’Albero di Ama, by Michelangelo Pistoletto, has been joined by
works from Anish Kapoor in 2004, Louise Bourgeois in 2009,
Lee Ufan in 2016, among many other artists, which have created
a lasting showcase that has since been joined by five suites,
a convivial restaurant and an atelier featuring local artisans.
In California, the Robert Mondavi Winery (robertmondaviwinery.
com) remains an art destination – including the Welcoming Muse
sculpture that has greeted visitors for more than four decades
– but other vineyards have taken the concept of on-site art to
dizzying heights. Donum (thedonumestate.com) in Sonoma
boasts a remarkable – and growing – collection of site-specific
sculptures by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Danh Vo and Doug
Aitken, which is among the leading sculpture parks in America.
The Hess Collection (hesscollection.com), meanwhile, is one
of the premier art collections in the world, with pieces assembled
over 50 years by Swiss winemaker and philanthropist Donald
Hess. Less than a quarter of the collection – which includes
HOME COMFORT
Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s
Teenager, Teenager, 2011,
at Peyrassol
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CULTURAL CACHE
works by Francis Bacon, Georg Baselitz, Frank Stella and Anselm
Kiefer – is on display at the winery atop Mount Veeder in Napa.
More of Hess’s collection can be seen at another winery:
Bodega Colomé (bodegacolome.com) in the Andes, the oldest
continuously producing winery in Argentina and one of the world’s
highest vineyards at nearly 2,300 metres above sea level. The
on-site James Turrell Museum is a truly remarkable showcase
of the artist’s immersive light installations – in a building Hess
worked with Turrell himself to design – as well as a number
of drawings and other works by the artist in Hess’s collection.
IN RECENT YEARS, South Africa’s picture-perfect valleys surrounding
Stellenbosch and Franschhoek have emerged as a relatively
compact centre for both world-class wine and African art. There
are Hess’s fingerprints here, too – he built the still thriving gallery at
Glen Carlou (glencarlou.com) before selling the property in 2016
– but Cape Town’s emergence on the global art scene, led by the
city’s MOCAA, has spurred wineries across the region to showcase
art from all over the continent. Grande Provence (gpgallery.co.za)
hosts a gallery that focuses on South African artists, while Cavalli
Estate (cavalliestate.com) features both a gallery and a residency
programme. Jeweller Laurence Graff’s personal collection is
on display at Delaire (delaire.co.za), a testament to the history
and quality of African artists. La Motte (la-motte.com) similarly
features the collection of its owner, Hanneli Rupert-Koegelenberg,
but here the art is more global in scope, with a recent exhibition
featuring works by figures as diverse as Picasso, German
Käthe Kollwitz and experimental Israeli artist Yaacov Agam.
Australia’s expansive vineyards are taking part, too, led by
Pt Leo Estate (ptleoestate.com.au) in Victoria, which features
pieces by blockbuster artists scattered across the grounds.
Elsewhere in the Antipodes, the sculpture garden at Brick
Bay (brickbaysculpture.co.nz) in New Zealand showcases
leading local contemporary artists, while in Tasmania,
the iconoclastic Museum of Old and New Art (mona.net.
au) was built on the Moorilla (moorilla.com.au) estate,
making for a permanent multisensory pairing like no other.
Aesthetes seeking pedigree should naturally turn back
toward France – and the southwest in particular. Malromé
(malrome.com) was the summer home of the Toulouse-
Lautrec family, and today pieces by its most prominent
artistic member, Henri, are on display, in combination with
changing contemporary exhibitions – best enjoyed with a glass
of the bordeaux in hand made from the surrounding terroir.
Finally, at the venerable Château Mouton Rothschild (chateaumouton-rothschild.com),
the art exists not just for atmosphere:
Since 1945, the winery has commissioned an artist to draw a
label for it, and the originals are on display. There’s a Francis
Bacon from 1990, a Niki de Saint Phalle from 1997, as well
as works from Dalí, Miró, Chagall, Picasso and Warhol. It’s a
remarkable collection from a remarkable winemaker—and evidence
of yet another reason why wine and art go together so well.
DOWN UNDER
Siloam – the tunnels leading
to the underground galleries
at MONA in Tasmania
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TRUE BELIEF
One of Anton Smit’s Faith
sculptures at Delaire
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LIVING WELL
MIND
OVER
MATTER
Perspectives, practices and gadgets that demonstrate
how being rooted in the present can help us take charge
of our future // By Jen Murphy
AS THE WORLD STARTS TO REEMERGE from lockdown, there are
different and new challenges to face. Controlling how we react
to changing situations is ever-more vital and we can do so by
adopting a mindfulness practice. The terms mindfulness often
evokes images of a Buddhist monk meditating in stillness for
hours on end. “I don’t even like to use the term mindfulness or
meditation because they scare people away,” says Monique Tello,
co-director of the Healthy Lifestyle Program at Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston. “Being mindful is as simple as being
aware of what you are doing throughout the day. It encourages
you to be present in the moment and ignore distractions.”
We live in a world of distractions, so paying attention to the
present moment takes practice. But studies have shown that by
cultivating mindfulness, you can improve your mental and physical
wellness through reduced stress, anxiety and depression. Being
aware of what is happening in the present moment allows us
to observe the emotions that arise and choose how we react to
those emotions, says Jacob Mirsky, a consultation physician at
Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine, also in Boston.
While meditation is one formal form of mindfulness (and don’t
worry, there are apps to help you get started) it’s far from the
only one, says Dr Mirsky. We can choose to eat, walk and even
scroll through our social media feeds more mindfully throughout
the day. “If we can learn to recognise when a stressful thought
or emotion comes up it allows us the opportunity to develop
healthy coping mechanisms like walking around the block or
calling a friend,” he says. “And when we learn our stress triggers,
we can create a strategy for avoiding them in the first place.”
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MINDFUL RETREATS
In conversation with Rachel Rose, a yoga and
mindfulness expert at SHA Wellness Clinic, a
health and wellbeing retreat in Alicante, Spain
WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION
OF MINDFULNESS?
Mindfulness is a collection of
techniques that teaches us to be fully
present in the present moment.
HOW DOES MINDFULNESS
PLAY INTO THE SHA WELLNESS
EXPERIENCE?
Mindfulness is an important
component of the SHA Wellness
experience because it is a key skill
for life itself. Mind and body practices
bridge the gap between what is
happening in our lives and how we
think about what is happening in our
lives. As we say, you can’t always
change your circumstances, but you
can always change the way you think
about them.
The guests I see at SHA often
have power, privilege and money,
but struggle to find the joy in life.
Mindfulness trains them to sit quietly
and observe the here and now, often
bringing a whole new appreciation for
their circumstances. Gratitude is the
cornerstone of happiness, and deep
relaxation leaves room for gratitude to
blossom in the heart and in the mind.
WELLNESS WAS ONCE RELEGATED
TO EXERCISE AND DIET, BUT YOU
TAKE A MUCH MORE HOLISTIC
APPROACH. CAN YOU SPEAK TO
WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR
OVERALL HEALTH?
It’s not what you do, it’s the way that
you do it. Mindfulness implies stress
reduction. The body can be toned, and
the diet honed, but if the mind is out
of control, none of it matters. Thinking
causes emotions, and emotions provoke
actions, but actions have consequences.
We must learn how to think correctly
to enjoy all that we have while not
worrying about that which we don’t.
Mindfulness helps us to find simple
pleasure constantly and everywhere
– flowers, sunsets, smiles. The SHA
philosophy is to be the best you
possible. A quiet mind allows us to find
that best version of ourselves by finding
inner peace.
MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING
WITH STRESS AND ANXIETY FROM
THE PANDEMIC. WHAT OFFERINGS
DO YOU HAVE AT THE RETREAT THAT
MIGHT HELP THEM?
The pandemic has taken both a
physical and a psychological toll on
all of us and in response SHA recently
introduced a post-COVID program.
We are aware that between 10% and
30% of people infected with COVID-19
suffer, after acute infection, long-lasting
or persistent symptoms such as brain
JULIAN RENTZSCH
fog or anxiety from 14 days to 16 weeks
after recovery. This is known as “Post-
COVID Syndrome”. With the objective of
overcoming these consequences of the
disease, the scientific committee of SHA
Wellness Clinic has created the Post-
COVID Medical Unit to specifically treat
persistent symptoms or sequelae through
an integrative point of view. Weight gain
and alcohol misuse are also common,
even for people who never had the virus
but lived through lockdown and all its
associated closures and cancellations.
Each person is different, so each
programme takes a personalised, holistic
and integrated approach.
DOES MINDFULNESS HAVE TO BE A
STILL AND SEDENTARY ACT OR CAN IT
BE PRACTISED WITH MOVEMENT?
At SHA, we teach mindful walking. This
can include paying close attention to our
surroundings while walking, even if we
are in the city. Take time to see the beauty
around you, the colour of the shadows,
a flowering plant, or even the way a leaf
moves with the breeze. Counting and
watching the breath is also a form of
mindful walking. Even when we are doing
an intense sport we can watch the breath
mindfully. One fun mindfulness technique
is to challenge your capacity to breathe
only through the nose. Catch the moment
you start to gulp air with your mouth,
then reduce the intensity of whatever
you’re doing until you can keep the pace
breathing only through the nose.
shawellnessclinic.com
TAKE HOME TIPS
STANDING MEDITATION:
Stand with feet hip-width apart and
parallel. Gently shift your weight back
and forth from the right to the left
foot. Notice the movement, but mostly,
notice that tiny instant when you’re
perfectly balanced between two feet.
Try to “catch” that moment and then,
gradually, come to stillness there. This is
great to try if you’re waiting in a line.
STEPPING MEDITATION: Every
time you pass from one room to the
other, at the office, at home, at a
restaurant, step with the right foot. This
mindful moment is a wonderful check-in
with yourself, wherever you are.
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LIVING WELL
END-OF-DAY NAMASTE
Four yoga poses to unwind from the workday
WORK-RELATED STRESS can be a major contributor to health problems
such as poor sleep quality and high blood pressure. If you find yourself
still worrying about the office long after you’ve finished work try
adopting a yoga practice to help you unwind and reset. Studies have
shown that connecting breath to movement lowers levels of cortisol,
the hormone associated with the stress response. And according to the
National Institutes of Health in the US, scientific evidence shows that
yoga supports stress management, mindfulness, mental health, weight
loss, healthy eating and quality sleep. You don’t have to be flexible,
get sweaty, or carve out 90 minutes to reap the benefits. Studies have
shown that just 20 minutes of yoga can rewire the brain and help bring
clarity and focus. The following beginner-friendly poses will help you
slow down the body and mind at day’s end.
1
1 CAT-COW POSE
How: Start on hands and knees. On an inhale, drop your belly towards the mat and lift
your chin and chest as you gaze up to the ceiling. On an exhale, draw your belly up to
your spine as you round your back toward the ceiling. Allow your head to drop toward
the floor. Alternate between poses.
Benefit: Coordinating movement between poses with your breath relieves stress and
calms the mind.
2 COBRA POSE
How: Lie face down with your legs extended behind you. The tops of your feet should
rest on the mat and your feet will be a few inches apart. Place your hands under your
shoulders and hug your elbows to your sides. On an inhale, slowly lift your head and
chest off the ground. Draw your shoulders back and press down through your thighs
and feet. Exhale and lower down.
Benefit: This energising backbend reduces fatigue and stress while stretching the
spine and opening the chest and shoulders.
3 LEGS-UP-THE-WALL POSE
How: Sit with your right side against the wall. Turn your body to the right and bring your
legs straight up the wall, using your hands for balance. Your butt should be against the
wall. Use your hands to lower your back to the floor and lie down with your arms open by
your sides, palms facing up. Close your eyes and breathe slowly for five minutes.
Benefit: This inverted pose calms the nervous system and helps bring on a deep state
of relaxation.
4 RECLINED BOUND ANGLE POSE
How: Start seated with your knees bent out to the sides and heels drawn inward, soles
of the feet touching. If this is uncomfortable you can place pillows beneath your thighs
for support. Use your hands to lean backward and lower your back, shoulders and
head to the floor. Rest the arms by your sides, palms facing up. Close your eyes and
breathe slowly for five minutes.
Benefit: A reclined hip opener, this pose helps reduce stress and anxiety.
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3
J U S T B R E A T H E
Four mindful breathing techniques you can do anywhere
We breathe 24 hours a day, usually without
thinking twice about such an innate act. But
monitoring and regulating our inhalations and
exhalations throughout the day can have huge
value. The next time you are stuck in traffic,
frustrated with your children, or stressed before
a big meeting, check in with your breath. Are
you holding it? Breathing rapidly? Mindful
breathing can help anchor us to the present
and prevent stress or anxiety from taking
over. According to an article in the Scientific
American, daily breathing exercises can help
counter the accumulation of even minor physical
tension associated with stress. When you feel
overwhelmed at any point of your day, use one
of these four breathing techniques to help calm
your central nervous system and help refocus
your mind.
2-4 BREATHING
This is a form of paced breathing when your
exhale is longer than your inhale. Start by
inhaling slowly through your nose for a count of
2 seconds, allowing your chest and lower belly to
expand. Then exhale slowly through your mouth
for a count of 4 seconds. You can slowly work
your way up to a 3- or 4-second inhale and 5- or
6-second exhale. If you lose concentration, try
using a free paced breathing app such as Breathe
for iPhone or Paced Breathing for Android.
4-4-8 BREATHING
Breathe through your nose for a count of 4,
allowing the lower belly to expand. Hold your
breath for a count of 4. Exhale through your
mouth for a count of 8. Immediately inhale for a
count of 4 through the nose, repeating the entire
technique three to four times in a row.
ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING
In Sanskrit, this technique is known as nadi
shodhan pranayama, which translates to subtle
energy clearing breathing technique. Yogis have
used it for centuries to calm and focus the mind.
Sit in a comfortable position with a tall spine.
Place your left hand on your thigh, palm up. Bring
your right up to your nose and use your right
thumb to close your right nostril. Inhale through
your left nostril. Now close the left nostril with
your left index and middle finger. Open the right
nostril and exhale. Inhale through the right nostril
and then close this nostril. Open the left nostril
and exhale. Inhale through the right nostril and
then close this nostril. Remember to always
inhale through the same nostril you just exhaled
through. Repeat five to ten rounds.
DEEP BREATHING
Also known as belly breathing or diaphragmatic
breathing, this technique helps activate the
body’s rest and digest response. Sit comfortably
with one hand on the chest and the other on the
belly. Inhale deeply through the nose. Ensure the
diaphragm rather than the chest inflates with air.
The hand on your chest should remain still and
the one on your belly should rise. Exhale slowly
through the mouth. Repeat for one minute.
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Turn negative self-talk into positive motivation
Being mindful of
the words we use
to talk to ourselves
can have a major
impact on our mood,
and subsequently,
our actions, says
Patricia Deldin, a
professor of psychology
and psychiatry at
the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.
We’re in constant
dialogue all day long
with ourselves. Take
note of how many
times a day you use
negative words and
make a concerted
effort to replace them
with kinder, more
encouraging words,
like “could” instead
of “should” or “can”
instead of “can’t”. Dr
Deldin, who is the CEO
of the mental-wellness
programme Mood
Lifters, says if you’re
feeling depressed,
stressed or down, try
to repeat positive selfaffirmations
to adjust
your mood. Remember
it’s not “Monday is
a stressful day”, it’s
“Monday is going to be
a great day”.
G A D G E T S T O H E L P F O C U S T H E M I N D
If you find your thoughts racing nonstop, try using one of these high-tech devices to help you master a quieter mind.
Muse 2
This slim meditation headband works in tandem with Muse’s
free mobile app to provide real-time feedback on your heart rate,
brain activity and breathing. When your mind is calm you hear
calm sounds, like lapping waves. When your mind is active, the
waves start to crash and grow louder, signalling you to refocus.
choosemuse.com
Melomind Headset
Reminiscent of Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones, this device
uses electroencephalographic technology to help you deal with
stress and anxiety. Calming nature-based soundscapes, such as
tropical birds chirping, calm the brain and an accompanying app
allows you to monitor when you reach a state of deep relaxation.
melomind.com
S8 Pegasi II Light Therapy Glasses
If you’re a frequent flyer and struggle with jet lag, wearing
these glasses for just 30 minutes a day can help reset your
circadian rhythms. NASA technology was used to create lenses
that generate wavelengths of light that stimulate the area of
the brain that regulates the release of cortisol and melatonin.
The result: improved sleep quality. sleep8.uk
Aromeo Sense
A combination of aroma, light and sound therapy helps you
fall into a deep slumber instantaneously. And a combination
of sunrise simulation light, a symphony of chirping birds and
invigorating aromas helps you wake in the morning. Focusintensifying
sensory effects, like alertness-boosting soft white
light, can help you stay focused all day. aromeodiffuser.com
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LIVING WELL
S I X A P P S F O R D E C O M P R E S S I N G
When you’re going to have screen time, make it with one of these meditation-based apps
Calm
Downloaded more than 50
million times, this app has
features like Sleep Stories
narrated by actor Matthew
McConaughey and guided
body scans.
Headspace
This app’s tagline is, “Gym
membership for the mind”.
Friendly animations help
remove the intimidation
factor for newbies and
helpful how-tos go beyond
meditation and tackle
topics like how to deal with
a panic attack.
Aura
The customisation
capabilities of this
app have earned it the
nickname the Spotify of
mindfulness. If you’re
short on time, the
30-second stress busters
and 3-minute personalised
meditations are easy to
slot into your day.
Simple Habit
If the thought of sitting
quietly is overwhelming,
this app is for you. All
you need is just five
minutes to achieve inner
calm. Meditations are
downloadable so you
can easily access them
on a flight or during your
commute.
Inscape
In addition to having
staple offerings like
guided meditations and
calming soundscapes,
this app helps you destress
based on real-life
anxieties such as
dating troubles or
overcoming fears.
STRESS-FREE
VACATION PLANNING
With so much uncertainty around travel,
specialists are more relevant than ever
TRAVEL HAS NEVER BEEN more complicated. With borders opening and
then re-closing and testing protocols constantly changing it’s hard
even to know where to go, let alone what you’re able to do once you
arrive. Here, Brooke Lavery, a partner at luxury travel consultancy
Local Foreigner (localforeigner.com), shares fi ve reasons why
establishing a relationship with a bespoke travel specialist can help
take the stress out of pandemic travel.
1. SAVE TIME
Travel advisers protect your time during the planning process and
on your vacation. You could devote hours to researching and crossreferencing
your own itinerary just to use your precious vacation time
as a testing ground for those discoveries. Or you can work with a
professional you trust, who can design an itinerary to your taste and
preference based on years of experience and dozens of other client
experiences in that destination.
2. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT
Work with a travel professional and you eliminate the guesswork in
travel planning. Your expert has not only been to the destination,
they’ve thoroughly scouted the hotels, eaten in the restaurants and have
local connections.
3. NAVIGATING THE PROTOCOLS
With each country dictating and changing their COVID-19 policies at
a moment’s notice, travel is more overwhelming than ever. Outsource
the stress of this to a travel professional who specialises in high-touch
service and has the bandwidth to ensure details aren’t overlooked.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
Ten Percent Happier
A beginner-friendly app
with 350-plus guided
meditations and access to
personalised meditation
coaches who quickly
respond to your queries.
4. PROBLEM-SOLVING
In the event something doesn’t go as anticipated on the ground, who
will you call for help? The best travel advisers are problem-solvers with
the best local connections – no waiting on the phone for hours to talk to
a real human.
5. FEELS GOOD TO BE A VIP
When you check in to a hotel, do you want to wait in line or be
greeted personally by the general manager or hotel owner? Have
you experienced a hotel room stocked with your favourite drinks and
snacks? Do you want to stroll through the Louvre with the masses, or
explore the underground closed-to-public workshops with a curator
before visiting a few of the museum’s highlights? Being connected on
the ground creates an entirely different travel experience, and a star
travel adviser can facilitate those connections.
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WE ARE
WHAT
WE EAT
WE’RE ALL GUILTY of scarfing down a sandwich at
our desk or devouring a pint of Ben & Jerry’s while
zoning out to the latest episode of White Lotus. When
mindless meals and snacks become part of your
routine, pounds start to pack on. No matter how much
you exercise, good nutrition is a crucial piece of the
weight-loss puzzle. Instead of adopting fad diets, try
paying more attention to what you put in your mouth
and why. Studies have shown that the practice of
mindful eating not only helps with weight loss, but,
additionally, it can help you embrace long-term habits
dealing with food cravings and portion control.
H O W T O B E I N T H E
M O M E N T A T M E A L S
Experts at Harvard Medical School share tips and
tricks for adopting more mindful eating habits.
• Set your kitchen timer to 20 minutes, and take
that time to eat a normal-sized meal.
• Try eating with your non-dominant hand; if
you’re a righty, hold your fork in your left hand
when lifting food to your mouth.
• Use chopsticks if you don’t normally use them.
• Eat silently for five minutes, thinking about what
it took to produce that meal, from the sun’s rays
to the farmer to the grocer to the cook.
• Take small bites and chew well.
• Before opening the fridge or cabinet, take a
breath and ask yourself, “Am I really hungry?”
Do something else, like reading or going on a
short walk.
• Avoid eating with distractions like the television.
• Avoid working meals where you eat at your desk
or in front of your computer.
• Avoid eating on the go when you are driving or
commuting.
• Start a food log and write down what triggers
binge eating and how certain foods make you
feel. Do they make you lethargic? Give you more
energy?
• Track your food choices on an app like
MyFitnessPal or EatRightNow.
P A N D E M I C P E T S
De-stressing your animal companion
The pandemic created a boom in pet
adoptions. According to The Humane
Society of the United States, requests
for pet fostering spiked by 90 percent.
Whether you’re a new pet parent
or longtime dog or cat owner, the
pandemic gave you more time than
ever to bond with your furry loved one.
As we start to travel again, it’s normal
for both owners and pets to experience
separation anxiety. NetJets has seen a
significant increase in pets flying with
owners in the past year, with 24,000
animals joining their owners in
2020. Whether you’re bringing your
favourite feline travel buddy in the air
for the first time in months or leaving
your new pandemic pup in your villa
alone, the ASPCA suggests these tips
for keeping you and your pet calm.
1. Honour Routine
If you’re on vacation, try to mimic
your pets daily schedule at home.
2. Withdraw Slowly
A sudden decrease in time with
your pet can be difficult for both of
you. Make sure you practise shorter
periods of alone time before a big
trip where you’ll be apart for longer
stretches.
3. New Distractions
Change up your dog or cat toys to
help keep them novel when travelling.
Interactive toys or healthy chews can
help keep your pet engaged when
you’re gone.
4. Background Noise
Leave soothing music or the TV on in
your hotel room or villa for auditory
and visual stimulation.
5. Hire a Pro
Many hotels and villas offer petsitting
services so you can rest
assured your buddy is getting looked
after while you’re out for a round of
golf or catching a sunset surf session
at the beach.
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ON THE MOVE
POWER TO
THE PEDAL
The e-bike revolution has many spokes to its
wheels – equality, efficiency and élan among them
// By John McNamara
CLIMB TIME
The lightweight Angell
bike, designed by
Frenchman Ora Ïto
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POWERED UP
From top: Serial 1’s Rush/Cty Step-
Thru; the Greyp e-SUV T5
IT’S RARE A NEW TECHNOLOGY receives universal approval –
remember the ill-fated Segway? – but as increasing production
and sales demonstrate, e-bikes have managed to garner fans
across the full spectrum of cyclists. At the most basic level, the
battery-powered two-wheelers provide a levelling out effect,
allowing less able riders, including those of a certain age, to keep
pace with faster partners and to explore more adventurous trails
and experiences. Urban governments, too, have welcomed the
development of the e-bike as an alternative mode of transport
to help reduce pollution in city centres. Perhaps best of all, the
opportunities afforded by this relatively nascent form of transport
have piqued the minds of creative types around the world, leading
both to new cycling innovations – different materials for the
frame, belt drives replacing the cumbersome chain and integrated
controls through apps – as well as to eye-catching new designs.
Be they tough trekkers or city slickers, the e-bikes of today
represent remarkable displays of forward-thinking imagination.
A leader in the this revolution is Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes
(radpowerbikes.com), which between April 2019 and 2020 enjoyed
a 297% rise in sales and was named as one of the 2021 TIME100
Most Influential Companies. Its latest model, the RadRover 6
Plus, exemplifies its ingenuity, with the fat-tired bike featuring an
upgraded user interface and a 750w custom-made hub motor that,
among other advantages, makes hill climbing much, much easier.
Another American mainstay making e-bikes a success is Trek
(trekbikes.com), a venerable name in the pedal-power market that
has effortlessly turned its hand to the modern version. Ease of use and
comfort are features of its award-winning Domane series, shown by
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ON THE MOVE
PRETTY IN GREY
Cowboy 3 offers
simple efficiency
one of its most recent iterations, The Domane LT+, that really feels
and rides like a conventional bike, and can indeed be converted
to one with the removal of the lightweight Fazua drivepack (battery
and motor). But doing so misses out on the impressive capabilities
of one of the smoothest e-bikes on the streets – and the trails thanks
to the IsoSpeed technology that absorbs the bumps of rough terrain.
RATHER MORE OF A new kid on the block, Croatia’s Greyp (greyp.
com) shows the same innovative approach to two wheels as its
sister company Rimac does to electric supercars. It has entered
the trekking end of the market with the Greyp e-SUV T5, a bike
that is a perfectly respectable option for a city commute but more
than capable of taking on an Alpine jaunt. In a change from its
previous models, the T5 frame is made from aluminium, which
is more flexible than carbon, but it is the bike’s accessories that
make it stand out. The 700Wh battery is on the large side for a
trekking bike and allows the T5 a range of 100 kilometres, while a
top speed of 25kph is currently being upgraded for the US market.
Greyp’s next project is a city bike due next year and hotly anticipated.
If electric car and bike makers seem an obvious overlap, the world
of e-bikes throws up some more unusual bedfellows. Take MODMO
(modmo.io), the brainchild of Irishman Jack O’Sullivan, whose quest
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES
ALL-ROUND EFFORT
Clockwise from top: Trek’s Domane
LT+; the Paul Teutul Jr.-designed
PJD-E; MODMO’s Saigon+
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If electric car and bike makers seem an
obvious overlap, the world of e-bikes throws
up some more unusual bedfellows.
to find the ideal location to produce his zero-emission e-bike took him
to Vietnam. The result is the aptly named MODMO Saigon+, which
boasts an incredible 200km range on a single charge and features a
Gates Carbon Drive System, claimed to be almost maintenance free.
Another cross-continent collaboration has seen Ruff Cycles
(ruff-cycles.com), based in Regensburg, Germany, team up with
Californian Paul Teutul Jr, renowned for his motorcycle designs
and his appearances on the US reality show American Chopper.
The PJD-E combines the best of American design and German
engineering, creating a range of bikes that aims to put the
rock’n’roll into the market. The aesthetics of Ruff’s bikes, headed
by The Ruffian, is more motorcycle cool, but the tech, including
Bosch batteries, is very much the latest in e-bike innovation.
TEUTUL JR IS NOT THE only motorcycling aficionado to see the potential
of the bicycle, and there is no bigger name straddling both genres
than Harley-Davidson. Under its subsidiary Serial 1 (serial1.com),
the iconic brand has produced a series of e-bikes with a particular eye
on the urban cyclist, including the Rush/Cty Step-Thru, which along
with the proprietary H-D battery has four ride modes – Eco, Tour, Sport
and Boost – and a walk-assist function. It also benefits from the Step-
Thru, the simplest of design features, which allows the rider to quickly
mount and dismount, especially useful on crowded urban streets.
For all these flamboyant versions of the e-bike, there is also a
demand for the more classical look – one that allows the cyclist who
needs a bit of assistance to blend in with the crowd. French firm Angell
(angell.bike) turned to designer Ora Ïto to create a bike with a sleek
and stylish frame that camouflages an array of smart tech, including
an integrated GPS with vibrating handlebars to indicate directions
and security features include anti-theft alarm and light. Meanwhile,
Belgian firm Cowboy’s 3 and 4 (cowboy.com) are perfect examples of
how form and function can come together in an elegant and compact
package. Featuring a battery built into the seat tube and an app that,
among other things, synchronises with the in-built GPS, the Cowboy
4 also offers intuitive speed adjustment and wireless phone charging.
In the U.S., e-bike sales rose 116% from $8.3m in February
2019 to $18m a year later – and many producers ran low on
stock last summer. It’s the sort of success that ensures creative
companies will continue to produce ever-more inventive versions
of the timeless two-wheeled treasure for many years to come.
MOTORING ON
From top: the RadRover 6 Plus;
the Ruffian Black Redwall
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© LUCKNAM PARK
ON LOCATION
SUDDENLY
SOMERSET
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WINDING WAY
The road through
Cheddar Gorge,
one of Somerset’s
most famous
attractions; facing
page: Georgian grande
dame Lucknam Park
THOMAS TUCKER / UNSPLASH
From Bath to Bruton, the best of England is on display in Somerset. A
local guide takes us on a journey through a county newly enlivened by
a spate of striking hotels, farm-to-table restaurants and a flourishing
artisan scene // By Catherine Fairweather
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THIS IS THE GREEN and pleasant England of
dreams: a patchwork of small fields crossstitched
with hedgerows of hawthorn and hazel,
rinsed by Bristol Channel mists and mizzle. The
land rises and falls gently, tucks around the lap
and bosomy shelf of the Mendips that spreads
from Somerset’s great city, Bath, in the north, to
the newly popular, pretty hotspots of Frome and
Bruton in the southeast, then rolling westward
to the Quantocks, to Exeter and Exmoor beyond.
These newly christened honeypot-towns have old
bones, ancient even in the Domesday Book of
1086. For the many poets, artists and writers who
have been drawn to, and put down roots here, in
Somerset, including TS Eliot and John Steinbeck,
that palpable sense of the past and peace – “a real
thing, thick as stone, and feelable,” wrote Steinbeck
– as well as the ideal of pastoral life, embedded in
community and landscape, is an important lure.
Married to this sense of layered history is a
quality of peace, manna from heaven for restless
millennials and lockdown-weary Londoners.
Simultaneously, five-star hotels have sprung
up, with kitchen gardens attached or allotments
that impart the kind of kudos formerly reserved
for infinity pools or spas. Once derelict pubs in
this cheese and cider county are repurposed
as polished guesthouses and inns, farm shops
proliferate with skinny almond lattes and
cavolo nero ago-go, to soothe, and attract, a
new crowd of urban sophisticates to the sticks.
WHERE TO SLEEP, EAT, DRINK
AND BE MERRY
It has long vanished, that quaint insularity of
Somerset. What was once a forgotten corner
of the country, bypassed by holidaymakers
and second-home owners racing down to
Cornwall, is today a unique nexus of creative
and cosmopolitan talent. And there is no better
showcase for this talent than Number One Bruton
(numberonebruton.com), a hotel which opened
just before the first lockdown, formerly a hardware
store and blacksmith’s beloved by Steinbeck. Now
owned by a Somerset family of diplomats and
literati, it is an atmospheric jumble of rooms. One
wing, the old Forge, dates back to the 12th century
when it was part of an inn for pilgrims en route
to Glastonbury Tor. The communal rooms are
decorated with mementos gifted to the family by
some of Somerset’s celebrated residents; there are
photographs, landscapes of the nearby Levels by
Don McCullin, installations by Candace Bahouth, a
staircase mural painted as a gift by Kaffe Fassett and
a crazy, rainbow-coloured armchair upholstered by
celebrated leather-man Bill Amberg and jeweller to
the stars Solange Azagury – who prowls the high
street with a beady eye for overlooked “finds”.
© THE NEWT IN SOMERSET
ISTOCK
© NUMBER ONE BRUTON
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There’s a deli and wine bar next door owned by
the hotel’s Michelin-starred chef: the appropriately
named Merlin (Labron-Johnson), who can conjure
magic out of marrows and a humble mash. Where
once even a cucumber was a rarity on the high
street, it is miraculous to find vegetables like oca,
samphire and shiitake headlining the menu at
his starred restaurant Osip (osiprestaurant.com)
sourced locally, or in the kitchen gardens, which
are Labron-Johnson’s passion. His mozzarella
is from Somerset buffalo; there are the rosé
vintages from vineyards near Glastonbury; truffles
are foraged in the outlying woodland. The apple
brandy, the locals like to say, is as good as any
calvados, this one produced on the Somerset
Levels by the Temperley family, whose aged cider is
also famous, and whose Cider Bus is perhaps the
hub of the Glastonbury Festival site. Unsurprisingly,
daughter Alice Temperley’s fashion label, inspired
by the mystical county of her birth, has relocated,
last year, to a historic Victorian industrial building
in nearby Ilminster, complete with workshops,
retail floors, and, of course, the requisite cider bar.
The heart of Somerset as an epicurean Eden
is undoubtedly the kitchen garden, such as the
Duke of Somerset’s new pub, The Bradley Hare
SOMERSET SIGHTS
Glastonbury Tor at sunset; facing
page: inside Number One Bruton
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The appetite for cultural self-improvement
has been fanned by the pandemic
(thebradleyhare.co.uk). Some 15 minutes
out of Bruton, it borders the duchal estate,
the old taphouse rejuvenated as a glamorous
bolthole with canopy beds, a cricket pitch,
skittles alley and the best cocktail menu (try
the rhubarb sour) this side of Stonehenge.
Teals (teals.co.uk) is another place polishing
its community halo and sustainability credentials
– a farm shop that’s so much more than an A303
pitstop for a lunch or an apple. The only stop on the
main road artery to Cornwall and the South offering
electric car charging posts, it makes an effort to ban
plastic, is almost entirely solar powered, and offers
an open field for stretching legs and jogging the
dog. But since this is the dairy and cheddar heartland
of England, a visit and tasting at the nearby, awardwinning
Westcombe Dairy (westcombedairy.
com) near Batcombe is on the must-do list. Here,
Tina the Turner is the resident robot who turns
the giant cheese wheels, although the production
process uses age-old traditions in the adjoining
vast clay cave. There’s the craft Wild Beer brewery
on site as well as the family-produced Brickell’s
ice cream churned without additives. Rhubarb
crumble and cinnamon toast are winning flavours
made from the sourdough produced in the bakery
of At the Chapel (atthechapel.co.uk) in Bruton.
INDEED, At the Chapel, the beautiful Grade-II
listed 17th-century building on Bruton’s high
street, can lay claim not just to cinnamon toast ice
cream, but as a restaurant, bar, hotel and cultural
hub, it put the old Saxon town on the map some
15 years ago. It is a hive of activity and events,
a place where you are likely to encounter local
celebrities like impresario Cameron Mackintosh,
film director Joe Wright, ballet dancer Carlos
Acosta and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup taking the
podium in the club room and terrace downstairs.
The appetite for cultural self-improvement has
been fanned by the pandemic. Evidently, in an
uncertain time a nostalgic yearning for nature and
the security that tradition brings, has also led to an
increase in demand for backcountry skills. These
are highlights of the Durslade Farm experience
at Hauser & Wirth’s (hauserwirth.com) gallery
flagship with bar and restaurant, studios, farm
shop and an art-filled ancient farmhouse to rent
– featured as a backdrop in the film Chocolat with
Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche. The Roth Bar
& Grill’s “Unhooked” fishing days with their chef
Steve Horrell are oversubscribed. Or there are
courses for open-fire cooking, spoon-whittling
and foraging, alongside experimental printmaking
and drawing workshops with HW artists.
To stand on your head in the spaceship structure
of the Radić Pavilion that looks out over the
famous Piet Oudolf grasslands during a £5 pilates
session is novel and good-value, to say the least.
SIMILARLY, IT IS the rural-life experiences on offer
at The Newt (thenewtinsomerset.com), outside
Bruton, rather than the thread counts of the linen, that
have caught the collective imagination. A recently
opened hotel estate with shops, restaurants, a spa,
farm museum and two hotel buildings across 324
hectares, it has turned the humble apple and the
cider-making process, which is deeply embedded
in the county’s DNA and psyche, into a showpiece.
There is a state-of-the-art “cyder” press, an apple
tree maze at the garden’s core, with a replanting
of 26 hectares of orchard producing over 70
varieties of apples. While the grounds have been
nipped and tucked to a degree that is perhaps at
odds with the laidback, unbuttoned Somerset vibe,
there can be no doubt that as far as hospitality
goes, this hotel really sets the luxury bar with
a guest experience that begins (for a price)
at Paddington Station in London, on a first-class train
carriage with linen-wrapped hamper for breakfast.
Where The Newt is manicured and slick with
picture-perfect snaps in mind, Lucknam Park
(lucknampark.co.uk), outside Bath – another
Georgian grande dame, sitting similarly sedately
in its rolling 200ha park – has a kind of oldschool
elegant insouciance that doesn’t mind dog
hairs on the fading chintz and considers a scratch
mark on the brown furniture a badge of the English
TOWN IN COUNTRY
London’s famed Soho House
has a rural presence in
Babbington House
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ON LOCATION
The thermal waters that filter through the
limestone of the Mendips as rain, bubble up
at 46 degrees centigrade
lived-in look (never mind that the owners are Greek
shipping magnates). You can even bring your
labrador or thoroughbred along for the weekend
break. The old-fashioned romantic scented gardens
and towering box-hedge walkways are girdled by
a ha-ha, the indoor-outdoor pool is firelit at night
and the beech tree drive was long enough to hide
RAF Spitfires in World War II. It offers customised
access to some of the most important landmarks
in Bath, like the Holburne Museum (holburne.
org), popularised as Lady Danbury’s palace in the
Bridgerton Netflix series. A short drive away, it has
brilliant exhibition spaces and a shop of original
goodies, including Christmas Frida Kahlo effigies for
the tree. In the adjoining Sydney Gardens you have
access to the Kennet and Avon canal for paddleboard
hire at Original Wild (originalwild.com).
THE HIGH-SPIRITED, modern-day Bridgerton vibe
continues to be channelled at Babington House
(sohohouse.com), although these days the
hedonistic excess is less unbridled around the baize
pool table – which is also no longer purple. This
lovely 18th-century manor house, the original Soho
House country club outpost, is some 20 minutes in
the other direction from Bath where you are spoilt
for choice when it comes to comfortable Georgian
country hotels. Its architectural counterpart, The
Pig – Near Bath (thepighotel.com), also sits as
comfortably as a teacup in a saucer in its rural
landscape, although the latter is more Beatrix Potter
cute than Bridgerton high-jinx; the Peter Rabbitstyle
potting shed restaurant comes complete
with shelves of pickled treats from the estate orchard.
WHAT TO DO
Of course, the hot springs of Bath are its raison
d’être, giving it status “as the first pleasure resort in
the kingdom”, thanks to Beau Nash in the 1700s.
The thermal waters that filter through the limestone
of the Mendips as rain, bubble up at 46 degrees
centigrade, an elixir for liver and skin. Cross Bath
(thermaebathspa.com), in a beautiful Regency
building, can be booked for exclusive use for up to
10 friends under an open roof. You can still drink
the curative waters at the Pump Room where Beau
Nash was fond of posting a list of rules designed
to keep the riff-raff out. No hats or aprons for
women, no boots or spurs for men. How he would
have blanched at the anoraks and backpacks of
today. But it’s hard for anything to sully the innate
elegance of this city, as you realise, strolling
through The Royal Crescent and Circus area. The
latter was built according to a masonic system
of symbols by architect John Wood, the Elder. If
you stand in the clump of trees in the Circus and
clap, the echo is a druidic marker like the serpents,
anchors and acorns above the front doors.
The two residential crescents are connected
by Brock Street, which is on a ley line aligned to
Stonehenge. Ley lines, those imagined channels of
earth energy, are a theme of the British Pilgrimage
Trust’s (britishpilgrimage.org) day walks around
Bath, taking you along ancient byways to secret
places, sacred oaks and swimming spots such as
at Warleigh Weir or near Iford Manor (ifordmanor.
co.uk) famous for its Italianate gardens, designed
by Harold Peto and a location for the film The
Secret Garden with Colin Firth. The cloister is a
backdrop for summer opera and the revamped
three-bedroom Rowley Cottage, which makes
a charming rental. Or go solo and walk the easy
10km signposted Skyline loop above Bath past
18th-century follies like Sham Castle and the
open fields of Widcombe and bluebell wood at
Smallcombe. Prior Park (nationaltrust.org) is under
repair this year, but the estate with its Palladian
Bridge epitomises the reinterpretation of the
classical that was the blueprint for the city of Bath.
WHERE TO SHOP
Behind the flawless façade the city presents to the
world, Bath has a refreshingly individual, creative
mindset best discovered browsing the city side
streets, with their independent boutiques and
artisanal sole traders. Escaping escalating London
rents, independents have migrated here: Graham
and Green and 8 Holland Street for furniture and
GROWING ITS OWN
The kitchen gardens at
The Newt outside Bruton
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SIGHTS FOR THE SENSES
Left: watercress risotto
from At the Chapel; below:
the gardens at Iford Manor
furnishings, Francis Gallery, inspired by Donald
Judd’s 101 Spring Street, offers a minimalist eye
for objets d’art in a classical setting. Bibliophiles
are in for a treat: Toppings is in bigger premises
in a former Quaker Meeting house on York Street,
and Mr B’s Emporium has a library concierge and
a pot of tea always on the go to help browsers feel
welcome. Winston Churchill thought it was a mark
of a true gentleman to shop at Paxton & Whitfield
(paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk), purveyor of cheeses,
as old as the city itself. The cheddars are best tasted
atop a dry Bath Oliver cracker, the same colour as
the local stone. For undiscovered fashion labels
and indie magazines try Found near Pulteney
Bridge or The Loft, a lifestyle store offering ethically
sourced craftsmanship unique to the locale.
On the edge of the Mendips, the town of Frome
puts bells and whistles on Bath’s bohemian
hat. This non-conformist town has recently been
lauded for its community spirit and Compassion
Project that have helped alleviate loneliness
and brought down hospital admissions. The
medieval cobbled streets offer a unique artisan
experience with vintage emporiums alongside
share shops, co-working spaces and communal
© AT THE CHAPEL
fridges. Get the vibe at Rye Bakery in a split
level revamped church, and on postcard pretty
Catherine Hill, where Deadly is the Female sells
1950s-style dresses once worn by Nigella
Lawson, opposite the longest-serving shop selling
Airfix model kits, a similarly charming throwback.
Back in Bruton, the high street has also
seen a recent spate of retail outlets selling
heritage and craftsmanship, the most recent
being Cabbages & Roses, the brainchild of a
former Voguette, Christina Strutt. At the launch
party, for instance, there was an expensive tartan
C&R coat that is Anne of Green Gables meets
Siouxsie Sioux, a look, with bovver boots, that
is somewhere between granny chic and cottage
core. It evidently strikes a chord in the heart of
glam-rock crowds who descend on the medieval
alleyways or bartons, the packhorse bridges,
the narrow pavements of the Saxon town, and
colonise this airy retail space for the weekend.
MARIANNE CARTWRIGHT-HIGNETT
BRISTOL AIRPORT TO BATH:
19miles/31km; BRISTOL AIRPORT TO
FROME: 29miles/47km; YEOVILTON
AIRPORT TO BRUTON: 13miles/21km
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GAME OF GEMS
The season’s most alluring jewellery creations make all the right
moves // Photography by Xavier Young Production by Elisa Vallata
FIT FOR
A QUEEN
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Above:
Facing page, from
left to right:
GRAFF white gold
necklace set with
rubies and diamonds
DAVID MORRIS white and
yellow gold Boreas
earrings set with white
and yellow diamonds
CHOPARD white gold
Precious Lace earrings
set with emeralds and
diamonds VAN CLEEF &
ARPELS white gold Lotus
Between the Finger ring
set with diamonds
PRAGNELL platinum
Manhattan ring set with
rubies and diamonds
DAVID MORRIS white
gold ring set with one
black opal, diamonds,
sapphires, white opals
and Paraiba tourmalines
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GAME OF GEMS
From the top, anticlockwise:
BOODLES platinum
bracelet set with
aquamarines, beryls,
kunzite, morganite and
white diamonds
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
white gold Lotus pendant
clip, set with diamonds
CARTIER white gold Les
Berlingots de Cartier ring,
set with blue chalcedony
and diamonds CHOPARD
white gold L’Heure
du Diamant ruby and
diamond-set pendant
with chain necklace
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
white gold Olympia
necklace set with
diamonds CHOPARD
platinum and rose gold
Temptations earrings set
with orange sapphires,
tsavorites, rubies,
amethysts and
diamonds ADLER white
gold Brocéliande ring set
with one pink cultured
pearl and diamonds
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From top right,
clockwise:
BOGHOSSIAN white gold ring set
with a Zambian emerald, seed
pearl beads and diamonds
FABIO SALINI white gold ring
set with one blue sapphire and
diamonds GARRARD white gold
Jewelled Vault ring set with rubies
and diamonds
BOODLES platinum and yellow
gold Scroll ring set with one
yellow-orange diamond and
white diamonds
PURLING LONDON Stone Chess
Black v White alabaster board,
with 34 Italian alabaster chess
pieces featuring natural veining,
and the Purling logo embossed
in 18kt gold on Italian nappa
leather felts
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GOURMET SCENE
OLD AND NEW
Daniel Boulud’s Le
Pavillon perfectly
encapsulates a
modern take on
traditional French
cuisine
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Always bustling with creativity, chef Daniel Boulud is at his best
in remaking the Manhattan icon Le Pavillon // By Bill Knott
Photography by Thomas Schauer
UPDATING
THE
CLASSICS
ON 19 MAY THIS YEAR, after many months of restrictions,
restaurants in New York City were allowed to open their doors
once more. On the same day, one restaurant – Le Pavillon,
on the second floor of the ambitious new One Vanderbilt
skyscraper in Midtown – opened its doors for the very first time.
Speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Bill de Blasio,
Mayor of New York City, paid tribute to Marc Holliday,
chairman and CEO of SL Green Realty, the building’s owners
“for believing in the people of New York City and investing in
them,” and to Tim and Nina Zagat, founders of the eponymous
restaurant guide, for their continued promotion of the city.
But his most fulsome praise was reserved for Daniel Boulud,
chef, restaurateur and the culinary mastermind behind Le Pavillon.
“Daniel, New York City has always loved you,” he proclaimed. “This
is a symbol of New York City coming back, right here, right now.”
De Blasio went on to reference the original Le Pavillon, which
opened for the World’s Fair in 1939 and continued as a bastion
– for a while, New York’s only bastion – of classic French cooking
until 1972, acknowledging Boulud’s homage to the original,
but saluting the chef’s determination to reinvent. It managed, he
thought, to encapsulate the spirit of New York: “Amazing history that
we honour, but a place where we always create something new.”
Recalling the event, Boulud sounds a little uncomfortable
with what he calls “the hoopla of celebration,” but he
appreciates de Blasio’s central point. “If I am known
for anything, it is the modern interpretation of classics.”
One dish on the menu at Le Pavillon is a case in point. “I
asked Jacques Pépin [the veteran French chef, writer and TV
presenter, who worked at the original Le Pavillon in the late
1950s] what he remembered from the menu, and he said
that the most celebrated dish was poulet au champagne.
SEA BLISS
Halibut, Martha’s Vineyard shiitake,
consommé, cabbage and barley
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GOURMET SCENE
“The classic French version is poached chicken with a sauce made
with cream and champagne, but Le Pavillon changed it to rotisserie
chicken served with its jus and a champagne sabayon. We have
brought back the rotisserie, but now the champagne sauce is foamed
in a siphon, taking out the egg yolks and making it much lighter.”
It is, however, one of only a handful of meat dishes on Le
Pavillon’s extensive menu. Seafood and vegetables share the
limelight, and Boulud is happy to see diners “having a seafood
dish each, and ordering vegetables to share”. Grilled avocado,
for instance, is served with bulgur wheat, kale, harissa and
Boulud’s sophisticated, fines herbes take on green goddess
sauce. “In classic French bistro cooking,” he says, “vegetables
are often just a garnish, a sprig of watercress or corn salad,
perhaps. At Le Pavillon, we let them take centre stage.”
And Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founding father of Grand
Central, is honoured with an oyster, redressing the balance, as
Boulud – slightly tongue-in-cheek – says, with fellow magnate
John D Rockefeller. The version at Le Pavillon is filled with oyster
chowder and shredded seaweed, topped with a hazelnut gratin,
and Boulud expects them to be a permanent fixture on his menu.
THE OPENING OF LE PAVILLON marks what Boulud hopes is “the end
of the rollercoaster”, a hugely traumatic year-and-a-bit for New
York’s hospitality business. Thinking back to the start of lockdown
in March last year, Boulud recalls his feelings at the time. “It is
one thing to lose the opportunity to be with your customers, but
quite another to lose your staff. That was even more devastating.
“So many of our staff had been with us for decades
– they had shown great loyalty, and we always took
care of them. Suddenly, we couldn’t.” A payroll of
800 employees was reduced to single figures overnight.
Boulud did what he could, paying many staff for weeks
afterwards, until they could claim benefits. “Some of them were
particularly hard hit, some lost family members to the virus.
“We put three staff members on the company’s board. Together
with our HR director and our director of operations, they allocated
funds to the neediest. Thanks to the generosity of friends and
customers, and some Zoom classes I did for corporate clients,
we managed to raise $750,000. And we made sure that staff
didn’t lose their health insurance, which was really important.”
The second phase was launched in cooperation with Marc
Holliday and SL Green: as well as One Vanderbilt, the realty
company owns a dozen or so other properties in Manhattan and
it is the landlord for many of the city’s restaurants. The Food1st
initiative brought back many staff into kitchens to cook meals both
for first responders and for vulnerable populations throughout the
city. Boulud tips his toque to SL Green: “Not many landlords, in
that situation, would say, ‘I’ll pay you to cook meals for the city.’ ”
Boulud reopened his downtown prep kitchen and, in
partnership with World Central Kitchen and Citymeals on
Wheels, they started cooking and distributing food to those most
in need. By August this year, they had served 627,000 meals.
He also made the decision, when rules were relaxed, to
open a sidewalk restaurant at Daniel, his Upper East Side
flagship. “We had to close Café Boulud when the owners of the
hotel we were in went bankrupt, so we brought in tables and
chairs from there and tried to recreate a kind of fantasy South
of France garden. We had never done it before, but it went
very well.” As winter approached, he had bungalows built,
complete with foam insulation, music systems and heaters.
“Inside, when we could open for limited numbers, we called
Hermès, who very kindly gave us wallpapers and fabrics, and
we screened each table with trees and flowers. Thankfully, we
don’t need the dozen or so 3.3m panels we used anymore,
so we have cut them down to 2.9m and sent them to the
studios of some young American artists. We will sell them to
benefit Citymeals on Wheels. I hope I can afford to buy one!”
Daniel closed for eight weeks in summer for refurbishments
originally slated for 2019. Meanwhile, Boulud is looking for a
new Café Boulud site and planning the reopening of Boulud
Sud, at Lincoln Center, and db Bistro Moderne in Midtown.
He is optimistic for the future. “I look out from Le Pavillon to
42nd Street, and the open-topped tourist buses that run every
45 minutes are packed, which is a great sign. And I’m looking
forward to taking my son to basketball games again: he loves it.”
The Knicks? “And the Nets too,” he says, quickly. Boulud is far
too canny an operator to alienate the Brooklyn basketball fans.
In August, he managed to escape to France for a few days
with his family; passing through Paris, he and his wife Katherine
went for dinner at Michel and Sébastien Bras’s new restaurant
La Halle aux Grains. Bras père is revered as one of the founding
fathers of modern French cooking, and his Laguiole restaurant
in the southern French countryside is one of the country’s most
famous: “I love Michel, I have known him for many years.”
THE RESTAURANT IS on the third floor of the newly renovated Bourse
de Commerce (see page 74), owned by François Pinault, who – as
well as owning many luxury brands and thousands of contemporary
artworks, many on display at the Bourse’s gallery – is the owner
of Château Latour, and a loyal customer of Boulud’s in New York.
The price of the Latour was too rich even for Boulud’s
blood. “But I knew I had to order Latour, because of
François. So I ordered its second wine, Forts de Latour,
which was delicious and very reasonably priced.
“It is a beautiful restaurant. The interior is very modern,
industrial-chic, designed by the Bouroullec brothers, but
when we had dinner, my wife was facing inwards and I
was looking out of the window, at the corner of the Saint-
Eustache church, and the canopy of Au Pied de Cochon.”
Au Pied de Cochon is a legendary Parisian brasserie that, until
the pandemic, had not closed its doors since 1947. Once again, it
is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “I looked at the neon
sign, and I thought, ‘Well, if we’re still hungry after this, we could
always go over the road for a pig’s trotter!’” Daniel Boulud may
be famous for embracing the present and looking to the future,
but he still likes to keep one eye on the past. lepavillonnyc.com
ALL ABOUT ALFRESCO
A garden table at Le Pavillon,
the New York icon that Daniel
Boulud has reimagined
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“Vegetables are often just a garnish.
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TASTING NOTES
There’s more than meets the eye in calvados, the
apple-based brandy from the northwest corner
of France with a new generation of custodians
// By Jim Clarke
FRANCK PRIGNET/LE FIGARO MAGAZINE/LAIF
SPIRIT OF
NORMANDY
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DAVID MORGANTI
ON TAP
Jean-Luc Fossey, cellar
master at Père Magloire;
facing page: Inside the
Roger Groult distillery
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TASTING NOTES
PITY THE FRENCHMAN with no vineyards in his
département – unless he has apples instead. That’s
the fate of Normandy, the region memorialised by
Impressionists where the cliffs and beaches give way to
gentle hills that are green and damp but rarely hot, so
growing wine grapes has never really been an option.
And so was born calvados, the third and sometimes
forgotten brandy of France, which, unlike cognac or
armagnac, is made from apples, and tastes like it.
“A mix of terroir, weather and a lot of apple varieties –
around 300,” are what make Calvados special, according
to Jean-Roger Groult of Roger Groult (calvados-groult.
com), the fifth-generation producer in Saint-Cyr-du-
Ronceray, who says his ancestor Pierre started distillation
between 1850 and 1860. “He used to produce for
[the] family and sell to neighbours,” before demand
increased and he won his first gold medal in 1893.
Even today, those 300 pomme varieties, sharp
and all but inedible, wouldn’t befit a tarte tatin. “They
are very different than eating apples and do not
grow in many places,” says 42-year-old Guillaume
Drouin at Christian Drouin (calvados-drouin.com) in
Pont-l’Évêque, a village best known for its delicious
square-shaped cheese. Drouin, whose half-timbered
estate is open for visits, grows 20 of those varieties,
divided into four categories: tart, bitter, bittersweet
and sweet. Every calvados is a blend of these
types, made into a cider, then distilled and aged.
FRANCK PRIGNET/LE FIGARO MAGAZINE/LAIF
DAVID MORGANTI
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From the smallest orchards, like Michel Huard’s
(calvadoshuard.com) 15ha parcel, where cows roam
beneath the trees’ high-trained branches amid a tableau
of decaying moss- and ivy-covered granite castles and
farmhouses, to the largest, Boulard (calvados-boulard.
com), these purveyors look positively petite when
compared to their outsized cognac counterparts. And yet,
many of them use the same terms as that grape-based
brandy on their labels: Fine, VSOP and XO, for example.
“We try to make blends the same every year,” says
Drouin. “The work on vintages is different. Each year
shows a unique personality which evolves with time
spent in [the] cask.” That diversity is reflected in the
glass: younger calvados, such as the Boulard VSOP, is
redolent of fresh ripe apples with a hint of vanilla, while
a more mature blend such as Groult’s Age d’Or is richer
and more complex, with spice and caramel notes. Older
vintages keep that complexity but grow more delicate
and elegant, sometimes showing surprising aromas like
green olive and brown butter, as in Drouin’s 1939 bottling.
These expressions of the apple are regulated, as
are production areas, of which the best known and
most revered is Calvados Pays d’Auge, between Caen
and Rouen, where, according to Drouin, the resulting
elixir is “rounder and milder, rich and long,” notably
because it’s double-distilled. Pays d’Auge is also home
to an avant-garde collective who have banded together
to create Esprit Calvados (esprit-calvados.com), an
association of five family-owned estates. “We started
in 2008 from the will of some producers with the
same ‘DNA,’ to show that there is a young generation
APPLE HIGH
The new generation of calvados makers
is led by the likes of Richard Prével of
Boulard, left, which has the largest
orchards in the region
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BENOIT DECOUT / REA / LAIF
TASTING NOTES
CORE FAMILY
Sister-and-brother
team Anne-Pamy and
the late Jerome Dupont
were at the heart of the
calvados renaissance
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interested in calvados production and pursuing the
tradition and bringing some fresh and open ideas at the
same time,” explained Jerome Dupont to me a few years
ago. As head of the stately Domaine Dupont (calvadosdupont.com),
he did so much to push the new modern
image of calvados before his untimely death in 2018.
The aforementioned Groult, Dupont and Drouin are
all members of Esprit Calvados, as is Le Père Jules
(calvados-leperejules.com), which is based in Saint-
Désir and which bottles 10, 20, and even 40-yearold
blends in its atmospheric cellars, and Pierre Huet
(calvados-huet.com), which still has a 1935 vintage
calvados for sale at its highly regarded domaine on the
Route du Cidre in the charmed village of Cambremer.
While Pays d’Auge, closest to Normandy’s historic
beaches, gets much of the attention, there is another
region, Calvados Domfrontais, which adds to the stylistic
diversity. Drouin calls these single-distilled brandies
“more straightforward, more acidic, vibrant and lively,”
a character brought out further by the inclusion of pears
– at least 30%. Two exemplars of this appellation are
producers Lauriston (calvados-lauriston.com) and Père
Magloire (calvados-pere-magloire.com) whose fruity
and more subtle calvados work well as aperitifs or in
cocktails. Regardless of where they are cultivated, “the
apple aromas create the flavourful typicity of calvados
compared to other brown spirits,” Dupont once said.
“And this is one of the main reasons why calvados
lovers are so faithful.” Leave it to a Frenchman to
inject a bit of romance into the intoxicating equation.
WHERE TO STAY
Deauville has been a resort town for Parisians for
decades; its Hotel Normandy Barrière (hotelsbarriere.
com) is a classic, near the beach with a casino
attached. For a quieter time, head outside of town to
Les Manoirs de Tourgéville (lesmanoirstourgeville.
com), set among the area’s golf courses and stud
farms, or to Les Manoirs des Portes de Deauville
(portesdedeauville.com), where the nine cottages are
surrounded by a couple of hectares of blissful calm.
In historic Honfleur, Hôtel Saint-Delis (hotel-saintdelis.fr)
offers nine chic rooms and some remarkable
restaurants in easy reach. But to really get into the
heart of Calvados, head to Château de la Pommeraye
(chateaudelapommeraye.com), set in the countryside
inside a renovated 12th-century castle.
WHERE TO EAT
Normandy is known for its dairy; try the Michelinstarred
Le Pavé d’Auge (pavedauge.com) in Beuvronen-Auge
for some classic cream- and cheese-centred
dishes. Inside the casino in Deauville, Le Ciro’s
Barrière (casinosbarriere.com) makes the most of the
seaside location with a great seafood menu as well as
a superb list of calvados for afterward, or for a more
modern take on local, seasonal ingredients, try Caen’s
A Contre Sens (acontresenscaen.fr).
A TASTE OF THE PAST, TODAY
The popularity of the “third” French
brandy may be increasing but it remains
true to its traditions
CLAES LOFGREN / WINEPICTURES.COM
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INSIDE LOOK
PR
OF
PARIS
IDE
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The new Bourse de
Commerce stages
contemporary
art from François
Pinault’s collection in
a breathtaking space
rich with history
MARC DOMAGE
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INSIDE LOOK
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INSIDE LOOK
ACROSS THE
CENTURIES
The most talked-about new museum in Paris is an architectural masterstroke in the
heart of the First Arrondissement, a few steps from both the Louvre and the Pompidou
Centre. Showcasing works from the one-of-a-kind contemporary art collection
assembled by François Pinault, the billionaire founder of luxury conglomerate Kering
and Groupe Artémis, the Bourse de Commerce is rich with history: originally the site
of a hôtel particulier for Catherine de Medici, it became a grain exchange in the 1700s
and a stock exchange in the 1800s. Now, under the deft hand of Japanese architect
Tadao Ando, its latest incarnation includes a 32.9m-diameter, three-tiered concrete
cylinder that sits in the building’s grand rotunda – a structure that is removable after
the museum’s 50-year lease expires and which is left open to view the 19th-century
frescoes that have been restored beneath the dome. These paintings depict colonial
scenes, largely focused on the triumph of the French, which the museum curators
have cleverly problematised with installations and art works that respond directly to
racism and colonialism, including works by prominent Black American artists Kerry
James Marshall and David Hammons. Pinault’s collection is anything but traditional:
he embraces provocative pieces, and the more than 10,000 works, by nearly 400
different artists, offer ample opportunities for a range of compelling exhibitions,
examples of which are already on display at his Venice galleries, Palazzo Grassi and
Punta della Dogana, both of which are also Ando-led modernisations of listed edifices.
The museum opened in May, a year later than anticipated, and will feature multiple
overlapping exhibitions all year round. pinaultcollection.com
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A 19th-century fresco adorns
the rotunda at the heart of
the Bourse de Commerce,
with Tadao Ando’s new
concrete structure below
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Some of the nearly 30
pieces on display by
African-American artist
David Hammons
FACING PAGE
Paintings by Martin
Kippenberger and Florian
Kewer are in dialogue with
sculptures by Thomas
Schütte in one installation
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ALL IMAGES BY AURÉLIEN MOLE
INSIDE LOOK
ABOVE, CLOCKWISE
FROM TOP
The Ground, 2019, Tarek Atoui;
Tatiana Trouvé’s The Guardian,
2020; Central Park West, 1990,
David Hammons; Gander’s I...
I... I, 2019
FACING PAGE
Bertrand Lavier’s Teddy B, 2020
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THE LAST WORD
WILLIAM CHASE
The farming entrepreneur on how he enjoys some rare downtime
TRAVEL
Sun worshipper or thrill-seeker?
I want to get more into sailing,
so I have to go and physically
take a break. I quite enjoy skiing
too, because it’s good to go and
do something rather than just let
the day pass by. So, I’d say I’m
probably more of a thrill-seeker.
I’d like to buy an Oyster yacht
and sail around the Med – and
in couple of years travel a lot
further. I’m into sailing because it
is a challenge.
ACCOMMODATION
Grandes dames, luxe design or
eminently private? If I’m going
to stay somewhere briefly, I
really look for boutique hotels.
My favourite at the moment is
in Palma, Mallorca, called Can
Bordoy. It’s not ostentatious, it’s
very understated and privately
owned – and the food ... it’s all
about the food. They’re really into
healthy, healthy lifestyles.
ARTS
Still life or live performance? I love
museums, and that whole collecting
culture from wherever you are. On
my travels, I would say I’ve enjoyed
more things like in places like Turkey
and more remote places. My first
experience in Turkey was going
through these different-era Roman
sites, and they weren’t protected at
all – they just asked you to stand
back from the mosaics. Tel Aviv is a
beautiful place – it’s phenomenal how
much culture there is there.
TRANSPORT
Fast lane or cruise control? I’ve got
a lot of old Land Rovers and steam
engines, but I’d love a Lamborghini
Miura – the first supercar ever made.
It’s not the actual car but the magic all
around it. I love very old Ferraris, but I
don’t like the new ones.
FUTURE PLANS
Expansion plans or build on what you
have? I love building a brand. After
crisps (Tyrrells) and spirits (Chase Gin
& Vodka), my new project, Willy’s
ACV is about live food, probiotics and
fermenting. We’re trying to educate
people on the benefits of healthy live
food and a healthy diet. willysacv.com
FOOD
Top names or hidden gems?
Everybody’s now looking for
those hidden gems. And they
want some of the fun, something
that’s very typical, and very
honest. Everybody wants home
ferments and homemade,
healthy food. And I think the
best place to go is obviously in
all these traditional places where
they’ve been doing the same for
years and years.
ARCHITECTURE
Classical or modern? I’m a
classical fan – I like old stone.
I like character and the magic
in buildings. Once something’s
had years and years of oldstone
character and charm,
you can’t lose that. We’ve got
a 16th-century house I live in
in Herefordshire. And when we
developed that – it hadn’t been
touched for many years – we
wanted to preserve that feel.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
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