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Summer 2024
HAWAII HIGHS
Exploring the best
of the 50th state
ZURICH CALLING
The vibrant Swiss hub
is in full bloom
GOLFING JUBILEE
Bandon Dunes
celebrates 25 years
BURGUNDY TALES
Daniel Johnnes’s ode
to the French wine
CITY BREAKS
The latest from London,
Paris and Venice

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THIS TIME OF YEAR – ALL WITH POPULAR FAIRWAYS AND PUTTING
GREENS IN THE BACKDROP.
With dozens of professional golfers donning our name, we were
thrilled to announce our exclusive partnership with The R&A as its Official Private Jet
Provider for The Open.
Historically, NetJets has had a long-standing presence in the world of golf – we sponsor
more than 50 golf greats – but this partnership introduced our first global partnership,
strengthening our commitment to the sport.
In this edition, we visit the new 19-hole golf course recently added to the beautiful
Bandon Dunes in Southwest Oregon. Now home to seven different courses, the “golf
wonderland” was even referenced by former quarterback Peyton Manning – an avid
golfer and the focus of our Owner’s Profile – as he notes Bandon Dunes remains
on his golf-destination bucket list.
So, whether you’re visiting your favourite golf destination or simply jet-setting through
summer, we look forward to being your trusted travel partner.
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CONTRIBUTORS
JIM CLARKE
As wine expert
and drinks writer
Clarke reports in
A Glass Act (page
84), Burgundy is
booming in the
US – much of its
success due to the
annual La Paulée
celebrations,
spearheaded by
genius sommelier
Daniel Johnnes.
PATRICIA BRÖHM
Based in Munich,
the veteran food
writer and author
of Hey, Züri
(page 78) didn’t
have to travel far
to discover the
veritable boom
of cutting-edge
eateries, hotels
and bars currently
imbuing the
dynamic Swiss hub.
LAURIE WERNER
Island-hopping
in Hawaii, away
from her New York
base, travel scribe
Werner homes in
on a heady mix
of gastronomic,
hotel and natural
highlights, stopping
in at some major
art hubs along the
way. See Beauty
Untamed (page 54).
TOM MACKIN
This issue, in All to
Play For (page 40),
the New Jersey
native charts the
post-NFL career
of the iconic
Peyton Manning,
and, in Raising
a Coast (page
44), the rise of
the ultimate golf
resort: Bandon
Dunes, Oregon.
JÖRN KASPUHL
Matching his
imagination to the
subject matter,
the Hamburg-based
illustrator of
Travel Broadens
the Mind (page 50)
created a visual to
complement Mayo
Clinic’s feature
about travel’s
impact on mental
wellbeing.
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CONTENTS
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THE GRAND CANAL
Breakfast with a view at
The Venice Venice Hotel,
page 64
78 54 44
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IN THE NEWS
Championing the
environment, top hotels
in London and Paris and
must-try spirits
pages 14-31
NETJETS UPDATE
All-access at The Open,
in conversation with COO
Richard Weeks, and more
pages 32-36
MANNING UP
There’s no slowing down
legendary NFL quarterback
Peyton Manning
pages 38-41
DREAMS COME TRUE
At 25, Oregon’s
oceanfront Bandon Dunes
still sets the standard
for golfing in the US
pages 44-49
FREE YOUR MIND
The Mayo Clinic explains
how to maximise travel’s
mental health benefits
pages 50-52
THE ISLANDS HAVE IT
Navigating Hawaii’s
diverse riches, from
rainforest walks to
fine dining
pages 54-63
VENETIAN CLASS
La Serenissima welcomes
a fresh raft of designdriven
hotels
pages 64-70
ONES TO WATCH
A riveting selection of
timepieces with a highoctane
edge
pages 72-77
ZURICH NOW
The vibrant Swiss hub is
blossoming thanks to an
innovative cadre of chefs,
hoteliers and mixologists
pages 78-83
DOMAINE MAN
Iconic sommelier
Daniel Johnnes spreads
the Burgundy love at
La Paulée
pages 84-89
SILVÈRE LINING
NetJets Owners get a
Silvère Jarrosson exclusive
showing at Art Basel
pages 90-97
THE LAST WORD
PGA player Brian Harman
reveals how he likes
to roll when not on tour
page 98
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GOODWILL
FUTURE PERFECT
How Swedish doyen of alternative energy Lars Jacobsson and his wife
Ragnhild are raising funds, beating drums and taking their conservation
message to the world // By Claire Wrathall
PETRA BJÖRSTAD
KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
Sir David Attenborough
receives his Perfect World
Foundation Award from
the Duchess of York in
2018, alongside Lars and
Ragnhild Jacobsson
BACK IN 2010, Lars Jacobsson, a Swedish
energy entrepreneur who had just sold his
business, and his Norwegian wife Ragnhild
(Rags to her friends) were driving northeast
through southern Africa from Botswana, up
across the Kalahari Desert to Zimbabwe.
“Every day we were meeting people who
worked in conservation,” recalls Ragnhild.
“It was a real eye-opener for us. They were
fighting so hard for the survival of all kinds
of animals.”
“We went to one waterhole where poachers
had put cyanide in the water,” interjects
Lars. “All the animals that used it, including
hundreds of elephants, had died. They’d
wanted to kill them quietly so that they could
take their tusks.”
Worse was to come. Near Harare, the
couple stopped at the Imire Rhino & Wildlife
Conservancy in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland
East District, a 4,450ha game park dedicated
to the conservation of all wildlife, but
particularly critically endangered black
rhino, only about 6,100 of which survive
today. That evening they sat down with the
present owners, John and Judy Travers, who
told them a story about a night in 2007 that
they have never forgotten. “Some poachers,”
recounts Lars, “had broken into the camp and
shot dead all the rhinos except for one little
baby, which survived. They found it the next
morning hiding under its mother.”
“It was a bloodbath,” adds Ragnhild.
The only happy outcome was that the
traumatised calf was subsequently reared
by the Travers, who took it into their home, a
challenge for more than the domestic chaos
it brought. “With no more adult rhino in the
park, visitors ceased to come.”
The conservancy needed funds. “We
realised we needed to support them,” says
Lars. Those two stories had “changed us from
tourists to conservationists”. So on returning
to their home in Gothenburg, the couple set
up The Perfect World Foundation (TPWF) “to
support wildlife in crisis”.
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From top: King Charles III
picked up the award for
his late brother-in-law
Mark Shand in 2014; the
Jacobssons in Africa
“We now know that a million species are
under threat,” says Ragnhild, “so it’s a wide
range of projects that needs support.” Hence
their decision to endow and raise money for a
fund that gives grants to grass-roots wildlife
and environmental initiatives. “It’s good to
see that the money you donate goes direct
to the projects it’s supposed to go to,” she
adds, noting that to date TPWF has funded
more than 80 ventures in 20-plus countries,
all run by carefully vetted “local heroes”.
“One of the largest responsibilities we have
is to see that the money is used in the right
way,” stresses Lars. “It’s one thing donating
your own money, but when you are trusted by
other donors, it’s even more important.”
With his blue-chip background in business,
Lars is no stranger to due diligence, having
originally forged a career in petrochemicals
– he came up with the oil contango trading
concept in the 1990s – before realising fossil
fuels were not the future and founding United
Sun Systems in 2010, a solar energy tech
company which in 2018 evolved into Texel
Energy Storage.
Working in collaboration with the US
Department of Energy, Savannah River
National Laboratory and Australia’s
Curtin University, Texel is developing new
technologies for the transition from fossil
fuels to green energy. “It started off with
solar, but we realised pretty fast that though
you can produce energy through solar and
wind, the challenge is storing and distributing
it,” says Lars. “So much green energy is
wasted. And people [need to be able to] use it
in the evenings when they switch on the stove
and charge the Tesla and so on.”
We also need to move on from conventional
batteries, he stresses: “I’m not fond of the
idea of replacing one problem with another.
We’ve had a problem with fossil fuels for 100
years and now we’re throwing ourselves into
a new industry where we’re stripping away
the Amazon rainforest and mining the ocean
floor to get cobalt [for lithium-ion batteries].
At Texel we are trying to find sustainable
solutions that don’t need rare earth metals,
where we can create circular technologies to
avoid consuming our planet’s resources.”
Texel is also working on technology that
will convert the flare gases produced by oil
extraction to electricity. When we meet, he,
Ragnhild and their two West Highland terriers
(who accompany them on all their trips)
– are just back from California and Texas,
where they were on a mission to convince oil
companies that flare-gas conversion could be
a means to a profitable
green transition.
If in its early days TPFW tended to support
projects with flagship species such as
rhinos and elephants, they soon broadened
their vision. “When it comes to biodiversity,
everything is important and everything is
interesting, so we began to be interested in
Nile crocodiles, birds in Costa Rica, Australian
fruit bats … They’re pollinators, so they’re
super important for the environment, but
in the heatwave in Australia last year [when
temperatures reached a record 49.9C], and
now in India, they are literally falling from the
sky and dying from overheating.”
Hence the foundation’s parallel focus on
climate change and its decision to award its
prestigious annual prize for conservation to
climate-change campaigner Greta Thunberg
in 2019. Established five years earlier,
The Perfect World Foundation Award is an
important pillar of the charity, both for
the fundraising potential of its annual gala
dinner and its role in raising awareness
around the issues and the foundation itself.
The award’s first recipient, in 2014, was
the late Mark Shand, whose sister Camilla is
now the British Queen and who was honoured
for his work with elephants (Camilla and
Charles collected the Kosta Boda glass rhino
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“
Ragnhild
We need to inspire younger generations. Otherwise,
we will not have a planet for future generations.
Jacobsson, co-founder of The Perfect World Foundation
sculpture on his behalf). “At that time, such
events were not very common in Sweden,”
says Ragnhild. “When we held that first gala,
it was the first-ever event [in the country]
to raise money for wildlife protection.” With
a narrower culture of philanthropy than in,
say, the US or UK, she explains, it can be
a challenge to raise funds in Scandinavia.
“Money here goes to humanitarian projects.”
Since then, the award has been given
to a host of eminent campaigners and
scientists, among them the British
primatologist Dr Jane Goodall, the late
Kenyan paleoanthropologist Dr Richard
Leakey, American gorilla conservationist Dian
Fossey, who was murdered in 1985, British
national treasure and documentary-maker
Sir David Attenborough, the late Kenyan
environmental activist Professor Wangari
Maathai, and renowned marine biologist and
oceanographer Dr Sylvia Earle.
To expand its audience, however, the
foundation has now begun to cast a wider
net in those it seeks to honour. Last year’s
winner was Kristin Davis, best known for
her role as Charlotte in Sex and the City, but
also a patron of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
and executive producer of the documentary
Gardeners of Eden, about the illegal trade
in ivory, and the conservation-themed,
elephant-orphanage-set Netflix romcom
Holiday in the Wild, in which she starred with
Rob Lowe.
Continuing the trend, this year’s winner will
be English singer-songwriter and UN Global
Goodwill ambassador Ellie Goulding, for “her
inspirational efforts to mobilise the youth in
saving our planet’s biological diversity” – not
least in the way she champions environmental
causes through social media to her 50
million-plus followers. “We need to reach new
networks and inspire younger generations,”
says Ragnhild. “Otherwise, we will not have a
planet for future generations.”
But TPWF has ambitions beyond raising
money and awareness. It’s also about
influencing human behaviour. In Kenya, the
foundation has enabled schoolchildren from
inner-city Nairobi who have never seen an
elephant to see animals in the bush, and kids
from Mombasa to learn to dive in the hope
that seeing wildlife firsthand will inspire
them to want to protect it.
In Sweden, it’s been mobilising a census
of native frogs. And globally, its Blue Bucket
campaign encourages people to pick up the
plastic waste that litters coastlines the world
over. “We know it’s a drop in the ocean,” says
Lars. “But if it teaches people to consume
less and dispose responsibly, then it’s serving
a purpose. It’s not going to solve the problem,
but it helps get people engaged and to realise
that everyone can do something to help. Pick
up trash. Eat less meat. And if you can’t do
that, donate. We need to keep believing we
can create a perfect world.”
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HELPING HANDS
TPWF’s work has
spread beyond Africa
to the rest of the
world, including
helping to save
Australia’s koalas
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THE SMART GUIDE
Our collection of the latest, the brightest,
and the best begins in the capital of the UK
© RAFFLES AT THE OWO
LONDON CALLING
In the city’s West End, a handful of marquee debuts are adding further
luster to the metropolis’s many charms // By Farhad Heydari
SIMON BROWN
PERHAPS IT’S LONDON’s
perennial allure as a genteel
European capital, offering
everything from first-rate
food and gastronomy to an
unbeatable culture scene,
rich in static, dynamic and
visual arts. Maybe it’s all
that shopping, and the
CAPITAL GAINS
From top: Raffles London at
The OWO; a suite at The BoTree
variety of things to see
and do in its multifarious
cityscape, that keeps
visitors coming back.
Whatever the reason,
whenever they do they are
invariably greeted with
a host of new hostelries
to bed down in, each as
distinct as the Big Smoke’s
many neighbourhoods.
This has never been
truer than over the past 12
months, when some projects
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TOUCHES OF CLASS
Clockwise from top: Raffles
London at The OWO; an
example of the The Secret
Gardens Paintings by
Damien Hirst at The Emory;
tacos at the Mandarin
Oriental Mayfair
that were halted because
of the pandemic have come
to fruition – to the tune
of more than £4 billion in
investment, according to
Bloomberg. The first, among
the class of 2023, was 1
July. With its commitment
to the environment (think:
reclaimed materials,
living green walls and an
abundance of 1,300 plants,
representing 200 species
from around the world), the
and a signature restaurant,
Dovetale, helmed by noted
chef Tom Sellers and serving
superlative Continental
rations, focusing on locally
sourced organic ingredients.
Up the road, at the nexus
Hotel Mayfair (1hotels.com),
property is an exemplar
of Marylebone, Mayfair
which opened with 137
of sustainable luxury on
and Soho, The BoTree
rooms and 44 suites in the
Berkeley Street, complete
Hotel (thebotree.com) was
gilded eponymous area last
with a Bamford Wellness Spa
next to debut a couple of
months later, in September.
It also opened with a
notable eatery, Lavo, where
delectable Italian-American
dishes, combining traditional
flavours with contemporary
flair, have made it a popular
spot with the in-crowd.
With its 199 rooms, including
30 colourful suites, it is just
as ideally located – perfect
for guests to explore the
West End’s rich history,
cultural diversity and
LIU HONGDE
KENSINGTON LEVERNE
architectural marvels.
Also in September, the
first Raffles outpost in the
UK was inaugurated by the
Singaporean hotelier in
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a Guerlain spa and a 20m
swimming pool. The result is
a stunning fusion of bygone
grandeur and contemporary
accouterments, rendered in
120 unique rooms and suites
sensitively designed by
Thierry Despont. In all, there
are no fewer than a dozen
dining and drinking venues,
including three by Argentine
chef Mauro Colagreco, a
new Japanese restaurant
by Peter Marino, after all)
with age-old hospitality
staples such as attentive
white-glove service and
intuitiveness, served up
across its eight floors in the
heart of Belgravia. Beyond
its signature fleet of green
Rolls-Royces and in-room
Dyson hair dryers are small,
thoughtful touches such
as nail-drying machines for
manicures, all part of the
by Michelin-starred sushi
reportedly £1 billion build
master Endo Kazutoshi
cost. In the basement, a
and a secret subterranean
private 25m pool and spa
speakeasy, open only to
beckon, while superjacent
residents and habitués,
the 190-room property,
where the elixirs flow but
the two-Michelin-starred
MILO BROWN
photos are frowned upon.
Not to be outdone,
The Peninsula London
Brooklands – overseen by
chef-director Claude Bosi
– and a cigar lounge offer
(peninsula.com) arrived on
panoramas of Hyde Park and
GREEN SCENE
From top: 1 Hotel Mayfair;
The Emory Penthouse
Britain’s iconic former Old
War Office edifice in the
heart of Whitehall. Dubbed
the scene the very same
month, although by contrast
situated in a state-of-the-
beyond.
Next on the scene, and
around the corner, quite
The Raffles OWO (raffles.com),
art new-build very close
literally, is the equally
the landmark building has
to Buckingham Palace
eye-catchingly novel, but
been meticulously restored,
and the Wellington Arch.
decidedly diminutive, 61-
preserving its historic
While lacking historical
room Emory (the-emory.co.uk),
charm while incorporating
patina, the hotel marries
courtesy of Maybourne hotel
modern amenities, including
modernity (interiors done
group, owners of Claridge’s
KENSINGTON LEVERNE
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CITY SLICK
From top: The Penthouse at
1 Hotel Mayfair; Mandarin
Oriental Mayfair’s spa pool
and The Connaught. The
all-suite hotel, designed by
the late Richard Rogers, also
features a subterranean
with views of Hyde Park
and surrounding Belgravia.
But unlike its neighbour, all
the accommodations are
second London outpost,
sheathed behind a red-brick
exterior steps from Soho
on historic Hanover Square.
spa, this one spanning four
commodious and designed
With just 50 rooms, this
floors and with an indoor
by a motley of distinguished
smaller sibling to the grande
pool (with music piped
interior decorators, including
dame in Knightsbridge is
underwater), as well as a
Alexandra Champalimaud,
a modern, more youthful
rooftop bar and cigar lounge
André Fu, Pierre-Yves Rochon
gem, featuring airy, well-
and Patricia Urquiola, all
considered rooms done
of whom were drafted in
up in hand-painted silks,
to showcase their creative
a moody, melanised spa
aesthetics across the
with a 25m-long pool, an
property and the spacious
atmospheric bar and a
suites therein. The whole
restaurant by celebrated
winning formula is anchored
Korean chef Akira Back, of
by renowned chef Jean-
the Michelin-starred Dosa
Georges Vongerichten’s airy
in Seoul – all tucked away
abc kitchens eatery.
within walking distance
GEORGE APOSTOLIDIS
The latest to join this
glittering rota is the
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
(mandarinoriental.com), the
Hong Kong-based group’s
of some of the city’s best
shopping and sightseeing.
The question now is, where to
bed down on your next visit?
MORE TO COME
In 2025, Rosewood will also debut its second London property, the Chancery Rosewood
(rosewoodhotels.com), set in the Grade II-listed former American Embassy building in Grosvenor Square.
Waldorf Astoria (waldorfastoria.com), meanwhile, is slated to recast another listed structure after a
five-year rebuild, this time the historic Admiralty Arch, a landmark neoclassical building on the Mall
that used to house government offices. For its part, Bangkok-based Six Senses (sixsenses.com) will be
debuting its first-ever British property when it recasts Whiteleys, in burgeoning Bayswater, into a 109-room
hotel and spa.
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JEROME GALLAND
BIJOU BOUTIQUES
Paris’s small hotels pack a big punch when it comes
to style. Here, we run down some of the favourite new
boltholes in the City of Light from Local Foreigner,
a luxury travel consultancy and NetJets partner
// By Jordy Lievers-Eaton
PARIS ISN’T LACKING in
the luxury hotel department
– in fact, France has its own
badge of merit, known as
the “Distinction Palace”,
implemented in 2010 to
honour the country’s five-star
hotels with the highest level
of service. Of the 31 hotels
in France that have been
awarded the distinction,
12 are in the capital. But
while there’s nothing like
being greeted by the liveried
doormen at a palais, it’s not
the only way to do Paris. A
new generation of cool-kid
hotels has popped up in the
past half-decade – these
days, there’s a chic boutique
for every traveller, whether
your taste skews sleek and
nautical, fairy-tale garden
or colourful and quirky. And
while the title character in
Sabrina famously said, “Paris
is always a good idea,” with
the Olympic Games kicking
off in the city this summer
for the first time in a century,
the idea is better than ever.
France Fever is running high,
the torch has reached Paris.
LE GRAND MAZARIN
Minimalists need not apply
at Le Grand Mazarin, a
whimsical escape with a
starry list of contributors.
There’s a lot going on here,
and it all works – Martin
Brudnizki (of London’s
Annabel’s) is responsible
for the 61 rooms and suites,
FRENCH FANCY
Left: Le Pavillon Faubourg Saint-
Germain; bottom: La Fantaisie
where terracotta armoires
and Aubusson tapestryinspired
bed canopies are
offset by yellow kilim rugs.
Assaf Granit expands his
portfolio of impossibly cool
Israeli eateries with Boubalé,
where cheekily named dishes
like the Agatha Christie
(seabream with olives and
yoghurt sauce) are served
on mismatched china. Step
outside the exuberantly
papered walls, and you’re
surrounded by the limestone
façades of Le Marais, the
neighbourhood known
for its deep connections
to the city’s Jewish and
LGBT+ communities.
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PAVILLON FAUBOURG
SAINT-GERMAIN
Light, bright and imbued
with clever design touches,
Pavillon Faubourg Saint-
Germain is like that
perfectly turned-out friend
who always has a quirky
pair of glasses to tie the
look together. This 47-room
Left Bank boutique is built
into three 17th-century
noble maisons turned
guesthouses, which hosted
TS Eliot and James Joyce at
the beginning of the 20th
century. These days, the
combined warren of rooms
is a little bit mid-century
modern and a little bit
JEROME GALLAND
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THE SMART GUIDE
LIGHT FANTASTIC
Clockwise from far left: Château
des Fleurs; Le Grand Mazarin;
Hôtel Madame Rêve
yachtiness. The interiors
are swathed in shades of
mustard, gold, caramel and
saddle, and the result feels
like you’re inside a cognac
bottle that happens to be
sitting on a groovy, woodpanelled
1970s bar. The
building’s former life was
as Paris’s only 24-hour post
office, and you can still
send mail to your jealous
MR.TRIPPER
VINCENT LEROUX
friends at home from the
second floor. But the first
order of business should be
delivering yourself to the
930sq m rooftop solarium
Haussmann, and the result
is from Breton-raised
floral carpets and hand-
to soak up the light on one
is a cosy individualism. The
chef Dominique Crenn
laid tiles – and the walls
of the goldenrod loungers,
neighbourhood’s academic
and serves up briny and
are reserved for Gillier’s
enjoy epic views over the
bona fides are also a draw
bright pescatarian cuisine
collection of Twomblys.
gothic buttresses of Saint-
– legendary literary hangout
in a sherbet-coloured
Miles of gauzy curtains make
Eustache Church, and dip
Les Deux Magots is just
greenhouse.
for lazy, dreamy light – all
into the tropical cocktail list.
around the corner, so make
lafantaisie.com
the better for gazing out the
madamereve.com
sure you pack your copy of
window in contemplation like
Ulysses. pavillon-faubourg-
CHÂTEAU VOLTAIRE
something out of Truffaut.
CHÂTEAU DES FLEURS
saint-germain.com
Fashion fans will
House restaurant Brasserie
Named for the garden where
immediately recognise the
l’Emil is the perfect place to
Victor Mabille, a turn-of-the-
LA FANTAISIE
fingerprints of Zadig &
practice your insouciance
century Parisian host-with-
Manet immortalised the
Voltaire’s Thierry Gillier all
over steak frites and a bottle
the-most, would throw epic
ninth arrondissement and
over Château Voltaire, a 32-
of bubbles while a white
parties, Château des Fleurs
the Folies Bergère in his
room boutique 10 minutes’
taper, slightly askew in its
is the new sibling to beloved
moody 1882 painting of an
walk from the Louvre. The
candlestick, drips languidly.
gems Relais Christine
unimpressed barmaid, but
creamy façade gives way to
chateauvoltaire.com
and Saint James Paris.
there’s no sign of ennui in
warm, pared-down interiors.
Interiors are feminine but
the neighbourhood’s newest
Where many new jewelbox
HÔTEL MADAME RÊVE
not frou-frou – think vampy
resident, the 73-room La
hotels are prioritising fun
Sleek lines, unexpected
velvet, bouclé armchairs
Fantaisie. Another flight of
and funky wallpaper, at
diagonals and smooth
with long fringe skirts, and
fancy from Martin Brudnizki,
Château Voltaire, it’s all
panelling give Hôtel Madame
half-round bead moulding
La Fantaisie is what would
about the floors – sultry
Rêve more than a hint of
snaking up the walls likeso
happen if a Beatrix Potter
many champagne bubbles.
garden scene were shaken
It’s the sort of place that
with absinthe and poured
begs you to slide into your
over ice. The hotel’s garden
best silk party dress – yes,
and eminently photogenic
the backless one – apply a
Bar Sur le Toit contain myriad
slick of carmine lipstick and
tiny details – delicate,
shimmy the evening away à
hand-blown glassware with
la La Goulue, the muse of
stems and leaves, ceilings
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
wallpapered in roses and
Steps away, the Champs-
scalloped velvet bar stools
standing to attention like a
row of tulips. The marquee
restaurant, Golden Poppy,
JEROME GALLAND
Élysées sweeps southeast
down to the Tuileries and
the magical city beyond.
chateaudesfleurs.paris
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THE SMART GUIDE
ON THE RADAR
Our favorite discoveries this season, from rarefied
Scottish whiskies to a showstopping grand piano
Firth Place
Colombian coffee on the nose,
sweet liquorice in the mouth,
and peaches to finish – the
2024 edition of the muchloved
Dalmore 21-Year-Old is
another coup for the esteemed
distillery on the beautiful
banks of the Cromarty
Firth, which finishes each
of its extraordinary tipples
in 30-year-old Matusalem
Oloroso sherry casks.
thedalmore.com
The Quinquagenarian
Age meets beauty in Benriach’s latest
unveiling, the 1966 Cask Aged 50 Years.
The unpeated Speyside whisky – which
filled a rare Bourbon cask in September
1966 – has emerged half a century later
as a delightfully fruity, complex spirit.
Each of the 37 specimens available comes
in a gorgeous made-in-Scotland crystal
decanter. benriachdistillery.com
Substance and Style
Annandale Distillery in Annan, Dumfries & Galloway, makes yet another
bid for greatness this summer with the limited-edition Callum 003 by
Annandale. The single-malt, peated Scotch whisky – nutty and sweet with
a charming tobacco-leaf back note – sits prettily in a pearly white ceramic
bottle by UK-based design house Callum. annandaledistillery.com
Sherry Picking
I’ll Drink to That!
Renowned for its opulent whiskies finished in first-fill
sherry casks from Andalusia, Royal Brackla ups the
ante with the 25 Year Old Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish.
Bursting with honeyed notes of dried fruits and freshly
roasted coffee – counterbalanced by a pleasingly spicy
acidity – it joins the distillery’s likewise tempting 12-,
18- and 21-year-old editions. royalbrackla.com
The fêted house reached into its archive to craft a
limited-edition Courvoisier Extra in celebration of London
department store Harrods’ 175th anniversary. The blend
– first dreamed up by master blender Jean-MarcOlivier in
1988 – boasts robust notes of port, cedarwood, apricot
and truffle, while the bottle bears a playful illustration by
English artist Clym Evernden. harrods.com
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES
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ANDY MORGAN
Brute Force
You may not do a double take when it comes to the new Aston Martin DBX707, partly because, outwardly, this latest version of
the DBX, which debuted back in 2020, is little changed. Except, that is, when you get behind the wheel. Surrounded by interiors
that are nearly identical to the DB12 – which launched last year – but redesigned ever so slightly to account for the higher
seating position, this new and improved SUV features a significantly better infotainment system, and not 542-horsepower
(as in the previous iteration) but a whopping 697 horses that makes it both a brute on the tarmac and a force to be reckoned
with, off in the wilderness. astonmartin.com
Tuned In
© BASED UPON LTD
With its perfectly curved, Tramazite body, ebullient flashes
of gold, and a resonant blue ombré evoking a clear night sky,
the Twist / D is a work of art in its own right. But Based Upon
didn’t stop there. The first autonomous piano by the acclaimed
London design studio – known for its work with iconic brands
like Tiffany & Co and Rolls-Royce – is also a revolutionary feat
in sound engineering. It has harnessed the tonal qualities from
a dozen Bechsteins and Steinways from various time periods,
as well as site-specific environmental sound samples recorded
on the beautifully desolate Isle of Skye, to offer players a truly
immersive aural experience. basedupon.com
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
Latest happenings, onboard updates,
companywide news and profiles.
IN A NUTSHELL, MY ROLE IS … to balance safety
and service while running a profitable business. And to
ensure our teams have the resources, systems, processes
and support they need.
MY PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW ARE TO… improve
our aircraft-availability and maintenance programmes
as well as see what we can do to keep improving those
aircraft. Secondary to that is to ensure that we’re
providing our Owners, who invest a lot in us, with the
service they expect, so that they have an aircraft when
they expect it, that takes them where they want to go.
That’s becoming an increasing challenge with more and
more restrictions, whether they’re to do with security,
situations or airport capacity.
INSIDE TRACK
RICHARD WEEKS
NetJets Chief Operating Officer
MY BACKGROUND IN AVIATION WAS … in pilot
training for the Royal Air Force. I came to NetJets Europe
as a first officer in August 2002, but things moved
quite quickly because of my experience with our sister
company, FlightSafety International. By December, I was
in Lisbon overseeing crew training. We went from about
150 pilots to maybe 1,500 in six years, so it was quite
a busy time. Later, they asked me to set up a customer
service programme, which I did for a couple of years.
In 2011, I accepted a position overseeing both sides of
Safety & Compliance, which I did for around 12 years.
I FEEL FORTUNATE IN MY NEW POSITION BECAUSE
… typically, I don’t think you would see an airline
sourcing a new COO from the head of safety. They’d be
more likely to come from operations or the business
side. I think it says a lot about NetJets – that they
were prepared to entrust operations to someone who’d
been their director of Safety & Compliance. That’s quite
a clear mandate for me – that nothing we do within
operations, which includes the flying, maintenance and
planning – will ever jeopardise safety.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
I’M PARTICULARLY EXCITED BECAUSE ...
previously, I wasn’t at the executive leadership level
– I reported to the chief operating officer. One of the
biggest attractions I had to this new role was the people
I knew I would be working with at this level. That’s
something very important to me.
SOME CHALLENGES INCLUDE … security, with the
EU, and particularly the UK, looking to increase protection
from any aggression or unwanted acts. We have seen a
lot more requirements placed on aviation in general, not
just business aviation. There are a lot more requirements
in terms of security clearances, providing information
ahead of time, having to plan in advance and having more
security on the day – all while we’re obviously looking to
provide as hassle-free an experience as possible. One of
the prime values of what we do is saving people time – you
can go straight from your ground transport to the aircraft,
get in the air, work in privacy and then you’re straight into
your ground transport at the other end. Increasingly –
while still not nearly as bad as an airline, there’s a certain
level of security that our customers have to go through,
and we don’t see any sign of that changing. And the other
challenge is data protection – both our customers’ data
and our own systems, ensuring they’re stable, robust and
not vulnerable to any external influence.
OUR SUPERPOWER IS … capacity. That’s where
NetJets, with its size and access, can provide a service
that’s unparalleled and with back-up options. So
even when, occasionally, an aircraft is not available
on whatever week, we can back up and recover the
flight probably better than anyone else because of the
resources we have.
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
ALL-ACCESS AT
THE OPEN
A favourite pastime of many NetJets Owners,
the sport of golf has long been championed
by NetJets – the preferred travel partner
of numerous professional players. This year,
NetJets became the Official Private Jet
Provider of The Open Championship, the
world’s oldest golf tournament. Through our
exclusive, multiyear partnership with The
R&A, NetJets hosted Owners and their guests
at The 152nd Open in Troon, Scotland, from
14–21 July. Offering unrivalled views, the
private NetJets lounge presented attendees
with elevated hospitality, featuring an array of
fine foods and beverages. Additionally, Owners
and their guests received course passes for
unparalleled access. theopen.com
NETJETS IN BRIEF
SERVICE BY
THE NUMBERS
60+ YEARS LEADING
PRIVATE AVIATION
NETJETS IS THE LONGEST-
STANDING PRIVATE AVIATION
PROVIDER, WITH A PROVEN
BUSINESS MODEL AND RESOLUTE
FINANCIAL STRENGTH THAT
CONTINUES TO PROPEL US TO THE
FOREFRONT OF THE INDUSTRY.
90% OF NETJETS PILOTS FLY
FOR NETJETS YEAR AFTER YEAR
MANY ENJOY LONG CAREERS
WITH US AND OFTEN REFER
FELLOW AVIATORS TO NETJETS.
OVER 95% OF OWNERS
STAY WITH NETJETS YEAR
AFTER YEAR
AND OVER 20% HAVE FLOWN WITH
US FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
25,000+ FLIGHTS WITH PETS
WE CARED FOR THOUSANDS OF
PET PASSENGERS, INCLUDING
NEARLY 7,000 DOGS, IN 2023.
FREDERICK DUCHESNE (2)
NEARLY 36,000 BOTTLES OF
CHAMPAGNE POPPED ONBOARD
WHETHER CELEBRATING SPECIAL
OCCASIONS OR ENJOYING THE
EVERYDAY, WE HELPED OUR
OWNERS ADD SPARKLE TO THEIR
2023 TRAVELS.
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
IN SERVICE
DIAMANTINO FERREIRA
First Officer, Falcon 2000EX
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …
was at the Portuguese Air Force Academy at
the age of 18. During the selection process,
aspiring cadets had to complete several
flights in the 1951 de Havilland DHC-1
Canada Chipmunk. Flying this tail-dragger
as my first aircraft – and later flying it solo
after joining – is a cherished memory for me.
I went on to serve for 17 years.
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … and always
will be, who you fly with. Sharing the flying
experience amplifies the achievement and
binds those on the journey.
MY PROUDEST MOMENT AS A
CREWMEMBER WAS … providing support
to whoever needed us. In the military, we
provided an initial response during natural
disasters. Providing an expeditious and
tailored response was the greatest reward.
Today, I perceive the same spirit within the
NetJets Teams in facing everyday operations.
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY WOULDN’T
GUESS ABOUT ME ... is that I lived in
Columbus, Mississippi, for more than a
year. I was with the United States Air Force,
integrated into a class (08-06) learning how
to become a pilot and flying the T-6 Texan II
and later the T-38 Talon.
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO
… continue my upgrade process, with the next
step being a fleet change. Hopefully, soon I will
be one of your pilots flying a Phenom or XLS.
ON MY DAYS OFF I … dedicate my time to my
family. Between my daughter Maria Beatriz
(9) and my son Gonçalo’s (6) social agenda
and extracurricular activities, I still find a bit
of time to play padel with my wife Catarina.
I also work on car-restoration projects when
I have the time.
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CENTRE STAGE
Peyton Manning’s post-NFL
career has led him to create a
successful media company
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ALL TO PLAY FOR
Peyton Manning may be one of the greatest quarterbacks of
all time, but post-NFL there’s been no running out the clock as
he manages a burgeoning media empire and a series of other
entrepreneurial activities // By Tom Mackin
OWNER’S PROFILE
DURING AN 18-SEASON NFL career with the Indianapolis
Colts and Denver Broncos, Peyton Manning threw for 520
touchdowns, led both of his teams to a Super Bowl victory,
and was named MVP of the NFL five times. But if you think
his schedule has eased off since retiring in 2016, guess again.
Manning is actually on the go more now than he was during his
playing days. But as he says, it’s a good busy.
“I’m busy on my terms now,” he says. “I like my kids seeing
me working, I like being stimulated and don’t want to be
just sitting around. I take my kids to school every morning.
I might travel somewhere and even be back before they get
out of school that day. My dad [Archie Manning, also an NFL
quarterback in the 1970s and early 1980s] worked when he
retired from football, and I think that had an impact on me.
But I enjoy the flexibility I have now.”
These days, Manning’s responsibilities include serving as
founder of Omaha Productions, which creates TV content among
its many production commitments and recently extended a
deal with ESPN for nine more years; hosting the ManningCast
with his brother Eli on ESPN’s NFL coverage each autumn;
part-ownership of a Tennessee golf course; frequent corporate
speaking gigs; and endorsement deals with myriad companies.
All of which makes him appreciate his connection with NetJets.
“When I reached a point when I could acquire a fractional
ownership, going with NetJets was a no-brainer,” the 48-yearold
says. “I’ve had a great relationship with them, and it’s more
than just the hours in a private plane. It’s become a friendship
with [NetJets President of Sales, Marketing & Service] Pat
Gallagher and people on the staff, as opposed to just a
business association.”
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OWNER’S PROFILE
“
I tell companies all the time that if you want to get
yourself some really good marketing, try to get your
name into an NFL quarterback’s snap count”
As for his former business, Manning still keeps a close eye I’m not saying we don’t talk about, ‘What was he thinking out
on how the NFL continues to evolve, noting how technology there on the field?’ but we’d rather say, ‘Oh, what a great play
has disrupted the league, with teams embracing those changes by that defensive back,’ as opposed to, ‘Oh my gosh, what a
seeing the most success.
bad throw by that quarterback.’ I threw six interceptions on
“It’s made the game better and safer, which I think is national TV one time [against the San Diego Chargers in 2007],
important,” he says. “The playbooks are on iPads now rather than so who am I to say, ‘What was that QB thinking?’”
the big three-ring notebooks. And there’s the ability to study a Manning is still trying to land former US President George
practice or a game that you just finished immediately. Players W Bush and writer/comedian Larry David as guests. “I told
wear devices in their shoulder pads that can tell a coach how Larry, ‘If you come on, when in doubt just make fun of Eli.’”
much a player is running during a practice and monitor them to Added to his list of guests is former New England Patriots head
keep them fresh for the next game. All of that was just coming in coach Bill Belichick, whose team lost two Super Bowls to Eli’s
when I was leaving. But a lot of things are still the same. I think New York Giants team. “That would be fun and he also doesn’t
the teams having good chemistry and [being able to] overcome like Eli, so he’ll fit in great.”
adversity together is still important today.”
The scope of shows Manning’s company creates is now
And yes, his production company owes its name to the extending beyond sports, however: “We’re working on a show
audible he famously shouted out at the line of scrimmage. about country music that’s hosted by Luke Bryan and called
“That term was in the Broncos’ system, and Eli gives me a hard ‘It’s All Country’ on Hulu. I love country music. Giving people a
time because he used to say ‘Omaha’ at the line of scrimmage,” platform to tell these stories is what Omaha Productions has
he notes. “Tom Brady used to say it, too. It’s just kind of a allowed to happen. I really enjoy that part of it.”
rhythmic, three-syllable word that would change the play when An avid golfer – his dream foursome, minus family members
there were 15 seconds left on the clock, when most audibles or ex-teammates, would include Johnny Unitas, Elvis Presley
take place. But when I got to Denver, the NFL sort of on purpose and George Strait – Manning is part of the ownership group
turned up those sideline microphones to bring the viewers at at Sweetens Cove. A highly regarded nine-hole course, near
home closer to the game. We were calling a ton of audibles, so Chattanooga, Tennessee, it has been closed this summer for regrassing
after an unusually harsh winter, but will soon reopen.
I was saying Omaha a lot and it sort of got attributed to me. I
even went to Omaha [in Nebraska] a few years ago and got the “It’s authentic, inexpensive and it’s hard to get a tee time,”
key to that city. I tell companies all the time that if you want to he says. “Some people play 54 holes in a day there. We have two
get yourself some really good marketing, try to get your name pin locations on each hole, and the greens are very different.
into an NFL quarterback’s snap count.”
There’s an old shed for a clubhouse. It’s been a fun team to be
Manning may have a knack for marketing himself, but he’s a part of.”
also keen to ensure his growing media empire produces content Manning has journeyed to Ireland and Scotland for golf, but
that celebrates hard work and a sense of community.
Bandon Dunes in Oregon and Prairie Dunes Country Club in
“On the show Eli and I do [The ManningCast], we’ve had Kansas remain on his golf destination bucket list. “I’m one of
President Obama, Condoleezza Rice and Snoop Dogg,” he says. those guys that if I find a course I like, I keep going back to it,”
Those are people from three very different backgrounds, but it he says. “One of my favourite places is The Honors Course in
doesn’t really matter what your politics are or where you came Tennessee. I always have a real peaceful feeling anytime I’m in
from, you can all sit down and watch a football game together. the state of Tennessee.”
PEYTON’S PLACE
The quarterback won
two Super Bowls in a
glittering career
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TEEING OFF
RAISING
A COAST
Celebrating 25 years, one of America’s greatest
golf destinations has gifted players with a fine
anniversary gift: a new 19-hole course to enjoy
on the spectacular Oregon shore // By Tom Mackin
Photography by Nathan Kahler
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TEEING OFF
In and out
Set away from the coast,
Bandon Trails contrasts
with the original links
course at Bandon Dunes
(previous page)
THE TRADITIONAL GIFT for a 25th anniversary is silver. Not
at Bandon Dunes. Earlier this year, when the famed golf resort
in Southwest Oregon celebrated that very anniversary, founder
Mike Keiser gifted its legions of fans with something green:
another golf course.
The debut of Shorty’s, a 19-hole, par-3 layout on the
southern end of the sprawling property, gives Bandon Dunes
seven different courses with 122 total holes. A golf wonderland,
indeed. And it all started with Keiser’s vision to brings links
courses to America.
“The void that I saw going back 30 to 35 years was that
there was no links course in America,” he said. “I think America
is eager to have many, many others, and the only thing lacking
is the site to do that right. The entire coast of Oregon is just
ready-made for a whole bunch of links courses, and we’ll see if
that ever happens.”
Some might quibble about the definition of a true links
course, but inarguable is the fact that Keiser achieved his goal
in a distinctive and well-received fashion, one that emphasises
high-quality golf, comfortable yet subtle accommodations,
and stellar, if not flashy, food and beverage options.
It all began in 1999 with the debut of Bandon Dunes,
designed by a then unknown Scotsman named David McLay
Kidd, with multiple holes hugging the coastline above the
Pacific Ocean. Pacific Dunes followed two years later, the
brilliant handiwork of Tom Doak and Jim Urbina. In 2005,
Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw unveiled their inspired work
at Bandon Trails, a favourite for many despite the majority
of holes playing inland. Old Macdonald, an engaging Tom
Doak-led tribute to the rumpled fairways and spacious green
complexes of CB Macdonald, opened in 2009. Coore and
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Crenshaw returned in 2020 with Sheep Ranch, a bunker-less
routing set atop a peninsula on the resort’s northern edge.
All five are ranked in the top 13 on Golfweek’s current Top
100 US public-access layouts. There’s more coming, too.
Currently waiting for construction approval is another McLay
Kidd-designed course located 16 kilometres south of Bandon
town, itself a short drive from the resort.
As for the recent trend of par-3 courses popping up
everywhere? Bandon Dunes was well ahead of that curve
with Bandon Preserve, a 13-hole layout designed by Coore
and Crenshaw in 2012. That was joined this year by Shorty’s,
built by Rod Whitman, Dave Axland and Keith Cutten amid a
“Humpty Dumpty” dunescape, to use Keiser’s own description.
“Everyone, sort of the older people in particular, and I am
certainly that, but let’s say the over-60 population, maybe
even over 55, have trouble going 36 holes, especially walking
only,” he said. “But many like to play 18 holes, have lunch, and
ALL INCLUSIVE
Clockwise from top left: McKee’s Pub;
Sheep Ranch; The Punchbowl, a putting
course by Tom Doak and Jim Urbina
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The iconic ghost tree
on Old MacDonald
Facing page: The layout of
the new Shorty’s course
then play the par-3 course, or vice versa. So as we’ve aged, the
par-3 courses make more and more sense.”
Sensible decisions, as McLay Kidd pointed out at this year’s
25th-anniversary celebration, are the hallmark of Keiser’s
formula for success.
“In my world, everybody wants to touch the Bandon Dunes
magic dust, or some kind of pixie dust, that we are going to
take with us and sprinkle on some other project,” he said. “I’ll
go look at a place and it will be a pretty good site, and the
owner will tell me, ‘I want to do what Mike Keiser did.’ I’ll say,
‘OK, that’s great. We have a good site and you’re saying all the
right things.’ But quite often, somewhere along the path, it
wanders. Things that Mike will do, they are not doing. Or they
want cart paths, and I know we’re already off track. Everyone
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wants to replicate what Mike achieved here, and yet they don’t
have the knowledge or the discipline to follow it through. The
only things that are comparable are things Mike’s family is
working on.”
He was referring to Dream Golf, the growing course portfolio
led by Keiser’s sons, Michael and Chris. It includes properties
like Sand Valley in Wisconsin (where a new Tom Doak-designed
course called Sedge Valley debuted this summer, joining three
other 18-hole layouts and a par-3 course) and Colorado, where
work continues on Rodeo Dunes, a 36-hole complex being
built on rolling terrain an hour northeast of Denver. Down in
East Texas, Wild Spring Dunes is beginning to take shape, with
courses to be designed by Doak and Coore/Crenshaw. The first
courses at each location are expected to open in 2026.
Every time Keiser returns to Bandon Dunes, he tries to visit
the site behind the 14th tee at Bandon Trails where, in January
1991, he enjoyed his first panoramic view of the property. A
plaque there marks the spot, preserving a moment that has
moved on all too quickly for him. “Time has flown by all of a
sudden,” he said. “I’m 79 now. I’d rather go back in time and
relive those last 25 years. But it’s been fun. It’s nice to build
something and find people really like it.” bandondunesgolf.com
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BROADENS
THE MIND
Whether for business or pleasure,
any journey can be an opportunity
to develop as an individual,
according to Mayo Clinic’s experts
TRAVEL HELPS US to step out of our comfort zone, challenge
perceptions, encourage adaptability and grow confidence.
When negative stressors are minimised, travel nourishes our
souls and enhances our mental well-being. Along with the
growth and excitement that come with new destinations is
the opportunity to stimulate mental growth. We just need to
be intentional.
While flying private with NetJets alleviates most of the
common stresses associated with travelling by air, others can
be minimised by following some simple tips.
PLAN AHEAD
Learn about your destination, have travel documents and
emergency contact information on hand and build a flexible,
manageable itinerary to minimise last-minute stressors.
Maintain a routine of adequate sleep, healthy meals and
exercise to keep your body and mind feeling their best.
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“ our
What we choose to attend
to in stressful moments colours
experiences
JULIAN RENTZSCH (2)
Kristi Rodgers, MA, LP, Mind and
Body Medicine Counselor at Mayo Clinic
PACK LIGHT BUT THOUGHTFULLY
Heavy luggage and many bags can add stress and expense.
Pack only essentials, including versatile clothing that can be
easily washed. Bring a book you are excited to read. Leave room
for items acquired during your journey.
DISCONNECT
Technology can be incredibly helpful while travelling, but
constant connectivity can take you out of the moment.
Disconnect when you can. Take breaks from screens. Immerse
yourself in the present moment.
Well-executed travel can spur mental growth in myriad ways.
Navigating unfamiliar environments and overcoming obstacles
during travel strengthens our resilience and problem-solving
skills, but embracing unexpected events and positive stressors
takes intentionality. Before your next trip, set your intention
for positive mental growth.
EMBRACE THE JOURNEY
Recognise things won’t go perfectly as planned. Embrace
the twists and turns, and the unexpected opportunities
to try something spontaneous and new. Keep a positive,
open attitude.
“What we choose to attend to in stressful moments
colours our experiences,” says Kristi Rodgers, MA, LP, Mind
Body Medicine Counselor, who often consults with Executive
Health patients at Mayo Clinic. “Allow yourself to celebrate the
richness in unanticipated detours.”
CHALLENGE YOURSELF
Stepping away from familiar surroundings allows reflection on
values, aspirations and personal goals. Push yourself to try
something new. Self-challenge fosters resilience, adaptability
and stimulates self-confidence.
“Adopt an attitude of curiosity,” Rodgers encourages.
“Research suggests that heightened curiosity optimises
memory as we age and enhances longevity.”
BE MINDFUL AND CULTIVATE GRATITUDE
Travel may spark gratitude as you encounter new experiences
and cultures. Soak in the beauty around you. Feel it. Notice
sensations from all your senses. Savor.
CONNECT WITH OTHERS
Whether with locals or fellow travellers, meaningful connections
formed during travel can enhance belonging and emotional
well-being. Experiencing different cultures, traditions and
ways of life fosters empathy. Be brave and make connections.
REFLECT
Once home, integrate newfound insights into your daily life.
It’s time to let travel spur your mental growth. Bon voyage!
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thorough information about this world-class programme, and your Mayo Clinic Executive Health
liaison for NetJets Owners will be happy to answer your questions.
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BEAUTY
UNTAMED
Shaped by natural forces, including volcanic eruptions,
tsunamis and, most recently, devastating wildfires, Hawaii
keeps on rising, with a slew of new-breed chefs, hotels
and art hubs leading the way // By Laurie Werner
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ISLAND IDYLL
Clockwise from far left:
An adults-only pool at 1 Hotel
Hanalei Bay; a waterfall on
Kauai; 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay’s
Welina Terrace specialises
in small plates
Facing page: Surfing at
Haleiwa, Honolulu County
Previous page: The Nāpali
Coast of northwest Kauai
AVABLU
HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY (HTA) / BEN ONO
HAWAII IS OFTEN portrayed as the setting for large resort
hotels, luaus and hula shows. But even if old Hawaii – with
its unique blend of Polynesian and Asian cultures – is getting
harder to find, authenticity and traditions endure throughout
the islands, just as new chefs, hotels and artistic developments
continue to add to the landscape. Look beyond generic beach
culture and shopping strips and instead to Hawaii’s wealth
of home-grown culinary talent, locally operated eco tours
and accommodation options that sit in harmony with the
natural environment. To help guide you along the way, we’re
highlighting a few of the most outstanding experiences Hawaii
has to offer, from national parks to five-star resorts and
food trucks – plus recommendations for some of the best art
galleries (not designer boutiques) to browse along the way.
MIKKEL VANG
KAUAI
Often described as the lushest, most beautiful island, and
nicknamed “The Garden Isle” for the tropical rainforest covering
much of its centre, Kauai displays an array of natural wonders
– from the pastel ridges of 16km-long Waimea Canyon, which
has been compared to the US’s Grand Canyon, to the jagged,
towering cliffs of the Nāpali Coast. Little wonder Hollywood
has used it as a backdrop for movies ranging from South Pacific
to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
There are various ways to explore this green gem, including:
from above by chopper with Blue Hawaiian Helicopters
(bluehawaiian.com); on foot via the Awa Awapuhi Trail in Kokee
KAUAI GALLERY HOPPING
The small town of HANAPEPE (hanapepe.org) has developed into a thriving art centre with a cluster of galleries
and a Friday Art Night market. Among the galleries you can browse, favourites include KALAKOA KAUA’I
FINE ART GALLERY (kalakoakauai.com), specialising in paintings by local artists, and ISLAND ART GALLERY
(islandartkauai.com), which features en plein air paintings, abstracts, Hawaiian crafts and jewellery.
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State Park; via one of four motorised catamarans operated
by Makana Charters (makanacharters.com); or by paddling
along the stunning northwest coastline with Napali Kayak
(napalikayak.com). Alternatively, simply stretch out on the
sands of Hanalei Bay and take in the view of Mount Makana,
which was used as the location of Bali Hai in South Pacific.
Speaking of settings, it’s hard to top that of 1 Hotel Hanalei
Bay (1hotels.com), formerly the Princeville Resort, which opened
in 2023 under its new branding and following a $300 million
overhaul. Perched above Hanalei Bay on the North Shore, with
views of the surrounding mountains and tangerine-striped
sunsets, its aesthetic is strong on natural wood and fabrics,
abundant greenery and soothing water features. There’s an
emphasis on wellness, which includes customised holistic
retreats, while ancient rituals are honoured in the form of a
moving sunset ceremony featuring just one musician and one
dancer performing traditional hula on the terrace.
1 Hotel Hanalei Bay’s restaurants have increased the fine
dining options in this part of the island. Its Welina Terrace
has shortened its menu since opening but is still a prime spot
for creative, fresh-as-it-gets sushi. Meanwhile, the resort’s
main 1 Kitchen restaurant features local produce such as
grilled kampachi (longfin yellowtail) with macadamia nuts and
gremolata at dinner and a deliciously spicy poke bowl at lunch
– also available at poolside café The Sandbox.
Hungry for more? Try Hanalei tapas spot Bar Acuda
(cudahanalei.com) or the South Shore’s Eating House 1849
(royyamaguchi.com) by Japanese-American star chef Roy
Yamaguchi, a godfather of Hawaiian fusion cuisine.
ISLAND OF HAWAII
The southernmost island is the largest, giving its name to the
whole chain and boasting the most varied coastline, climatic
zones and topographical features, ranging from black sand
beaches to mountains and lush valleys. But the island of
Hawaii is most famous for its volcanoes, primarily Kilauea and
Mauna Loa, which are also the most active – their eruptions
make for spectacular views, not to mention occasional trail
and road closures. If they’re quiet enough to visit, take to
the skies above Volcanoes National Park with Blue Hawaiian
Helicopters (bluehawaiian.com).
Thanks to the pristine reefs and wealth of marine life
along the Kona coast, and the presence of lava rather than
sand underwater – which makes for good visibility and offers
protection from the ocean swells – Hawaii is snorkelling and
diving nirvana. To experience the island’s coastal riches,
including coral gardens, dolphins, humpback whales, green sea
turtles, manta rays, octopus, squid and seahorses, book a trip
with one of the island’s excellent tour operators. These include:
Captain Zodiac (captainzodiac.com), for rafting trips and
excursions; the eco-conscious Fair Wind (fair-wind.com), which
uses biodiesel and provides guests with reef-safe sunscreen
and plant-based meals; Ocean Sports (hawaiioceansports.
com), for private rentals and charters; Kona Snorkel Trips
(konasnorkeltrips.com), where you can go night snorkelling with
manta rays; and Kona Honu Divers (konahonudivers.com), for
day and night scuba excursions.
Resorts clustered on the Kona coast include the tried
and tested Mauna Lani, an Auberge Resorts Collection hotel
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An extensive art community has developed around the Kona coffee town of Holualoa, and as a result some
serious galleries have opened to showcase the results. Among the best are THE GLYPH ART GALLERY
(glyphartgallery.com), which exhibits the works of 33 noted contemporary Hawaiian artists, and DOVETAIL
GALLERY AND DESIGN (dovetailgallery.net), where you can browse collections of artisanal woodworking,
sculpture, ceramics, painting and photography.
Kona International Airport
(aubergeresorts.com), with its new annual gastronomic festival,
the Mauna Lani Culinary Classic, taking place for the second
time this August 29-September 2, and the Four Seasons
Resort Hualalai (fourseasons.com). Recently back on the scene,
following a decade-long closure due to damage from the 2011
tsunami, is Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort (rosewoodhotels.
com). A collection of one- to four-bedroom thatched cottages
designed in subtle island style and neutral colours, it offers a
full suite of wellness facilities and ocean adventures, including
outrigger canoes, surfing and motorboats that glide across
Kahuwai Bay.
The fusion of Asian cultures and native ingredients that
resulted in the creation of Hawaii Regional Cuisine by a group
of island chefs in 1992 has two representatives in Waimea that
are still turning out inventive, flavourful dishes: Merriman’s
(merrimanshawaii.com), Peter Merriman’s first restaurant,
where you’ll find dishes such as curried Hamakua macadamiacrusted
mahi mahi; and chef Allen Hess’s FORC Restaurant
(forchawaii.com), serving up the likes of Korean short ribs.
Restaurants at the major resorts on the Kona coast are
also well worth considering. CanoeHouse at Mauna Lani has a
Japanese cast to its preparations with dishes such as broiled
Kona kampachi with yuzu kosho, dashi, lime, mitsuba and alii
mushrooms, and chef Tyler Florence’s recently opened Miller
& Lux Hualālai (hualalairesort.com), a steakhouse imported
from the mainland but with some Hawaiian touches – think
crispy lobster Louie with Kona lobster, hearts of palm and
Louie dressing, and Hawaiian oysters with green apple, ginger
and yuzu. Simpler spots to pull up a chair at include: seafood
specialist Umekes (umekesrestaurants.com), known for its poke;
Ippy’s Hawaiian Barbeque (ippyshawaiianbarbeque.com), owned
by a graduate of San Francisco’s Le Cordon Bleu who returned
to cook the food he grew up eating on his home island; and the
modern Italian Pueo’s Osteria (pueososteria.com).
OAHU
You’d probably have to go back to the mid-19th century to see
Honolulu as a small town. Today a big modern city that could, if
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From top: Hāna-Maui Resort;
Four Seasons Resort
Oahu at Ko Olina
Facing page: View from the
Waimea Canyon Lookout
you were in a jet-lagged state, be mistaken for Miami, its most
famous neighbourhood, Waikiki, has the designer boutiques
of Rodeo Drive and the tourist shops of South Beach. But in
Waikiki’s quieter spots and on other parts of the island, the
magic endures.
Of course, as everyone knows, Waikiki is a great place to
learn to surf. Despite the North Shore’s towering waves – in
some spots during winter they can reach heights of 15 metres
– there are still some spots gentle enough for beginners
to learn, generally Puaena Point and Chun’s Reef. Whether
you’re a total newbie or a seasoned longboarder, Gone
Surfing (gonesurfinghawaii.com) will find the right location and
coaching for your skill level. For land-based activities, a hike
up Diamond Head, the iconic crater that sits at the eastern end
of Waikiki, is always worthwhile. It’s less than 1.5 kilometres in
length and paved in spots but also steep and without shade so
best tackled in the early morning or late afternoon (reservation
required; dlnr.hawaii.gov).
Fuel your activities at one of Oahu’s many excellent
multicultural restaurants. Focusing on Honolulu, brunch at Lee
Anne Wong’s Koko Head Café (kokoheadcafe.com) means dishes
such as black sesame muffins with yuzu glaze, sticky buns
composed of ulu cinnamon rolls and macadamia nut honey, and
Wong’s trademark dumplings that come with different fillings.
The Asian-focused menu continues with creamy chicken tom
kha, poke bowls, miso smoked pork omelette and Koco Moco
– Wong’s version of the local speciality loco moco, comprising
a local beef patty, savoury mushroom gravy, sunny-side egg,
tempura kimchi and crispy garlic rice. Wong lost her other
restaurant, Papa’aina, in the Lahaina fire, and contributions to
help the local community can also be donated here and via the
Koko Head Café website.
An alternative brunch spot is Jason Peel’s Nami Kaze
(namikaze.com), which skews more Japanese but with American
infusions. Think ahi yakitori and sous-vide eggs, ginger fried
chicken and a full sushi bar; dinner includes dishes such as
kampachi with ponzu butter, roasted grapes and fried okra, and
a creamy lobster roll with lobster tail, pickled celery, cucumber,
soy-marinated salmon roe and Thai chilli. Longtime local
favourite The Pig & The Lady (thepigandthelady.com) presents
Vietnamese specialities such as pho, bun cha and lemongrass
kurobuta pork chop; at the James Beard Award-winning Fête
(fetehawaii.com), New American dishes include Korean bavette
steak with gochujang sauce, twice-fried chicken and cioppino;
and Mud Hen Water (mudhenwater.com) veers all over the
globe with meatballs and polenta, luau stuffed porchetta and
chicken long rice croquettes with Japanese curry.
Mara (marahonolulu.com), which opened in April, mixes
local ingredients with a Mediterranean menu in dishes such
as kumamoto oysters with ouzo granita and pistachiocrusted
local ahi with kalamata and Castelvetrano olives,
preserved lemon and chermoula. Another new arrival is Mugen
(mugenwaikiki.com), which features a six-course tasting menu
devised in association with esteemed Hawaiian chef Alan
Wong, with highlights including day-boat scallops with savoy
cabbage, wasabi peas and coconut koji butter, and Maui
venison with moromi miso crust.
At Halekulani (halekulani.com), there’s classic French food
at La Mer as well as more casual dining at House Without A
Key, where you might enjoy hoisin coconut ribs with views
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In Honolulu, the TBFAS GALLERY/
TOKONOMA ARTS (tbfas.com) does
double duty, specialising in Hawaiian
and Polynesian fine art within the
TBFAS space, and the art of China,
Japan and Korea on the Tokonoma
side, including traditional and
contemporary paintings, sculpture
and Huanghuali wood furniture.
TABORA GALLERY (taboragallery.
com) exhibits local and international
artists in paintings, metal art, glass,
ceramic and lucite sculptures and
jewellery, while NOHEA GALLERY
(noheagallery.com) focuses on the
work of local artists in paintings,
woodwork, ceramics and jewellery.
History buffs will certainly remember
that Honolulu was the site of the
Japanese attack on the naval base
at Pearl Harbor. At the PEARL
HARBOR NATIONAL MONUMENT
(nps.gov/perl) there are galleries
dedicated to the event that triggered
the entry of the US into World War
II, and a boat trip that takes you
to the USS Arizona Memorial – the
spot where the only vessel of the
eight battleships attacked remains
underwater.
Daniel K Inouye International Airport
of Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head. There’s a plethora of
other hotels nearby, but this century-old resort, set directly
on Waikiki beach in a garden setting, feels removed from the
area’s frenzy. Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku popularised
surfing here in the early 1900s, so it’s fitting that this year
the hotel has introduced surf lessons directly in front of the
property. Just along the sand, Espacio (espaciowaikiki.com)
doesn’t immediately give off a sense of serenity, with its
front door set between shops on busy Kalākaua Avenue. But
step inside and feel the mood change in this intimate hotel
composed of nine 209sq m suites, each with their own floor
and individually designed in luxurious contemporary style,
featuring balcony hot tubs overlooking the beach.
Over on the island’s west coast, the Four Seasons Resort
Oahu at Ko Olina (fourseasons.com) has the group’s trademark
service, a secluded location on a crescent-shaped beach,
expected resort features such as a top 18-hole course, and
more unusual add-ons such as a flight in a World War II vintage
US Navy SNJ-5C Warbird for a historic tour over the island’s
military installations.
MAUI
After the devastating fires that decimated the town of Lahaina,
visitors are returning to Maui, lured by the nearly 50 kilometres
of beaches that have always been the main drawcard. The large
resorts on the island’s south and west coasts dominate, but
if you want to kick off a visit to Maui by taking the road less
travelled, head east, towards the town of Hāna.
It’s called the Hāna Highway, but that doesn’t even begin
to describe what this winding, 103km-long road along the
northern coast from Kahului to the town of Hāna is about. A
route of about 600 bends, some of them hairpin, and 50 or
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MUSIC AND DINING
From left: A traditional Hawaiian
instrument, the uliuli; precision
service at Mugen on Oahu
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Waves at Pohoiki Beach,
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so one-lane bridges, it rewards with a gallery of spectacular
natural sights – waterfalls, boulder-strewn beaches, crashing
waves, eucalyptus groves and lush rainforest. A private tour
with Hāna & Beyond (hanaandbeyond.com) will take the stress
out of driving while providing you with the region’s background.
(The company can do one-way trips – flights are available from
Hāna to Kapalua.)
Some 16 kilometres south of Hāna, down a rough, narrow
road, is the entrance to Haleakalā National Park (nps.gov),
home to a dormant volcano and a site of spiritual significance
to native Hawaiians, or Kānaka ’Ōiwi. There are nearly 50
kilometres of trails to hike to the summit; visiting to watch the
sunrise above the clouds is easier – the road to the summit is
a 30-minute drive (reservations are required for sunrise). Ohe’o
Gulch, known as the Seven Sacred Pools, is another sacred site
– a series of tiered pools fed by waterfalls. Different trails
offer different views, from the quick and easy circuit around
the lowest pool to the 5.5km Pipiwai Trail that leads to the
122m Waimoku Falls.
In Hāna, a town that describes itself as “the heart of
old Hawaii”, Hyatt’s Hāna-Maui Resort (hyatt.com) offers
bungalow- and villa-style accommodation and 30 hectares of
gardens fronting the Pacific. There are also Jeeps for exploring
the area and a 10-seat Cessna that can transport guests to
and from Kahului, for those choosing not to take the road.
Back on the busy west coast, there are diverse places to
lay your head. Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort (hyatt.com) offers
sharp design and a more intimate feeling than the mega
resorts elsewhere in Wailea, direct access to Mōkapu Beach, a
spa with a blend-your-own herbal apothecary and a branch of
Masaharu Morimoto’s famed sushi restaurant on site.
Relais & Châteaux member Hotel Wailea (hotelwailea.com) may
not be located on the sand – it’s cliffside, 90 metres up –but
it has a Beach Concierge to arrange forays to island beaches.
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With 72 suites in six hectares of gardens, this adults-only haven
has new adventures launching this year: picnic road trips in a
restored 1957 Porsche 356 Speedster; sailing excursions in a
classic Columbia 57 yacht; and helicopter rides along the north
coast.
Set on the West Maui coast, just north of the area most
affected by the Lahaina fires, Montage Kapalua Bay (montage.
com) escaped the destruction by only some 16 kilometres. You
won’t see the ruins of the city from the road – they are blocked
by boards – but you will see scorched trees on the other side.
The accommodation here was originally constructed as condo
units, so they’re spacious and apartment-style, overlooking the
waters of Namalu Bay where whales can be seen passing by.
You’ll never go hungry on the road in Maui. Take Tin Roof
(tinroofmaui.com) – James Beard Award favourite Sheldon
Simeon’s takeout joint just minutes from Kahului Airport, and
renowned for its authentic and deeply flavoured local dishes
such as mochiko chicken, and spicy ahi poke. Recently, Simeon
also took over the sit-down restaurant Tiffany’s in Wailuku
(tiffanysmaui.com), rejigged the menu to incorporate Filipino,
Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese flavours, and
within a year landed on The New York Times list of the 50 best
restaurants in the US.
A perennial island favourite is Mama’s Fish House
(mamasfishhouse.com) on the North Shore, with a complex
seafood menu and long waiting list, but other newer arrivals
have already earned a strong following. These include: the
produce-driven breakfast/lunch focused SixtyTwo MarcKet
in Wailuku (sixtytwomarcket.com), beloved for dishes such
as short rib eggs benedict, and ginger scallion fresh catch;
Marlow (restaurantmarlow.com), located upcountry in Kulamalu
town centre and famous for its woodfired pizzas and other
woodfired dishes such as tiger prawns with parsley chimichurri
and crispy-skin kampachi with onion soubise; and Fond
(fondmaui.com) in West Maui, between Kapalua and Napili,
where tuna poke bowls, and seared Maui sirloin are the go-tos.
In Kahului, Balai Pata (balaipatahi.com) features Filipino
specialities such as grilled adobo ribs as well as seafood
classics such as bouillabaisse with a twist – in this case,
coconut lime butter and glass noodles. In Wailea, Oao - Sushi
Bar & Grill (oaowailea.com) offers a full sushi menu and main
courses such as miso black cod and Japanese A5 wagyu. Out in
Hāna, the seclusion means fewer dining choices than elsewhere
on the island, but Hāna-Maui Resort operates a solid option in
the centre of town in the form of Hāna Ranch Restaurant, with
choices such as drunken baby back ribs in sweet soy-sriracha
sauce, and catch of the day with coconut curry risotto – and
there’s a collection of food trucks to be found in a parking lot
next to the hotel. One of the best of these, though, is off on
its own on Uakea Road, parallel to Hāna Highway. Seek out
MAUI GALLERY HOPPING
There are clusters of galleries in the towns of Makawao, Paia and Wailea. Among the best are the
longstanding MAUI HANDS (mauihands.com), which has outposts in all three – selling the work of more than
300 Hawaii-based artists and artisans in the form of original paintings, sculpture, ceramics and fine
jewellery – and VIEWPOINTS GALLERY in Makawao (viewpointsgallerymaui.com), for fine art and sculpture.
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LANAI GALLERY HOPPING
Not so much hopping as cultural immersion, the walls of Sensei Lanai are peppered with works by fine
contemporary artists such as Jane Puylagarde, David Ellis and Miya Ando, while the lush gardens and
light-filled interior serve as backdrops for Larry Ellison’s museum-quality sculptures by artists including
Jeff Koons and Fernando Botero.
Lanai Airport
Kilo’s Kitchen (facebook.com/kiloskitchen) for the likes of miso
garlic ahi, hoisin ribs and shoyu chicken, along with the always
available kalua pork sandwich, possibly the best you’ll find
anywhere in Hawaii.
LANAI
The residents of tiny, secluded Lanai are used to their home
being off the tourism track and owned by a single individual or
a company. Several owners had the island before James Dole
purchased it in 1922 and it became a Dole pineapple plantation.
David Murdock took over the company Castle & Cooke in 1985
and with it Dole – and 98% of the island. Enter Oracle chief
Larry Ellison, who in 2012 bought Lanai for $300 million with a
vision to gradually turn it into a self-sustaining utopia.
Ellison’s plan for Lanai apparently doesn’t include paving
more roads; only 48 kilometres of the 363sq km island are
black-topped. To explore, four-wheel-drive vehicles can be
rented to access the boulder-strewn, Martian landscape known
as Garden of the Gods, or to Shipwreck Beach, to see the hulks
of old vessels beached by the rough channel tides or more
nefarious means. Other parts of the island are best viewed via
mountain hikes such as the eight-kilometre Koloiki Ridge Trail,
or along the coast to look at 24m-tall monolith Sweetheart
Rock. On the island’s south shore, Hulopoe Beach has the
clearest water, perfect for snorkelling.
One of Murdock’s contributions to the island was building
two hotels and bringing in Four Seasons to manage them; under
Ellison, both have been seriously upgraded. The Four Seasons
Resort Lanai (fourseasons.com) is the beach resort above
Hulopoe Bay. The resort at the north end of the island, Sensei
Lanai, sitting at a higher elevation, with cooler temperatures
and a pine tree-studded setting reminiscent of New England,
went through an even more significant transition – it’s now a
full-blown wellness retreat with Japanese influences.
One of Ellison’s first moves after taking over the island was
to lure Nobu Matsuhisa to bring his restaurant to both hotels,
fusing his creative menus with local ingredients. At Resort
Lanai, it’s classic Nobu; at Sensei Lanai, it’s “spa/wellness”
Nobu – though hardly sparing, with dishes such as roasted
Kona lobster on offer.
For a change of pace, a lunch at Blue Ginger
(bluegingercafelanai.com) in Lanai City, the only town on the
island, is also worthwhile – and not just for sliced roast pork
or a mahi mahi plate. To be surrounded by locals engaging in
“talk story” opinion discussions in a small town that has barely
changed in decades affords a precious glimpse of old Hawaii
that isn’t easy to find.
WATER FEATURES
From top: Kealakekua Bay on the Island of Hawaii;
Four Seasons Resort Lanai
Facing page: A whale “rainbow” off Lanai
HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY (HTA) / HEATHER GOODMAN
BARBARA KRAFT
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VENICE REVIVAL
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PART OF VENICE’S magic is that, despite its ancient origins
and rich history, the city remains eternally vibrant and youthful.
Perennial and dependable features on the Venice calendar,
such as the annual Film Festival and the Biennale, along with
regular world-class exhibitions and audacious architectural
projects, keep the city at the forefront of contemporary art
and culture.
But if Venice is a cultural giant, it is also one of the world’s
great hotel cities, where a slew of grande dame luxury hotels
are always looking over their shoulder as lively new upstarts
snap at their heels. Right now, that is happening at a fast and
furious pace.
One such newbie is Nolinski Venezia (nolinskivenezia.com),
opened in 2023 by luxury French hotel group Evok Collection.
Housed in the former Venice stock exchange building, just
three minutes’ walk from Piazza San Marco, with Valentino,
Versace and Prada for neighbours, the Nolinski is exquisite, its
43 rooms, 13 of which are suites, all individually designed, a
homage to Art Nouveau, Modernism and Liberty style. In the
restaurant, celebrated chef Philip Chronopoulos (from Evok’s
two-Michelin star Palais Royal in Paris) wields the whisk, while
on the rooftop, Nolinski’s gold mosaic-tiled pool has become
one of the city’s most Instagrammable new sights.
Another neophyte, diagonally across the Calle Larga XXII
Marzo from Nolinski, is Violino d’Oro (violinodoro.com). An
older property, fully reimagined and recently reopened by Sara
Maestrelli, scion of a famous family of Florentine hoteliers,
it is run like a rather grand, beautifully well-ordered private
house, occupying three adjacent, historic buildings. Out have
gone the faded brocades and lumpen sofas; in have come
dazzling Rubelli fabrics and Venini chandeliers. The thirdfloor
terrace suites in the main building are especially lovely,
fresh and brimming with light, the bathrooms an absolute joy
with Murano glass wash-basins, heady Ortigia products and
Pedersoli Milano towels the size of tents. The hotel’s Il Piccolo
restaurant, as the name suggests, may be pint-sized, but with
fish pulled from the lagoon the same day and the freshest
vegetables from Sant’Erasmo island on the card, its nine tables
are already in high demand.
THE QUEEN’S JEWELS
Clockwise from top left:
The Venice Venice’s
rooftop bar; tiramisu
at Nolinski Venezia;
Hyatt Centric;
a Venice Venice room;
the hotel’s “water
entrance”; approaching
Hyatt Centric
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Over 100 years ago, when the Simplon Orient Express began
service between Paris and Constantinople (later Istanbul),
Hotel Gabrielli (collezione.starhotels.com) was the preferred
Venice hotel for guests arriving or departing the city on the
storied train. Located on the Riva degli Schiavoni, facing
the island of San Giorgio, the family-owned hotel originally
opened in 1856, within a 13th-century palazzo. It is now in the
portfolio of luxury group Starhotels and will reopen early in
2025, reasserting itself as “the crown jewel of Venice”. “When
you’re in this location,” as Elisabetta Fabri, president and
CEO of Starhotels, puts it, “everything breathes history and
charm. We want to write the new chapter of the famous Hotel
Gabrielli, creating … a very classical Venetian experience with
contemporary comfort.”
You can’t speak about new hotels in Venice without talking
about The Venice Venice (venicevenice.com), a fashion-forward
new hotel, restaurant, retail and research complex located in
the former Ca’ da Mosto palazzo, on the Grand Canal, close to
the Rialto Bridge. Already a sort of HQ for Venice’s cognoscenti,
its 42 guestrooms have been conceived as cultural galleries, or
living museums, if that is not a contradiction in terms. Founders
Alessandro and Francesca Gallo call it “a multifunctional space
… a hub of cultural exchange and trade”. Gastronomy plays a
huge part here, too: sophisticated cicchetti are available at all
times of the day; the house cocktail, the Erose Americano, is
made with their own exclusive vermouth and herbs from the
lagoon; and dinner guests are given the recipes of each of their
dishes to reflect upon as they eat. Zen reigns. There’s a lot
MARTINA ZILIO
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Left: Hyatt Centric
Facing page: Violino d’Oro
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going on at The Venice Venice – a “concept” hotel so good
they named it twice.
In the outlying islands of the lagoon, too, nothing is
standing still. Just prior to the pandemic, Hyatt opened Hyatt
Centric (hyatt.com) on the island of Murano, a first entry for
the lifestyle brand into Italy. With part of the hotel built into a
former glassworks and the remains of a 14th-century church,
the hotel and its location let you see Venice from a new – and,
it must be said, wallet-friendly – perspective. Should you be
missing the hum of central Venice, meanwhile, or need some
retail therapy other than Murano glass, a water taxi is a phone
call away, and the vaporetto stops virtually outside the door.
Both will get you to Piazza San Marco in 10 minutes.
Taking Hyatt’s lead, in a mix of restored buildings on an
outstanding heritage site, Langham Hotels will open The
Langham Venice (langhamhotels.com), a five-star deluxe
property on Murano, in 2025. Built around a lush green inner
courtyard, and with an outdoor swimming pool to rival that of
its near-neighbour across the lagoon at Hotel Cipriani, this
will be the luxury hospitality brand’s first Italian property –
and an undoubted boost for Murano’s economy.
Big names are coming to Venice itself, too. Rosewood,
operator of The Carlyle in New York and Hôtel de Crillon in
Paris, has at last found itself a Venice home. Originally
opened in 1880 as Hotel Bauer-Grünwald, more recently
known as the Bauer, Rosewood Hotel Bauer (rosewoodhotels.
com) will reopen in 2025 after a major three-year renovation.
With 110 rooms (more than half of them suites), a rooftop bar
and pool – rooftop pools becoming almost de rigueur in smart
Venetian hotels – and a vast retail space at the back of the
building, there’s going to be no time for laurel-resting at the
other grand hotels that line the Grand Canal.
Last, but most certainly not least, to what is arguably
Venice’s most glamorous hotel: the historic Hotel Excelsior
(hotelexcelsiorvenezia.com) on the Venice Lido – home to the
annual Venice Film Festival and a mere seven minutes’ drive
from the Lido’s private Giovanni Nicelli airport. Sold to owneroperator
London+Regional Hotels in 2022, the hotel is currently
being restored and revitalised in an ongoing programme, with
the sale also helping to replenish the coffers of the Lido di
Venezia II Fund, Hotel Excelsior’s previous owner. This, those
in the know are saying, in all likelihood will clear the way for
the rebirth, after 14 years standing empty, of the Lido’s other
historic and cultural landmark, Hotel des Bains. All of which is
to say, the Venice Lido looks to be entering a new golden age.
Venice Marco Polo Airport: 12 kilometres
HIGH LIFE
From left: A terrace at Nolinski
Venezia; caviar at the Palais
Royal Restaurant
GUILLAUM ED LAUBIER
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TIME
DRIVE
Full-throttle craftsmanship and ergonomic design
are what make these auto-inspired watches tick
PHOTOGRAPHY BY XAVIER YOUNG // PRODUCTION BY ELISA VALLATA
PATEK PHILIPPE Calatrava 6007G; 40mm white gold case; sapphire crystal caseback; ebony black dial, embossed
with “carbon” motif at the centre; black calfskin strap, embossed with “carbon” motif
Facing page, from left: CHOPARD Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph JX7; stainless steel case; sapphire crystal
caseback; lacquered blue dial with circular satin-brushed finish; blue rubber strap IWC Pilot’s Watch Performance
Chronograph 41 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team; 41mm Ceratanium case; sapphire crystal caseback;
tachymeter scale on the bezel; black dial with luminescence; black rubber strap
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RICHARD MILLE RM UP-01 Ferrari; 1.75mm thick, grade five titanium case with laser-engraved Ferrari logo; satin-finished
caseback and bezel; limited to 150 pieces
Facing page, clockwise, from far left: SINGER REIMAGINED 1969 Chronograph Sunray Gray SR204; 40mm stainless steel
case; silver colour dial with sunray finishing and crown-like peripheral golden ring; stainless steel bracelet VACHERON
CONSTANTIN Historiques American 1921; 40x40mm pink gold case; dial featuring a railway dial-train and black-painted
Arabic numerals; brown alligator leather strap LAURENT FERRIER Sport Auto Blue; 41.5mm grade five titanium case;
dial in different shades of blue with opaline finish; white gold drop-shaped hands and indexes coated with Super-
LumiNova; grade five titanium bracelet
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Clockwise, from left: BIANCHET Maserati MSG Racing Limited Edition; titanium high-density carbon and vulcanised rubber
case; water-resistant to 100 metres; hand-wound skeletonised movement with flying tourbillon, dual-time GMT complication;
vulcanised rubber strap. Limited to 21 pieces ROGER DUBUIS Excalibur Spider Revuelto Flyback Chronograph 45mm; C-SMC
carbon case, black ceramic bezel and black DLC titanium open case with sapphire crystal; black and green rubber strap
Facing page, from left: BREITLING Top Time B01 Chevrolet Corvette; 41mm stainless steel case; sapphire crystal caseback;
red dial with contrasting black chronograph counters, hour markers, hour and minute hands filled with SuperLumiNova;
black calfskin leather strap TAG HEUER Monaco Racing Blue, 39mm titanium case; sapphire caseback, showcasing the engraved
inscription “one of 1000”; blue calfskin leather strap
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GOURMET GUIDE
HEY,
ZÜRI
FABIAN HAEFELI
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Long a centre of fine
dining, Zürich has
a new breed of
star chefs, bartenders
and hoteliers, all
bringing a fresh buzz
to the Swiss city
// By Patricia Bröhm
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ZÜRICH ICONS
This page, clockwise from right:
A negroni from Bar Sacchi;
Stefan Heilemann of Widder
Restaurant; Orsini at the
Mandarin Oriental Savoy
Facing page: Cherry meringue
from The Counter
Previous pages, from left:
A Heiko Nieder creation from
Blooms; Claudio Sacchi in
front of his eponymous bar
WHERE TO EAT
Zürich’s restaurant scene is booming, making it one of the most
exciting in the German-speaking world. The talk of the town
recently is The Counter (the-counter.ch), located in the lavishly
renovated south wing of the main railway station. Here, chef
Mitja Birlo presents a refreshingly undogmatic style of cuisine
“without handcuffs” to guests seated either at the counter or
at the six-seat chef’s table. Over the course of the evening, the
38-year-old serves 17 small courses, ranging from the tonguein-cheek
“Hanuta” with foie gras filling, to Icelandic cod with
“Thaibaione” – Birlo's version of a zabaglione with aromas of
Thai red curry.
Just a few steps down Bahnhofstrasse towards the city’s
eponymous lake, you’ll find one of Zürich's top chefs. Stefan
Heilemann’s Widder Restaurant (widderhotel.com) is located
behind a charming Old Town façade, with two atmospheric
rooms providing the setting for his delightful, flavourful food.
The highest-quality produce, skilful use of fine acidity, and a
GEORGE APOSTOLIDIS
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SWISS HITS
Clockwise from left:
dessert at Widder
Restaurant; outdoor
dining from Blooms;
Mitja Birlo at The
Counter; Mikuriya at
The Dolder Grand
flirtation with Thai aromas are his trademarks. For a typical
Heilemann dish, see Label Rouge duck liver rubbed with Asian
ingredients, cooked whole in salt dough and served with yellow
curry, pumpkin, and the ethereal freshness of kaffir lime grated
over it at the table.
The perfect summer address is The Dolder Grand’s innovative
garden restaurant Blooms (thedoldergrand.com). Here, around
a monumental steel sculpture by Keith Haring, there are only
outdoor tables (which are closed in bad weather.) Between
flowering and sprouting herb, vegetable and fruit gardens, the
plant-based dishes are as delicious as they are Instagrammable.
“Nature sets the pace, the garden writes our menu,” says Heiko
Nieder, culinary director of the hotel, which cheerfully serves
tomato and strawberry salad with pepperoncini dressing, we
might add. Another Nieder brainchild is also fairly new to The
Dolder Grand establishment: Mikuriya is a Japanese omakase
restaurant with a chic counter that seats just eight guests.
Sushi master Yusuke Sasaki awaits them with 18 top-class
© WIDDER RESTAURANT
DIGITALE MASSARBEIT
courses, from perfectly formed nigiri (loup de mer, sardines,
tuna belly) to wafer-thin slices of wagyu tataki with misofermented
egg yolk and nashi pear.
WHERE TO DRINK
In operation since 1965, the Kronenhalle Bar (kronenhalle.
com) is an icon, just like the restaurant to which it belongs. Its
timelessly beautiful interior is decked out in warm mahogany
and dark green; its walls hung with originals by Miró, Chagall,
Kandinsky and Picasso – the artists were all once regulars
at the bar. Christian Heiss is only the third in a line of
legendary bartenders here. His mantra: “A bar thrives on good
conversation.”
The Sacchi (sacchi.bar), in the hip Lochergut district, became
famous for its “negroni from the gun” – when things get hot,
pre-mixed drinks are poured from the gun into the glass. The
ambience? Cool with Italian nostalgic charm, featuring dark
green leather sofas, walls in soft old pink, and, behind the bar,
Claudio Sacchi, who not only has a passion for all varieties of
negroni, but also for natural wine.
As the name suggests, Bar Am Wasser (baramwasser.ch)
is just a few steps away from the lake and the Limmat river.
Zürich’s most sophisticated bar is the fulfilment of Dirk Hany’s
lifelong dream, and he provides extremely personal service
every evening. “I run the bar like a gourmet restaurant,” he
says. Everyone gets a mini drink in a sherry glass as an amuse
“
writes
Nature sets the pace, the garden
our menu
Heiko Nieder, culinary director of The Dolder Grand
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NEW IN TOWN
Set to open in August, THE
HOME (thehomehotel.ch) is
the latest venture of brothers
Günter and Manfred Weilguni,
who are also behind the Hotel
Spedition Thun and The Hide
Hotel, Flims. Expect an interior
designed by the award-winning
studio Stylt Trampoli that
prioritises sustainability, an
abundance of dark, natural
materials such as wood,
stone and ceramic tiles (this
is a Design Hotel, after all),
sourced from local suppliers,
and bath amenities from the
Zürich-based Soeder. Art
and culture will be key, with
rotating curated exhibitions,
performances and talks to be
hosted in partnership with the
renowned LUMA Foundation.
bouche – and recommendations from the barman, such as the
bestselling Porn Star Martini.
WHERE TO STAY
A top-class newcomer is the Mandarin Oriental Savoy
(mandarinoriental.com), set in a prime location on Paradeplatz.
Behind the historic façade of what was once the city’s first
grand hotel, French designer Tristan Auer has created compact
but very sophisticated rooms and suites in elegant shades
of beige and grey. The Savoy brasserie, with a terrace on
Bahnhofstrasse, is a popular place to take a break; the Orsini
also opens in the evening under the patronage of Milan’s twostar
chef Antonio Guida. New this summer is an ultra-chic
rooftop bar with a view over the Old Town to the lake.
Just a few steps away is Widder Hotel (widderhotel.com), with
its natural Swiss understatement hidden behind atmospheric
façades. Eight historic townhouses have been brought together
to form an ensemble that combines tradition (original frescoes
in the rooms) with world-class design (Le Corbusier chairs) in
a hotel for individualists, with only 53 rooms and suites. The
green inner courtyard terrace was designed by horticultural
icon Enzo Enea; the restaurant (see above) and bar are hotspots
on the Zürich scene.
The Swiss Gault & Millau currently honours The Dolder
Grand (thedoldergrand.com), set high above the city, as “Hotel
of the Year 2024”. There are many reasons for this: the 175
highly luxurious rooms and suites, the excellent gastronomy,
the extremely spacious spa area, for an urban hotel (4,000
square metres!). And last but not least, the truly exceptional
art collection, encountered throughout the hotel as a matter
of course, without any pretension. Check Fernando Botero’s
opulent Lady with Fruit, which is enthroned on the spa terrace.
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A
GLASS
ACT
Now one of the premier vinous events in the US,
La Paulée harvests the best of Burgundy in
a celebration of tastings, dinners and gala events,
overseen by founder and legendary sommelier
Daniel Johnnes // By Jim Clarke
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, Burgundy lovers flocked to the
W Hotel in New York City for a weekend-long celebration of
Burgundian wine, all presented under the banner of “La Paulée.”
Daniel Johnnes, then wine director at Drew Nieporent’s Myriad
Restaurant Group, was the man behind the event. Today, he
leads a team of nine who organise not just the annual La
Paulée, but a host of other wine-related events – seminars,
wine dinners, tours and more.
BILL MILNE
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Held at the end of February, La Paulée has grown into
a weeklong series of dinners and tastings. The main event
alternates between New York and Los Angeles; last year,
owners and winemakers from esteemed estates including
Domaine Fourrier, Domaine de Montille and Domaine Ponsot
hosted dinners at LA’s top restaurants. The week culminates
in a gala dinner, the event that ties Johnnes’s La Paulée to
its Burgundian namesake, La Paulée de Meursault – the
celebration at which the Côte d’Or’s winemakers gather to mark
the harvest and strive to outdo each other with great wines
from their cellars. So, too, do guests at the US celebrations
dig deep into their cellars, to share treasured and rare bottles
alongside those of the participating producers.
The roots of La Paulée reach back to the mid-1980s, a
time of transition in both the New York dining scene and in
the vineyards of Burgundy. “1985 was a pivotal year in the
New York restaurant scene,” says Johnnes. “It was the year
Danny Meyer opened Union Square Café, Drew Nieporent
opened Montrachet… That’s when we really saw the start of a
movement toward casual fine dining.”
Johnnes had worked in France and New York, both in
the dining room and the kitchen; he started as a waiter at
Montrachet. Within weeks, the restaurant received a three-star
review from The New York Times; the modest, 40-bottle wine
list needed to expand dramatically if it was to live up to that
billing. Nieporent was too busy to handle it himself, so Johnnes
took over. “Drew didn’t intend to specialise in Burgundy, but
with a name like Montrachet he was kind of forced into it.”
The stars had aligned; a visit to Burgundy the previous year
had sparked Johnnes’s passion for the region’s wines, and
Montrachet gave him an ideal venue to feature them.
Burgundy itself was undergoing a transition. “There was a
long period of time where Burgundy was not popular,” explains
Johnnes. “The growers and producers had trouble selling the
MAIN EVENT
This year’s La Paulée
gala dinner in LA
JAMES C FRENCH
“ Square
1985 was a pivotal year in the New York restaurant
scene. It was the year Danny Meyer opened Union
Café, Drew Nieporent opened Montrachet
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wine, and you were also coming out of a period where the
vineyard work was not ideal. But in 1983, 1984, 1985, you have
a new generation of winemakers, with people like Dominique
Lafon and Christophe Roumier producing their first vintages.”
It was this generation, says Johnnes, that began to focus more
on the quality of the wine, starting from the vineyards, where
they turned away from chemicals and pesticides to embrace
organic and biodynamic viticultural practices.
“Montrachet was the place with very reasonably priced,
great Burgundies, and we just grew the Burgundy clientele,”
he adds. “There was this organic growth of interest and
passion for Burgundy. We did these wine dinners with Aubert
de Villaine [of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti] and Christophe
Roumier – the list goes on and on with these legends coming to
Montrachet. And after about 10 years of doing this, they said
to me, ‘Why don't you do something bigger?’”
Johnnes was invited to La Paulée de Meursault, which
Dominique Lafon’s great-grandfather had founded in 1923;
inspired by that experience, in 1992 Johnnes hosted a
gathering of six winemakers in New York, the first of the events
that would eventually bear the name La Paulée.
Today, it’s hard to imagine Burgundy as the overlooked
region it was four decades ago. The top examples are among
the most prominent, coveted and expensive wines in the world.
The generation taking over from the winemakers Johnnes
first worked with are an entirely different market. “The new
generation taking over these domaines are putting their energy
into it and understand the treasure that is being passed on to
them as guardians of a magical landscape,” he says. “So these
historic domaines are in good hands.
“Then you have a generation of young winemakers who are
just in love with chardonnay and pinot noir and aligoté and
want to make world-class wine but can't afford to buy the
land. So they are finding ways to produce on lesser-known
appellations like Côte de Nuits Village and Hautes-Côtes and
Bourgogne, and they're also passionate and making these really
incredible wines at good value. They don't have the prestige of
the historic family domaines, but they do have the quality.”
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These are the Burgundies that make their way onto wine lists
and retail shelves at more affordable prices while still being
true to the character of classic Burgundy.
Given the demand for the top wines, La Paulée would not be
possible today were it not for Johnnes’s long relationship with
Burgundy’s great producers. “I’m flattered, and honoured, that
the winemakers still come,” he says. “They still come because
they understand the contribution we’re making by bringing the
most passionate collectors to taste their wine and learn about
their wine. Not just to their winery, but also to the region.
Burgundy doesn’t need that anymore, but Romanée-Conti is
coming to next year’s La Paulée because they understand what
we have done for Burgundy.”
It’s a personal relationship that makes La Paulée possible,
and the event itself is a personal experience. “The winemakers
themselves are bringing large-format bottles of wine to you,
seated at your table and sharing wines that they’ve guarded
for years to mature. I want people to take that away from the
event. I want them to have learned something. I want them to
feel privileged that they’re getting close to winemakers who
are representing the history, the culture and the uniqueness of
Burgundy. We’re bringing that to them as an experience that is
like no other, because it’s in a spirit of sharing, conviviality and
camaraderie.” lapaulee.com
NetJets has been a proud Premier Cru Sponsor and exclusive
private aviation partner of The La Paulée Burgundy Festival
since 2022. La Paulée is a series of events celebrating the
wines and winemakers of Burgundy, celebrated in New York,
Los Angeles and other markets. The event takes its name
from the traditional post-harvest celebration, La Paulée de
Meursault, where guests and winemakers bring wines to share
with each other. Additionally, NetJets sponsors both La Fête du
Champagne and La Tablée NYC, which is a celebration of the
wines of the Rhône Valley.
BURGUNDY BY THE BOOK
Visiting Burgundy means setting foot in some of the most treasured vineyards and cellars in the
world. At the same time, the Côte d’Or is no Disneyland; most domaines are small, family-run
and devoted to growing and crafting beautiful wines, not to running a wine tourism programme.
“Burgundians have a wonderful sense of hospitality,” says Johnnes, “and usually you’re tasting
with the principal winemaker or vineyard owner. It’s not a tour where somebody who doesn’t
know anything about wine is going to give you a taste of a few wines and send you on your way.
So it’s very rich and rewarding, but it’s important to understand that you’re asking a lot of this
person who spends most of their time in the vineyard or working in the cellar.”
WHEN TO GO
January, February or early March. “It’s maybe the least comfortable time to visit, weather-wise,
but it’s when the growers have more time to welcome guests.” In the second half of the year,
late October and November can also work well. “The weather is still nice, and the vineyards are
beautiful, golden and starting to lose their leaves.”
HOW TO GET APPOINTMENTS
Burgundy’s profile has never been higher, with visitors coming to the region from all around
the world, and most Burgundian domaines are tiny compared to the châteaux of Bordeaux.
“You have to have an introduction. We organise some tours, and we can do that, and there are
also hotels that have relationships and can make appointments. Some of the larger négociants
are set up to receive people, but for the smaller domaines and producers you need somebody
who has real access.”
WHAT TO EXPECT
“Usually you will taste barrel samples, so you’ll get to taste across a number of different
appellations; it’s a great way to understand the terroir of Burgundy.” The visit may conclude
with tasting a finished wine or two, probably the most recent vintage but perhaps something
older if you’re lucky. Often these tastes will be poured from half-bottles, or using a Coravin;
top Burgundies are so heavily allocated that producers have to watch every drop.
BEST OF BURGUNDY
Scenes from
La Paulée
WHERE TO BUY WINE
Not at the cellar. “Don’t ask the host if you can buy some wine; it actually makes them very
uncomfortable. They don’t have wine to sell; it’s all allocated.” Johnnes can help people
find and buy wines, or you can ask your hotelier. “They can direct you, and there are wine
merchants in Beaune who have direct allocations from the growers.”
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A DANCE TO THE
MUSIC OF TIME
OPENING SHOW
Two works from Inner Horizons
flank the entrance to the
NetJets Collectors Lounge
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Created in collaboration with NetJets for this year’s Art Basel,
Inner Horizons by ballet dancer-turned abstract artist Silvère Jarrosson
is a mesmerising series of works of poetic immersion
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INNER SANCTUM
Owners could enjoy NetJets’
hospitality while viewing
Jarrosson’s work
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BASEL STYLE
For the 23rd consecutive year, NetJets partnered with Art Basel, this time
showcasing the work of Silvère Jarrosson exclusively for Owners in the
NetJets Collectors Lounge. Jarrosson, a 31-year-old Parisian abstract artist
who previously trained as a ballet dancer, created the Inner Horizons series
featured in these pages especially for NetJets and Art Basel. Here, he talks
about his work and the process behind it:
“As an abstract painter, I am dedicated to giving the paint a chance to express
itself, through movements. The acrylic and oil paints reveal themselves when
they are set into motion. By letting the paint flow on the canvas, its physical
and chemical properties become visible and create a totally new visual world.
Movement is at the core of every shape: movements of the body, movements
of the paint, movements of the visitors also.
I am very interested by the work of Abstract Expressionism artists: Olivier
Debré, Hans Hartung, Zao Wou-Ki in France, Gerhard Richter in Germany,
Jackson Pollock in the US, among others. Of course, my own way of painting
is inspired by the practices these artists developed. But I am also convinced
that abstraction has no other choice but to invent something new, to bloom
and become a major art trend again. That’s what I am trying to do: To give
abstraction a new purpose, linked to current concerns – the body, the way the
world moves and changes, the way we perceive our environment.
I worked on this show for months, in coordination with Studio Artera [the
contemporary art agency that represents Jarrosson], creating every artwork
from scratch, specifically for this NetJets x Art Basel project. My idea was
to paint abstract landscapes, not exactly similar to the real ones we can see
from an aircraft window, but still evocative and somehow familiar. I paint an
unexplored place between figuration and abstraction, somewhere we think
we recognise although it’s different from what we have ever seen. The visitor
discovers a pristine environment, its beauty and fragility, as an echo to our
own inner beautiful worlds.”
MAN OF THE MOMENT
Facing page: Jarrosson in front of
one of his works in the
Inner Horizons series
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ALL IMAGES BY FREDERICK DUCHESNE
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SCENES FROM BASEL
Inside Inner Horizons
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THE LAST WORD
BRIAN
HARMAN
The Major-winning golfer on life
away from the fairways and greens
JULIAN RENTZSCH
TRAVEL
Sun-worshipper or thrill-seeker?
It depends. I can enjoy a beach day once in a while, and I love
disappearing with my family to the Upstate New York lakes
to get away, but I also enjoy trips to the southern Colorado
mountains, chasing elk in the autumn.
FOOD
Big names or hidden gems?
Hidden gems are always the choice. I love experiencing the
great restaurants of the places we visit with the Tour.
DOWNTIME
Good book or big screen?
Both. Love my TV to unwind in the evening, but will grab a
book on frequent occasions. My genres are all over the place,
from biographies and history to sci-fi.
TRANSPORT
Fast lane or cruise control?
Fast lane! Always seem to be late.
ACCOMMODATION
Grandes dames, luxe design or eminently private?
I like to mix it up. Sometimes the comforts of a rental home
can alleviate the travel fatigue.
FASHION
Latest styles or smart casual?
Zero fashion sense. Steamed clothes and a decent watch go
a long way.
CULTURE
Big city or country time?
As much as I can appreciate beautiful buildings, it’s always
the landscape, ecosystem and wildlife that catch my eye.
Still life or live performance?
Stand-up comedy is my go-to. We love catching shows
whenever we are close to New York, Austin or LA.
FUTURE PLANS
Course design, media work or a different direction –
where will life after golf take you?
I will probably take a couple years off, then who knows? I find
myself drawn to agronomy and trying to make golf courses
more natural and in tune with native trees and grasses.
I love the media side as well. The media guys are the best
storytellers and a riot to be around.
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