Netjets US Spring 2023

DRIVE TIME
The remarkable story
of Sam Schmidt
SLEEPING WELL
Mayo Clinic’s guide
to a good night’s rest
PARADISE FOUND
Costa Rica unveils
its many charms
IN THE SADDLE
Cycling in all its
forms is on the rise
CHICAGO SCOPE
The eclectic restaurant
scene in the Windy City

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TAKING OFF
THE DEFINITION OF LUXURY CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.
At NetJets, it’s about providing the highest level of Safety and Service—
two words that we intentionally capitalize to create emphasis and priority
among our employees and those we serve.
Safety and Service are the foundations for creating peace of mind, exclusivity, and exceptional
experiences. It’s about making each flight special and personalized.
As we enter the spring season after several cold, wintry months, we begin our busiest time of
year—a great opportunity to capitalize on the luxuries we provide. Similarly, within this edition,
we feature the best and brightest hotels and restaurants, all aligned to the same goal: to create
a memorable, luxurious experience.
All that to say, we embrace the opportunity with the new season, the thriving travel and
hospitality industries, and the chance to underscore our commitment to Safety and Service.
We look forward to serving you and your family.
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C O N T R I B U T O R S
DEVORAH LEV-TOV
The New Yorkbased
travel writer
explored an array of
hotels and resorts
for Costa Rica Cool
(page 54), all of
which place as
much emphasis
on preserving the
natural beauty of
the country as on
providing ultimate
luxe for visitors.
MITCH PAYNE
From his studio
in East London,
the photographer
enjoys playing
with contrasts of
color and light
in his work, as
demonstrated in
Time Travel (page
60), in which
he portrays pilot
watches against an
apt aerial backdrop.
SUSANNAH SKIVER
BARTON
The veteran wine
and spirits expert,
with qualifications
on both sides of the
Atlantic, casts her
eye on Mexico in
Mezcal’s Moment
(page 70). The
tequila alternative is,
at last, proving a hit
with connoisseurs
globally.
JOHNNY DAVIS
In Dreaming Big
(page 20), the
London-based
fashion journalist
gets a glimpse of
the future from
the men behind
Vollebak, a clothing
company which
does not so much
think outside of
the box as out of
this world.
JEREMY WAYNE
An Englishman
in the U.S., the
acclaimed food
writer headed to
Chicago to discover
America’s Culinary
Crossroads
(page 64), a city
where established
restaurateurs and
inventive newcomers
are giving the dining
scene a fresh face.
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CONTENTS
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CYCLE BREAK
São Lourenço do Barrocal,
Alentejo, Portugal, page 42.
12 54 64
IN THE NEWS
New hotel openings,
the finest spirits, and a
unique outerwear brand
pages 12-24
RIDING RIGHT
An in-depth guide to
cycling, from home exercise
to far-flung destinations
pages 42-49
GALE FORCE
A wind of change is
blowing through Chicago’s
restaurant scene
pages 64-69
NETJETS UPDATE
Latest events, staff in profi le,
plus tools of the trade:
inside a pro golfer’s bag
pages 26-31
TO A TEE
Golf’s latest innovations
include 100% carbon-fiber
clubs and the perfect ball
pages 50-53
SPIRIT OF OUR TIMES
Mezcal is rivaling tequila
as the connoisseur’s
Mexican tipple of choice
pages 70-73
EYES WIDE SHUT
The beauty of sleep and how
to improve it, according the
world-renowned Mayo Clinic
pages 34-36
VIVA COSTA RICA
The Central American nation
matches natural beauty with
inspiring hotels and resorts
pages 54-59
WASHINGTON CALLING
The Rubells add a new
dimension to the U.S.
capital’s art community
pages 74-81
FROM LEFT: ASH JAMES, © NORTH ISLAND OKAVANGO. OLIVER PILCHER, KIM KOVACIK
SPEED MERCHANT
IndyCar driver and team
owner Sam Schmidt can
face down any challenge
pages 38-41
HIGHFLIERS
Pilot watches prove to be
the height of horological
achievement
pages 60-63
THE LAST WORD
Metallica drummer Lars
Ulrich on how he spends
his valuable spare time
page 82
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THE SMART GUIDE
SUITE DREAMS
Our collection of the latest, the brightest, and the best begins with
a bevy of hotel openings across the globe that suggest luxury is set
to reach new levels in 2023. // By Lauren Ho
© MELIA
© CAP KAROSO
PARADISE FOUND
From top: Cap Karoso on the
Indonesian island of Sumba;
Ngorongoro Lodge in Tanzania.
WITH ITS RUGGED, gently rolling
landscape and pristine whitesand
beaches, Sumba, which
is only a one-hour hop from
Bali, is nothing like the rest of
Indonesia’s dramatic volcanic
islands. An almost forgotten
isle, life here is slow, the
bucolic countryside dotted
with rural hilltop villages and
more buffalo wander the roads
than cars. For years, NIHI
(nihi.com), a much-loved
resort, anchored the island
as the go-to destination for
discerning travelers seeking
serenity and world-class
surfing. But now, surrounded
by miles of untamed beach on
the island’s western shores,
the much-anticipated Cap
Karoso (capkaroso.com) will
shake things up with 67 slick
rooms and villas, a spa, and
a seven-acre biological farm
that will keep the resort’s
three restaurants and two
bars stocked with organic
ingredients.
Moving westward along
Indonesia’s archipelago, the
island of Lombok, an original
surfer’s paradise is also upping
its game with the arrival of
Innit (innithotels.com), an
intimate property with just
seven beach houses, that
seamlessly blend into the
local architectural landscape,
and a restaurant that serves
fresh seafood caught by
local fishermen. Over in Bali,
the Capella Hotel Group’s
design-focused lifestyle
brand, Patina (patinahotels.
com), will open the doors
of its second outpost in the
island’s lush Ubud region
with a collection of cascading
buildings on the banks of the
sacred Wos River. Also along a
river, but in Bhutan, &Beyond
will launch Punakha River
Lodge (andbeyond.com).
The group’s first owned and
managed property in Asia,
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THE SMART GUIDE
© NORTH ISLAND OKAVANGO
the six luxury tents and two
villas will be the perfect base
from which to soak up the
country’s magnificent scenery
and culture. Meanwhile,
deep within the Tibetan
plateau along the northern
reaches of Nepal, the Bensley
Collection will reveal Shinta
Mani Mustang (shintamani.
com), a spiritual retreat with
just 29 suites set against a
dramatic backdrop of some
of the highest snow-capped
peaks in the world. Following
the opening of its muchapplauded
Bangkok property,
The Standard (standardhotels.
com) is set to join the list of
upcoming hotel brands to
launch in Singapore with a
143-room gem set in prime
location on Orange Grove
Road, while Japan will receive
its fourth Aman (aman.com)
resort up in the snowy slopes
of Niseko’s Mount Moiwa.
The only development on the
mountain, the property will
encompass the country’s first
destination wellness retreat
and was designed by the
late architect Kerry Hill to
subtly reference Hokkaido’s
indigenous people.
Over in Africa,
Johannesburg is proving its
worth as a hub with the arrival
IN AND OUT
From top: An elegant room at
Cap Karoso; a boat trip at North
Island Okavango, Botswana.
of the Park Hyatt (hyatt.com)
brand. Taking up residence in
the former Winston Hotel, the
property will feature just 30
guestrooms, plus a restaurant
and a bar designed by global
design studio Yabu Pushelberg.
Neighboring South Africa, both
Mozambique and Botswana
will also welcome new arrivals.
The former will open the doors
to a 40-villa Banyan Tree
(banyantree.com) property,
set on the private island of Ilha
Caldeira, just off the country’s
northeast coast, while amid
the grassy floodplains of
Botswana’s Okavango Delta,
North Island Okavango
(okavangodelta.com) is an
intimate three-tented camp,
where you can experience the
region’s rich wildlife through
activities such as canoeing,
hot air balloon rides and, of
course, game drives. Talking
of game drives, Marriott has
made its mark in Kenya with
the soon-to-open JW Marriott
Masai Mara Lodge (marriott.
com), a luxury tented camp
on the banks of the Talek
River, while in Tanzania,
the Meliá group has given
the much-loved Ngorongoro
Lodge (melia.com), a facelift
to include a program of
sustainable initiatives. In other
African news, the Seychelles
will further burnish its offerings
with the unveiling of Waldorf
Astoria Platte Island (hilton.
com), which will include 59
seafront villas with private
pools, six restaurants and bars,
an observatory and of course, a
spa. The Habitas (ourhabitas.
com) group, meanwhile,
continues to expand with
the opening of two more
properties: Caravan Dakhla,
on the crystal clear shores of
Morocco’s Dakhla Lagoon,
which is best-known as one
of the world’s most important
kitesurfing spots, and Habitas
Santa Teresa, a surfer’s
sanctuary on the tip of Costa
Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula.
In New York, the muchanticipated
Fifth Avenue
Hotel (thefifthavenuehotel.
com) will open its doors.
Located minutes from Madison
Square Park and the Empire
State Building, the property
is housed in a beautifully
restored Gilded Age landmark,
with interiors by Martin
Brudnizki, and a food offering
from renowned chef Andrew
Carmellini. Elsewhere, Raffles
(raffles.com) will make its
American debut in Boston,
while Salt House (salthotels.
com) will open two new
properties—one in Nantucket
and the other, the 123-room
West Hotel, in Minneapolis,
steps from the Mississippi
riverfront. Rosewood
(rosewoodhotels.com) also
continues its expansion with,
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THE SMART GUIDE
AMIT GERON
DIFFERENT WORLDS
Below: R48 Hotel and Garden,
Tel Aviv.
Facing page, from top:
The pool at Mamula Island
Hotel, Montenegro; COMO Le
Montrachet, Burgundy, France.
among a few others, the
opening of Kona Village, a
Rosewood Resort, set amid
81 acres along Hawaii’s sundrenched
Kohala coast, and
Rosewood Munich, a 132-
room property spread over two
landmark historical buildings.
Elsewhere in Europe, The
Hoxton (thehoxton.com) hotel
brand is stepping things up
with the launch of its second
property in Amsterdam
alongside a new opening
in Brussels. Occupying the
brutalist-style former IBM
headquarters, the latter will
have 198 rooms and a rooftop
terrace with city views. In
Edinburgh, 100 Princes Street
(100princes-street.com) sets
a new standard in hospitality
with exceptional views of the
castle, a 200-plus-bottle wine
wall and a luxurious “whatever,
whenever” approach to
service, while Berlin’s former
postal building, an elaborate
Neo-Baroque pile, has been
transformed into the hip new
97-key Hotel Telegraphenamt
(telegraphenamt.com).
In Paris, designer Martin
Brudnizki has been called
on once again, this time
for Le Grand Mazarin
(legrandmazarin.com), a
50-room/11-suite property
that he has dressed to match
the cosmopolitan eclecticism
emblematic of the Marais
neighborhood, where it is
located. Also in France,
COMO Hotels and Resorts will
debut COMO Le Montrachet
(comohotels.com). Located
in the heart of Burgundy, the
hotel’s 31 rooms are spread
across four heritage buildings
and will house a COMO
Shambhala retreat, the group’s
signature Asian-inspired
wellbeing experience.
Over in Switzerland, Six
Senses Crans-Montana
(sixsenses.com) is an
intimate 47-suite retreat with
a full range of facilities from
restaurants to the celebrated
Six Senses Spa. W Hotels will
bring its bold, über-cool take
on luxury to Hungary with
the opening of W Budapest
(whotel.hu-budapest.com),
which is housed in the former
home to the Institute of Ballet
and will include all the brand’s
signature facilities like the W
Lounge.
Following its debut in
Barcelona a few years ago,
the Almanac (almanachotels.
com) brand will open outposts
in both Prague and Vienna,
with the former located just
a few steps from the city’s
historic Wenceslas Square
and the Old Town. Joining the
recently opened One&Only
Portonovi, Montenegro’s Bay
of Kotor will welcome Mamula
Island Hotel (mamulaisland.
com), which occupies a
19th-century fortress and will
be home to a host of facilities
including a memorial museum,
a spa, and a collection of
restaurants. In other One&Only
(oneandonlyresorts.com) news,
Greece and Dubai will soon be
home to the brand’s newest
hotels: One&Only Aesthesis,
which is set in a 52-acre estate
on a mile stretch of beachfront
in southern Athens, and
One&Only One Za’abeel. The
brand’s third property in Dubai,
it is located in a striking building
designed by Japanese firm
Nikken Sekkei and comprises
two towers connected by
The Link (the world’s longest
cantilevered building), which
will be home to the hotel’s
restaurants, swimming pool
and retail outlets.
Things are gaining
momentum in Istanbul too,
with the development of
Galataport, a waterfront
revitalization project that
includes art galleries,
restaurants, and a new cruise
ship port. Anchoring this
new district is The Peninsula
(peninsula.com), which is set
along the Bosphorus and is
spread across four buildings —
three of them historic and
beautifully restored. With
just 11 suites, R48 Hotel
and Garden (r48.co.il) is a
bijou hotel housed within a
1933 Bauhaus building in
the heart of Tel Aviv. Many of
the building’s original details
have been restored, while the
landscape architecture is the
work of Piet Oudolf, who is the
mastermind behind the green
spaces in Manhattan’s High
Line park.
Down Under, The Ribbon,
a spectacular $700M building
in Sydney’s Darling Harbour
will be home to a new W
Hotel (w-hotels.marriott.
com), which will have a
plethora of facilities including
an infinity pool overlooking
the harbor and an IMAX
theater, while a short stroll
away in downtown Sydney,
one of the city’s sandstone
properties—the heritagelisted
former Department
of Education Building—has
been transformed into Capella
(capellahotels.com). A muchanticipated
opening, the hotel
will feature 192 rooms set over
eight floors and three groundlevel
restaurants and bars.
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MARK ANTHONY FOX
Last, but not least, Melbourne
is flying high with Australia’s
tallest hotel. Soaring 80 stories
above the Victorian capital, the
257-room The Ritz-Carlton,
Melbourne (ritzcarlton.com)
will be filled to the brim
with all the brand’s luxury
offerings—including an infinity
pool on the 64th floor —against
a backdrop of jaw-dropping
city views.
MEXICO MARVELS
From palm-fringed beaches
to steamy jungles and
archaeological ruins, Mexico is
a beguiling and diverse country
that offers a little of something
for everyone. And with hotels
like Nobu Los Cabos and the
hip Grupo Habita collection
of boutique properties, there’s
no shortage of great hotels
either. This year, the hospitality
industry continues to up its
game with a bunch of new
arrivals, most notably along
the Riviera Maya, a stretch
of sunny Caribbean coastline
on the country’s Yucatán
Peninsula. Here, Belmond’s
Maroma Hotel (belmond.com)
will reopen after a tip-to-toe
renovation to include 10 new
waterfront villas and the first
Guerlain spa in Latin America.
The EDITION (editionhotels.
com) brand will also make its
Mexican debut with a 180-
room property—including a
sprawling 2,200-square foot
Penthouse Suite—a beach club
and no less than six bars and
restaurants located within the
prestigious Kanai development.
Keeping the luxury levels on
an even keel in Kanai, St.
Regis (st-regis.marriott.com)
will open a 124-key resort that
will include top-notch offerings
such as private butler services,
excellent dining across five
restaurants, and access to two
18-hole golf courses. One of
11 properties from the brand
due to open worldwide over
the coming years, the Riviera
Maya launch will also be
joined by a new property in
Los Cabos. Located within a
33-acre coastal development
in Quivira, at the tip of the
Baja Peninsula, the resort will
unfold over 120 rooms and
suites and 74 residences,
each with spectacular
ocean views. Also on the
Baja California peninsula,
Banyan Tree Veya Valle de
Guadalupe (banyantree.
com)—the group’s fourth hotel
in Mexico—is located in the
region’s emerging food and
wine area and will include
30 villas, all with swimming
pools, and a number of bars
and restaurants spread over
39 acres of land. Meanwhile,
following the success of its
Tulum and Bacalar hotels,
Habitas (ourhabitas.com)
continues its rapid expansion
with two new properties also
on the Baja California. Habitas
Todos Santos, particularly, will
be a gem, its rooms fashioned
from organic materials to
fit in with the group’s lowimpact,
minimalist approach.
Over in Tulum, on a remote
650-foot white sand beach
along a stretch of Quintana
Roo’s coast, Casa Chablé
(chablehotels.com) is barefoot
luxury at its best, with only
five rooms and five beachfront
villas and a sense of wellbeing
typical to this small, emerging
Mexican brand.
LONDON CALLING
As one of the most visited
cities in the world, London’s
hotel scene has always been at
the top of its game—not least
with icons like Claridge’s, The
Berkeley, and The Connaught
setting the standards. Part
of the expanding Maybourne
Hotel Group, these hotels will
now be joined by The Emory
(the-emory.co.uk), the brand’s
first new-build in London
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THE SMART GUIDE
HONGDE PHOTOGRAPHY
CAPITAL GAINS
From top: A balcony of a suite
at Six Senses Rome; “yukhoe”
(a raw meat dish) at Mandarin
Oriental Mayfair, London.
designed by the legendary
Richard Rogers. Located in
Knightsbridge, the 60-room
property will be outfitted
by a roll call of prestigious
designers—including
Alexandra Champalimaud,
André Fu, Pierre Yves
Rochon, Rémi Tessier, and
Patricia Urquiola—and will
be home to a restaurant by
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
and a subterranean spa and
pool. Elsewhere, the city’s
prominence has been raised
a notch further with the debut
of some exciting luxury brands
from The Peninsula (peninsula.
com) to Raffles (raffles.com).
The former is perched in prime
location on Hyde Park Corner
in the heart of Belgravia.
Designed by British firm
Hopkins Architects, the 190-
room newly built hotel takes
luxury to the next level with a
host of exciting collaborations
that includes interiors by
architect Peter Marino, staff
uniforms by fashion designer
Jenny Packham, a bespoke
fragrance for the hotel’s inroom
bath products by Timothy
Han, and a rooftop restaurant
overseen by Michelin-starred
chef Claude Bosi. The muchanticipated
Raffles at The
OWO will also finally open its
doors. A project many years
in the making, the 120-room
hotel occupies the landmark
Grade II* listed former Old War
Office on Whitehall. Alongside
85 Raffles branded residences,
there will be no less than 12
restaurants and bars and a
sprawling spa with an indoor
pool. Another new international
brand to debut in the city, Six
Senses (sixsenses.com) will
launch in the former Whiteleys
department store in Bayswater
with 110 rooms and 14
branded residences alongside
a host of facilities including, of
course, an expansive wellness
offering. Soho, meanwhile,
will welcome Broadwick
Soho (broadwicksoho.com),
an eclectic residential-style
57-room bolthole designed
by Martin Brudnizki to also
include a cosy Sicilian-inspired
restaurant and a wraparound
rooftop bar and terrace. Over
in Mayfair, Mandarin Oriental
(mandarinoriental.com) will
open its second outpost in the
city on Hanover Square with
50 rooms and 80 residences—
the most exclusive private
homes in the city—which will
all have access to the hotel’s
facilities including a fitness and
wellness centre and an indoor
pool. Also in Mayfair, 1 Hotels
(1hotels.com) will debut its UK
flagship property overlooking
Green Park. Featuring 181
rooms, the hotel’s sustainability
ethos will weave its way
throughout, from its design that
uses natural materials from the
British Isles, to a restaurant
helmed by Michelin-star chef
Tom Sellers, which will use
seasonal and locally sourced
organic ingredients.
ITALIAN ICONS
Home to some of the world’s
most incredible architecture
and works of art, not to
mention its gastronomy, it’s no
surprise that Italy is a bucketlist
European destination,
with millions of tourists
visiting each year. Boosting
the country’s already thriving
hotel scene—which includes
icons such as Il San Pietro
di Positano, Lake Como’s
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CITY SLICKERS
From top: The façade of the
Capella Sydney; a lounge at The
Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York.
Grand Hotel Tremezzo, and
Hotel Il Pellicano—is a slew
of new openings set to make
the country an even more
desirable destination. Rome, in
particular, is having a moment,
with Soho House and The
Hoxton both making their mark
in the past year or so. Joining
these hotels is the country’s
first Six Senses (sixsenses.
com) property. Housed in a
restored 18th-century Unesco
heritage building with interiors
by Patricia Urquiola, there will
be 96 rooms, a rooftop terrace
and—as always—an emphasis
on wellness, community, and
sustainable design. Also its
debut Italian property, The
Rome EDITION (editionhotels.
com), with a central location
just a few steps from Via
Veneto and Bernini’s Tritone
Fountain in Piazza Barberini,
will provide all of the signature
offerings the brand has
become known for: 93 expertly
appointed rooms and suites,
a cosy Punch Room Bar with
handcrafted cocktails and,
of course, a rooftop terrace
and pool, perfect for private
parties. Meanwhile, with hotels
already scattered across the
globe, including in London,
Paris, Bali, and Dubai, the
Bulgari (bulgarihotels.com)
brand has finally come home,
with its much-anticipated
Rome opening. Occupying a
modernist 1930s building, the
property—like the others in the
collection—has been outfitted
by Italian architectural firm
Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel
and will be layered with luxury
details such as ochre travertine
marble and burnt red brick that
emphasise the link to Emperor
Augustus’ ancient Rome. With
hotels already in Venice, Rome,
and Florence, Baglioni Hotels
& Resorts (baglionihotels.
com) continues its Italian
expansion with its arrival in
Milan. Located in the thriving
Brera district, the property
nods to the art and design of
1960s Milan and includes a
modern Milanese restaurant
helmed by Michelin-starred
chef Claudio Sadler. Perched
on the waterfront on Venice’s
Murano Island, The Langham
(langhamhotels.com), housed
in the former 17th-century
Casino Mocenigo, unfolds
over 138 rooms. The group’s
signature Chuan Spa, which
focuses on traditional Chinese
medicine. It has been designed
by Milan-based Matteo Thun &
Partners to make the most of
the historical building’s original
frescoes and breathtaking views
of the lagoon. Last, but not
least, Capri’s Hotel La Palma
(oetkercollection.com)—which
since 1822 has been a social
hub for a kaleidoscope of
notable personalities from
artists to poets—has emerged
from a full facelift, courtesy
of the Oetker Collection, to
include a reduced room count,
a rooftop restaurant and bar, as
well as a newly built pool deck.
QATAR CONTINUES
Thanks to the soccer World
Cup at the end of last year,
Qatar has seen a rush of new
openings including offerings
from The Ned, Andaz, Raffles,
and Fairmont in Doha. And this
year, the city expands further
with two much-anticipated
launches. Set on the beachfront
within The Pearl, a prestigious
island community, the Four
Seasons (fourseasons.com)
offers residential style, a spa,
indoor and outdoor pools,
a private beach and seven
restaurants and lounges,
including one inspired by Joël
Robuchon. The Rosewood
Doha (rosewoodhotels.com),
meanwhile, stands out for
its home within striking twin
towers that have a façade
inspired by the coral reefs
off the Persian Gulf Coast.
Inside are 185 rooms and
173 serviced apartments—the
latter for long-term stays with
300 more available for private
purchase—alongside eight bars
and restaurants and Asaya,
a new Rosewood signature
wellbeing concept.
TIMOTHY KAYE
© ANNIE SCHLECHTER 2020
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THE SMART GUIDE
DREAMING BIG
Avant-garde clothing firm Vollebak has rocketed its profile globally
in just a few years—and now it’s headed to space and constructing
its own private island down here on Earth. // By Johnny Davis
SUN LEE
RANKIN
FASHIONING THE FUTURE
From top: Vollebak’s founders
Nick and Steve Tidball; the
Garbage Watch, made from
electronic waste.
THE FIRST AND ONLY billboard
advertisement Vollebak ever
produced was a memorable
one. It read, in full: “Our
jacket is ready. How is your
rocket going?”
The billboard could
be found in Hawthorne,
California, directly opposite
SpaceX. Its purpose was
to let Elon Musk know that
Vollebak, a London-based
British clothing start-up,
had launched its Deep Sleep
Cocoon. Part jacket, part
portable isolation tank, the
Deep Sleep Cocoon featured
an innovative segmented
hood that folded over like a
space helmet and fastened
into place with magnets.
Built for the first missions to
Mars—but equally useful on
long-haul flights on Earth—it
was designed to eliminate
external stimuli and allow
the wearer to get some rest
in inhospitable places. It also
happened to look pretty cool.
What Musk made of it we
may never know. Vollebak is
still waiting to hear. But it did
prompt NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory to get in touch,
and the company is now
working with them. The story
illustrates what makes Vollebak
one of the most remarkable
companies you’ve probably
never heard of. It’s strapline is
“Clothes from the future.” But
that’s just the start of it.
Established by twin
brothers Nick and Steve
Tidball in 2015 its radical
approach to clothing has
included the fireproof,
windproof, and water-repellent
100 Year Hoodie, designed
to outlive you, the Full Metal
Jacket, built with 11km of
copper, which offers the ability
to kill bacteria and disease,
making it a potential building
block for the next century of
clothing, as well as garments
made from algae, nettles,
blueberries, turnips, and raw
hemp. Its designs have won
multiple awards from Time
and Wired.
Vollebak’s commitment to
material innovation has made
it a magnet for some of the
world’s smartest and most
forward-thinking companies.
They include not just NASA’s
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THE SMART GUIDE
“We don’t just want to clothe you for the
future, we want to equip you for it.”– Steve Tidball
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but
also the National Graphene
Institute, with whom it
launched the world’s first
Thermal Camouflage Jacket
last year, built with the only
material to win a Nobel Prize,
and the first step towards
turning an invisibility cloak
from science fiction into reality.
And a biotechnology start-up
on England’s east coast that
has managed to isolate the
individual DNA that makes
color in nature and then grow it
via fermentation, the same way
beer is produced. The results
offer a very real alternative to
the garment dyeing industry,
one responsible for more CO 2
emissions than shipping and
aviation combined. Vollebak’s
Petri Dish range will launch
this summer.
In a short period of time
Vollebak has become an R&D
incubator for industries across
tech, space, climate, and
sustainability. “We spend a lot
of time thinking about what life
is actually going to be like over
the next century, and that’s
really the starting point for our
designs,” says Steve Tidball.
“It means that at the same
time as designing clothing that
can cope with realities like
extreme heat, wild fires, floods,
and disease resistance, we’re
also designing clothing that
can help you sleep, or relax
up in space.” But Vollebak’s
ambitions don’t end there. “We
don’t just want to clothe you for
the future, we want to equip
you for it,” he says.
To this end it has teamed
up with Bjarke Ingels, arguably
the most celebrated architect
alive today, to design Vollebak
Island. “We have to look at the
larger environment,” says Nick
Tidball. “What Vollebak Island
represents is our first step into
that world of thinking about
the environment around you,
and how you’re going to use
that for your survival. There are
parallels between the insane
use of materials in clothing,
and the insane use of materials
on Vollebak Island.”
Vollebak Island isn’t big. It’s
11 acres across, and situated
off the coast of Canada. It is
currently deserted, apart from
trees and plants and birds and
all the stuff nature has already
put there. Vollebak and Ingels
have designed plans for a
cluster of buildings that will
rise from the ground to form a
dome. Each one will be built
from a different sustainable
material, inspired by the
nature around it. A living
room built of thatch. A dry
storage area with walls made
of seaweed. A bedroom made
of hempcrete, a bio-composite
CREATIVE MINDS
From top: The Solar Charged
Puffer; a 100 Year Hoodie;
Vollebak’s offices.
material that’s a mixture of
hemp shives, lime, and sand.
Vollebak Island is a completely
unique, sustainable, off-grid
home—a proof-of-concept for
a carbon-neutral future human
civilization here on Earth.
Meanwhile, Vollebak is also
forging ahead with its plans
up in space. And is about to
launch its second billboard.
This one measures just 25.5
inches x 18 inches x 2 inches,
comes in 11 pieces and
packs down into a tiny flight
case. That’s because it’s been
designed to be constructed by
a robot. On Mars.
“We wanted it at the
scale that the Mars Curiosity
Rover would see as a full-size
billboard,” says Steve. “We’re
in conversations with people
who can help us get it up
there. Wouldn’t it be amazing
if the first people on Mars
were wearing Vollebak, and
the first thing they see is an
ad for Vollebak?” If anyone
knows of a company crazier
than this one—on Earth, Mars
or anywhere else in the known
universe—please do let us
know. vollebak.com
© VOLLEBAK (3)
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THE SMART GUIDE
Raising the Bar
Tantalizing elixirs and an insight into the latest
creation from London’s Last Drop Distillers.
1 2
3
4
5
6
1 CHIVAS ULTIS XX The forward-thinking Speyside-based brand still has great respect for its past. Its latest release honors five generations of master blenders by mixing
a quintet of Chivas’ most precious single malts, along with its signature grain, Strathclyde. chivas.com // 2 METAXA GRANDE FINE Encased in a bottle that celebrates
the Greek amber spirit’s Hellenic heritage, distillates from aromatic muscat wines set it apart from other Metaxa iterations. metaxa.com // 3 THE CRAFT IRISH WHISKEY
CO THE AODH A futuristic design captures the eye on the latest release from the Dublin distillery backed up by a single malt that also defies convention. Inspired by Irish
mythology, The Aodh has a rich, deep and dark flavor. craftirishwhiskey.com // 4 THE GLENROTHES THE 42 Matured for four decades, this single malt from the revered
Scottish distillery has been chosen by master whisky maker Laura Rampling from just four casks. Limited to 1,134 bottles. theglenrothes.com // 5 GLEN SCOTIA 21-YEAR-
OLD Aged in a combination of refill bourbon barrels and refill American oak hogsheads and finished in oloroso sherry casks, the new expression from the Campbeltown brand
fills the gap between its 18- and 25-year-old bottlings. Only 2,500 bottles will be released per year. glenscotia.com // 6 HIGHLAND PARK 54 YEAR OLD The oldest release
from the Orkney-based distillery will be a limited edition of 225—to mark Highland Park’s 225th anniversary. Master whisky maker Gordon Motion’s artfully created spirit is
matched by its box by craftsman John Galvin, sculpted to represent the local cliffs of Yesnaby. highlandparkwhisky.com
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES
JULIAN RENTZSCH
WHAT’S THE GENESIS OF
YOUR LATEST RELEASE?
Last Drop formed The
Assembly in 2020. Our
objective was to work with
each of the members to
create exceptional blends that
demonstrated the expertize
and experience of the author.
Following the release of
our fi rst Signature Blend, a
50-Year-Old Blended Scotch
Whisky, created by master
blender Colin Scott, we turned
to Sazerac’s master blender
Drew Mayville. The brief
INSIDE KNOWLEDGE
REBECCA JAGO
Managing Director, The Last Drop
was simple: Can you create
something truly remarkable for
The Last Drop? Drew took up
the challenge with enthusiasm
and aplomb: Using tiny
parcels of some of the fi nest
whiskeys he has tasted in his
two decades at Buffalo Trace,
Drew created a superb blend
of vintage Kentucky straight
whiskeys, all from the Buffalo
Trace Distillery. Drew always
says that the role of the
blender is to create something
that is greater than the sum of
its individual components, to
create a symphony of fl avor,
depth, and something else—
something which has its own
story to tell.
WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL?
This blend of rare whiskeys
is a celebration of the
fi nest characteristics in the
category. Release No. 28 is
a whiskey unlike any other:
The result of the blending
mastery Drew has honed
over a 40-year career. In
the process of creating this
release, he tasted more than
40 different vintage bourbon
and rye whiskeys, and created
multiple combinations of these
spirits, before arriving at the
fi nal masterpiece that bears
his signature today.
WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT ITS
CHARACTERISTICS? A rich,
golden amber hue speaks of
the wood, the age, and the
maturation these whiskeys
have been through. There
are deep, dark fruit, fi gs,
and dates on the nose, some
raisins, and an aromatic
spiciness, with citrus zest.
There is some spiciness
from the straight rye, and
a creamy vanilla from the
bourbons, yielding a complex
and layered fl avor. On the
palate, there are dark fruits,
candy, and orange peel
upfront. From there, we begin
a journey through a veritable
spice merchant’s storeroom,
and into a saddle room full
of worn leather and wax. A
crescendo of rich and raw
spiciness transitions across
your palate: That balance is
pure magic.
lastdropdistillers.com
© THE LAST DROP
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
Latest happenings, onboard updates,
companywide news, and profiles.
STROKE PLAY IN PEBBLE BEACH
© NETJETS
ONE OF A KIND
The iconic seventh
hole at Pebble Beach.
Because NetJets actively engages with Owners and shares many of their passions, golf has
always been a primary focus. We were thrilled to participate, for the sixth consecutive occasion,
in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am from February 2–5. NetJets provided a champagne
experience at the Tuesday pairings party in which professional players learned which amateur
they would be teaming up with to compete throughout the week. During the tournament, we
welcomed guests aboard our Longitude mock aircraft, positioned outside the player dining
area. Inside the dining area, we sponsored the clambake bar where players enjoyed post-round
beverages. We also welcomed players to compete for a chance to win flight hours at the NetJets
hole-in-one challenge. We have participated in this highly popular event since 2017 and will
continue providing sponsorship to interact with NetJets golf enthusiasts.
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NETJETS BY THE NUMBERS
2023
AT-A-GLANCE
JULIAN RENTZSCH
900+
AIRCRAFT WORLDWIDE
Greater than our three largest competitors’
fleets combined
INSIDE TRACK
BRITTANY FRANCIS
Vice President, Owner Services
WHEN DID YOU START AT NETJETS?
I was hired as an Account Manager in Owner
Services in 2011. It was my fi rst job out of
college, and I fell in love with the company.
Prior to accepting my current role, I was part
of the Sales Team for several years.
WHAT DOES YOUR NORMAL DAY
CONSIST OF?
First and foremost, I work to build a
department strategy that allows us to deliver
exceptional travel experiences to every
Owner. To do this successfully, we
concentrate our efforts in three areas: the
Owner experience, the employee experience,
and the development of service. We know
that the ultimate luxury is the absence of
worry. Our goal is to ensure we deliver
the right aircraft to the right place at the
right time and communicate logistics
effectively. We must also act as our Owners’
trusted travel adviser throughout the
planning process.
10+
NUMBER OF NETJETS MAINTENANCE
SERVICE HUBS
Strategically located to enable proactive
maintenance, cleaning, and stocking
of every NetJets aircraft every 3-4 days
1,200+
WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS PER DAY
That’s nearly one landing
every 60 seconds. Only NetJets can
orchestrate this level of flight volume
and still make you feel as if your flight
is our only one
Nearly
7,500
EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE
This includes nearly 4,000 pilots,
nearly 400 flight attendants, and 55
NetJets Service Representatives
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
YOU FACE IN YOUR ROLE?
Our dedication to service requires that we
recruit and retain individuals who share
this service mindset. We often look for
graduates or tenured individuals from the
hospitality industry. And once we’ve hired
the right people, we concentrate on
retaining them so we can continue offering
exceptional experiences to every Owner.
30+
PREMIER PARTNERSHIPS
Owners gain access to elite privileges,
such as complimentary upgrades
and once-in-a-lifetime experiences
XXXXX
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
WELCOME TO WELLINGTON
© NETJETS (3)
RIDING HIGH
From the arena to the surrounds,
NetJets featured prominently at
the Winter Equestrian Festival.
Our equestrian enthusiasts
were offered a royal welcome in
Wellington, Florida, for this year’s
Winter Equestrian Festival running
from January through April 2.
NetJets sponsored the first week of
competition, greeting Owners and
guests at the entrance of Wellington
International with NetJets branding.
The NetJets Tiki Hut offered premier
hospitality and open views of the show
jumping arena. Prior to the Grand
Prix, our Owners and United States
Equestrian Federation members were
treated to a personal course walk with
Olympian and NetJets Team USA rider
Laura Kraut. In our branded booth, we
showed a highlight reel of our 2022
events, and our partner Moore & Giles,
who manufactures the leather that
dresses our in-cabin seats, created
personalized luggage tags for visitors.
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REBECCA DAVIDSON (3)
CAYMAN CULINARIANS
On the gorgeous island paradise of Grand Cayman between January 11 and 15, NetJets sponsored the annual
Cayman Cookout, a celebration of exceptional chefs and incomparable culinary experiences. This year, NetJets
hosted a dinner event, Passion for Truffle, at chef Éric Ripert’s Blue restaurant. Blue’s chef de cuisine Thomas
Seifried created imaginative dishes featuring Sabatino Tartufi truffles,
known as the “diamonds of the earth.” Guests relaxing poolside
enjoyed the NetJets-sponsored Bloody Mary bar, offering refreshing
cocktails with an assortment of garnishes. This is one of our longeststanding
partnerships and invites island visitors and residents to an
immersive food-and-wine experience unique to NetJets.
TASTE SENSATION
Clockwise from top left: Oysters in paradise; prepared for the party; the exceptional chefs taking part.
GREEN LIGHT TO EXCITEMENT
© INDYCAR
Racing season began with a bang at this
year’s kickoff event (March 3–5). NetJets
proudly sponsored IndyCar’s Streets
of St. Petersburg, where automotive
pros speed through 100 1.8-mile laps,
including a section of runway of the Albert
Whitted Airport and through downtown
St. Petersburg, Florida. Our Owners and
guests were welcomed to our co-sponsored
opening party, which included official
partners, teams, drivers, and Penske
Entertainment. The party featured music
and mingling, and NetJets’ presence
allowed us to introduce our Owners to
other racing enthusiasts.
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NOTES FROM SECTION NETJETS HEAD
JULIAN RENTZSCH
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE
SANDRA BLADES
Flight Attendant
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS
… when I was about seven or eight and
my family traveled from our home in
Barbados to Trinidad. I was in awe over
the fl ight attendants’ uniforms—they were
so sharp with the hats and gloves. I really
gravitated toward that.
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … my
fellow Crewmembers. I get to travel with
incredible people.
BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS TEAM,
I WAS … a fl ight attendant for many
different airlines. I started with NetJets
in 1996 and thought it would be a fun
company to join. I was right.
THE ONE DAY AT NETJETS I WON’T
FORGET WAS … several years ago when
I was returning home to Philadelphia,
there were terrible thunderstorms, and we
couldn’t land. We diverted to Baltimore
and had to stay there overnight. There
was an elderly couple onboard who
probably shouldn’t have been traveling
alone, so I escorted them to the hotel, got
them settled, and then made sure they
got on their fl ight home the next morning.
I love to help people—it’s my thing.
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY
WOULDN’T GUESS ABOUT ME IS …
I am a huge history buff. I love to read
about and visit historical sites. My favorite
place I’ve been is the pyramids of Egypt.
ON MY DAYS OFF … I take care of my
mom, read, and knit.
WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, I
WOULD LIKE TO … go to Machu Picchu.
I have no idea what the future holds, so I
am living one day at a time.
MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE
ACROSS TIME ZONES IS … exercise.
Even if it’s in your hotel room, get a little
exercise, watch what you eat, and drink
lots of water.
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What’s in the Bag
His professional golf career began in his teens. Since then, Ernie Els
has amassed no fewer than 73 professional career victories, including
four major championships: the U.S. Open in 1994 and 1997 and The
Open Championship in 2002 and 2012. In addition to his successes in
the sport, The Big Easy, as he is known, is a keen golf course architect
with more than a few notable tracks to his credit and is actively involved
with a slew of groundbreaking charitable endeavors. A true champion
on and off the course, Ernie Els shows us what’s inside his golf bag.
DRIVER:
3-WOOD:
XXIO 12 Driver, 8.7 degrees
XXIO X 3-wood, 14 degrees,
EvenFlow Blue 6.5 85x
shaft
IRONS 2-5: Srixon ZX Mk II utility
irons with KBS S-taper
130X shaft
IRONS 6-9: Srixon ZX7 Mk II irons with
KBS S-taper 130X shaft
WEDGES:
PUTTER:
Cleveland RTX 6 ZipCore
Tour Rack wedges, 52MB,
56MB, 60LB with KBS S
taper 130X
Bloodline
GOLF BALL: Srixon Z Star XV (yellow)
© XXIO
GLOVE:
SHOES:
APPAREL:
Srixon
Puma IGNITE PWRADAPT
Caged
Bobby Jones
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in Greece
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JÖRN KASPUHL
LIVING WELL
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THE POWER
OF SLEEP
Stacy Peterson, a certified Wellness Coach with
Mayo Clinic, who sees many busy high-travel
business leaders in the Mayo Clinic Executive
Health Program, explains the importance of a
good night’s rest and offers tips on achieving it.
MANY OF US LIKE to brag about getting little sleep under the
misguided belief that it makes us appear busy and productive but
we’ve learned that going without sleep can make a big impact on
our health. Countless studies show how important sleep is to our
emotional, mental, and physical health.
“In our culture, we wear a lack of sleep like a badge of honor,”
says Stacy Peterson, NBC-HWC, Wellness Coach in Mayo Clinic’s
Healthy Living Center and partner of Mayo Clinic’s Executive Health
Program. “But the more we learn about it, the more we see it is so
crucial and so important.”
It can be tough to get a good night’s sleep, particularly when
you’re traveling across time zones or when your work never seems
to end. Household responsibilities and family commitments are
other areas that many people prioritize over healthy sleep. Throw
in a partner’s snoring or unexpected challenges like an illness and
quality sleep seems like even more of a myth. The good news is,
you’re not doomed to a life of staring at the ceiling night after night.
According to Peterson, most people need at least six to eight
hours of restful sleep to assist in regulating and restoring the
nervous system, muscles, and brain. Appropriate sleep has
been proven to improve immunity and metabolism, leading to
fewer cases of the sniffles and a healthier weight. Lower risk of
heart disease, diabetes, and stress are also perks that come with
healthy sleep.
“Think about the times when you haven’t slept. Maybe you’ve
pulled an all-nighter, whether that was intentionally or maybe
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LIVING WELL
“Sleep is important to our health
and our wellness and to being
the best that we can be and to being
engaged in our lives.”
Stacy Peterson, NBC-HWC, Wellness Coach, works within Mayo Clinic’s Healthy Living Center
in Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A. Peterson consults with patients within the Mayo Clinic
Executive Health Program, which serves as a preventive health program for busy executives
in the demanding stages of their careers. The Mayo Clinic Executive Health Program is
available at four locations: Rochester; Jacksonville, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; and London.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
just had some concerns or worries or other things that kept you
up,” Peterson says. “What do you notice the next day? Tired,
cranky, sluggish, lack of focus, physical issues like headaches
or stomach aches? It manifests a little differently in each of us,
but all of these things are heavy and burdensome. It shows what
we already know—that sleep is important to our health and
our wellness and to being the best that we can be and to being
engaged in our lives.”
Sleep is a time for our bodies and brains to be restored. During
sleep, hormones are regulated, learning is stored, and toxins are
eliminated (among other things) making it a crucial consideration
for our daily functioning and performance.
To improve your sleep, particularly when traveling, there are
a few very simple steps that Peterson recommends:
1. Stick to a schedule. Go to bed and get up at the same
time every day, including weekends and across time zones.
If you’re unable to fall asleep within 20 minutes of going to
bed, leave the room and do something relaxing, like reading
or listening to music. Go back to bed when you’re tired.
2. Pay attention to what you eat and drink. Avoid large meals
within a couple of hours of bedtime. Use caution with nicotine,
caffeine, and alcohol, as all can disrupt quality sleep.
3. Create a restful environment, even when away from
home. Keep any hotel room cool, dark, and quiet. Avoid
using screens before bedtime. Fans, earplugs, and other
devices can help create the environment you need.
4. Limit daytime naps. Long sleep in the daytime can
interfere with nighttime sleep. Naps should be short and
taken earlier in the day if needed.
5. Be physically active. Regular activity can promote better
sleep. You don’t have to run marathons each day; simply
using a hotel gym and stretching and taking a walk while
on a flight make impacts on sleep quality. Be sure to avoid
strenuous exercise close to bedtime.
6. Manage worries. Try to resolve worries and concerns before
bedtime. Set it aside for tomorrow. Stress management and
meditation can also be helpful.
“A physician here on our team at Mayo Clinic has a saying,
‘Sleep will find you.’ Remind yourself that when you’re tired, sleep
will find you,” Peterson shares. “It can be frustrating, but your body
knows how to do its thing.”
Almost everyone has the occasional sleepless night or a few
nights in succession. If you feel your sleep issues go beyond an
intermittent occurrence, talk with your physician about some of the
issues you face and whether clinical intervention or testing might
be appropriate.
MAYO CLINIC AND NETJETS
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medical, health, and wellness content that matters to you. With a focus on preventive health
and wellness with timely, coordinated access to multidisciplinary care, including advanced
diagnostics, state-of-the-art prevention strategies, and therapeutics, the Mayo Clinic Executive
Health Program provides individualized, comprehensive care to meet the unique needs of
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thorough information about this world-class program, and your Mayo Clinic Executive Health
liaison for NetJets Owners will be happy to answer your questions.
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OWNER’S PROFILE
DRIVEN TO
GREATNESS
Paralysis hasn’t stopped Sam Schmidt from starting
a racing company, growing a charitable foundation
or driving 150mph on the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Oval. // By Heidi Mitchell
WHO KNEW THAT getting an off-road bike as a
Christmas present would change the trajectory
of Sam Schmidt’s life? At the age of five, young
Sam became obsessed with the two-wheeler,
graduating in the ensuing years from bikes to
dirt track to open-wheel race cars by the time
he was a teenager. “A lot of families get into
golf or tennis or football, but, for my family, it
was motorsports,” explains Schmidt, who spent
his childhood in California and now resides in
Henderson, Nevada.
His father was paralyzed in a racing accident
when Sam was 11. Sam took a 15-year hiatus
from the sport. “They said my dad would
never walk or talk again, but he is the type of
guy who, if you want him to do something,
tell him he can’t,” explains the former hospital
administrator, business scion (he purchased
his father’s auto parts company in 1989—two
years after completing his MBA at Pepperdine
University), and serial entrepreneur, with
stakes in diverse undertakings such as Arnette
Sunglasses, Copart, Precision Healthcare, and
SpeedVegas, among others, across the years. “I
guess the nut doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
Fate, too, didn’t skip generations. While
in college and grad school, Schmidt pursued
professional racing, back when that required
spending hours not in a simulator but on actual
tracks. “I raced everywhere I could on the
West Coast. I had a coach. I worked on the
cars myself,” he recalls. As with other sports,
like the rodeo, if a racer earns enough points
throughout the year, he heads to the national
championships. In 1993, Schmidt won the
amateur SCCA National Championship, by
1997 he had turned pro and joined the Indy
Racing League. He raced in three consecutive
Indianapolis 500s and gained his first pole
position and victory at the Las Vegas Motor
Speedway in 1999. But providence had other
plans for Schmidt, and, during training for the
2000 season, Schmidt made a critical error
and crashed into a wall. He blew apart his C3
WHEEL DEAL
Sam Schmidt with his latest
McLaren 720S Spider at the Goodwood
Festival of Speed in the U.K.
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OWNER’S PROFILE
“Even though I can’t move my arms and
legs, through teams of incredible people and
with assistive technology, I’ve been able
to accomplish a lot.”
SCOTT ROBINSON
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and C4 vertebrae and was told that if he made
it through the week on a ventilator, he’d spend
the rest of his life, which was estimated at two
to fi ve years, in a nursing home. He had a wife,
two kids under three, and refused to give up on
a fulfi lling life. Instead, he got a second opinion,
enrolled in intensive therapy, and though he is
a quadriplegic, he considers himself blessed.
“I was always disappointed not to be able to
play basketball or teach my kids how to drive,
but that sacrifi ce translated to them being really
switched on and compassionate and setting
goals and making things happen,” Schmidt
refl ects. “Even though I can’t move my arms
and legs, through teams of incredible people
and with assistive technology, I’ve been able
to accomplish a lot.” Including continuing to
contribute to his passion for racing—and helping
others like him.
Not a year after his accident, Schmidt started
his own racing team, Sam Schmidt Motorsports,
inspired by tetraplegic Formula One team owner
Sir Frank Williams. It has become the most
successful team in the history of the Firestone
Indy Lights Series, winning seven series
championships. In 2011, Schmidt established
a full-time IndyCar team that has won the Indy
500 Pole Position twice, secured seven victories,
and fi nished third in point standings twice.
But that wasn’t nearly enough for this
Type-A personality. In 2000, he established
the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation, which
was rebranded as Conquer Paralysis Now
(CPN) in 2015. His foundation funds research,
provides grants to organizations for the disabled,
and encourages people to fi nd their passion
and continue to pursue their dreams. In
December 2018, CPN funded the Las Vegasbased
DRIVEN NeuroRecovery Center, an
8,000-square-foot space that provides activitybased
therapy for anyone with a neurological
disorder. “It’s basically a boot camp for people
with disabilities,” he says. “We have a gait
trainer from Switzerland, zero-gravity treadmills,
but also access to licensed marriage and family
counselors.” The mental impact of people with
neurological disabilities is under-reported,
Schmidt insists, and he wants to help people
like him thrive. “People with stroke, Parkinson’s,
or spinal or brain injuries get kicked out of
facilities by insurance companies very quickly
and sent home, which results in an 85% divorce
rate and high but undocumented suicide rate.”
People have no idea what they are capable of
until they become more independent, he says,
and that’s what DRIVEN and CPN aim to do.
Schmidt believes that, through his facilities—
which he’s hoping to expand into 30 different
communities—he can take depressed, disabled
people and make them valuable members of
society. “I believe we can help hundreds of
thousands of people,” he insists.
To do all this, the 58-year-old needs to
travel—not quite the 150 days a year he was
doing when he was a pro race-car driver, but
still more than your average road warrior. In
2020, when the pandemic made travel for a
quadriplegic near-impossible, he invested in a
NetJets Ownership. Now he uses it all the time.
“The fl exibility, the timeliness, the adjustment
of calendar schedule, all the reasons why
people normally fl y private, are the same for
me, even now that we are back to relatively
normal,” he says. Flying privately gives back
this philanthropist some much-needed time—it
takes Schmidt more than 2.5 hours to get ready
in the morning; plus, his schedule and special
needs can be too complicated for commercial
airlines to accommodate. “Next week I go from
Vegas to Los Angeles to Tampa to Vegas, so for
a couple of those legs, I’ll fl y private. Nothing
is spontaneous for me, and NetJets helps with
that.”
Of course, he still likes to drive fast. In 2014,
Schmidt drove again for the fi rst time: a Corvette
Stingray re-engineered by Arrow Electronics that
he steered to speeds over 100 miles per hour
around the Indianapolis 500 Oval. The last car
he received was a McLaren 720S Spider that
turns when his head turns and accelerates when
he blows through a straw. “I really love driving
the car, but the unforeseen benefi ts are that
when people see me fl y by, it helps inspire them
to accomplish great things,” he says.
An injury didn’t steal his drive, it pushed
him to overcome the odds. “I don’t know
whether it was my dad, my work ethic, or the
way I was raised that pushes me every day,”
Schmidt admits. “A lot is probably the athletic
component. Athletes aren’t like, ‘Will I get over
this?’ No. There is a switch that goes on that
says, ‘Well, I am not going to not recover, so just
tell me how to fi x this.’ ” And he’s fi xing himself
bit by bit every single day.
ON THE RISE
For the 2016 Pikes Peak International
Hill Climb in Colorado, Schmidt drove
this modified Corvette Z06.
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WORLD ON WHEELS
A RETURN TO
OLD-SCHOOL
CYCLING
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CYCLING IS HAVING a moment. The humble bike
has transcended sports and fitness to become a
status symbol among a certain crowd who proudly
rock spandex like designer jeans and invest in
advanced bicycles pricier than a Ferrari. Bike sales
in 1970 rose so fast that Time magazine claimed
it was the “bicycle’s biggest wave of popularity in
the sport’s 154-year history.” We’re now seeing a
bigger explosion still, and one that extends beyond
road riding. Sales of mountain bikes, gravel bikes,
and hybrid bikes are off the charts, thanks in part
to the pandemic bike boom, but also fueled by
a new wave of high-tech apps, gear, opinionated
celebrity athletes, and tricked-out cycling shops
that double as exclusive clubhouses.
As more people prioritize health and
fitness as well as time spent outdoors, they’re
swapping their annual beach vacation or
cruise for cycling holidays. Specialty bike tour
operators are seeing people flock to classic
cycling spots such as the French Alps and
are also seeing growing interest in emerging
destinations like the remote Noto Peninsula in
Japan. Hotels are taking note. The latest bragworthy
amenities aren’t Egyptian cotton sheets
or complimentary BMWs. Hotels are catering to
cycling fans with fleets of pro-worthy bicycles
from cult brands like Ventum, gyms stocked
with Pelotons and in-room post-bike recovery
modalities like Theraguns. Here, we look at all
the aspects of cycling, provide inspiration for
amazing trip ideas and training tips, as well as
interviewing those who are moving the needle
in the right direction in the industry.
KLEMENS KOENIG
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Peak Performance
Peloton vs. Zwift face off: Which indoor cycling workout is right for you?
At first glance, these virtual cycling experiences may sound similar. But talk to devoted fans and you’ll learn why these two indoor
workouts attract different crowds. Zwift brings competitive, professional cycling indoors, and Peloton offers live fitness classes led
by celebrity instructors without leaving your home. Learn which option suits your style as we compare Peloton with Zwift.
Peloton
WHAT IS IT?
A sleek stationary bike and app, Peloton has become
part of pop culture thanks to instructors such as
Ally Love who have celebrity status among diehard
riders. Live and pre-recorded classes mimic gym
spin classes, while workouts can be selected based
on music genre, workout type, or instructor.
PROS
A fantastic option for high-intensity training.
Other workouts like yoga, strength training, and
meditation encourage you to make time for a more
holistic approach to fitness. Peloton has become
commonplace in hotel gyms, making it easy to take
your workout on the road.
THE COMMUNITY
A leaderboard encourages friendly competition,
instructors give shout-outs to virtual riders, and the
app allows you to share stats with other cyclists.
BEST FOR
Fitness junkies or those looking to boost their cardio
endurance and strength and find a high-energy,
encouraging instructor motivating.
Zwift
WHAT IS IT?
An app that recreates a competitive, outdoor riding
experience. You’ll need your own bike and a smart
trainer, a piece of equipment that turns your road
bike into a stationary one, to participate. Riders
create an avatar and can enter virtual worlds to train
or race with other users.
PROS
Multiworkout plans help you prepare for a specific
event, like a century ride. The smart trainer adjusts
the resistance to match the virtual backdrop you
choose. Live events and races allow you to compete
with other cyclists.
THE COMMUNITY
Diehard road cyclists who thrive in competition. The
app allows users to chat with one another and is
gamified so you can earn points to buy your avatar
new gear.
BEST FOR
Serious cyclists who want to increase power and
endurance and prepare for competitions.
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Mountain Biking 101
It can feel intimidating for the older
rider, but Jesse Anthony, USA Cycling’s
race director for mountain bike and
cyclocross, shares tips for beginners to
ease safely into the thrilling sport.
1.
Don’t grab any old bike
Be sure your bike is sized correctly. When you straddle your bike
with your feet flat on the floor and lift the mountain bike, you want 2
inches minimum clearance between the tires and the ground.
2.
Don’t look down at the front tire
Scan your eyes over the line where you want
to go on the trail. Your body will follow your eyes.
3.
Don’t deathgrip the handlebars
Hold them securely with your hands, but keep
your shoulders and hips loose.
You want your body to be fluid over the bike.
4.
Don’t be on the balls of your feet
Plant your feet flat in the pedals and put all of your weight into
your pedals in corners and on technical sections of the trail.
5.
Don’t give up
Practice makes perfect. If you can’t clear a section,
go back and try it again. Repetition is the mother of skill.
6.
Don’t zone out
Be aware of your surroundings. Keep an eye
out for hikers, horses, dogs, and other trail users.
Cycling lingo
decoded
A novice cyclist’s guide to
bike-nerd speak.
BIBS
Cycling shorts that have suspenders instead of
an elastic waistband.
CENTURY
A 100-mile ride or race.
CHAMMY
Short for chamois (pronounced “sham-wah”),
this is the cushiony pad in the seat of
cycling shorts that wicks away moisture and
prevents chafing.
CHEWING THE HANDLEBARS
Describes the feeling when you are suffering,
leaning over your handlebars in exhaustion.
COL
Mountain pass.
FRED
Someone new to cycling identified by an
unmatched kit and poor bike handling skills.
GRAND TOUR
One of the three major European professional
cycling stage races: Giro d’Italia, Tour de
France, and Vuelta a España.
GRANNY GEAR
The lowest, easiest gears on the bike.
HAMMERFEST
A grueling ride pedaling in the big gears, which
have the greatest resistance and most power.
KIT
Cycling uniform.
KOM OR QOM
Stands for King or Queen of the Mountain and is
the ultimate bragging right for people who use
the cycling app Strava. This is an award given
to a cyclist who summits a climb first.
Five Cycling Podcasts to download now
THE CYCLING
PODCAST
Daily analysis of the Giro
d’Italia, Tour de France,
Vuelta a España, and
Classics from three top
cycling journalists and
special guests.
THEMOVE
Lance Armstrong
knowledgeably and
unapologetically opines on
the planet’s most iconic
cycling races and endurance
events, with prestigious
guests like six-time Ironman
World Champion Mark Allen.
THE SLOW RIDE:
A CYCLING PODCAST
A humor-filled conversation
between three bike nerds
on all things bike racing and
cycling culture.
BIKES & BIG IDEAS
Trusted gear review site
BLISTER curates interesting
conversations on everything
from the bikepacking trend to
the environmental footprint
of bike manufacturing.
THE ASK A
CYCLING COACH
PODCAST
Musings on cycling nutrition,
threshold workouts, recovery
beers, and more from expert
coaches and guest athletes.
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On Trend
These once niche cycling segments have exploded in recent years as they provide
riders an escape from traffic-heavy roads and a chance to get into deep nature.
Bikepacking
WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT’S HOT
It’s all about escaping the crowds and immersing
yourself in nature. This style of bike touring combines mountain
biking with backpacking. Cyclists ride self-supported, filling
bags on their bikes with food, clothes, and camping equipment.
THE BIKE
Gravel bikes (see right) are some of the most popular models
due to their durability and terrain versatility. A rigid mountain
bike or hardtail mountain bike provide more comfort and
stability on rocky descents. If you’ll only be riding pavement you
can get away with a touring bike.
Gravel Riding
WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT’S HOT
Low-traffic gravel routes feel safer to car-weary road cyclists,
plus offer more opportunities for exploration since gravel bikes
can roll on asphalt, soar on gravel, and tackle lighter single
tracks historically reserved for mountain bikes.
THE BIKE
Imagine a road bike with larger tire clearance and a slightly
relaxed geometry for added comfort over long distance. The tire
clearance allows you to ride impressively large tires, with some
bikes capable of running tires up to 50 mm (a typical road bike
tire is 25 mm-30 mm, for reference).
WHERE TO TRY IT
Wilderness-rich Vancouver Island in British Columbia,
Canada boasts the Tree to Sea Loop, a 647-mile gravel route
that links deep fjords, seaside villages, soaring coastal
mountains, and lush valleys via a network of forest service
roads. Added bonus: coastal campsites and whalewatching
opportunities. bikepacking.com
WHERE TO TRY IT
Gravel Graceland, a three-day intro to gravel adventure in
northern Colorado is hosted by professional cyclists Whitney
and Zack Allison. Capped at 20 riders, each day covers between
39 and 55 miles and routes include a mix of gravel, pavement,
and beginner single-track terrain. bikesportsco.com
ISTOCK
Gear Obsessions
Cyclists are notorious gearheads, spending millions on the newest equipment.
If you want to be kitted out like the pros but don’t have time to read
all the gear debates and reviews, we’ve got you covered. João Correia, former
pro and owner of inGamba cycling tour company, shares his cheat sheet on
the latest and greatest equipment you should invest in this season.
GIRO ARIES SPHERICAL HELMET
Giro’s lightest, coolest, most aerodynamic
road helmet to date weighs in at just
around 10 ounces. Extra safety features
include a unique ball-and-socket design
powered by multidirectional impact
protection system technology to redirect
energy away from the brain in certain
impacts. giro.com
NIMBL CYCLING SHOES
Handcrafted by skilled artisans in Italy, the super-stiff,
light-as-air road cycling shoes from this new brand have
already earned a loyal following from pros like Belgian
racer Greg Van Avermaet. nimbl.cc
CASTELLI UNLIMITED
GRAVEL CLOTHING
Italian brand Castelli recently
debuted a collection of
high-performance, extra-durable
jerseys, bibshorts, gloves,
and other apparel designed
for cyclists who dabble in
both gravel and road riding.
castelli-cycling.com
COURTESY THE COMPANIES (3)
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SCAPULA WALL SLIDE
WHY
A great drill to improve shoulder mobility. If your posture needs work, this
exercise will take time to perform at its full range of motion, Holden says.
HOW
Stand against a wall and step your feet out two lengths and slightly bend
your knees. Extend your arms above you so the backs of your hands press
into the wall. Squeeze the muscles in your mid-back as you slide your
arms down until they are just below the shoulders. Your hands, wrists, and
elbows should press into the wall the entire time. Hold for one count then
slowly raise the arms back up. Repeat 10 times.
PRONE COBRA
WHY
This exercise strengthens the muscles in the back,
especially the ones that are weak because of slouching
and bending over the front of a bike, Holden says. By
forcing the muscles in the back to work you can combat
muscle fatigue and improve posture.
HOW
Lie face down on the floor. Squeeze your glutes and
lift your chest off the floor. Turn your palms out and
away from your body, thumbs facing up. Squeeze your
shoulder blades and tuck your chin. Hold 20 seconds.
Lower down. Repeat eight times.
Five Exercises
To Undo the Cycling Hunch
You might assume that the legs would be the first muscles to fatigue on a long ride.
But new riders who suddenly tack on extra miles often feel pain in the neck and lower back as a result
of being unnaturally hunched over their bikes for long periods of time. A weak core and weak trapezius
muscles—the ones that span the upper back, shoulders and neck—are often the cause of the aches,
says Mari Holden, a cycling coach and former world champion. She recommends incorporating these
exercises into your routine to help avoid injuries and relieve the effects of bike hunch.
SHOULDER BLADE SQUEEZE
WHY
An easy antidote for rounded shoulders.
HOW
Sit up straight and squeeze shoulder
blades together. Hold then release
and repeat 10 times. Perform this
throughout the day at your work desk
to undo desk hunch.
SHOULDER DISLOCATIONS WITH BAND
WHY
Opening up the chest is important after spending so much time in a closed
and hunched position, says Holden. This stretch is great for tight chest and
shoulder muscles.
HOW
Hold the ends of a resistance band with each hand in front of your waist with
your hands around eight inches wider than shoulder-width and palms facing
the floor. Rotate your arms to bring the band up and over your head and down
to your lower back then reverse forward. Repeat 10 times.
PALMS UP PLANK
WHY
Placing the palms up forces you to open the chest and focus on the core.
HOW
Start in a plank pose with forearms flat on the ground. Flip your palms
upward. Engage the core and don’t let the hips sag. Hold 10 to 20 seconds.
Repeat five times.
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HOTELS FOR
THE CYCLING
OBSESSED
© ELEVEN EXPERIENCE
AFTER THE RIDE
Chalet Pelerin offers ample
opportunity to put your feet up
after a long day in the saddle
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Discriminating cyclists can rest easy at these fabulous hotels.
Not only are they surrounded by scenic roads and trails, but they cater
specifically to bikers with top-of-the-line rentals and loaners, in-house
mechanics, talented spa therapists, and delicious food and wine.
HOTEL DOMESTIQUE, TRAVELERS REST,
SOUTH CAROLINA, U.S.
Named for owner George Hincapie’s legendary role as the trusty
domestique who helped win multiple Tour de France titles, this 13-
room hotel pairs exceptional cycling with outstanding food and wine.
Guests can ride out the door and test their mettle on the challenging
climbs and technical switchbacks of the surrounding Blue Ridge
Mountains then reward themselves with a massage, followed by craft
cocktails and Italian-inspired dishes like burrata and duck prosciutto
salad. A fleet of Ventum NSI road bikes is available for rental and
comes with a Garmin 810 preloaded with Hincapie’s favorite training
routes. hoteldomestique.com
GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 25 miles
AMANDANI, UBUD, BALI
This 32-suite sanctuary is surrounded by verdant rice paddies and
perched above the Ayung River Valley, five minutes from the city
center and 20 minutes from 9th-century caves and temples. The best
way to explore the surrounding countryside is by bike. The resort’s
in-house team of cycling guides can lead guests off-the-beaten-track
or borrow a bike and peddle the quiet roads solo, taking in remote
villages and thrilling downhill jungle descents. aman.com
NGURAH RAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 22 miles
CHÂTEAU ST PIERRE DE SERJAC,
PUISSALICON, FRANCE
Located on 200 acres of rolling vineyards and cypress-fringed olive
groves in the south of France, this restored 19th-century manor
turned hotel has its own working winery (and label), plus a fabulous
Cinq Mondes spa for post-ride pampering. In addition to eight hotel
rooms, the estate’s 36 self-catering villas are a great option for
families or friends. Complimentary Cannondale CAAD12 bikes make
it easy for guests to explore the area’s famed beaches and the trails
of Haut-Languedoc Regional Nature Park are just 30 minutes away.
serjac.com
BEZIERS CAP D’AGDE AIRPORT: 11 miles
HOTEL CAN JOAN CAPÓ, SINEU, MALLORCA, SPAIN
This 11-room, stone-and-wood-beam boutique hotel in the center
of the island caters to cyclists with amenities such as a garage
stocked with repair tools and a bicycle wash station and services
like bicycle rentals, sports massages, and healthy, customized
snacks and meals. Three routes ranging from 35 to 65 miles take in
some of Mallorca’s most scenic landscapes; the 60-mile Coll de Sa
Batalla route includes one of the island’s most challenging ascents.
canjoancapo.com
PALMA AIRPORT: 22 miles
STANLY RANCH, AUBERGE RESORTS COLLECTION,
NAPA VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.
This new wine country resort encourages guests to earn their glass
of cult cab. A 2,700-square-foot training complex and seven-building
spa offer every imaginable class and therapy from restorative yoga to
muscle-repairing hyperbaric chamber sessions. And guests can join the
Stanly Ranch cycling team for two-hour, locally hosted rides through
quiet, vineyard flanked-lanes every Saturday. aubergeresorts.com
NAPA COUNTY AIRPORT: 7 miles
PARK GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND
Nestled in the Bernese Alps, Gstaad boasts more than 300 miles
of GPS tours for cyclists. The Park Gstaad, with its modern twist on
chalet style and 10,000-plus square foot spa, caters to discerning
cyclists with its Bianchi-sponsored bike lounge, equipped with areas
for washing and repairing bikes, a charging station for e-bikes, a
lockable room for guests’ bikes, and a hang-area for swapping Strava
bragging rights. The hotel’s signature ride covers 55 miles and nearly
5,500 feet passing photo ops like Gruyères Castle. parkgstaad.ch
GSTAAD AIRPORT: 3 miles
CHALET PELERIN, SAINTE–FOY-TARENTAISE, FRANCE
This stylish Savoyard chalet from adventure collective Eleven is
a dream base for cyclists. From the front door you can access
some of the most formidable stages of the Tour de France or opt
to pedal across the border into Italy and explore the Aosta Valley.
When you return to the five-room hotel, you can soak in views of
the surrounding Tarentaise Valley in the outdoor hot tub and get
a taste of local terroir during wine-paired, multicourse dinners.
elevenexperience.com
GENEVA AIRPORT: 99 miles
TWIN FARMS, BARNARD, VERMONT, U.S.
Set on 300 pine-dotted, trail-laced acres, this 20-suite Relais &
Châteaux hotel was once the country estate of author Sinclair Lewis.
A fleet of Trek Checkpoint SL and Cannondale Topstone gravel bikes,
Trek Slash 7 and Trek Fuel full-suspension mountain bikes, and
e-mountain bikes from Giant and Trek make it easy to discover the
bucolic region (build in time for stops at quintessential New England
sites like covered bridges and old-school general stores). Fuel your
adventures with the hotel’s acclaimed soufflé pancakes topped with
Vermont maple syrup. twinfarms.com
LEBANON AIRPORT: 25 miles
SÃO LOURENÇO DO BARROCAL, ALENTEJO, PORTUGAL
You’d be forgiven if you never left the trails criss-crossing the
1,920-plus acres of vineyards, ancient olive groves, and shady
oaks at this historic working farm estate and winery. Guests have
their pick of best in class bikes including Cube Aim Pro hardtail
mountain bikes, Husqvarna e-mountain bikes, and cruisers from
Portuguese manufacturer Órbita that come equipped with wicker
baskets handwoven by local artisans. Pedal away from the property’s
GPS-marked trails and you’ll uncover some of Europe’s quietest
roads, as well as quaint villages and old castles. The hotel’s awardwinning
Susanne Kaufmann Spa can cure bike-weary muscles with a
roster of remedies including sports massages and pilates sessions.
barrocal.pt
EVORA AIRPORT: 30 miles
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TEEING OFF
GOLFER’S
DELIGHT
Knock a stroke or two off the handicap
with the latest tech-driven developments
in club design. // By Matt Saternus
CLIFF ENDSLEY
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All the biggest 2023 drivers have one thing in common: carbon fiber. Callaway’s Paradym (1 callawaygolf.com) driver is making waves with a
100% carbon-fiber chassis. A winner in its first three PGA Tour starts, it boasts a 15% tighter dispersion than its predecessor. Callaway also
continues to use AI to design its club faces for maximum ball speed. The PING G430 LST (2 ping.com) marks the first time in recent years
that the brand has incorporated carbon fiber into a driver. Its Carbonfly Wrap covers much of the crown as well as the toe and heel, aiming
to lower the center of gravity so high-speed players can get the low spin they need to optimize their drives. Finally, the TaylorMade Stealth 2
(3 taylormadegolf.com) is the brand’s first driver to contain more carbon fiber than titanium, including an all-carbon-fiber face. This second
iteration of the Stealth features significantly higher MOI than the first, making it user-friendly for a wider range of players. HD (High Draw)
and Plus (adjustable) models of the Stealth 2 make it a complete driver family.
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F A I R W A Y W O O D S
2023’s crop of new fairway woods sees the game’s biggest names taking different approaches to maximize distance. TaylorMade’s Stealth 2 Plus
fairway wood (1 taylormadegolf.com) pushes adjustability to the extreme. In addition to the adjustable hosel, it has a 50-gram sliding weight in
the sole. For comparison, the sliding weight in most drivers is 20 grams or less. This massive weight allows players to make the Steath 2 Plus
high launching, low spinning, or something in between. It’s really like getting three clubs in one. For the players trying to rein in a slice, the Cobra
Aerojet Max (2 cobragolf.com) is a great option. With two interchangeable weights and an adjustable hosel, players can dial in the exact amount
of draw bias that they need. Regardless of their preferred set up, the PWR-BRIDGE design will boost ball speed for longer shots. Callaway’s
three Paradym fairway woods (3 callawaygolf.com) cover a broad range of players, but the faster swingers will be focused on the Paradym Triple
Diamond. This compact FW uses Jailbreak batwing technology to produce huge ball speed and a low, forward CG to create a penetrating ball flight.
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P U T T E R S
The level of technology, forgiveness, and customization in putters has never been higher. Leading that charge is the new TaylorMade Spider
GT Max (1 taylormadegolf.com). Since the original Spider was introduced 15 years ago, TaylorMade has been at the forefront of making
putters more stable. The Spider GT Max takes that and adds two sliding 40g weights on the sole. With these weights, golfers can change the
putter’s toe hang and CG to suit the needs of their putting stroke. For players seeking a flatstick that strikes a balance between tradition and
modernity, there is The Boss from SWAG (2 swag.golf). The company’s first full-sized mallet will get a retail release this summer. Though it
is larger and more forgiving, it sacrifices none of the company’s trademark attention to detail. It’s billet-milled from a single block of 303
American stainless steel to deliver premium feel and feedback. Lastly, L.A.B. Golf (3 labgolf.com) is also pushing putter technology forward
with its MEZZ.1 MAX. These putters have zero torque, so the clubface naturally stays square to the path during the stroke. Fitting is essential
for L.A.B. Golf putters, but the brand offers a simple, on-line method for making sure your putter suits you perfectly.
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DEBUT OF THE PXG GOLF BALL
Many elements of golf equipment can be confusing, but none more so than the golf ball. PXG (pxg.com) is aiming
to clarify things with its new PXG Xtreme Premium Golf Ball. Rather than offering multiple models, PXG has
introduced one ball that produces both distance and short-game spin comparable to the top-selling ball in golf. This
achievement was unlocked thanks to new partnerships that expanded PXG’s research and development capabilities.
To create high spin around the green, the PXG Xtreme Premium Golf Ball uses a soft urethane cover. The distance is
achieved with a combination of a high C.O.R. core and a seamless, aerodynamic 338 dimple pattern. This new ball
will be available exclusively through PXG’s retail locations, its website, and Amazon.
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Hybrids are asked to do a lot in the modern game, and this group has all the shots: drives on tight holes, recoveries from wayward shots, and
long, precise approaches. Cobra (1 cobragolf.com) has taken a sharp turn away from its past with the new Aerojet hybrid. Gone is the tried and
true rail sole, replaced by a deep body design and high bounce leading edge to prevent digging. A combination of H.O.T. Face and PWR-Bridge
suspended weight give the Aerojet the strong ball speed needed for reaching long par 5s in two. Srixon’s ZX Mk II hybrid (2 dunlopsports.com/
srixon) enhances the company’s growing reputation in the metalwood space with strong all-around performance. The same Rebound Frame
technology found in the drivers appears in this hybrid to promote higher ball speed. A deeper CG creates higher launch, even on imperfect
strikes. The hybrids from PING (3 ping.com) have always been models of consistency and forgiveness, but the G430 adds a new level of
distance. Carbonfly Wrap—an ultralight crown technology also used on the drivers—has allowed PING’s engineers to lower the CG, increase
ball speed, and boost forgiveness, which adds up to longer shots, even if you’ve slightly botched your shot.
1 2 3
I R O N S
This year is bringing exciting new irons for players across the handicap spectrum. For the most skilled players, Mizuno (1 mizunogolf.com) is
leading the way with its JPX 923 Tour irons. These irons are focused on giving elite ball strikers the look, feel, and turf interaction that they’re
seeking with a copper underlay beneath the chrome plating, thinner topline, and a more rounded trailing edge to the sole. Golfers somewhere
between the players and game improvement categories have a lot to look forward to. TaylorMade’s P770 (2 taylormadegolf.com) irons take
the ball speed and forgiveness of the popular P790 and pack it into a smaller, more appealing club head. Slightly weaker lofts also give
players higher launch and more spin so their shots land softly. PXG (3 pxg.com) continues to push the game improvement category forward
with its new 0311 GEN6 irons. These clubs—available in P (Players) and XP (Xtreme Performance) models—feature the thinnest face in any
iron. That thinner face results in higher ball speeds and more forgiveness for longer, more consistent approach shots.
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ON LOCATION
COSTA RICA
COOL
Foregrounding environmental sustainability,
Costa Rica’s best new hotels put the focus on the surrounding
natural splendor. // By Devorah Lev-Tov
BRICE FERRE
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EMBRACING ITS philosophy of “Pura Vida,” which
literally means “pure life,” Costa Rica encourages
its residents and visitors to immerse themselves
in nature and enjoy the good life. Thankfully,
the diverse and dazzling landscapes across the
country—from lush jungles to rushing waterfalls
to looming volcanoes to unspoiled beaches—
make it easy. And while the country still places
a premium on protecting its natural resources—
it runs on 98% renewable energy, is 98%
free of deforestation, and is making inroads to
decarbonize its economy by 2050—the recent
and upcoming luxury developments here show
that sustainable doesn’t have to mean rustic. From
five-star hotels with all the trimmings to upscale
restaurants focused on farm-to-table ingredients
to posh galleries and designer boutiques, this
easily accessible Central American country is
coming in hot.
ANDRES GARCIA LACHNER
REST FOR THE WEARY
Costa Rica is already home to countless wellness
retreats and eco lodges, but recent years have
pushed it to evolve and mature with more luxury
hotels. And while the Four Seasons Resort Costa
Rica at Peninsula Papagayo (fourseasons.com)
has been open since 2004, it has taken some
time for others to follow suit. But now, even
longtime hotels are expanding and becoming
more exclusive, like the well-established Tabacón
Thermal Resort & Spa (tabacon.com), which
celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. In
December, it added 14 adults-only rooms and
suites, including its first pool suites fed with water
from volcanic hot springs. Historically, the thermal
river that runs through the resort has been open to
day-pass holders but now it is a more exclusive,
guest-only experience. In 2019, Tabacón debuted
a sister property in Santa Teresa called Nantipa –
A Tico Beach Experience (nantipa.com). Dotted
across 5.7 acres of rainforest are just 19 pool and
beach bungalows and two recently added twostory
beachfront villas, each with a full kitchen,
dining area, three guest rooms with stunning
COASTAL ATTRACTION
Nantipa – A Tico
Beach Experience.
Opposite:
The Arenal Volcano in the
northwest of Costa Rica.
CAFFEINE FIX
Inside one of the oldest and most emblematic houses in downtown San José, AL CÉSAR (instagram.com/alcesarcr) opened in July 2021. Known as
the “house of mirrors,” the home was built by the Gurdián Agüero family in the early 20th century. Today, guests sip Costa Rican-grown coffee and
nibble indulgent pastries and cakes amid soaring ceilings, glittering chandeliers, and gilded mirrors that recall the opulent coffeehouses of Vienna.
ART + FOOD
GALERÍA TALENTUM (galeriatalentum.com) opened its doors in Barrio Otoya in San José in September 2022 with the mission of supporting emerging
Costa Rican talent and established artists. With space for individual and group exhibitions, it hosts shows in two- and three-dimensional formats.
The gallery shares space with Orvieto, a restaurant combining visual and gastronomic art.
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WILD AND WONDERFUL
Clockwise from left: The horses at Hacienda
AltaGracia; a pool deck at Nantipa – a Tico Beach
Experience; the sands at the same property;
in the jungle at Pasha Beachfront Estate.
© CAYUGA COLLECTION OLIVER PILCHER
© NANTIPA
ocean views and en-suite bathrooms, and a
private infinity pool.
In 2019, Nayara Tented Camp
(nayaratentedcamp.com), a luxury safari-style
resort, opened in the shadow of the massive
Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, the most upscale
offering of the three connected Nayara properties
(the others are Nayara Gardens and Nayara
Springs). It recently expanded to a total of 37
spacious tents—complete with private, hotspring-fed
pools, plush king-size beds, bathrooms
with copper soaking tubs, and indoor and outdoor
showers—including several new multiroom tents
ideal for families and groups. A main common
area with a reception tent, a new Mediterranean
restaurant and bar, and a large swimming pool,
were also added to the spacious jungle property,
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which already has six cantilevered hot-spring
pools of varying temperatures.
The end of 2021 brought the 180-acre
Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Resorts
Collection (aubergeresorts.com) to the Nicoya
Peninsula, along with its 50 stylish one- and
two-bedroom casitas with private plunge pools
and the vaunted spa, The Well, where guests
can experience integrated holistic health and
wellness treatments and consultations, as well as
experience the hydrotherapy tub, thermal suite,
healing garden, and outdoor ranchos where
various movement classes are hosted. Guests
can enjoy a fresh-squeezed juice or coffee from
the resort’s own plantation, go horseback riding
or hiking, and even rope-climb to the top of the
rainforest canopy. The resort also hosts wellness
HOTELS ON THE HORIZON
Even with so many luxe resorts already
in Costa Rica, the northwest province of
Guanacaste will see (at least) three big highend
hotel openings over the next few years.
In 2024, SIX SENSES PAPAGAYO (sixsenses.
com) will debut on a site that stretches
from the highest point of the Guanacaste
archipelago down to a forested beachfront.
There will be 41 secluded pool villas and 31
residences, along with extensive Six Senses
wellness programming and a beautiful spa
and fitness center. An organic farm located
in the heart of the property will inspire the
chef’s menus and signature spa treatments.
NEKAJUI, A RITZ-CARLTON
RESERVE RESIDENCE (ritzcarlton.
com), a partnership with Peninsula
Papagayo private club and resort
community, will also launch in 2024.
Designed by Luxury Frontiers and SB
Architects, there will be 36 villa and
estate residences and 107 hotel rooms
that are divided into three zones. The
Classic Zone has modern interpretations
of traditional, hacienda-type buildings;
the Transitional Zone features typical
architecture found in the surrounding
region; and an Organic Zone boasts
treehouse-style structures inspired by the
natural environment.
In 2025, the WALDORF ASTORIA
GUANACASTE (hilton.com) will open
with 190 rooms and 25 residences
as part of the Cacique Costa Rica
community, which will offer retail,
residences, and wellness experiences
on Guanacaste’s Cacique peninsula.
Boasting panoramic views overlooking
the ocean, Waldorf Astoria Guanacaste
will include “El Pueblo,” the lobby area
and hub, a signature restaurant and bar,
a gelato shop, a holistic wellness center
with a state-of-the-art gym, movement
studio, outdoor yoga, and lap and thermal
pools, and a cenote-inspired spa with
eight treatment rooms, plus three outdoor
treatment rooms emulating a treehouse.
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LAND AND SEAS
From left: poolside at Pasha
Beachfront Estate; surfing at Pasha;
a seafood dish at Casa Lamia.
© CAYUGA COLLECTION
experts for multiday retreats or one-off programs.
Also on Nicoya is Pasha Beachfront Estate
(pasha.cr), which opened last year as part of
the Cayuga Collection, which operates five other
luxury hotels in Costa Rica. Pasha is a nine-acre
private luxury estate with more than 15,000
square feet of private living space and 700 feet
of pristine private beachfront on Playa Hermosa.
Comprising a luxurious four-bedroom house,
and three two-bedroom villas, it also includes
a staff of 19, who take care of everything from
cooking to housekeeping to security.
One of the country’s newest hotels is
Botánika Osa Peninsula, Curio Collection by
Hilton (hilton.com), which offers some of the
region’s best sportfishing, thanks to its proximity
to Crocodile Bay Marina, along with guided
rainforest hikes, zipline tours, snorkeling, and
access to the Botánika Science and Nature
Center. The 44-room resort has four drinking
and dining outlets, a lagoon-style swimming
pool, spa, and manicured gardens across some
of the resort’s 21 acres.
This summer, Nicoya will gain Habitas Santa
Teresa (ourhabitas.com), the sustainabilityfocused
brand’s first property in Costa Rica.
Tucked into a private beachfront inside verdant
jungle, the eco-sustainable retreat will feature
rooms that blend seamlessly into the environment
with minimal disruption, built from local and
ethically sourced organic materials. Designed to
embrace Santa Teresa’s laid-back surfer lifestyle,
the 45 earth-inspired rooms and 10 luxury tents
will be hidden under palm trees and greenery,
steps away from white sand beaches and longbreaking
waves.
© CAYUGA COLLECTION
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Two recent restaurant openings
in the country are worth
seeking out. If you arrive or
leave from the capital city
of San José, book a table
at the plant-filled DOMA
ESCALANTE (domaescalante.
com), which offers a fine
dining French-inspired menu
made with local ingredients
by the English chef Richard
Neat. Located in a beautifully
remodeled historic house
in the vibrant neighborhood
of Barrio Escalante, Doma
Escalante also houses the
atelier of owners and designers
Óscar “Toribio” Hernández and
Donato Morales of sustainable
fashion brand TORIBIO &
DONATO (toribiodonato.com).
The restaurant features art
from the personal collection
of Hernández and a stunning
flower shop.
Over on the central Pacific
coast in the beach town of
Manuel Antonio, local chef
Lamia Funti introduced CASA
LAMIA (casa-lamia.com) in
December. Perched on a hilltop
with incredible sunset views,
the restaurant offers tapas and
pinxos and a raw bar (including
vegan ceviche), plus entrees
that focus on locally caught
seafood like fish of the day in
a sugar cane reduction, as well
as dishes with a more global
influence such as flatbreads
and a Cajun lobster broil.
Casa Lamia also has weekend
brunch and offers romantic
picnics on the beach.
© CASA LAMIA
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From top:
ZENITH Pilot Chrono Steel with
42.5 mm steel case; black
dial with special “aviation
type” pattern and indexes filled
with Super-LumiNova; selfwinding,
flyback chronograph
movement; date at 6 o’clock;
black Cordura strap.
CHOPARD L.U.C GMT One Black
with 42 mm ceramized titanium
case; dial with vertical satin
finish featuring an azured hour
circle and a second time zone
disk with a circular satin finish;
self-winding movement; date
at 6 o’clock; black rubber strap.
BULGARI Aluminum GMT Amerigo
Vespucci Special Edition with
40 mm aluminum case; black
DLC-coated titanium back
engraved with the “Nave Scuola
Amerigo Vespucci” ship name
and its motto; black dial with
Super-LumiNova-filled hands
and markers; date at 3 o’clock;
rubber strap.
FEELING BLUE
The coolest of hues took some time to make its
way into the world of watchingmaking,
and now it’s here to stay. // By Chris Hall
The latest pilot watches hit rarefied
heights of style and sophistication.
TIME
TRAVEL
Photography by Mitch Payne // Production by Elisa Vallata
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From top:
BLANCPAIN Air Command with
42.5 mm red gold case; two-way
rotating bezel with blue ceramic
insert and Super-LumiNova hour
markers; self-winding flyback
chronograph movement; blue
calfskin strap.
BREGUET Type XXII 3880 with
44 mm rose gold case; two-way
rotating and graduated bezel;
brown dial with luminous hands
and numerals; self-winding
flyback chronograph movement;
date and small seconds on a
30-second basis; alligator
leather strap.
ON THE PULSE
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ON THE PULSE
From top:
PATEK PHILIPPE 5524G Calatrava
Pilot Travel Time with 42 mm
white gold case; sapphire crystal
caseback; blue varnished dial
featuring gold-applied numerals
with luminescent coating; selfwinding
movement with dual time
zone mechanism; vintage brown
calf leather strap.
IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41
with 41 mm bronze case; convex
sapphire glass with antireflective
coating on both sides; blue dial;
self-winding movement with day
and date display at 3 o’clock; blue
textile strap.
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From top:
BREITLING Navitimer B01
Chronograph 43 Boeing 747
Limited Edition with 43 mm
stainless steel case; steel and
sapphire crystal caseback with
“One of 747” and “The Original
Jumbo Jet” engravings; alligator
leather strap.
TUDOR Black Bay GMT S&G with
41 mm steel case with polished
and satin finish; bidirectional
rotating bezel in yellow gold with
24-hours graduated matt brown/
black anodized aluminum disk;
self-winding movement; steel and
yellow gold bracelet.
BREMONT Airco Mach 1 Jet with
40 mm jet-brushed stainless
steel case; metal dial featuring
printed Arabic numerals and
nickel-plated hands; self-winding
movement; date at 3 o’clock;
khaki sailcloth strap.
MONTBLANC 1858 GMT with
42 mm stainless steel case and
bracelet; caseback engraved with
images of the continents and the
names of cities in each of the 24
time zones; black sunray dial;
self-winding movement.
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GOURMET GUIDE
AMERICA’S
CULINARY
CROSSROADS
SPOILED FOR CHOICE
An array of delicious options
from LIVA at Chicago Winery.
ANTHONY TAHLIER
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Chicago is a foodie’s kind of town—and a veritable khamsin of hot new
restaurants and bars is blowing in the cool Windy City. // By Jeremy Wayne
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GOURMET GUIDE
NEW TASTE
Clockwise from top left: Full wheel
baked camembert at LeTour; Andrew
Graves of LIVA at Chicago Winery;
the interior of Kindling Downtown
Cookout & Cocktails; LeTour’s Amy
Morton and Debbie Gold.
ONE OF AMERICA’S great food cities, Chicago may have been laid
low during the pandemic but it certainly wasn’t felled. Yes, there
were casualties—Jean Joho’s beloved Everest, for one—but now,
the phoenix is rising. Less show, more substance—restaurants
which are authentic, brave, and responsible are opening all over.
And, while these independents thrive, a clutch of deep-pocketed,
serial restaurateurs are also back at work, breaking new ground
and introducing their own particular brand of razzle-dazzle. From
modest joints opened by partners or a bunch of friends to grand
Parisian-style brasseries, Chicago has new restaurants aplenty—
plus a rekindled love affair with France.
With a clutch of popular bars and restaurants already in its
portfolio, the Fifty/50 Restaurant Group has just launched Kindling
Downtown Cookout & Cocktails (kindlingchicago.com) on the
ground floor of the Willis Tower in the Financial District. With over
17,000 square feet of restaurant floor space (no hole-in-the-wall,
this one) and James Beard Award-winning chef Jonathon Sawyer
wearing the whites in the live-fire kitchen, from wood-fired oysters
to confit chicken wings to horseradish-crusted steaks—if it can be
cooked over an open flame, Kindling will be serving it.
Chargrilled meat and shellfish are also the kingpin at José
Andrés’ Bazaar (thebazaar.com) in the nearby Bank of America
Tower. Here you get two for one. Upstairs is Bazaar Meat, the
Chicago iteration of Andrés’ countrywide retro steakhouses, with
its beautiful Persian-style carpets and plush, crimson velvet
chairs. This is where you feast on Japanese Wagyu beef and
sweet, suckling pig imported from Salamanca in Spain, exquisitely
roasted in the firepit. Downstairs is the more nautically themed Bar
Mar, where you come for oysters, black-ink squid, Galician-style
octopus, and seafood butifarra subs. It’s a real doozy of a menu.
For Chicagoans keen on beef, Grill on 21 (grillon21.com) on
the 21st floor of The LaSalle, Chicago’s newest luxury boutique
hotel, is yet another downtown/financial district steakhouse to have
recently opened. Billing itself as a “classic but more approachable”
American grill, the watchwords here are “local,” “humane,” and
“sustainable,” evidenced in dishes like Faroe Island salmon
with kale and wheat berries and steaks from named farms and
producers. There are also some splendid retro dishes to enjoy, such
as lobster thermidor and sole meunière.
Prized, prime beef, though, is not the only Japanese import
Chicagoans are interested in. In the restaurant-dense River North
neighborhood, just across the river from the Loop, deluxe ramen
and striking design (check-out those spaceship-like hexagonal
booths—think Star Trek with a gastronomic twist) go hand in
hand at Kyura Men (kyuramen.com). The first Chicago location for
this highly regarded Japanese chain, brought to the city by serial
restaurateur Tony Hu, Kyura Men has built its reputation on silky
ramen crafted by masters, diligently made soup bases and broths,
and the highest-grade pork and chicken.
Located near Logan Square on the city’s northwest side, the
American diner-like Second Generation (eatsecondgen.com)
self-identifies as both “Asian” and “women-owned.” To say this
restaurant explores the relationship between America and Asia is
perhaps a little glib, but it is fair to say that if Second Generation’s
heart is in the West, with standard American fare—chopped salad,
mac n’ cheese, chicken wings, and burgers—then its soul is
most certainly in the East, titivating those American classics with
fermented black soybean, Korean spices, Sichuan peppers, and the
like. Shouldn’t work but it does.
Another newb brought to Chicago by the indefatigable Tony
Hu (see Kyura Men) is Shoo Loong Kan Hotpot (+1 312 526
3242), the fourth and newest U.S. outlet for this Chinese megachain.
With its striking interior of bamboo, lacquered wood, and
gilt motifs, Shoo Loong Kan is almost as remarkable for its design
as for its food. Best suited to families or groups of friends—you
cook your own beef and lobster over hotpots at the table, a sort of
Benihana for the 2020s—the overall experience is a theatrical as
well as a culinary one. Hu, incidentally, is the man who has been
almost single-handedly responsible for introducing Chicagoans to
discrete Chinese regional cuisines: with Shoo Loong Kan now up
and running after protracted delays through Covid, the unofficial
“Mayor of Chinatown” looks certain to have another winner on his
hands.
Like Hu, chef Daniel Rose is also a Chicago restaurant luminary,
although his new restaurant, Le Select (leselectchicago.com), is
actually his first in his native city. Named, one supposes, for the
famous Montparnasse brasserie, with its gracious arches, antique
mirrors, and Art Nouveau table lamps—not to mention beautiful
linens and tableware—Le Select is a stunner. As for the food, Rose
earned his stripes in Paris and polished them in New York (at
Michelin-starred Le Coucou), so he knows his contre filet from his
faux filet. Corners are never cut, with classic French gastronomy
alive and well in dishes such as soupe à l’oignon, tarte flambée,
and choucroute strasbourgeoise. Even a simple green salad here is
a thing of excellence.
Faithfully executed French dishes like Burgundy snails, salade
Lyonnaise and classic skate wing in beurre blanc are also pulling in
diners at LeTour (letourevanston.com), in the sought-after suburb
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of Evanston. This restaurant “in the round” is the brainchild of
hospitality industry veteran Amy Morton (her late father, Arnie,
founded Morton’s The Steakhouse) and James Beard Awardwinning
chef Debbie Gold—the two are Chicago natives and
longstanding friends. Bright and airy, with beautifully dressed
tables, a zingy bar and charming terrace, LeTour is further primped
with the addition of some beautifully executed Moroccan dishes,
including a chicken tagine and lamb couscous, North African
influences being some of the “favorite parts” of present-day French
culture for both Morton and Gold.
And that’s not the end of it. The city’s love affair with France
continues at newly opened Obélix (obelixchicago.com), an intimate,
MICHAEL MUSER
modern French bistro in River North, opened by the Poilevey
brothers, whose family also launched the popular Bucktown bistro
Le Bouchon. (Their other restaurant, La Sardine, now closed, was
a victim of the pandemic.) Wielding the whisk at the new family
enterprise is scion and chef Oliver Poilevey, who devotes an entire
menu section to duck and foie gras and doesn’t shy away from
the laborious preparation of classics—beef Wellington or baked
Alaska, say—but seems to revel in it. A good cocktail list too—look
out for the beguiling Calvados Negroni and Saffron Sidecar—and
a particularly fine wine list, especially strong on “grands vins” of
Bordeaux and Burgundy.
Wine is the focus, too, at another River North newcomer, LIVA
at Chicago Winery (livachicago.com). Liva is the “community
inspired” restaurant, headed up by chef Andrew Graves, longtime
sous-chef at Grant Achatz’s celebrated Alinea. His “Modern-
American” menu includes “The Chef’s Whim,” featuring cheese,
meat, fruit, and vegetables, no two selections the same, along
with bold dishes like smoked pork hoc and umami short rib. The
winery is a working one amid the skyscrapers of River North,
which sources grapes from premier growers around the country
and produces wines on site, a perfectly creditable malbec, pinot
noir, and riesling among the nine bins currently offered. Chicago
Winery also offers tours and winemaking classes.
If you think the death of fine dining and tasting menus has been
exaggerated, you’d be right. At another River North newcomer,
Indienne (indiennechicago.com)—the name refers to a type of
textile design—chef Sujan Sarkar, who has worked in prestigious
kitchens in India, Dubai, London, and New York, is offering what
he calls “progressive fine dining,” with two five-course tasting
menus, one of which is vegetarian, along with à la carte. The
restaurant also offers wine pairings and sophisticated tea pairings,
a first in the city.
And at Ever (ever-restaurant.com) in the West Loop, already
the recipient of two Michelin stars, Michael Muser and his coowner
and chef, Curtis Duffy, posit arcane ingredients—including
guajillo chili, oxalis and tatsoi (a kind of brassica)—and play with
flavor, texture, and temperature to produce eight- to 10-course
tasting menus, as well as highly creative wine-pairings. Ever also
offers weekly wine tastings—no prior knowledge necessary. “We
believe Chicago long ago earned its place on the global stage as an
extraordinary dining destination,” muses Muser on Ever’s website.
This is certainly true, but in the competitive world of restaurants
you need to test yourself constantly, continually extend the limits.
With its latest crop of culinary hotspots, Chicago has yet again
proved it can and does.
WATERING HOLES
KENNEDY ROOFTOP
(kennedyrooftop.com)
It’s not all about the view, but the
panoramic vistas of the Chicago
skyline are certainly a big part of
the draw at the new bar on the
seventh floor of the Hyatt Place
hotel, overlooking the Kennedy
Expressway in trendy Wicker Park.
Already attracting a fun local
crowd, cocktails run the gamut,
there’s a good selection of local
beers and ales—and with salads,
burgers, and shareable platters
to snack on, no one’s going to
come down from the roof hungry.
AFTER
(after-lounge.com)
This dark, dramatic, theatrically lit
bar is under the same ownership
as Ever (see above) and is located
just one door away. In addition
to “Classics” and “Inspired”
cocktails—check out a Fig
Sazerac or Haitian Daiquiri—
After also serves some exceptional
light bites, including caviar flights,
skewers of Wagyu beef as well
as less exalted items such as
chicken satay and steamed buns.
“When guests enter After,” say the
owners, “they can finally exhale.”
NINE BAR
(ninebarchicago.com)
Asian cocktails with abstruse
ingredients are the shtick at
this less than year-old old bar,
hidden behind a swing door at
the Moon Palace restaurant, in
Chinatown. Open from Wednesday
to Sunday, a mostly young crowd
flood Nine Bar at weekends to
enjoy Asian-themed or inspired
cocktails—the Mahjong Money,
with Mezcal Unión, Suntory Toki
whisky, matcha and lemongrass
is a bestseller.
THE MEADOWLARK
(meadowlarkchicago.com)
Mahogany paneling, deep leather
chesterfields and shelves lined
with antique books, pint-sized
Meadowlark has a cozy, huggermugger
ambience. And with its
skillfully made, complex cocktails
that currently take their inspiration
from the birds of the Midwest,
this new Logan Square district
bar is definitely something to
tweet about.
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CHICAGO HOPE
Clockwise from
top left: Second
Generation’s team
is led by chef Ed
Kim, right; from
the grill at Kindling
Downtown Cookout
& Cocktails; LIVA
at Chicago Winery.
Facing page:
Skyline views
at Ever.
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: NELSON DOW, CHRIS PETERS, ANTHONY TAHLIER

TASTING NOTES
The once-obscure spirit can barely keep up with demand—
and the buzz has only just begun. // By Susannah Skiver Barton
MEZCAL’S
MOMENT
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ONCE UPON A TIME, mezcal was virtually unknown outside Mexico. A drink of the
people, it was poured from reused Fanta bottles into clay cups and glass candle
holders, sipped on the dusty roadsides of Oaxaca and hoisted at community
celebrations. There were few commercially available brands, and foreigners who
kept a bottle in their drinks cabinets tended to be spirits geeks of the highest order.
The landscape has since changed dramatically. Last year, mezcal exports
topped one million cases, snapped up by serious and casual drinkers alike.
Like tequila before it, mezcal now embraces celebrity partnerships, such as
the collaboration between “Breaking Bad” stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron
Paul and the Dos Hombres brand. Mezcal has the second-highest average
bottle price, at $40, of any spirit in the world, after single malt scotch. Interest
is at an all-time high, and the field of offerings is crowded with contenders.
© LOS SIETE MISTERIOS
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TASTING NOTES
Standing out requires differentiation like never before. Take
Del Maguey (delmaguey.com). One of the earliest mezcal brands
to emerge, in the mid-1990s, it has brought crucial visibility to
the category and a broad portfolio of single-village and varietal
expressions that are eagerly snapped up by collectors. But there’s
still so much to explore, according to Del Maguey’s director of
brand education Éva Pelczer.
“Mezcal means a lot of different things,” she says. “There’s an
infi nite amount of fl avor profi les you can access based on who
is making that mezcal, what their heritage and their culture is, and
what agave they’re using. There really is this cornucopia of what is
available.” Survey the shelf at a high-end bar or liquor store and
you’ll see what Pelczer means. The rows of mezcal bottles now
display dozens of agave varieties, and names of villages and
“palenques” (distilleries) that supply the liquid. On the back labels,
you might fi nd a photo of the maestro “mezcalero” whose expert
hand shaped the spirit, emphasizing that, much like winemaking,
the hand of the maker matters as much as the base ingredients.
Eduardo and Julio Mestre, the brothers behind Los Siete
Misterios (sietemisterios.com), understand that implicitly. They
partner with ten families across multiple regions to distill their range
of mezcals. Among the offerings are rare mezcals distilled in the
ancestral method, using clay-pot stills. “It’s what makes us really
unique since less than one per cent of total mezcal production is in
clay,” Eduardo says. In recent years, Los Siete Misterios has begun
blending some of its clay-pot mezcals, which are limited in volume,
with its Doba-Yej expression, made in copper stills, stretching the
precious liquid further so that more people can enjoy it.
Unlike tequila’s singular weber varietal, mezcal has over two
dozen agave options for its base ingredient. While espadín is most
common, cuishe, tepeztate, arroqueño, and tobalá get frequent play
as well. Mal de Amor (maldeamor.com), made by third-generation
maestro mezcalero Armando Hernandez, makes the most of this
diversity with its wide array of mezcals. The brand’s range includes
such rarities as Sierrudo and Jabali, each one a unique refl ection
of Oaxacan terroir.
Another rare agave, cenizo, goes into Bosscal mezcal (bosscal.
com). The certifi ed-organic brand from Durango is one of the few
to offer a “pechuga” mezcal. Distilled with meat—often chicken,
turkey, or rabbit—spices, and fruit inside the still, pechuga is
typically reserved for family celebrations, and rarely sold. With
its emblem a “conejo” (rabbit) from a folktale, Bosscal cheekily
makes its pechuga with rabbit meat, pineapple, guava, and apples,
resulting in an intensely fragrant and fl avorful spirit.
Vegans wishing to avoid meaty mezcals could try Bosscal’s
Damiana, infused with fl owers and citrus, or Gracias a Dios
del Cura (thankgad.com). The unusual spirit, made by maestro
mezcalero Oscar Hernández Santiago for his local priest, includes
guava and pineapple, which impart tropical brightness onto the
earthy base notes. Gracias a Dios makes a version with mango as
well; both are perfect bases for a margarita or paloma, or simply for
sipping on the rocks.
No matter their journey’s direction, explorers of mezcal
should stay curious. “Mezcal is not a sprint; it’s an ultramarathon,”
Mestre says. “There are so many areas of
knowledge and opportunity that we have to explore.”
A GUARANTEE FOR THE FUTURE
With such buoyant growth, the leading mezcal makers are focused on protecting the resources that created the
category’s success in the first place. Many, like LOS SIETE MISTERIOS, BOSSCAL, and GRACIAS A DIOS,
practice sustainable cultivation that prioritizes biodiversity in agave and the health of the wider ecosystem.
Others reinvest profits into the communities that produce their spirits, building schools and libraries, and
supporting vital services. With its deep roots and long history in the region, DEL MAGUEY takes an all-round
approach that it calls 360-degree sustainability. “It means sustainability is not one thing,” Éva Pelczer says.
“We’re not just talking about environmental … but also cultural and economic sustainability.” That means
providing medical care, undertaking reforestation of both agaves and trees (used as fuel in the production
process), donating computers for education, preserving indigenous language, and more, all organized in
partnership with respected NGOs. As mezcal continues its upward trajectory, these issues will become more
important than ever—one more thing for mezcal drinkers to consider as they explore the category’s diversity.
COURTESY THE COMPANIES
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“Mezcal means a lot
of different things.”—Éva Pelczer, Del Maguey
© DEL MAGUEY (2)
FROM START TO FINISH
Making mezcal at Del Maguey.
Previous pages: Harvesting agave
at a Los Siete Misterios farm.
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INSIDE VIEW
CAPITAL
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND RUBELL MUSEUM
ABOVE
Kehinde Wiley’s “Sleep,” 2008.
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COLLECTION
The latest addition to Washington, D.C.’s art scene,
Rubell Museum DC is a fitting repository for works from one
of America’s great collections of contemporary art.
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ADAM REICH
INSIDE VIEW
ABOVE
Sylvia Snowden’s
“Shell; Glimpses #20,”
2010-2012.
FACING PAGE
From top: John Miller’s
“A Refusal to Accept Limits,”
2007, which features 20
objects wrapped in imitation
gold leaf; Christopher Myers’s
“Earth,” 2020, and Vaughn
Spann’s “Big Black Rainbow
(Smoky Eyes),” 2019, flank a
doorway in the exhibition.
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CHI LAM
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND RUBELL MUSEUM
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INSIDE VIEW
WHAT’S GOING ON
When Mera and Don Rubell opened their first museum in Miami’s then-untouchable
Wynwood neighborhood in 1993, they were hailed as pioneers in both the world of
contemporary art and Miami itself. The couple had begun collecting in New York in
1964, the same year they married, and their stunning collection was an inspiration
to serious collectors across the country. It kickstarted the Miami art scene, which
welcomed the first iteration of its standout art fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, less than
a decade later. The Rubells have continued collecting across these past 30 years,
expanding their Miami museum in 2020, and now they have opened an extraordinary
new space in a former school in Washington, D.C.’s Southwest district. Known simply
as Rubell Museum DC, it is a spacious and elegant building that has been in the
works for 15 years (the $22M renovations proved more complicated than initially
anticipated) and, like its sister institution in Florida, is home to rotating exhibitions
that bring together works from the Rubells’ more than 7,000 pieces. The U.S. capital
is well served for museums, but the Rubell space, spanning an impressive 32,000
square feet, fills an important gap in contemporary art. The couple’s children, Jason
and Jennifer, are involved in the project as well and see the space as being one where
more overtly political art from the collection can have the scope to play an impactful
role. The opening exhibition, “What’s Going On,” takes its name from the Marvin Gaye
album that was playing in Keith Haring’s studio, along with another by Bob Marley,
while he drew some of the works in the exhibition, and it is also particularly apt as
Gaye himself was a student in the very same building in the 1950s when it was
called Randall Junior High School (Gaye graduated in 1954). The title might also be
fitting, one suspects, for all the exhibitions that will take place in the new museum,
evidence of the Rubells’ having their finger on the pulse of the American art world for
six decades—and counting. rubellmuseum.org/dc
FACING PAGE
Don and Mera Rubell will celebrate
their 60th anniversary next year.
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© CAYUGA COLLECTION
INSIDE VIEW
ABOVE
Mickalene Thomas’s
“Mama Bush II, Keep the Home
Fires Burnin’,” 2006.
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COURTESY THE ARTIST AND RUBELL MUSEUM
ABOVE
One of Keith Haring’s
drawings from the
series “Untitled (Against
All Odds),” 1989.
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THE LAST WORD
LARS
ULRICH
JULIAN RENTZSCH
The Metallica drummer
talks about life away
from the band
TRAVEL
Sun worshipper or thrill-seeker? Defi nitely more of a thrillseeker.
In my current headspace, my favorite is skiing, but
back in the day I was a manic scuba diver. I’ve dived more or
less all over the planet but have a special place in my heart for
Micronesia, specifi cally Palau. There are so many diverse things
to see —you can dive reefs, walls, wrecks, go drift-diving, there
are endless shark encounters, and an incredible place called
Jellyfi sh Lake. I’ve been a half-dozen times, and it’s hands-down
my favorite spot.
FOOD
Big names or hidden gems? Both. Whenever we get a
chance to travel around, I’m always up to exploring nextlevel,
fi ne dining and seeing what creative and adventurist
opportunities await us in those kinds of establishments. But
sometimes the hidden gems in smaller, unexpected places
can be equally rewarding.
ACCOMMODATION
Grandes dames, luxe design, or eminently private? Once again,
a little bit of everything. When you travel as much as we do, you
end up with your favorite spots in specifi c cities, often hotels
that are familiar and you’ve had a memorable relationship with.
ARCHITECTURE
Classical or modern? Modern. I love Mid-Century Modernism and
I’m also a big fan of Minimalism. I really appreciate how in a lot
of bigger European cities older buildings are fused together with
modern architecture, which then ultimately creates an interesting
and unique aesthetic.
ENTERTAINMENT
Good book or big screen? Defi nitely big screen all the way.
Going to see movies, especially in a big theater with lots of
people, is hands down my favorite escape from the day-to-day.
STYLE
Latest fashion or smart casual? Smart casual, thank you very
much for asking. When I find something that’s comfortable and I
enjoy wearing it, I prioritize that over any kind of outward statement.
FUTURE PLANS
Keep on making music or spreading your wings in different
directions? I love making music with the fellas, creating albums,
and going out and playing to the Metallica family all over the
world. And, thankfully, we are branching out into fi nding ways
to connect with fans through beverages, clothing collaborations,
video games, comic books, and other experiences.
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