NetJets US Autumn 2023

Autumn 2023 

TUSCAN HIGHS 

Latest happenings in 

Italy’s thriving region 

TRUE DREAMS 

The remarkable work 

of Make-A-Wish 

IN THE ZONE 

Mayo Clinic’s guide 

to beating jet lag 

CLUB FANTASTIC 

Costa Navarino gets 

a golfing upgrade 

ANGLER’S DELIGHT 

Top resorts and lodges 

for fishing fanatics

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TAKING OFF 

W 

ITH SEVERAL HOLIDAYS PEPPERED THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER, IT 

LEADS TO AN UPTICK IN TRAVEL—WHAT WE CALL OUR “PEAK PERIOD.” 

With many Owners taking the opportunity to spend time with 

family and friends, it’s a good reminder to do what we can to 

stay healthy throughout the season. We share this as we read the latest Mayo Clinic 

research on jet lag. 

On pages 35-36, Dr. Vanichkachorn of Mayo Clinic’s Aerospace Medicine team estimates 

that it takes about one day per time zone you cross to adjust to your location. He also 

offers fantastic tips to lessen the jet lag when flying with us. 

This insight may have proven helpful for recent passengers on our longest flight ever 

in terms of time (a NetJets US Global 7500 flew from Hong Kong to Manchester, 

New Hampshire). That 15-plus hour flight might typically lend to a day’s-long recovery; 

however, we are hopeful that the comfort of NetJets—in addition to Mayo Clinic’s 

advice—can allow you to start your vacations (jet-lag free!) upon arrival. 

As you embark on your travels over the next couple of months, we wish you and your 

family a safe and healthy holiday season. 

Only NetJets! 

Adam Johnson 

Chairman and CEO 

CONTRIBUTORS 

JOSH SIMS 

The London-based 

writer delved into 

the world of the 

sketch artist for 

From Street Corner 

to Sotheby’s 

(page 52), and 

discovered why the 

most rebellious 

of art forms is 

gaining a veneer 

of respectability 

among collectors. 

HEIDI MITCHELL 

For Making 

Dreams Come 

True (page 10), 

the Chicago scribe 

investigated the 

work of the Make- 

A-Wish Foundation, 

learning how one 

boy’s dream to be 

a police officer 

led to so many 

sick children living 

out their dreams. 

MATTHEW SHAVE 

Elegant fashions 

and must-have 

accessories, from 

high-end watches 

to the latest 

camera equipment, 

feature in A Man’s 

World (page 56), 

a timely guide 

for gentlemen 

as captured by 

the experienced 

photographer. 

NIGEL TISDALL 

With a keen 

interest in all 

things eco, the 

veteran journalist 

was drawn to how 

countries are 

refinancing debt in 

a effort to save our 

precious oceans 

and sealife, which 

he chronicles in 

Bonding with the 

Blue (page 60). 

IVAN CARVALHO 

Having been based 

in Italy since 2003, 

the American writer 

is well set to judge 

the latest Tuscan 

Triumphs (page 

14), as the fabled 

Italian region 

welcomes some 

fantastic new 

openings, while 

some old favorites 

offer that bit more. 

This symbol throughout the magazine denotes the nearest airport served by NetJets to 

the story’s subject, with approximate distances in miles where applicable. 

4 NetJets

CONTENTS 


DINE WITH A VIEW 

La Roqqa, Porto Ercole, 

page 14. 

64 48 38 

CREATE A DIFFERENCE 

Make-A-Wish continues to 

turn seriously ill children’s 

dreams into reality 

pages 10-13 

ON THE HOOK 

Fishing spots around the 

world that offer comfort 

and a great catch 

pages 38-45 

OMAKASE, OH MY 

Discreet venues and 

exceptional fare lead 

London’s Japanese scene 

pages 64-69 

IN THE NEWS 

Developments in Tuscany, 

audio excellence, the 

finest spirits, and more 

pages 14-25 

SWING TIME 

Costa Navarino continues 

to evolve as Greece’s 

golfing hot spot 

pages 48-51 

BUBBLING UP 

Grower champagnes are 

winning over even the 

haughtiest oenophiles 

pages 70-73 

NETJETS UPDATE 

Latest events, staff 

in profile, plus libations 

to enjoy onboard 

pages 26-32 

STREET SAVVY 

How stencil art has moved 

from outside walls to 

inside auction houses 

pages 52-55 

AMERICAN BEAUTY 

The Denver Art Museum 

celebrates the best of the 

U.S. in the Modernist era 

pages 71-82 

ALESSANDRO MOGGI, © MANDARIN ORIENTAL, JACOB SJÖMAN, © CASA DE CAMPO 

STAY ON TRACK 

Mayo Clinic’s guide to 

counter and deal with 

the effects of jet lag 

pages 34-36 

ALL ABOUT HIM 

Statement fashion and 

accessories for the man 

about town this season 

pages 56-59 

BLUE AND GREEN 

The Nature Conservancy 

has produced a plan to 

save the world’s oceans 

pages 60-63 

THE LAST WORD 

Architect Frank Gehry 

on his life away from his 

iconic drawing board 

page 83 

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GOODWILL 

MAKING DREAMS 

COME TRUE 

Through the Make-A-Wish Foundation, children with critical illnesses 

can live out their dreams for a day. But the benefits are lifelong for 

everyone involved. // By Heidi Mitchell 

COURTESY MAKE-A-WISH 

“ 

I wish to fly 

an airplane. 

– Kael, 14 

WHAT IS a wish? Is it something we 

desire, something we need? Is it a feeling 

for something to happen? For Make-A- 

Wish and its 40 or so daily wish-receivers, 

a wish is all those things, but it is also 

healthcare, it is support, it is community. 

A wish is, in a word, hope. 

Most of us have heard of Make-A- 

Wish, likely through the social media 

bump the non-profit receives when a 

celebrity visits or performs with a child 

with a life-threatening disease. As the old 

African proverb goes, it takes a village to 

raise a child, and perhaps an even bigger 

community to guide that little human 

through a devastating illness. Doctors, 

nurses, legal advocates, families, friends 

… everyone involved in healing a child is 

a star, even if they aren’t famous or even 

recognized. What’s often overlooked is 

the communal benefits of helping little 

kids with big diseases feel normal, or 

even special. Since its inception, Make- 

A-Wish and its 24,000-plus volunteers 

have always recognized the larger impact. 

“When you help grant a wish, you are giving 

local children and families hope,” says 

Stephanie McCormick, president and CEO 

of Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana. 

“I can tell you from personal experience 

that there is nothing more powerful than 

the smile of a wish child, and putting a 

smile on a child’s face is something we all 

have the power to do.” 

The nationwide organization with 

58 chapters began in 1980 in Phoenix, 

when seven-year-old Chris Greicius was 

diagnosed with leukemia and decided he 


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GOODWILL 

“ 

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I wish to be a 

professional skateboarder. 

Angel, 6 

SONYA REVELL 

wanted nothing more than to become a police 

officer. Word got around and law enforcement 

officers figured this was an easy lift. 

After a little planning, police officers took 

Chris on a helicopter flight to the Arizona 

Department of Public Safety headquarters 

for a tour, as well as on a ride in a patrol 

car. He was named the first-ever honorary 

state patrolman in Arizona history and was 

presented with a custom-tailored uniform 

with a helmet and the motorcycle wings he 

earned on his own battery-powered bike. That 

single day of living his dream prompted many 

of those involved to co-found Make-A-Wish 

later that year. 

Since then, Make-A-Wish has granted more 

than 360,000 wishes to children with critical 

illnesses. “Children with critical illness are 

eligible for a wish,” emphasizes Make-A-Wish 

America spokesperson Fernanda Horvath. 

“There is a misconception that we grant 

the last wish of a child. In fact, a lot of our 

kids go on to live full lives. But a wish is so 

important that some doctors view a wish 

as a necessary part of the child’s medical 

treatment journey.” 

All it takes for a child to start their 

journey is to be referred by a medical 

professional who is treating them. That’s it. 

The local chapter will meet and review the 

referrals and then get to organizing. Usually 

the ball starts rolling when the chapter 

reaches out to the child’s family and engages 

them in a “wish discovery,” which is a package 

of journals and instructions delivered to the 

kids to provide them with a space in which 

to draw, write out, and synthesize their 

deepest desire. “We find that that process 

really matters to the child and to the family,” 

says Horvath. “Families are dealing with 

traumatic stress and the process of finding 

the wish and planning it gives them hope. 

It’s something normal that people do—make 

plans—but we take it for granted. We like to 

say that we are not granting these kids’ last 

wish, but a lasting wish.” 

In fact, the organization recently 

conducted a survey assessing the long-term 

impact on the community after the wish 

experience. Nine out of 10 medical providers 

observed that the wish experience had a 

positive impact on the patient’s physical 

well-being and overall quality of life. Eight 

out of 10 medical providers believe that the 


wish-granting journey was a necessary part 

of their patient’s treatment. Nine out of 10 

parents said that their child’s emotional 

well-being improved, their traumatic stress 

was relieved, and their relationships were 

strengthened thanks to the entire wish 

granting process. And the kids! They get to 

live out their dream for a day, which makes 

them feel less like sick children and more 

like superheroes. How many healthy tweens 

get to visit their favorite theme park with 

their families or be a zookeeper for a day—let 

alone those who spend most of their time in 

medical facilities? “We find that hope and joy 

are really important, especially when you’re 

in the hospital day in and day out,” says 

Horvath. “When parents work with their kids 

and see their wishes granted, it gives the kids 

a sense of normalcy. We give them a little 

bit of their childhood back.” Of course, that 

requires time, talent, treasure—and air miles. 

Lots of air miles. Horvath says that 77% of 

wishes require air travel, and to grant them 

all, Make-A-Wish would need three billion air 

miles each year. Ordinary people can donate 

money or miles at wish.org, but it’s the 

chapters and their corporate partners that 

do the on-the-ground work to make dreams 

come true. “Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky 

& Indiana [OKI] is proud to celebrate our 

40th anniversary and grant our 20,000th 

wish in 2023,” says McCormick. “We couldn’t 

have reached these milestones without the 

support of our community and corporate 

partners like NetJets.” 

Pilots like those at NetJets also 

participate in the wish-making journey. 

When 14-yearold Kael Wilson was diagnosed 

with a severe blood disorder, his community 

reached out to Make-A-Wish’s OKI chapter. 

At first, all he wanted was a gaming computer 

and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 so he 

could start on gaining his pilot’s license—his 

ultimate wish. The OKI team worked with 

Kael and instead got him and his pilot father 

to an outpost of FlightSafety International, 

the world’s top professional aviation 

training company, and let him “fly” from San 

Francisco International to Hartsfield-Jackson 

Atlanta International on a $20 million stateof-the-art 

simulator. 

Funds from NetJets helped this little boy 

be a pilot for a day. Since 2008, NetJets has 

contributed monetarily, and through silent 

auctions, totaling $300,000. Those funds 

have changed the prognosis of countless 

kids facing unfathomable health challenges. 

Horvath hopes that more individuals will 

recognize the lasting benefits of wish 

granting—not only on the child with a serious 

illness, but on themselves. “A wish is not 

a ‘good to have,’ it’s a ‘must have,’” she 

says. “When a child is facing something so 

horrible at a young age, their childhood is 

stolen. So we really want to emphasize that 

when you are donating or volunteering, you 

are impacting that child for life, firsthand. 

People who give are truly making a difference 

in these kids’ lives.” And, as a virtuous side 

effect, in themselves. wish.org. 

“ 

I 

wish to 

be a professional 

gymnast. 

– Avary, 7 

COURTESY MAKE-A-WISH 


13

THE SMART GUIDE 

Our collection of the latest, the 

brightest, and the best begins with 

developments in an Italian Eden. 

TUSCAN TRIUMPHS 

A handful of new standout properties are bringing 

fresh life to the fabled region. // By Ivan Carvalho 

TUSCANY IS ADMITTEDLY a 

well-trodden region, with its 

travel offerings, gastronomy, 

and cultural artifacts well 

ingrained in the minds 

of visitors. Yet amid the 

familiar columns of cypress 

trees and medieval stone 

towers punctuating the 

skyline in settlements from 

San Gimignano to Siena a 

new generation of wellheeled 

hotels has emerged 

for those eager to explore 

this privileged slice of the 

Bel Paese. 

Heading south from 

Florence, in the heart of 

Chianti, you find the newly 

inaugurated Pieve Aldina 

(lesdomainesdefontenille.com), 

the first Italian addition 

to the Les Domaines de 

Fontenille collection of 

luxury properties. Situated 

in the village of Radda in 

Chianti, the hotel consists of 

a quartet of stone buildings, 

one a listed national 

monument, where once the 

bishops of Siena sojourned in 

summer. Its rich architectural 

SYLVIE BEQUET 

SUPERIOR INTERIOR 

Elegant design at Pieve Aldina. 


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cakes to pappa al pomodoro 

and fennel seed salami 

paired with a glass of robust 

Brunello di Montalcino. 

Another newcomer, 

which opened its doors in 

September, is Casa Newton 

(casa-newton.com), nestled 

in the rolling hills and amber 

fields of grain of Val d’Orcia. 

The heart of the hotel is a 

three-floor country manor in 

a red-brick hue hosting nine 

bedrooms together with two 

panoramic suites carved out 

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of a renovated farmhouse. 

The property produces its own 

range of natural wines under 

the Fabbrica Pienza label, 

including a syrah vinified 

COUNTRY CULTURE 

Borgo Pignano’s grounds 

and one of its art 

studios; below: The redhued 

Casa Newton. 

heritage includes an 

impressive marble staircase, 

neoclassical frescoes, and 

tiled roofs. Guests choose 

from 22 rooms and suites 

Surrounded by olive 

groves, the bucolic setting 

features alfresco dining 

and a rustic-meets-modern 

indoor space where chef 

in conical wood fermenters 

and a straightforward red 

made from whole clusters of 

sangiovese that undergo a 

long maceration. 

boasting high ceilings and 

Flavio Faedi prepares 

For those keen to wet their 

an uncluttered contemporary 

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feet and experience another 

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with classic fare from Chianti 

side of Tuscany, where 

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SUN TRAP 

A terrace at La Roqqa; 

below: The estate of 

Il Borro. 

surroundings of Il Borro 

(ilborro.it). This Relais & 

Châteaux property centers 

on an agricultural estate, 

farmed organically, which is 

managed by the Ferragamo 

family and produces wine 

which offers a half dozen 

well-manicured residences 

immersed in the hills of 

Volterra suitable for big 

gatherings and reunions. 

Naturally, the pride of place 

at Moritz’s 750-acre hotel is 

and olive oil. It counts 38 

its stately 18th-century villa 

chic suites in a medieval 

flanked by a traditionally 

hamlet as well as the more 

planted English garden. 

recently added Aie del Borro 

With its 14 regal rooms and 

collection of 18 rooms and 

suites, all adorned with en- 

suites divided across a 

suite marble and travertine 

quartet of centuries-old 

bathrooms, the villa is the 

farmhouses reached via a 

centerpiece of a hospitality 

long avenue of holm oaks 

project that includes its 

in a bucolic setting marked 

own farm, where chefs from 

by mulberry trees, lavender 

the property are able to 

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bushes, and wild roses. 

For vacations extending 

weeks rather than days, 

or where large families or 

source an extensive range 

of foodstuffs from cereals 

and honey to herbs and the 

organic flour used to make 

groups are concerned, Il 

pizza in the hotel’s wood- 

maquis abound and 

of nostalgia might send you 

Borro provides an impressive 

burning ovens. It’s a fitting 

flamingos stroll gracefully 

seeking a hostelry with a 

selection of villas. The 

farm-to-table capstone in 

across the water, a move 

few years under its belt. In 

same can be said for Borgo 

a region that has long been 

west to the coastal town 

that case, a move towards 

Pignano (borgopignano. 

known for its exceptional 

of Porto Ercole finds you 

Arezzo is in order, to spend 

com), owned by Welsh-born 

produce and even more 

unpacking your bags 

a few days in the patrician 

entrepreneur Michael Moritz, 

exceptional cuisine. 

at La Roqqa (laroqqa. 

com), the latest high-end 

accommodation on the 

Monte Argentario peninsula. 

Opened this August, this 

seasonal addition is a 

design-led project of 55 

rooms, all with private 

balconies or terraces, that 

was envisioned by Milanbased 

architects Ludovica 

Serafini and Roberto 

Palomba. Centrally located in 

Porto Ercole, guests can take 

in the view from its rooftop 

restaurant while perusing its 

all-Tuscan wine list before 

retreating to rooms sporting 

a curated mix of custom 

furnishings and Italian design 

from the 1960s and 1970s. 

After a sojourn at 

one of these newest 

accommodations, the pull 

© IL BORRO 


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1 BENROMACH CONTRASTS KILN DRIED OAK The Speyside distillery’s Contrasts range offers variations on the smoky Benromach style by 

maturing the spirit in different ways. The limited-edition release matured in kiln-dried virgin oak barrels makes for a sweeter, more malted 

biscuit nose. benromach.com // 2 BLADNOCH THE SAMHLA COLLECTION Three very special–and very limited–whiskies from the Lowlands 

form this selection of Bladnoch’s finest: The McClelland, distilled in 1966 (limited to 15 bottles, pictured); The Prior (1990, 50 bottles); 

and The Sage (2008, 100 bottles). bladnoch.com // 3 BOWMORE ASTON MARTIN Two centers of excellence collide as master blender of 

Bowmore Ron Welsh creates a unique whisky in tandem with chief creative officer of Aston Martin Marek Reichman and his team. The 

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who was granted the first ever license by the government of King George III to “retail ale, beer and other excisable liquors” at Littlemill In 

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48 YEAR OLD Also marking the past, this limited edition celebrates Campbeltown’s international trade links when it was known as the 

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GRANDEUR 2023 The annual release in the series dating back to 2010 was matured for almost three decades in Oloroso sherry casks. Each 

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WALL OF SOUND 

Audio equipment to switch on to. 

Cool Option 

Individual Touch 

Promising a personal experience like 

never before, Denon’s latest earbuds are a 

game changer. Denon PerL (Personalized 

Listening) and PerL Pro use parent company 

Masimo’s Adaptive Acoustic Technology to 

produce a personal hearing profile for every 

user, meaning an individual experience 

tuned perfectly to each listener’s own 

hearing. The buds also offer active noise 

cancellation and a social mode, which 

allows you to dictate just how much you 

tune in and drop out. denon.com 

If you want glacier chic, the limitededition 

ice-blue versions of Audio 

Technica’s ATH-M50xIB and wireless 

ATH-M50xBT2IB might fit the bill. As 

the headphones of choice of many top 

audio engineers the ATH-M50xIB is 

known for its large-aperture drivers, 

sound-isolating earcups, and robust 

construction. The wireless version is 

perhaps more suitable for the more 

casual listener, with its exceptional 

clarity and 50 hours of playtime on a 

single charge. audio-technica.com 

The Power of Red 

In many ways, it seems an odd collaboration. 

Audio pioneers Bang & Olufsen’s range of topclass 

speakers are generally designed to blend 

into people’s homes, visually neutral, while 

providing the ultimate aural experience. Ferrari 

aims to grab as much attention as possible, on 

the track and on the road. Yet there is much that 

unites them, from visionary founders to a passion 

for poise, power, and precision. And the result? 

A reimagining of a series of the Danish brand’s 

headphones and speakers in the striking red of 

Ferrari. bang-olufsen.com 

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Take it for a Spin 

The re-rise of vinyl continues apace, with the format outselling CDs 

for the first time in 30 years in 2022. And the response of top audio 

firms is to produce better and better turntables. The DP-3000NE 

from Denon is one of the latest and the finest. The craftmanship 

is exquisite—a dark ebony veneer over a sturdy wood cabinet– 

combined with the highest quality components to produce a crystalclear 

sound. denon.com 

Setting the Tone 

Designed 

to Shine 

The fusion of a sphere 

and a cylinder into one 

solid aluminum piece, 

the Beolab 8, the latest 

in Bang & Olufsen’s 

high-end speaker series, 

is visually distinct. 

The flexible speaker 

is as easily used as 

standalone equipment 

or part of larger sound 

system, guaranteed to 

produce a powerful, 

immersive sound. 

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The latest addition to Kef’s LSX II Wireless range is a new iteration 

in olive green. The creation of renowned industrial designer 

Michael Young, the range has garnered praise for the minimal 

design and inobtrusive way the speakers fit beautifully into the 

home, while providing a high-quality sound system. The olive green 

speakers join other shades such as cobalt blue and lava red in 

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NOTES FROM NETJETS 

Latest happenings, onboard updates, 

companywide news, and profiles. 

FRONT-ROW POLO IN GREAT MEADOW 

ERIN GILMORE(3) 

ALL THE ACTION 

In play at the 

2023 NSLM 

Polo Classic. 

Once again, NetJets welcomed Owners and their guests to the VIP table 

at the annual NSLM Polo Classic, presented by Mars Equestrian. At this 

all-day event, held September 10 in Virginia’s expansive Great Meadow 

equestrian park, Owners enjoyed elevated hospitality and exceptional 

views of the matches and ceremonies. As an official sponsor of NSLM, 

NetJets is proud to support its mission “to preserve, promote, and share 

the literature, art, and culture of equestrian, angling, and field sport.” 

HARDY ATHLETES 

The players 

in Virginia, 

sponsored by 

NetJets. 


NETJETS BY THE NUMBERS 

PRESENTING 

THE EMBRAER 

PRAETOR 500 

JULIAN RENTZSCH 

INSIDE TRACK 

JASON PROFIO 

VP, Director of Maintenance 

WHEN DID YOU START AT NETJETS? I began as 

a Maintenance Controller in 2003, so this year, 

I am celebrating my 20-year anniversary with NetJets. 

After working my way through the Fleet Reliability and 

Fleet Programs Teams, in 2021, I became the Director 

of Maintenance. Today, I am accountable for ensuring 

the airworthiness of all aircraft in the NJA fleet—a 

requirement of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 

Fortunately, I am surrounded by a very capable team 

of passionate aviation professionals. We always put 

safety first—a critical element that keeps us aligned 

with stringent FAA standards. 

WHAT DOES YOUR NORMAL DAY CONSIST OF? 

My first task in the morning is to review the status of 

our fleet, ensuring we have as many airworthy aircraft 

as possible to service our Owners. Our team relies on 

operational data (live and historical) to assess 

maintenance requirements across our network, including 

NetJets Maintenance Service Hubs, other maintenance 

sites, and all aircraft locations across the U.S. 

Because of the pace and volume of NetJets’ operations, 

circumstances can quickly change my focus, from 

operational changes and staffing to discussions on how 

to proceed with complex maintenance requirements 

in remote locations. 

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU FACE IN 

YOUR ROLE? The team is passionate and professional, 

so there tends to be a lot of dialogue around the best way 

to solve problems. We are challenged with the fact that 

our fleet is so dynamic, and we must have aircraft on 

demand. This becomes complex when schedules change, 

inclement weather occurs, and Owners’ needs change. 

But our top priority is always safety—which is never 

compromised—then service to our Owners. 

NetJets is expanding our midsize fleet—and your 

access to seamless, on-demand travel—with the 

addition of the extraordinary Embraer Praetor ® 500. 

Offering both best-in-class range and cabin altitude, 

the Praetor 500 enables you to fly in comfort 

to more destinations and arrive feeling refreshed. 

UP TO 250 NEW PRAETOR 500S 

NetJets begins taking delivery in 2025 

UP TO SEVEN PASSENGERS 

Up to eight with the belted lavatory 

6-FOOT-TALL, FLAT-FLOOR CABIN 

Also the widest in our midsize fleet 

UP TO 7:45 HOURS’ ENDURANCE 

Fly nonstop from Washington, D.C., to 

San Jose, California 

540MPH HIGH-SPEED CRUISE 

Travel at an industry-leading speed 

145-CUBIC-FOOT 

BAGGAGE CAPACITY 

Includes a 35-cubic-foot internal closet 

GREG BRAVE 


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TALKING MUSIC WITH EDDIE VEDDER 

© NETJETS 

SEATTLE SOUND 

Eddie Vedder 

entertained 

Owners in 

Chicago with 

tales from 

his career. 

IN THE HEART of the Windy City on a September afternoon, 

Eddie Vedder, iconic musician and lead singer of Pearl Jam, 

engaged fellow NetJets Owners in conversation led by 

acclaimed sports announcer Joe Buck. Vedder, whose voice 

helped define the sound of Pearl Jam for more than 30 

years, enthralled Owners and guests with accounts of his 

adventures in rock ‘n’ roll and impact on the genre. Hosted 

at the Chicago Cut Steakhouse, this unforgettable ONLY 

NETJETS ® EVENTS also offered Owners access to a private 

luncheon curated by the riverfront restaurant. 

If you are interested in learning more about our exclusive events, please contact our Events Team at events@netjets.com. 


NEW ONBOARD BEVERAGES 

Enliven your in-flight experience with our carefully curated 

seasonal beers and wines available now. 

BEER IN FLIGHT 

Brooklyn 

Brewery’s 

pair of tasty 

onboard ales. 

© NETJETS 

BROOKLYN BREWERY BEERS 

Available through March 2024 

Brooklyn Pilsner, Crisp Lager 

Friendly and refreshing with notes of honey, 

this pilsner is “inspired by Brooklyn and 

brewed for all.” 

Brooklyn Pulp Art, Hazy India Pale Ale (IPA) 

Influenced by the boldness and 

approachability of the Pop Art movement, 

Pulp Art has big, bright flavors of pineapple, 

mango, and citrus pulp—refreshing for IPA 

enthusiasts and those new to the fruity, 

hoppy taste. 

EXQUISITE EUROPEAN WINES 

Available through 2023 

Pazo Señorans Colección, 

Albariño, Rías Baixas, Spain, 2019 

Debuting in the United States exclusively 

with NetJets, this young cuvée presents 

flavors of apples, pears, and peaches, with 

light floral notes and subtle acidity. This 

dry white wine is produced with the Albariño 

grape variety indigenous to northwest Spain 

and develops remarkable complexity with 

bottle age. 

Tenuta San Guido, 

Guidalberto, Tuscany, Italy, 2021 

Elegant and aromatic, this medium-bodied 

wine presents flavors of fresh plums and 

berries, as well as citrusy acidity. Made with 

a blend of cabernet sauvignon and merlot, 

Guidalberto bottling is a variation of the 

famed Sassicaia bottling style—commonly 

referred to as Super Tuscan—created by 

Tenuta San Guido. Unlike the Bordeaux-style 

Sassicaia, Guidalberto is enjoyed young. 


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SEASONAL TRAVEL, SIMPLIFIED 

© NETJETS 

The holidays are rapidly approaching, bringing with them an increase in travel demand 

and complexities. Thanksgiving weekend sees the greatest flight volume of the entire year. 

And the days after Christmas and New Year’s Day also have heavier flight volumes. 

If your plans are flexible, choosing off-peak travel days can enhance your overall 

experience and reduce the potential for disruption. Consider these strategies for smooth 

travels this holiday season: 

REQUESTING FLIGHTS 

- Provide as much notice as possible 

when requesting flights. 

- When feasible, avoid the busiest days— 

Thursdays and Sundays. 

- Promptly return all necessary travel 

paperwork in good order. 

- Be aware that NetJets may charter 

aircraft to ensure access. 

IN-FLIGHT DINING 

- Place catering orders as early as possible, 

at least 48 hours prior to departure. 

- Choose from the NetJets Signature 

Selections Menu, with chef-created 

regional fare served cold. 

- Avoid rush requests or changes to allow 

caterers enough time to fulfill orders. 




BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS TEAM, 

I WAS… an international flight attendant. 

I really enjoyed my time in the sky. It gave 

me the opportunity to see so many new 

places and experience so many different 

things. Travel can sometimes be a doubleedged 

sword, like finding a new favorite food 

that’s only available in one country. (There 

is a specific open-faced sandwich I had in 

Copenhagen that I think about on a regular 

basis.) 

IN SERVICE 

VIRGINIA SILBERBERG 

NetJets Service Representative 

MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO AVIATION 

WAS… my first flight when I was a few 

months old. I flew on the Virgin Atlantic 

plane—with Sir Richard Branson onboard— 

called the Scarlet Lady. (Coincidentally, my 

middle name is Scarlett.) I have family in both 

the U.K. and the U.S., so flying has always 

been part of my life. When I was young and 

scared of flying, my mum pointed out the 

flight attendant and explained that flying 

is their job and they do it all the time. After 

that, I was never scared to fly again. 

THE BEST PART OF BEING A NETJETS 

SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IS… going 

above and beyond for our Owners—especially 

when we can help them celebrate. For 

instance, we decorated the cabin for a couple 

on their honeymoon and for a family going 

to see their father play baseball on Opening 

Day. Simply preparing an Owner’s favorite 

cocktail in the lounge can bring joy to their 

travels. We have an amazing team, and we 

often collaborate to provide an exceptional 

experience at both takeoff and landing. 

ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY 

WOULDN’T GUESS ABOUT ME IS… I was 

born in New York City. I grew up in England 

and I have a British accent. Although it has 

softened, there are times when people cannot 

understand me. When I ask for “water” I show 

a picture on my phone to express I’m thirsty. 

ON MY DAYS OFF… I get out and explore 

Dallas, where I moved just over two years 

ago when I accepted this role. I love the city. 

There is so much to do here: art galleries, 

restaurants, walking trails, and four major 

sports teams. I also enjoy entertaining at my 

house, and my parties always have a theme. 

WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS, I WOULD 

LIKE TO… have the American Dream. I feel 

incredibly privileged to work for such a great 

company and plan to continue growing my 

career. I take a lot of pride in delivering 

exquisite customer service, and I want to 

develop and hone my skills to be the best I 

can be. 

MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE 

ON HIGH-ACTIVITY DAYS IS… stay 

organized. It is a very fast-paced job; things 

are changing constantly, and we must think 

on our feet. By preparing in advance, I can 

focus on enhancing the life of each Owner 

one exceptional travel experience at a time. 


LIVING WELL 


STAYING 

IN SYNC 

Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn, of Mayo Clinic’s Aerospace Medicine 

team, on the perils of jet lag and how to to deal with them. 

JÖRN KASPUHL 

JET LAG IS a common complaint among those who travel long 

distances and can sometimes be so disruptive that a longawaited 

trip is practically ruined. Are there ways to combat 

or even beat jet lag? Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn of Mayo Clinic’s 

Aerospace Medicine team offers advice on minimizing the 

disruption of jet lag. 

“Jet lag isn’t just being tired after travel,” Dr. Vanichkachorn 

says. “Here at Mayo Clinic, we call it jet lag disorder. It’s a state 

where your body’s internal clock isn’t in sync with the external 

environment.” 

Dr. Vanichkachorn explains that, while symptoms of jet 

lag usually include fatigue, that’s not the only problem it can 

cause. Gastrointestinal issues, confusion, changes in cognitive 

levels, depression, and anxiety can all be the result of jet lag 

disorder. 

“All jet lag isn’t equal,” Dr. Vanichkachorn says. “It can be 

impacted by the direction of travel, how many time zones 

you’re crossing. It’s usually harder on your body when you’re 

traveling east because you’re losing time.” 

Dr. Vanichkachorn estimates that it takes about a day per 

time zone you have crossed to adjust to the time at your new 

location. 

But what if you just don’t have the time to waste on several 

days of malaise due to jet lag? What if you need to be on top of 

your game for a presentation to a major client, or you’re taking 

your family on the trip of a lifetime? Can travel via NetJets 

help with jet lag? 


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LIVING WELL 

“ 

you’re 

All jet lag isn’t equal. It can be 

impacted by the direction 

of travel, how many time zones 

crossing. 


Dr. Greg Vanichkachorn is part of the Aerospace Medicine program 

at Mayo Clinic. He and his team can provide specialty consultations to 

NetJets Owners as part of Mayo Clinic’s Executive Health program. 

Dr. Vanichkachorn thinks so, admitting, “Spending a long 

time in a commercial aircraft isn’t really the greatest thing 

in the world.” 

More than the discomfort, he says, the atmosphere inside 

the cabin can be unhealthy for some people. 

“The air isn’t pressurized to sea level, so it’s like sitting on a 

mountain at 8,000 feet. This can be problematic for those with 

underlying lung disease or breathing issues.” He also says the 

atmosphere in some aircraft cabins can be dry due to altitude 

and could lead to dehydration when flying long distances. 

Private air travel usually includes pressurizing cabins to 

a lower altitude than commercial aircraft, decreasing the 

effects of fatigue and dehydration. The flexibility of flying 

by private jet means you can choose exactly when you take 

off and where from, offering more travel planning options to 

lessen symptoms of jet lag. Plus, private air travel is more 

comfortable due to more space and less noise within the 

cabin than a commercial flight, making it easier to rest while 

traveling and, depending on the time difference, helping 

to minimize effects of jet lag. Another perk of private jet 

travel, according to Dr. Vanichkachorn, is the ability to better 

regulate light and temperature, adding to your comfort and 

allowing for better strategic light exposure. 

While flying privately with NetJets can be helpful for 

lessening the effects of jet lag disorder, Dr. Vanichkachorn has 

a few other tips to banish jet lag from your travel experience. 

- Use light exposure strategically. Being exposed to sunlight 

helps reset your internal clock, and it’s the most powerful 

natural tool for regulating the sleep-wake cycle. Morning 

light exposure can usually help you adjust to an earlier 

time zone after traveling east. Evening light helps you 

adapt to a later time zone after traveling west. This helps 

with circadian rhythm and melatonin production, both of 

which help to get on a day/night schedule. Sunglasses can 

help with blocking light when you’re trying to reset your 

internal clock. 

- Use melatonin to initiate a new sleep cycle but do so 

sparingly. Dr. Vanichkachorn says most people need only 

3-5 mg. 

- Start your adjustment process a few days before traveling. 

Dr. Vanichkachorn says there are several apps available that 

can help preemptively shift circadian rhythms. 

- Take care of yourself on your way to your destination. 

Drink plenty of water, even in the days before your flight, 

to avoid dehydration. 

MAYO CLINIC AND NETJETS 

NetJets is excited to partner with the Mayo Clinic Executive Health Program to bring expert 

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 

business leaders in the demanding stages of their careers. The QR code will lead you to more 

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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LAND AND SEA 

Clockwise from top: 

Casa de Campo, 

Dominican Republic; Big 

Cedar Lodge, Missouri; 

Ashford Castle; Ireland. 

“If you’re too busy to fish, you’re too busy,” 

says Johnny Morris, billionaire founder of the 

Bass Pro Shops retail fishing empire. Morris 

was repeating an old sportsman’s adage, but 

he knows what he is talking about firsthand. In 

addition to running the two biggest retailers 

in this field, Bass Pro and Cabela’s, as CFO— 

Chief Fishing Officer—he has personally set 

fishing records for multiple species, all around 

the world. He talks at length about the natural 

beauty of the settings, the bonding, the honing 

of skills, the heart-pounding excitement of 

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hooking a big one and the fun you still have 

even when they are not biting. Most of all, he 

understands why thousands of his customers 

choose the same bumper sticker: “I’d Rather 

Be Fishing.” 

If you’d rather be fishing, the hardest part 

might be choosing which great place to go, 

because there are world-class lodges and 

resorts for every style of angler in every corner 

of the globe. Here are some of the very best. 

Ernest Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea” 

protagonist hooked a giant marlin, the largest 

of the billfish: marlin, spearfish, sailfish, and 

swordfish. Billfish remain the Holy Grail of 

deep sea sportfishing, and there may be no 

better place to complete the Billfish Grand 

Slam—three of the four in one day—than 

at Panama’s legendary Tropic Star Lodge 

(tropicstar.com). Sitting on the remote coast of 

the pristine Darien Jungle, more International 

Game Fishing Association (IGFA) records have 

been set here than at any other resort on 

Earth, 300-plus. Blue marlin of up to 800lb 

are regular occurrences. They also have tons 

of massive dorado and enormous schools of 

yellowfin tuna that can top 300lb. All billfish 

are catch and release, and like most top 

fishing lodges, packages are all-inclusive with 

daily fishing, gear, guides, lodging, and all 

meals. 


“ the 

After billfish, salmon are probably the quarry more 

anglers make bucket-list trips for than any others, and 

king salmon is practically synonymous with Alaska. 

CATCH OF THE DAY 

From top: Bair’s Lodge, the 

Bahamas; Steamboat Bay 

Fishing Club, Alaska; Hawks 

Cay Resort, Florida. 

The only reason to go to Tropic Star is to 

hook monsters, but it’s quite the opposite story 

at Casa de Campo (casadecampo.com.do) in the 

Dominican Republic. This luxury mega-resort 

is so famous for its golf, tennis, shooting, 

polo, and other facilities that the fishing often 

gets overlooked. But it is home to the most 

advanced marina in the Caribbean, full of firstrate 

charter boats with excellent deep-sea 

fishing, and hosts one of the most important 

blue marlin tournaments in the world. While 

best known for these, guests also regularly 

catch other billfish, mahi mahi, wahoo, and 

especially big tuna, close to 500lb. The golf 

is ranked at the top of many lists charting 

Mexico and the Caribbean, and this year Casa 

de Campo opened The Premier Club, a new 

luxury boutique hotel and spa, now its highest 

accommodation tier. A more far-flung take on 

the iconic luxury hotel model can be found at 

Reid’s Palace, A Belmond Hotel (belmond.com) 

on Madeira. This remote Portuguese island 

well off the coast of Morocco was the last 

restocking point for sailors headed to the New 

World, and it remains the first feeding ground 

in thousands of miles for giant fish headed 

the other way. Its remoteness and deep water 

make it a haven for world record blue marlin, 

as well as a litany of other great targets: white 

marlin, swordfish, spearfish, bluefin tuna, 

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© HAWKS CAY RESORT 

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© HAWKS CAY RESORT 

© RIFFLIN’ HITCH LODGE 

© BIG CEDAR LODGE 

WATER WORKS 

Clockwise from top: 

Hawks Cay Resort; 

Rifflin’ Hitch Lodge, 

Canada; Big Cedar Lodge. 

Facing page: 

Steamboat Bay 

Fishing Club. 

bigeye tuna, albacore, wahoo, red snappers, 

barracuda, and more. After fishing, enjoy 

the island’s namesake fortified wines and 

exquisite cuisine. The historic luxury hotel sits 

on the same harbor in Funchal as the charter 

sportfishing fleet. 

After billfish, salmon are probably the 

quarry more anglers make bucket-list trips 

for than any others, and the biggest, the king 

salmon (also known as chinook), is practically 

synonymous with Alaska. For this reason, 

despite a short summer season, Alaska is 

full of destination salmon lodges, none 

swankier than Steamboat Bay Fishing Club 

(steamboatbay.com). It’s operated like a toptier 

African safari lodge, with a private boat 

and captain for each of the ten lodge rooms 

or the eight-person residence, and all meals, 

wines, top-shelf drinks, fish processing to take 

home, and seaplane transfers from Ketchikan 

are included. Cabin cruisers are custom made 

for the region, with full bathrooms, heated 

cabins, and stable rides with shock absorber 

seats. It’s hard not to catch your king salmon 

daily limits here, along with big halibut, cod, 

rockfish, and silver (coho) salmon. 

In Alaska, Pacific salmon are commonly 

caught in deep water with conventional 

saltwater tackle, but Atlantic salmon are 

also one the biggest prizes for avid flyfishing 

junkies, and for that it is hard to beat 

remote and luxurious Rifflin’ Hitch Lodge 

(rifflinhitchlodge.com) on the famed Eagle 

River in Canada’s Labrador. There are no roads 

here, and guests arrive in Goose Bay and are 

flown in by the Lodge’s A-Star 350 helicopters 

or Cessna Grand Caravans. Guests are also 

flown daily to angling hot spots, including 

Rifflin’s satellite day lodge in a National Park 

Preserve to fish for jumbo trout. The main 

event is trophy-sized Atlantic salmon, but 

anglers also land huge brook trout and Arctic 

char. All fishing is catch and release, but the 

food is gourmet and there is no shortage of 

the local specialties, along with fine wines. 

There are just seven suites and a ratio of one 

guide for every two guests, much better than 

industry standards. 

Iceland is world famous for its fly-fishing 

because of some unique policies. While it has 

many pristine lakes and some of the best sea 

trout, char, and salmon streams in the world, 

all fishing rights are privately owned and 

mostly leased to outfitters. This means fishing 

is severely limited on all the best waters, 


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“ or 

No place has as many luxury resorts on sporting 

estates as Britain and Ireland, but few are as opulent— 

as much fun —as the Emerald Isle’s Ashford Castle. 

keeping quantity and quality of fish high. 

The only Orvis Endorsed company in Iceland 

is is the fly-fishing outfitter Fish Partner 

(fishpartner.com) whose guests get access 

to the Kaldakvísl and Tungnaá rivers and 

Lake Thingvallavatn. All-inclusive itineraries 

typically stay in two different locations on 

each trip to maximize angling variety, with a 

guest-to-guide ratio of 2:1. 

If you are looking to try fly-fishing for the 

first time, a remote lodge immersion might 

not be the best choice. No place has as many 

luxury resorts on sporting estates as Britain 

and Ireland, but few are as opulent—or as 

much fun —as the Emerald Isle’s Ashford 

Castle (ashfordcastle.com). The luxe resort 

features an almost 800-year-old castle that 

sits on 44,000-acre Lough Corrib, known for 

its abundance of brown trout, salmon, and 

pike. The property also has immediate access 

to the River Cong, world famous for salmon. 

Ashford employs its own full-time expert 

ghillies (guides) using traditional wooden 

boats. Instruction is offered, they’ll cook 

your catch, and it’s a great place for experts, 

novices, or families to fish. Ashford also has 

world-class golf, an equestrian center, tennis, 

shooting, even falconry, along with a laundry 

list of bars and restaurants. 

SEA VIEW 

Fom top: Reid’s Palace; 

Madeira; fishing off the 

coast of Caso de Campo. 

© CASA DE CAMPO 

MATTIA AQUILA 


FLY FOR FISHING 

Clockwise from top left: 

Lizard Island, Australia; 

Turtle Island, Fiji; Futa 

Lodge, Chile. 

Bass are much smaller than billfish and 

even salmon, but no form of angling is more 

popular in the United States than bass fishing, 

which has its own professional tour. The pros 

have an annual stop on 43,000-acre Table 

Rock Lake in the Missouri Ozarks, also home 

to Johnny Morris’s Big Cedar Lodge (bigcedar. 

com). From George H. W. Bush to Tiger Woods, 

presidents, pro athletes and music A-listers 

have all fished here, and there is no better 

equipped freshwater angling resort anywhere. 

It has two full-service, state-of-the-art 

marinas with top-shelf gear, boat rentals, 

licenses and instruction, and lodging runs the 

gamut from hotel rooms to lakeside cabins to 

luxe private homes. The 4,600-acre fantasy 

sporting resort also has five golf courses and 

a world-class shooting facility. 

While salmon, tuna and billfish can be found 

worldwide, there are a couple of much sought 

after but geographically limited specialty 

fish that serious anglers lust after. Pound for 

pound, many deep-sea sportfishers consider 

tarpon the most exciting quarry. The “silver 

king” of gamefish, they can dive more than a 

hundred feet in seconds, weigh up to 300lb, 

and are ferocious fighters that can take hours 

to reel in. Florida is tarpon central, and the 

top choice is Hawks Cay Resort (hawkscay. 

com) in the Florida Keys, an old fishing haunt 

of Hemingway himself. Guests land world 

record tarpon as well as billfish, barracuda, 

and a little bit of everything. 

For zealous fly-fishing aficionados, the 

extremely challenging bonefish, found in 

shallow saltwater, is another much-catch. 

The Bahamas is the world epicenter of 

bonefishing, and for more than 30 years, 

Bair’s Lodge (bairslodge.com) has been the 

destination of choice. Bair’s has access to 

both coastal flats and an inland creek system, 

you can wade or use skiffs, there’s fishing 

right out the front door, and it has some of 

the world’s best guides. Protected by Andros’s 

West Side National Park, it enjoys some of 

the least pressured waters in the world’s 

bonefishing capital. 

© LIZARD ISLAND HOUSE 

FARTHER AFIELD: THE REEL DEAL 

LIZARD ISLAND RESORT, AUSTRALIA 

The only luxury resort directly on the Great Barrier Reef—the 

world’s largest—this private island sits within a national park and 

catch includes black marlin, mahi mahi, mackerel, sailfish, tuna, 

trevally, and more, along with legendary diving and snorkeling. 

lizardisland.com.au 

TURTLE ISLAND PRIVATE ISLAND RESORT, FIJI 

With 12 private beaches and world-class diving, this is one of 

Fiji’s top luxury resorts. The island nation is one of the best 

fishing places in the world with the two top categories of 

saltwater gamefish, marlin (black, blue, and striped) and tuna 

(yellowfin and skipjack), plus sailfish, barracuda, wahoo, and 

mackerel. turtlefiji.com 

FUTA LODGE, CHILEAN PATAGONIA 

Patagonia is one of a handful of true fly-fishing bucket-list trips, 

and Futa is its best-known lodge, with miles of lightly fished 

pristine lakes and rivers for its guests, offering float rips and 

wading for record-sized brown and rainbow trout. 

futalodge.com 

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HELLENIC 

GOLFING HAVEN 

Costa Navarino pairs exceptional Peloponnesian 

beauty with outstanding amenities—including two new 

championship courses. // By Farhad Heydari 

JACOB SJÖMAN 

BAY OF PLENTY 

The Olympic 

Course at 

Costa Navarino. 


IN THE PANTHEON—forgive the pun—of Greek 

destinations, the Peloponnese might not have the same 

A-list cache as sun-soaked spots such as Mykonos or 

Santorini, to name just two. But this large peninsula, 

connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus at Corinth, 

has quietly begun to make waves, thanks in large part to 

a singular masterplan destination called Costa Navarino 

(costanavarino.com). 

It was envisaged by a self-made shipping magnate named 

Vassilis Constantakopoulos back in the early 80s, with the 

businessman then spending the better part of the next 25 

years acquiring land—one parcel at a time—in his beloved 

and native Messinia, a historically significant region of the 

southwest Peloponnese. Today, Costa Navarino is ranked as 

one of the top holiday destinations in Europe. 

Why? Perhaps it’s because back in 2010, the resort’s 

first phase, Navarino Dunes, debuted with a pair of luxe 

hotels (The Romanos, a Luxury Collection Resort, and The 

Westin Resort) and a championship golf course designed by 

Bernhard Langer in partnership with European Golf Design. 

Or perhaps it’s because a couple of years later, despite the 

economic crisis in the region, the resort’s second phase 

kicked off with the debut of another 18-hole layout, the 

stunning Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed Bay Course. 

Now, however, another pair of new championship courses, 

the Hills and the International Olympic Academy Course, 

by two-time Masters champion and Ryder Cup legend José 

María Olazábal, as well as the sprawling beachside W Costa 

Navarino and an even newer Mandarin Oriental property, 

are adding further luster to this expansive destination. 

Like the earlier courses, these latest offerings are a 

visually striking and challenging test, which are perched 

not at sea level as their earlier siblings are but rather 

650-foot up on a littoral plateau with views of box 

canyons, mountains, and the azure coastline. “The 

two courses are distinct in character,” says Olazábal, 


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TEEING OFF 

remarking that it took no fewer than five years to spearhead 

them. “The Olympic Course is more polished in style and full 

of spectacular vistas across the Bay of Navarino, while the 

Hills Course offers more of a rural feel, where we take you 

out through the gently rolling hills.” 

He’s right: Dotted with ancient olive trees and lined with 

native vegetation and scrubland, the par 72, 6,945-yard 

Olympic Course features mounded undulating fairways and 

greens with shallow bunkering. Playability is paramount with 

long arching par-5s (gettable if you’re in the right position), 

lengthy par-3s offset with those of the shorter variety, and 

fun par-4s, such as the stunning 384-yard-long 10th hole, 

the green of which is framed by mountains and the coastline, 

making for one of the most scenic holes in all of golf. 

The visual hits (and the corresponding challenges) 

keep on coming, including at the 187-yard par-3 12th hole, 

where a key-shaped green sits atop a massively vertiginous 

promontory, protected by a barranca-like hazard from short 

right to long left. The views from the elevated 15th tee are 

just as distracting, offering a wonderful look over Navarino 

Bay—a panorama that becomes more glorious the closer you 

get to the green. 

Then there is the 198-yard par-3 16th hole, where the 

stunning tableau distracts yet again but where the wind 

conditions require immediate refocus: Depending on the 

direction, club selection can vary up or down by five or six 

clubs. The penultimate hole is a risk-reward, downhill par-5 

that can make or break your round, with players required to 


“ 

José 

The Olympic Course is more polished in style and 

full of spectacular vistas across the Bay of Navarino, 

while the Hills Course offers more of a rural feel. 

María Olazábal, course designer 

HIGH LIFE 

Costa Navarino’s 

Hills Course. 

JACOB SJÖMAN 

either fly their second shots over a meandering rock-lined 

ditch that crosses the fairway short of the green or to lay up. 

For its part, the par-72, 6,836-yard Hills Course, is no 

pushover. Far from it. Playing through mature mountainside 

vegetation (think garrigue shrubland, autochthonous trees, 

ancient rock walls, and sheer ravines that carve deep into 

the Kinigou Hills), the course features large green complexes, 

with tightly mown rollaway areas inset by bunkers surrounded 

by spongey Bermuda grass overseeded with rye that are 

a challenge for even single-figure handicaps. The putting 

surfaces are equally devilish and boast significant contouring 

and subtle breaks that often require a second look. 

Five tee locations on each hole (one less than on the Olympic 

Course) enable all skill levels and age groups to both enjoy the 

round and to challenge themselves. Case in point the 4th: The 

first of four par-5s, this tricky 517-yard long specimen requires 

precision from a semi-blind tee shot that leads to a wide but 

shallow green that is positioned perpendicular to the line of 

play and perfectly framed by long views. 

The experience, which is rustic, playing sometimes around 

ancient rocky farming boundary walls, offers a good balance 

and variety, from doglegs to uphill and downhill holes, long 

par-5s, short par-4s and challenging par-3s. The 8th is a 

perfect example: A demanding 432-yard par-4 with fairway 

that is beyond a wooded canyon—find it and you’ll have a long 

iron approach into a green that slopes from front left to back 

right. The 9th is another downhiller with a split fairway short 

of the green while the 557-yard 11th is a brutal, gently sloping 

uphill par-5 with a ravine cutting into the fairway on the left 

and a lone tree that protects the right—the second shot is 

challenged by shallow bunkers. 

The challenges aren’t limited to the two courses. Should your 

game need a post-round tune-up, there is an expansive golf 

academy on-site that rivals anything on Tour. Most 36-a-daytypes, 

however, will head back to their quarters and, having 

had a dip in their own pool or one of the many beach clubs, 

decide which of the more than 30 dining venues they will avail 

for dinner and postprandials. 

The resort writ large also includes a Mouratoglou Tennis 

Center, an NBA Basketball School, opportunities for myriad of 

other sporting activities, and several public open spaces or, in 

ancient Greek, agora, where restaurants and bars complement 

boutiques, piazzas, and the like. Add the tasteful addition of 

the waterside Mandarin Oriental and the buzzy allure of the W 

hotel, complete with its chillout DJ, and golfers as well as other 

holidaymakers won’t be short of options: After all, that’s one of 

Costa Navarino’s major draws. 


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CULTURE BOOK 

FROM STREET 

CORNER 

TO SOTHEBY’S 

The rapid rise of stencil art in the past 

decades draws on a rich heritage—and looks to 

have an even brighter future. // By Josh Sims 

BLAME BANKSY. If most art finds its credibility—and 

collectability—in winning the unofficial stamp of approval 

from a prestige gallery, museum or investor, street art has 

gone straight from urban sprawl to penthouse wall. But 

not just any graffiti. It’s stencil art, specifically, that in its 

graphic directness and ready reproducibility, both from 

street to street and from street to T-shirt or mug, has become 

a 21st-century cultural currency and a new take, perhaps, on 

the Pop Art of yore. 

If the stencil proved the logistically most efficient 

way of getting art up on a street wall quickly—not least 

because most of the preparation could be done beforehand 

in a studio—that also helped define its bold, neat look, its 

leanings towards unfiltered sociopolitical relevance and, 

often, its droll placement; one of Banksy’s more recent 

works, ‘Valentine’s Day Mascara,’ made entertaining use of an 

abandoned chest freezer. 

WALL FLOWERINGS 

Banksy’s “Choose Your Weapon.” 

Facing page: An example of the 

pioneering work of Nick Walker. 

COURTESY THE ARTIST AND NELLY DUFF GALLERY 


COURTESY THE ARTIST AND NELLY DUFF GALLERY 


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CULTURE BOOK 

“ 

John 

Part of its appeal now, as then, is that it’s simple and 

can be done quickly—it’s like that return to three-chord 

songs you get after music gets overly complicated. 

Fekner, street art pioneer 

OUTDOOR SCENES 

DOT DOT DOT’s “Handgun” 

on Sunset Boulevard, L.A. 

Facing page: “Wheels over 

Indian Trails,” in New York City, 

by John Fekner. 

“Given how economically disadvantaged [fledgling] artists so 

often are, the stencil has long been the ultimate low-cost tool for 

some kind of protest messaging, from the Berlin Wall to Ukraine 

today,” explains Cassius Colman, founder of Nelly Duff, in London’s 

East End, one of the first galleries to exhibit international street 

artists. “And the best of it is incredibly skilled—the minimum 

amount of mark making for the maximum impact.” 

That, technically, stencil art is illegal in most places has 

only added to its underground edginess, affording it the cool 

of controversy too. Or, perhaps, that used to be the case. 

“I heard that ‘street art’ was being called ‘urban contemporary 

art’ now, and that’s when you know the institutions have 

started to accept it as a genre, instead of fighting it,” laughs 

DOT DOT DOT, the Norwegian stencil-turned-conceptual artist 

whose street works are characterized by their large scale and 

often dark wit. 

COURTESY DOT DOT DOT 


“The movement for the last 10 to 15 years has scaled up 

the interest in art for people in general, and maybe it has 

been important in terms of changing people’s perspective of 

everyday life,” he adds. “But certainly ‘street art’ is not only of 

interest to a certain type of person anymore. It’s for everyone.” 

But, warns Colman, that doesn’t mean it’s all any good. 

Beware the mimics. “Invariably, as with many successful art 

forms, its exponents have been imitated. And street art is easy 

to imitate,” he suggests. “The best of it requires a strong artistic 

statement and comes from artists who push their own style. 

They have a track record of progressive, independent thinking. 

I don’t think anyone needs to see another ‘Mickey Mouse with a 

machine gun’ type of image. There’s a lineage to stencil art now 

that brings some sober analysis [to the market].” 

Indeed, for all that Banksy may have become a household 

name—at least in neighborhoods where, arguably, street art is 

least likely to be found on the actual streets—and commands 

record prices (his ‘Love is in the Bin’ sold in 2021 for $23.5m) 

he was preceded by many lesser-known but genre-defining 

stencil artists. 

Among them are the likes of the École des Beaux- 

Arts-trained Parisian street artist Blek le Rat—his work 

recognized by his signature rat motif—and Nick Walker, 

whose ironic, humorous images helped shape the influential 

graffiti scene that emerged out of Bristol, U.K., both artists 

starting out inspired by stencilling’s early 1980s explosion. 

And before them was the poetry-loving John Fekner, often 

cited as the artistic pioneer of the medium, whose 300 or 

more conceptual works comprising official-looking symbols, 

dates and words, addressing the environmental hazards of 

living in New York, were at the core of the city’s creative 

energy from the late 1960s. 

“The phrase ‘street art’ didn’t really happen until later and 

was really about people from the community painting for 

the community, but stencilling came out of the ‘No Nukes’ 

protest era, as a means of making a quick, striking message 

about something,” says Fekner, who explains that stencilling 

originated during World War Two, with the U.S. forces employing 

it to catalogue equipment or create makeshift signs to direct 

troop movements. 

“Part of its appeal now, as then, is that it’s simple and can 

be done quickly—it’s like that return to three-chord songs you 

get after music gets overly complicated. It also represents a 

kind of ‘artisan connection’ to old printing techniques, cutby-hand, 

woodcutting, typesetting, sign painting, and so on. 

Sometimes you can make new art with old tools,” says Fekner. 

“But I think it also appeals because it’s still ‘de-labelled’ 

—that you don’t know who made the work—which forces 

consideration of the message,” he adds. “That said, I do 

question how street art has become so commodified. 

Remember too that neighborhoods have to live with these 

pieces and [unlike the art world] they don’t always like them.” 

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STYLE GUIDE 

A MAN’S 

WORLD 

Fashion and accessories 

for him that make a 

statement this season. 

DUNHILL Prince of Wales wool 

Rollagas down blouson BRUNELLO 

CUCINELLI wool flannel leisure fit 

pants with pince PATEK PHILIPPE 

5235/50R watch with 40.5mm 

rose gold case, two-tone graphite 

and ebony black dial, self-winding 

movement, regulator-style display, 

hour and seconds subdials, sweep 

minutes, day, date and month in 

apertures FOPE bi-colored yellow 

and white gold Essentials Flex’it 

ring CHAUMET rose gold Alliance 

Liens Évidence band GIORGIO 

ARMANI dark gray deer leather 

gloves AU DÉPART Le Martin de 

Voyage Reflective Jacquard and 

leather four-wheeled carry-on 

E.B.MEYROWITZ The New Yorker 

sunglasses in black. 

Photography by Matthew Shave // Production by Elisa Vallata 


SERAPIAN slim briefcase Stepan Eclipse 

in Moss Green leather TOD’S sunglasses 

with black acetate frame and light 

brown/yellow lenses GIORGIO ARMANI 

black leather boots with micro-pleated 

nappa details (on the right) DUNHILL 1893 

Harness top handle bag in black leather 

(on the left) and hybrid plain Derby shoe 

RICHARD MILLE RM 72-01 Automatic 

Winding Lifestyle Flyback Chronograph 

with titanium case and black rubber strap 

MONTBLANC Meisterstück Selection mini 

bag in croc-embossed leather SERAPIAN 

Cachemire Eclipse pencil case in black 

leather MONTBLANC Writers Edition 

Homage to Brothers Grimm limited-edition 

fountain pen; Extreme 3.0 thin document 

case in embossed full-grain black leather 

(under the shoe).


BRIONI Avio double splittable wool and cashmere Vagabond jacket SERAPIAN Secret Mosaico leather bag in coffee/ 

khaki CHOPARD Alpine Eagle in Lucent Steel with 41mm case, pine green dial, self-winding movement and date-window 

between 4 and 5 o’clock BULGARI white gold B.Zero1 bracelet and ring. 

Facing page: BRETT JOHNSON beige wool and silk bomber jacket with side pockets KITON white and beige cashmere, 

virgin wool, and silk checked overshirt with snap buttons and breast pockets GIORGIO ARMANI straight pants in double 

cashmere blend with Prince of Wales ivory pattern LEICA Q3 digital camera with triple resolution 60MP sensor, 8K Ultra 

HD video, and new Hybrid AF system GIORGIO ARMANI pleated nappa backpack in extra soft lambskin AUDEMARS PIGUET 

Royal Oak Selfwinding Chronograph with 41mm pink gold case and brown dial with “Grande Tapisserie” pattern, pink gold 

applied hour-markers and hands with luminescent coating FOPE rose gold Flex’it ring set with black diamonds (left hand) 

NOEL Revolution rose gold Princess Black Diamond band (right hand). 

STYLE GUIDE 


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OUR WORLD 

BONDING 

Could the key to saving the oceans lie in 

the arcane world of debt refinancing? Nigel Tisdall 

takes a look at how The Nature Conservancy 

is leading the way across the globe. 

ISTOCK 


WITH THE 

BLUE 

STRETCHING FOR 185 miles between Mexico 

and Guatemala, the Belize Barrier Reef is a 

World Heritage-listed chain of some 200 cays 

and atolls where travelers enjoy sensational 

snorkeling, diving, and sailing. Its clear, warm 

and often uncrowded waters pulsate with 

richly colored corals and myriad creatures 

from the endemic whitelined toadfish to 

mighty loggerhead turtles. 

Like many of our most impressive natural 

wonders, this is a fragile ecosystem facing 

multiple threats that range from rising water 

temperatures and beach erosion to illegal 

fishing, aggressive construction, plastic waste 

and, potentially, oil extraction. How can a 

small, tourism-dependent country like Belize, 

home to just 400,000 people, combat all this? 

One answer could lie in what is commonly 

known as the Blue Bond, an innovative 

financial arrangement in which developing 

coastal and island nations restructure their 

sovereign debt on more favorable terms as a 

way to release funds for marine and littoral 

conservation. 

“It’s similar to refinancing a home,” 

explains Julie Robinson, Belize program 

director at The Nature Conservancy, the 

Virginia-headquartered non-profit behind 

the scheme. “In 2021 Belize repurchased 

$553m of its public debt at a 45% discount. 

This was on condition some of the funds 

released would go to create protected marine 

zones and guarantee long-term, sustainable 

financing for ocean conservation over the 

next 20 years.” 

WORTH SAVING 

Aerial view of the Belize 

Barrier Reef Reserve. 


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BRIGHTER FUTURE 

Marine life will benefit from 

the Blue Bond system. 

ADOBE STOCK 


Out on the water, this means balancing 

the requirements of fishing communities and 

tourism businesses with the urgent need to 

conserve mangrove forests and reefs. Money 

that would have disappeared in interest 

payments can now be put to work finding 

ways to protect a mini-paradise like the 

remote, jewel-like atoll Glover’s Reef, home 

to a tapestry of some 800 coral gardens. At 

present there are just six Fisheries Department 

staff here doing their best to tackle unlawful 

fishing in a marine reserve that stretches 

for 20 miles. “Anyone caught is fined and 

has their boat and nets confiscated,” says 

manager Raphael Martinez, but his resources 

are extremely limited. On the more accessible 

and larger Turneffe Atoll radar is now being 

used to monitor its pristine waters, a measure 

that will hopefully be implemented here too. 

Support from larger, wealthier nations is 

clearly essential, and the Blue Bond offers 

some hope for our beleaguered oceans and 

their far-flung settlements. The first such 

debt swap was launched in the Seychelles 

in 2015 when the Indian Ocean archipelago 

refinanced $22m of borrowing in exchange 

for protecting 30% of its waters, a measure 

fulfilled in 2020. The initiative has since 

spread to the Caribbean where in September 

2022 Barbados completed a $150m Blue 

Bond debt conversion that will provide $50m 

of funding and see its marine protected areas 

expand from virtually zero to approximately 

30%. In May, Ecuador signed the largest “debt 

for nature” swap on record, worth $656m, 

that will see at least $12m a year channeled 

into conservation including help to protect 

the exceptional wildlife and landscapes of 

the Galápagos. 

The Nature Conservancy has identified 20 

countries that could benefit from the Blue 

Bond initiative and has a declared goal of 

seeing more than 10% of the world’s oceans 

under protection by 2030. While government 

debt negotiations are kept secret until 

confirmed, islands in the South Pacific could 

well be next in line. Fiji’s Blue Accelerator Grant 

Scheme, which is backed by the United Nations 

Development Programme, is already funding 

projects that support its blue economy such as 

the introduction of electrically powered boats, 

sustainable prawn farms, and the country’s 

first mangrove eco-walk. 

Others in Fiji have not waited for 

governments, institutional investors, and 

philanthropists to rescue our imperiled seas 

by juggling financial figures. On Vanua Levu, 

veteran French oceanographer Jean-Michel 

Cousteau has been involved for many years 

with an eponymous eco-resort that is a shining 

model of sustainability. Here education is seen 

as a vital way forward that is manifest in a kids’ 

club featuring a School Under the Sea where 

children are taught about the importance of 

sharks, go night snorkeling, and plant mangrove 

seedlings. Its resident marine biologist, Johnny 

Singh, sums up the situation bluntly: “We’re a 

small country and if we lose all this we’re gone.” 

As the 85-year-old Cousteau puts it: “Protect 

the ocean and you protect yourself.” nature.org 

OUR WORLD 

REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT 

In 2015, NetJets launched Blue Skies By NetJets ® to offer our Owners a more environmentally friendly way 

to fly. Participating Owners can purchase an equivalent number of carbon offsets to the carbon footprint 

of their annual flight hours—calculated by multiplying the carbon offset hourly rate for their aircraft type 

by total share size. Because of our partnership with Climate Impact Partners, Blue Skies ® contributions go 

directly toward supporting global projects that protect forests, capture and destroy landfill gas, and scale 

up renewable energy distribution, to name a few benefits. 


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GOURMET GUIDE 

LONDON’S 

CULINARY ARTSCAPE 


The hottest tables in the U.K. capital belong 

to a host of diminuitive Japanese spots where the chef’s 

vision leads the way. // By Farhad Heydari 


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STEPHEN JOYCE; PREVIOUS SPREAD FROM LEFT: © MANDARIN ORIENTAL, © DORCHESTER COLLECTION 

IT ROUGHLY translates to “I’ll leave it up to you”—a nod to 

the all-knowing sushi chef on the other side of the spotless 

counter to whom you respectfully accede on matters of 

freshness and choice and whose largely pescatarian set menu 

is purveyed personally to a select few at each given seating 

and can in no way be altered or amended. For diners who may 

have special requests (“I’ll have the wasabi on the side,” for 

example) or are oftentimes tardy to their appointed reservation 

time or anticipate having a boisterous evening meal, omakase 

may not be for you. 

But if you are a diehard gastronome, these no-choice, 

multicourse Japanese affairs are the ultimate expression of 

excellence and are now burgeoning around the world. Omakase’s 

roots date back to Japan’s Edo period (1603-1868) when the 

purveyors of fish would serve their best and freshest catch to 

their most trusted customers, employing the Japanese spirit 

of omotenashi—the art of hospitality ingrained in the guest’s 

happiness. Today, we are as healthful and ichthyophagous as 

ever, and the demand for top-of-the-line, seafood-centered 

rations has never been more acute, which is why we are seeing 

the emergence of small, discreet, hole-in-the-wall eateries 

around the world, which have proliferated and are drawing au 

fait gastronomes in droves. 

That’s if you can get a reservation. Take London, for example. 

With myriad direct flights to Japan, and with the British Isles 

a bountiful aquatic larder for the freshest catch, top-tier 

sushi chefs are now showcasing their skills and creativity in 

spartan, often unmarked, intimate settings where tradition 

and authenticity come to the fore and the focus remains firmly 

on high-quality ingredients and expert preparation. 

Sushi Kanesaka (45parklane.com) is a perfect example. 

Hidden behind an unmarked door on the second floor of the 

Dorchester Hotel’s sister property, 45 Park Lane, it oozes 

the kind of zen “find” that diners crave. In fact, it’s a setting 

straight out of Ginza, which also happens to be where master 

chef Shinji Kanesaka’s two Michelin-starred original outpost is 

based. Like its sibling, napkins are delivered in hand-lacquered 

boxes, the ikebana floral arrangement is reassuringly front and 

center, and guests are asked to “refrain from wearing perfume 

as the refreshing aroma of vinegar is an important part of the 

sushi experience—as is the natural flavor of the fish itself.” 

Those lucky enough to secure a reservation at the 13-seat 

sleek cedarwood counter will enjoy not only an 18-course 

masterpiece but they’ll also witness monk-like chefs working 

together in an elegant ballet in a cosy and polished space 

framed with soothing backlit washi screens. 

Another transportive portal is Taku (takumayfair.com), the 

16-seat brainchild of chef Takuya Watanabe, whose Parisian 

omakase restaurant Jin was the first to be bestowed with a 

Michelin star. Located behind noren curtains on fashionable 

Albemarle Street in Mayfair, the ever-changing, Edomae-style 

cuisine (a more traditional expression of sushi-making that 

involves laboriously curing fish, and a particular way with rice 

that allows the delicate umami notes to come to the fore), 

was lavished with a Michelin star in March 2023, just four 

months after its debut. Diners at the pine bar have a choice 

of a 20-course menu or one with additional courses appended 

with ultra-premium ingredients such as caviar and truffle in a 

serene oasis of pale woods and natural stone. 

Mayha London (mayhalondon.com), meanwhile, is omakase 

for a less-formal breed, complete with a speakeasylike 

subterranean bijou bar and verdant courtyard where 

preprandials are crafted with as much care and attention 

as the fare that’s served up at the curved stone chef’s table 

superjacent, which has touches of an industrial test kitchen 

to it. Beneath an eye-catching bespoke light installation that 

recalls a tree of light or a beautiful canopy of illuminated 

flowers and with an eclectic soundtrack as the accompaniment, 

head chefs Jurek Wasio and Yuichi Nakaya craft a menu using 

meticulously sourced seasonal ingredients from a range of 

local and Japanese suppliers, the latter providing the finest 

seafood and specialty produce, at two seatings to 11 patrons 

each evening on chic Chiltern Street. 

Then there is Roketsu (roketsu.co.uk), a gloriously minimalist 

bilevel time-space threshold that instantly transports you 

to Kyoto, where, incidentally, all of the pared-back and 

streamlined interiors were fashioned by the craftsmen from 

Nakamura Sotoji Komuten, one of the world’s leading experts 

in the Sukiya style of architecture using Japanese hinoki wood, 

before being shipped to the U.K. and assembled on-site. The 

GOURMET GUIDE 

LIGHT FANTASTIC 

Mayha London’s bespoke 

installation and counter. 

Previous pages, from left: 

Omakase at The Aubrey; 

chef Shinji Kanesaka at 

45 Park Lane. 


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GOURMET GUIDE 

TASTE OF JAPAN 

From left: Endo Kazutoshi; 

place setting at 

Roketsu; The Aubrey’s 

fare; Sushi Kanesaka. 

Marylebone eatery is situated in Portman Village, where chefowner 

Daisuke Hayashi, who brings decades of experience at 

Japan’s world-renowned Kikunoi Honten working as a protégé 

of the owner and chef Yoshihiro Murata, serves up a traditional 

kaiseki meal with dashi (the mystical Japanese dried fishbased 

broth) as its foundation, for 10 diners at two sittings 

each evening. The attention to detail is next-level—inspired by 

the wabi philosophy and aesthetic, even the tableware varies 

by season in accordance with its principles. Libations, which 

can also be enjoyed at the midcentury basement lounge, have 

been conceived by sommelier Ryosuke Mashio, who prior to 

Roketsu spent 13 years as head sommelier at Michelin-starred 

Umu. He has amassed an award-winning wine list where over 70 

sakes are on offer by the bottle, including two sakes imported 

exclusively for the restaurant—Kikunoi and Echigoryu—as well 

as more than 20 available by the glass. 

A similar fusion of omakase and kaiseki is on offer at the 

incredible eight-seat Maru (marulondon.com). Helmed by 

Yasuhiro Ochiai, previously head chef at two-Michelin-star 

Masato Nishihara’s esteemed Tsukumo restaurant in Nara, 

Japan, the restaurant offers a 20-course farm-to-fork, fishled 

daily-changing menu featuring primarily hyper-seasonal 

British ingredients in a petite space in Mayfair’s Shepherd 

FROM LEFT: TOM ASTERIADES, © ROKETSU 


FROM LEFT: GIADA ZOSI, © DORCHESTER COLLECTION 

Market. The setting is serene with interiors (complete with an 

eye-catchingly fetching framed shūji calligraphy), floristry, and 

crockery (handmade by Maruyama himself) that complement 

the multisensory meal. A must-try is the king crab, served in a 

silver bowl cast from the shell itself. 

But not all omakase has to be of the break-the-bank variety. 

At TOKii (tokii.co.uk), the refined in-house restaurant of the 

petite Nipponese Marylebone hostelry The Prince Akatoki, 

one can indulge in an intimate blind-tasting experience 

that’s veiled in secrecy until you and five other guests are 

comfortably seated at the chef’s counter for your 11-course 

journey. The décor and service are unfaultable and the fleet 

of elegant dishes (think Otoro tuna belly temaki) are served 

with confidence and aplomb. 

Those unfaltering precepts have held Endo at the Rotunda 

(endoatrotunda.com) in good stead since April 2019 when it 

opened on the top floor of The Helios building in West London. 

Since then, it has garnered a Michelin star thanks to chef Endo 

Kazutoshi’s uncompromisingly fastidious attention to detail 

and ingredients—seafood, for example, is sourced from Endo’s 

personal relationship with just a handful of fishermen: clams 

from Dorset, monkfish from Devon, cuttlefish from Brittany, 

scallops from Orkney, and much more. And the rice, as another 

example, is from a dedicated farm in Fukuoka Prefecture, 

ensuring that it has the perfect PH when rendered. Patrons, 

just a dozen of them, sit transfixed around a meandering 

200-year-old hinoki wood counter and beneath a washiinspired, 

cloud light feature that levitates gracefully above, 

with expansive views of West London as accompaniment. 

But omakase as a concept isn’t limited to just exquisite 

rations. At The Aubrey (theaubreycollection.com), an eccentric 

Japanese izakaya experience at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde 

Park, bar director Pietro Rizzo and his team embrace the 

ancient principals of seasonal and elegant combinations, for 

a deeply immersive and ever-changing experience through 

the expansive world of Japanese spirits including everything 

from umeshu, shochu, sake, and a miscellany of Asian herbs 

and spices. The elusive ingredients are transformed into 

exciting elixirs that are served alongside a carefully curated 

selection of Japanese-inspired light bites to just six patrons 

per sitting, in a stunningly sultry space, with art inspired by 

the Japonisme movement, gilded finishings, and plush leather 

and velvet furnishings and fixtures, all tucked away behind a 

secret door. In the end, regardless of the particulars of the 

omakase experience, the remarkable blend of seasonality and 

intimate size ensures it will be a meal to remember. 


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LEIF CARLSSON 

TASTING NOTES 


BOLD 

BUBBLES 

Grower champagnes are all the rage, focused on single-estate bottlings 

and small producers. But are these popular bubbles worth all the fuss? 

// By Christiaan Porter 

IN TIMES WHEN so many products are dubbed artisanal, 

when authenticity is a prized characteristic for many upscale 

goods and a heartwarming origin story all part of the pitch 

to ever more conscious consumers, it would be surprising if 

such a luxury product as champagne escaped the same buzz. 

Enter “grower” champagnes. Finding increased resonance 

over the course of the last two decades, they still qualify—in 

the slow-moving French region of Champagne—as the next 

big thing. 

These are the “récoltants manipulants,” or RM, as they’re 

designated on their bottles, indicating that at least 95% of 

the grapes used were grown on a single estate. Typically, 

they’re from small independent producers, maybe just one 

or two generations old who, being young, are evangelists for 

new, more radical methods. And so the bottles might also 

feature single vintage, single vineyard, single variety, or low 

intervention distinctions, often fashionably natural or organic 

in their approach in ways more common in Burgundy but rare 

in Champagne. 

Unbolstered by much in the way of reserves, these grower 

champagnes are unique and reflective of a very localized soil 

and climate—to the point that a single bottle may be a true 

one-off—and, indeed, some wine experts and producers have 

argued as early as the 1930s that truly great champagnes are 

always this singular. 

There are, of course, some grandes marques in Champagne 

that do trumpet their localism—Krug began producing single 

vineyard, single vintage blanc de blancs 44 years ago—but 

a renewed enthusiasm for the idea has seen the likes of 

champagne portfolio manager Terry Theise speak of the merits 

of “farmer fizz,” as distinct from champagnes that are—as he 

damningly puts it—“from a factory.” These are the “négociants 

manipulants” whose output is consistent year after year, a 

steady stream of consistent bubbles. In contrast, names like 

Vilmart & Cie, Egly-Ouriet, Ulysse Collin, Jacques Selosse, 

Benoit Marguet, Pierre Paillard, Philipponnat, and Pierre 

Gimonnet have been trumpeted as grower Davids up against 

these multinational Goliaths. These growers lack access to 

marketing budgets, and their under-the-radar reputation 

is typically built by word of mouth. That they’re hard to find 

perhaps only adds to their appeal, especially for some wine 

investors. 

Certainly, it’s argued, grower champagnes have had a 

positive impact on the Champagne region. They are giving it 

a frisson of fresh energy, extending choice with something 

different, bringing a more personal, familial approach. Most 

importantly, they are helping with soil conservation in an 

industry that has relied heavily on pesticides and fertilizers 

and, indirectly, may be applying some pressure to move to 

more organic practices among the large negotiants that still 

represent the overwhelming major of Champagne’s production. 

The likes of Dom Pérignon and Louis Roederer are among those 

giants that have taken steps towards more organic and more 

terroir-specific products in recent years. 

“Historically, it’s been a marginal climate for viticulture, 

but the champagnois feel the changing climate more acutely,” 

explains Davy Zyw, wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd’s 

champagne expert and senior wine buyer. “Recent growing 

seasons have tested the vines, the terroirs, and exposed the 

best farmers in the region, and there is increased division 

NEW VINTAGE 

The cellar at grower label 

Champagne Philipponnat. 


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TASTING NOTES 

“ 

Mark 

These small growers have control over their own grapes, 

will know each vine intimately, and will pick at optimum 

maturity for their own product. 

Savage of Savage Selection 

between the vignerons who are responding correctly, and 

those who are not. It is the most sensitive vigneron who are 

making the best wines. And these are often the small growers.” 

Indeed, according to wine merchant Mark Savage of Savage 

Selection—one of the few specialists in grower champagnes— 

the grower market is now at the stage where it’s finding more 

widespread acceptance, while the dominance of the grandes 

marques and their centuries of tradition is less certain. For one, 

attitudes have changed. While they may be a minority, Savage 

argues that there are increasing numbers of people “who 

aren’t obsessed with the grandes marques, who recognise that 

these big names have huge marketing power—the strongest in 

the entire wine industry—but that maintaining that requires 

drinkers to pay a hefty premium”. 

Standards have improved massively too. If grower 

champagnes had little hope of matching the grandes marques’ 

quality 50 years ago, says Savage, more recent years have seen 

improved insights as to which of them have the skills, vines, 

and location to compete, and the building of a reassuring track 

record of impressive champagnes to boot. “What’s more,” he 

says, “these small growers have control over their own grapes, 

will know each vine intimately, and will pick at optimum 

maturity for their own product. There isn’t the same incentive 

to take the same care if you’re just selling your grapes on to a 

grande marque.” 

Thirdly, grower champagnes are changing our ideas about 

what champagne is or should be. “Those few titanic grandes 

marques and their uniform cuvées have trained consumers to 

expect consistency in champagne styles. But this has only ever 

given us a binary view into a region that holds such wealth and 

diversity of terroir, style, winemaking talent, and philosophy,” 

explains Zyw. “But now many small producers, often the younger 

generations, are not renewing contracts to sell grapes to the 

larger houses, and instead are looking to articulate their own 

VALENTIN PACAUT / THE EXPLORERS 


ALL IN THE PROCESS 

Testing time 

at Champagne 

Philipponnat; 

facing page: Among 

the vines 

at Champagne 

Marguet. 

vineyards, in a way we would associate with, say, Burgundy. I 

think the Champagne region is at the cusp of climatic, cultural 

and commercial change, and there’s really never been a more 

exciting time for champagne enthusiasts.” 

This, however, isn’t to say that grower champagnes are 

exactly set to take over. It can be hard to cut through the hype. 

Some argue that they are still more a product of excitable overexuberance, 

driven by farm-to-table restaurants keen to offer 

ever more discerning diners wine lists of specific Champagne 

regions and styles. Likewise, grower champagnes have proven a 

boon to independent wine retailers, competing with the market 

forces of much larger retailers, in providing them with a more 

accessibly priced product that allows them to stand apart. 

And, as Alan Marginean of the International Sommeliers 

Union notes, grower champagnes are not without controversy 

in the wine world where it counts—in the taste. Some feel that 

their “racy acidity, with lots of mouthfeel” makes them a perfect 

accompaniment to many foods, one way in which sommeliers 

might convince diners to explore a singular champagne from 

a house they’ve likely never heard of. “But perhaps they are 

less good on their own, because they lack the aging balance 

and the richness [of grandes marques champagnes],” he says. 

“Champagne has always struggled to find a market outside of 

celebrations and high-end restaurants. So even if awareness 

of grower wines is increasing, they’re going to be more for the 

wine geeks.” 

Indeed, these grower champagnes account for between just 

five and 10% of exports, according to Comité Champagne. Just 

5,000 of the estimated 19,000 independent growers across 

the Champagne region hold back some of their grapes—often 

from the best parcels of land—to produce their own wine, and 

then often only for local consumption. 

As far as the geeks go, the ones driving demand for grower 

champagnes, this is still very much a matter of caveat 

emptor—since, even with improved knowledge of what the 

market offers, both the thrill and the potential disappointment 

of grower champagnes is their very inconsistency and 

idiosyncrasy. That’s less an issue plumping for the never-tobe-repeated 

drinking experience of a bottle recommended by 

a sommelier. It’s trickier when you want to buy several. Shifts 

from the transcendent to the terrible in the same case might be 

expected. Think of grower champagnes, then, as independent 

films, relative to Hollywood blockbusters: always interesting 

if not always successful compared to the dependable if rarely 

surprising. 

MICHAËL BOUDOT 

Scale and historical background help to build stock levels 

and reserve wine levels that enable production of higher quality 

champagne over a longer period of time. The producer is less 

reliant on the quality of individual harvests. And it is true that 

some people’s interest is limited if they know they can enjoy 

a great bottle but never reorder it. If grower champagnes are 

a concept people love to like, then there is always reality. You 

can be a very small producer and make something terrible 

as much as the opposite can be true. People advanced in 

their wine knowledge are interested in grower wines but it’s 

important to take a balanced view. People want to find those 

golden nuggets—but there remain very few of those around. 


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INSIDE VIEW 

HOW TO 

CAPTURE 

A forthcoming exhibition at 

the Denver Art Museum chronicles 

the history of U.S. art through the 

prism of the renowned Phillips 

Collection. It’s a perfect partnership 

of imagery and place. 

AMERICA 


MARSDEN HARTLEY, MOUNTAIN LAKE - AUTUMN, ABOUT 1910. OIL ON CANVAS; 12 X 12 IN. THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: GIFT OF ROCKWELL KENT, 1926 


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MAURICE BRAZIL PRENDERGAST, FANTASY, ABOUT 1917. OIL ON CANVAS; 22 5/8 X 31 5/8 IN. THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: ACQUIRED 1921 

INSIDE VIEW 

ABOVE 

Maurice Brazil 

Prendergast’s “Fantasy,” 

circa 1917. 

FACING PAGE 

“Plumes,” 1931, 

by Walt Kuhn. 

PAGES 74-75 

Marsden Hartley’s 

“Mountain Lake – 

Autumn,” circa 1910. 


WALT KUHN, PLUMES, 1931. OIL ON CANVAS; 40 IN. X 30 IN. THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: ACQUIRED 1932 


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INSIDE VIEW 

BUILDING 

A LEGACY 

Founded in 1893 as the Denver Artists’ Club, the Denver Art Museum has 

since developed to become one of the most influential and largest museums 

between Chicago and the West Coast. It was only in 1971 that it settled in 

its present home, though—the North Building, one of only two buildings in 

North America designed by the famed Italian architect Gio Ponti. Such was 

its growth that, at the turn of the millennium, another renowned name, Daniel 

Libeskind, was brought on board to design an extension to the museum’s 

properties. Opened in 2006, the Frederic C. Hamilton Building now houses 

the museum’s major exhibition spaces, while the North (renamed the Martin 

Building and extensively renovated in recent years) hosts the permanent 

collections. While having a global outlook, these collections have always 

had an emphasis on American art, encouraging Denver and Rocky Mountain 

artists in particular, while gaining international recognition for its Indigenous 

Arts of North America collection, as well as its works from Latin America 

and arts of the Ancient Americas. So the exhibition beginning this fall fits 

perfectly with this ongoing philosophy of the museum. Drawing on works 

from the collection started in 1921 by Duncan Phillips, a Washington D.C.- 

based collector and philanthropist, “All Stars: American Artists from The 

Phillips Collection” (November 12–March 3, 2024) features 75 works from 56 

U.S. artists and chronicles the country’s art from the birth of the modernist 

spirit through to the those exploring the important issues of today. Among 

the artists represented are Benny Andrews, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, 

Jacob Lawrence, and Georgia O’Keeffe. If The Phillips Collection tells the 

story of American art, then the Denver Art Museum is the perfect place to 

view it. denverartmuseum.org 

FACING PAGE 

The Martin Building at 

the Denver Art Museum. 


JAMES FLORIO 


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JANET TAYLOR PICKETT, AND SHE WAS BORN, 2017. ACRYLIC ON CANVAS WITH PRINTED PAPER COLLAGE; 30 IN. X 30 IN. THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: 

THE DREIER FUND FOR ACQUISITIONS, 2020. © JANET TAYLOR PICKETT, COURTESY JENNIFER BAAHNG GALLERY. 

INSIDE VIEW 

ABOVE 

Janet Taylor Pickett’s 

“And She was Born,” 

2017. 

FACING PAGE 

From top: “Me and 

the Moon,” 1937, by 

Arthur G. Dove; Jacob 

Lawrence’s “Migration 

Series, Panel 3,” 1940-41. 


JACOB LAWRENCE, MIGRATION SERIES, PANEL 3, 1940 - 1941. CASEIN TEMPERA ON HARDBOARD; 12 IN. X 18 IN. THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: 

ACQUIRED 1942. © 2022 THE JACOB AND GWENDOLYN KNIGHT LAWRENCE FOUNDATION, SEATTLE / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK. 

ARTHUR G. DOVE, ME AND THE MOON, 1937. WAX EMULSION ON CANVAS; 18 X 26 IN. THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION: ACQUIRED 1939. 


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THE LAST WORD 


FRANK 

GEHRY 

The legendary architect on life away from the drawing board 

TRAVEL 

Home comforts or reaching out? 

I travel a lot for work so I love to stay at home! But we are 

going to Morocco for a vacation in a couple of months. I’ve 

been there before but never to Marrakech. We love going to 

Berlin—we did a concert hall there for Daniel Barenboim. It 

turned out to be pretty damned good. I’m going to have my 

next birthday there. One place I’d like to go is Egypt. I’ve 

paid for trips to Egypt several times but for some reason 

they didn’t work out. 

FOOD 

Big names or hidden gems? 

I’m not very fussy about food, but I usually look for local 

fare. I remember in Paris that a chef opened up a place 

after her “job” and it was all very classical French. You 

could only see 15 people in this little room and there was 

old French cooking. That was very special. I like things like 

that—bistros and Paris. 

DRINK 

Classy cabernet or a contemporary cocktail? 

I love a good wine. I was offered the chance to design a winery 

for Marqués de Riscal. I said the job was too small but I 

visited anyway. They took me down to the cave and they asked 

me when my birthday was. I told them and they pulled out a 

bottle of 1929 red, took a sword, cut the top off, and poured 

the wine. It was so good. I said, “OK, OK, if you give me this 

kind of wine, I’m going to do the job.” 

ARTS 

Live entertainment or still life? 

Well, I’ve designed a few concert halls so I’ve been involved 

with them over the years. I’m on Herbie Hancock’s board so 

I’m very involved with his work. I mostly go out to see classical 

music and jazz. A little bit of opera. I used to listen to music 

when I was a young kid in architecture school. I used to listen 

to Bach constantly, playing always while I was working. 

FUTURE PLANS 

Taking it easy or keep on going? 

I love working on concert halls. If someone offers me anything 

related to classical music, I drop everything and go, wherever 

it is. It’s the fascination with connecting people. It does it so 

beautifully. I love that feeling. 


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