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Summer 2024
HAWAII HIGHS
Exploring the best
of the 50th state
FLIGHT PLAN
The power of aviation
to combat cancer
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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TAKING OFF
WHETHER IT’S ETCHED ON A TOWEL OR STITCHED ALONG A SLEEVE,
THE NETJETS NAME IS VIVIDLY DISPLAYED ON THE SMALL SCREEN
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 favorite golf destination or simply jet-setting through
summer, we look forward to being your trusted travel partner.
Only NetJets!
Adam Johnson
Chairman and CEO
CONTRIBUTORS
JIM CLARKE
As wine expert
and drinks writer
Clarke reports in
A Glass Act (page
84), Burgundy is
booming in the
U.S.—much of its
success due to the
annual La Paulée
celebrations,
spearheaded by
genius sommelier
Daniel Johnnes.
KATY SPRATTE
JOYCE
Originally from
Minnesota, our
writer was well
placed to cover the
Midwest’s culinary
scene in Food
with Heart (page
78), focusing on
why the region’s
states should be
considered flyover
territory no more.
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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THE GRAND CANAL
Breakfast with a view at
The Venice Venice Hotel,
page 64.
78 54 44
IN THE NEWS
Flights for cancer
patients, top hotels in
London and Paris and
must-try spirits
pages 14-30
FREE YOUR MIND
The Mayo Clinic explains
how to maximize travel’s
mental health benefits
pages 50-52
CENTRAL RESERVATIONS
A host of new eateries are
switching up the culinary
game in the Midwest
pages 78-83
NETJETS UPDATE
All-access events in Napa
and Scotland, tales from
the cockpit, and more
pages 34-38
THE ISLANDS HAVE IT
Navigating Hawaii’s
diverse riches, from
rainforest walks to
fine dining
pages 54-63
DOMAINE MAN
Iconic sommelier
Daniel Johnnes spreads
the Burgundy love at
La Paulée
pages 84-89
ALESSANDRO LANA, © OAK PARK, RYAN MILLER / RED BULL CONTENT POOL, NATHAN KAHLER
MANNING UP
There’s no slowing down
legendary NFL quarterback
Peyton Manning
pages 40-43
DREAMS COME TRUE
At 25, Oregon’s
oceanfront Bandon Dunes
still sets the standard
for golfing in the US
pages 44-49
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
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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With a new CEO in the pilot’s seat, the Corporate Angel Network is
spreading its wings further in its mission to help cancer patients
access life-saving treatment far from home. // By Heidi Mitchell
© CORPORATE ANGEL NETWORK
MORE THAN TWO MILLION AMERICANS
are estimated to be diagnosed with cancer
this year, according to the American
Cancer Society’s latest report. The same
paper predicts that more than a quarter of
them— over 611,000, to be precise—won’t
survive. What’s most devastating about
these statistics is that many of those deaths
are preventable, if only patients could gain
access to skilled oncologists. Often, the
patients live nowhere near top treatment
facilities, and either can’t afford to travel
to them or can’t fly commercially for fear
of exposure to germs while their immune
systems are so compromised.
More than 40 years ago, three business
owners in the tri-state area—two cancer
survivors and one who’d lost his wife to the
disease—found a quick fix for obstacles to
accessing treatment right at their regional
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GOODWILL
airport. Back then, Priscilla (Pat) H. Blum,
Leonard M. Greene, and Jay N. Weinberg
realized that hundreds of corporate airplanes
were crisscrossing the country with empty
seats. So, the trio reached out to executives
in their networks and explained the problem
of getting under-resourced cancer patients
to treatment centers across the U.S. In
December 1981, Greene, a licensed pilot,
flew a young patient back to Detroit after
his cancer treatment at New York City’s
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. That
patient was home in time for Christmas. And
Corporate Angel Network (CAN) was born.
Four decades later, under new chief
executive officer and aviation veteran Robert
Stangarone, the nonprofit has completed
over 68,000 flights. “Every month we fly
about 150 patients,” says the new CAN
head. “There is no cost to the patient or
their caregiver; two caregivers, if they are
minors. If they don’t have someone to drive
them to the airport, we’ll handle that, too.”
CAN works with more than 500 companies,
including half of the Fortune 100, to secure
seats on corporate aircraft that are often
repositioning staff or product—not always
C-suite bigwigs. But even when leadership
is on board, patients are allowed, and even
welcomed. “It’s a great experience for those
executives,” insists Stangarone, who has
heard firsthand of their interactions with
cancer patients. “It’s such a heartwarming
experience for them.”
Staff and volunteers at CAN also gain
a sense of pride from helping patients in
terrible situations. “Being a part of the
CAN team and arranging free air travel on
corporate jets for patients and caregivers in
need is a deeply rewarding experience,” says
CAN Patient Services Manager Kelly Scanlon.
“Having the privilege to tell a patient or
caregiver, ‘Yes, we can help them get to or
from their appointment,’ and hearing the
weight being lifted off their shoulders brings
me immense joy. We are providing patients
going through some of their darkest moments
with a tranquil, stress-free way of getting
lifesaving treatment.”
Hear any of these brave patients’
stories and your faith in humanity will be
restored. Ava Crowley was diagnosed with
stage 4 neuroblastoma at age two. Doctors
recommended a painful thoracotomy, which
would require her to travel from her home
in Miami to New York City. Her parents
contacted CAN, and not only were Ava and
her parents flown home immediately after
being discharged from the hospital, her
family continued to use the nonprofit’s
services for at least 12 more flights over two
years. “Ava was in a clean, comfortable, and
friendly atmosphere, and every flight crew
member and executive we flew with was
warm-hearted and caring,” says Ava’s mother,
Nickelle. “The ease of getting on the plane
was much less stressful than waiting in long
security lines.”
Likewise, when Amy Glade was diagnosed
with breast cancer, the Atlanta resident
needed surgery in Houston. A friend told her
about CAN, which partnered with NetJets to
fly Glade home from her surgery on one of
its planes with empty seats. “The Corporate
Angels flew us back to Atlanta, which took
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Robert
I knew it would be a pretty labor-intensive job, but I saw
it as a very satisfying end of my career. Now I get up
every morning energized ... To me, this is a labor of love.
Stangarone, CEO of the Corporate Angel Network
so much stress off of thinking about having
surgery,” says the mother of three.
Stories like Ava’s and Amy’s are what
pulled Stangarone, 76, out of retirement in
Connecticut and into this new role, which he
began in February. “My mission to take this to
a higher level is threefold,” he says. “First, we
are working on communications and word of
mouth to let the patient community know we
exist.” Before Covid hit, CAN was doing about
3,000 flights a year, he says; now they are at
2,000—though that number is growing. “Next,
we need to get more flight departments at
corporations to sign up with us.” And, of
course, the third piece is fundraising. CAN
operates on a budget of about $1 million
per year, half of which is raised at an annual
fundraiser called Fund an Angel. The rest
comes from donations, often from pilots.
Most of the time, companies are generous
with their planes and patients can be
connected to open seats. But sometimes the
stars don’t align. If CAN can’t find a few seats
on a corporate jet, NetJets steps in. Every
hour, up to 50 hours per year, that is donated
to CAN by a NetJets Owner is matched
by NetJets itself, amplifying the impact.
“NetJets is one of our strongest partners,”
says Stangarone. “They’ve been with us since
1997. They started small, saw there was value,
and continued to support us.”
Every patient’s story is different, and
Stangarone and his team of four full-time staff
(plus many volunteers) work to cater to their
specific needs and to make the journey more
fun than daunting. Recently, while coordinating
two pediatric patients who needed to get
to New York from Florida, the team learned
that the kids were into superheroes. So CAN
coordinated with the charity Humble Heroes
to arrange for four superheroes to greet the
patients at the aircraft, right there on the
tarmac. The smiles on the children’s faces and
absolute delight are what keep the CAN team
going, despite the awful circumstances they
know their clients are in.
For Stangarone in particular, continuing
to work with his aviation buddies to help
people overcome cancer gives this chapter
special purpose. “The business aviation
community is such a tight-knit group. You
don’t find any negativity,” he says. “I was
retired and comfortable when CAN contacted
me about the CEO position. I knew it would
be a pretty labor-intensive job, but I saw it as
a very satisfying end of my career. Now I get
up every morning energized, thinking about
what we’re going to do next. If you get out
there and find new challenges, you can be
76 and feel 43. To me, this is a labor of love.”
For more information, visit corpangelnetwork.
org. If you would like to donate flight hours
to Corporate Angel Network—which NetJets
will match—please reach out to giftingdesk@
netjets.com.
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THE SMART GUIDE
Our collection of the latest, the brightest,
and the best begins in the capital of the U.K.
© 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 neighborhoods.
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 ($5.1 billion)
in investment, according
to Bloomberg. The first,
among the class of 2023,
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
was 1 Hotel Mayfair (1hotels.
property is an exemplar
of Marylebone, Mayfair,
com), 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
flavors with contemporary
flair, have made it a popular
spot with the in-crowd.
With its 199 rooms, including
30 colorful 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
U.K. was inaugurated by
the Singaporean hotelier in
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Guerlain spa and a 65-foot
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 ($1.3
master Endo Kazutoshi,
billion) build cost. In the
and a secret subterranean
basement, a private 82-foot
speakeasy, open only to
pool and spa beckon, while
residents and habitués,
superjacent the 190-room
where the elixirs flow but
property, the two-Michelin-
MILO BROWN
photos are frowned upon.
Not to be outdone,
The Peninsula London
starred Brooklands—
overseen by chef-director
Claude Bosi—and a cigar
(peninsula.com) arrived on
lounge offer panoramas of
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-
Hyde Park and 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 charm
While lacking historical
room Emory (the-emory.co.uk),
while incorporating modern
patina, the hotel marries
courtesy of Maybourne hotel
amenities, including a
modernity (interiors done
group, owners of Claridge’s
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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 neighbor, 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
gem, featuring airy, well-
Rochon, and Patricia
considered rooms done
Urquiola, all of whom were
up in hand-painted silks,
drafted in to showcase
a moody, melanized spa
their creative aesthetics
with a 82-foot-long pool,
across the property and the
an atmospheric bar, and a
spacious suites therein. The
restaurant by celebrated
whole winning formula is
Korean chef Akira Back, of
anchored by renowned chef
the Michelin-starred Dosa
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s
in Seoul—all tucked away
airy 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 favorite 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
honor 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 traveler, whether
your taste skews sleek and
nautical, fairy-tale garden,
or colorful 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
FRENCH FANCY
Left: Le Pavillon Faubourg Saint-
Germain; bottom: La Fantaisie.
for the 61 rooms and suites,
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
yogurt sauce) are served
on mismatched china. Step
outside the exuberantly
papered walls, and you’re
surrounded by the limestone
façades of Le Marais,
the neighborhood 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
T.S. Eliot and James Joyce
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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,
wood-paneled 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
10,000-square-foot rooftop
modern and a little bit
restaurant, Golden Poppy,
floral carpets and hand-
solarium to soak up the light
Haussmann, and the result
is from Breton-raised chef
laid tiles—and the walls
on one of the goldenrod
is a cozy individualism. The
Dominique Crenn and
are reserved for Gillier’s
loungers, enjoy epic views
neighborhood’s academic
serves up briny and bright
collection of Twomblys.
over the gothic buttresses of
bona fides are also a draw—
pescatarian cuisine in a
Miles of gauzy curtains make
Saint-Eustache Church, and
legendary literary hangout
sherbet-colored greenhouse.
for lazy, dreamy light—all
dip into the tropical cocktail
Les Deux Magots is just
lafantaisie.com
the better for gazing out the
list. madamereve.com
around the corner, so make
window in contemplation like
sure you pack your copy of
CHÂTEAU VOLTAIRE
something out of Truffaut.
CHÂTEAU DES FLEURS
“Ulysses.” pavillon-faubourg-
Fashion fans will
House restaurant Brasserie
Named for the garden where
saint-germain.com
immediately recognize the
l’Emil is the perfect place to
Victor Mabille, a turn-of-the-
fingerprints of Zadig &
practice your insouciance
century Parisian host-with-
LA FANTAISIE
Voltaire’s Thierry Gillier all
over steak frites and a bottle
the-most, would throw epic
Manet immortalized the
over Château Voltaire, a 32-
of bubbles while a white
parties, Château des Fleurs
ninth arrondissement and
room boutique 10 minutes’
taper, slightly askew in its
is the new sibling to beloved
the Folies Bergère in his
walk from the Louvre. The
candlestick, drips languidly.
gems Relais Christine
moody 1882 painting of an
creamy façade gives way to
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and Saint James Paris.
unimpressed barmaid, but
warm, pared-down interiors.
Interiors are feminine but
there’s no sign of ennui in
Where many new jewelbox
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Sleek lines, unexpected
velvet, bouclé armchairs
resident, the 73-room La
and funky wallpaper, at
diagonals, and smooth
with long fringe skirts, and
Fantaisie. Another flight of
Château Voltaire, it’s all
paneling give Hôtel Madame
half-round bead molding
fancy from Martin Brudnizki,
about the floors—sultry
Rêve more than a hint of
snaking up the walls like so
La Fantaisie is what would
many champagne bubbles.
happen if a Beatrix Potter
It’s the sort of place that
garden scene were shaken
begs you to slide into your
with absinthe and poured
best silk party dress—yes,
over ice. The hotel’s garden
the backless one—apply a
and eminently photogenic
slick of carmine lipstick and
Bar Sur le Toit contain
shimmy the evening away à la
myriad tiny details—delicate,
La Goulue, the muse of Henri
hand-blown glassware with
de Toulouse-Lautrec. Steps
stems and leaves, ceilings
away, the Champs-Élysées
wallpapered in roses, and
scalloped velvet bar stools
standing to attention like a
row of tulips. The marquee
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THE SMART GUIDE
ON THE RADAR
Our favorite discoveries this season, from rarefied
Scottish whiskies to a showstopping grand piano.
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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THE SMART GUIDE
SUPERLATIVE TIPPLES
New relevations from the spirit world.
Firth Place
Colombian coffee on the nose,
sweet licorice 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-Marc
Olivier 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
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
Latest happenings, onboard updates,
companywide news, and profiles.
ALL-ACCESS AT THE OPEN
FREDERICK DUCHESNE (4)
A favorite 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 July 14–21. Offering unrivaled 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
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NETJETS IN BRIEF
SERVICE BY
THE NUMBERS
INSIDE TRACK
DON WITTKE
Chief Pilot
WHEN DID YOU START AT NETJETS? I was hired at
NetJets in 2004 as a Gulfstream line pilot and flew that
for eight years. I upgraded to captain in 2006 and then in
2008, I became a check airman. I transitioned to the Global
5000/6000 fleet in 2012 to help onboard the new aircraft
into the fleet. In 2015, I joined the management team as an
assistant chief pilot until 2017 when I was promoted to chief
pilot and remain in that role today.
WHAT DOES YOUR NORMAL DAY CONSIST OF?
Every day is different. As chief pilot, I have two primary
functions—to be accountable to the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), and to manage our 3,350 NetJets pilots.
I’m accountable, in part, for our air carrier certificate to the
FAA. This means I ensure that all our operations, manuals,
policies, and procedures are compliant with Federal
Aviation regulations. We do this through various safety and
operational meetings, and anytime our operations or aircraft
manuals are updated, I do a final review to make sure we are
compliant with the regulations. Secondly, I am responsible
for all our pilots, and I am fortunate to have a great team
of fleet program directors who help manage the day-today
operations. We meet daily to review the events of the
day prior and address how best to support our Crews.
I approach my job with care and compassion and know that
service begins with taking care of our people. We support
our pilots and their families while they are on the road.
I have always felt supported as a NetJets pilot and I want
to pay that forward.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU FACE IN
YOUR ROLE? Managing a remote workforce is my primary
challenge. We must adapt to the constant changing of
schedules and stay connected to these 3,350 employees.
I have to rely on the system that we built to continuously
uphold those standards that we expect. Because we protect
safety and service, we can support our Crewmembers as
we continue to grow.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
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.
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
TASTING NOTES: BOTTLEROCK NAPA VALLEY
GOOD VIBES ONLY
A convivial scene
at the NetJets
reception at Frank
Family Vineyards
this past May.
WINE COUNTRY CAME alive with the vibrant sounds and flavors
of BottleRock Napa Valley, the annual music, food, wine, and brew
festival held over Memorial Day weekend. Once again, NetJets
Owners and guests enjoyed access to the exclusive NetJets suite,
offering direct stage views, and all Platinum VIP areas. Acclaimed
headlining artists included Stevie Nicks, Pearl Jam, and Ed Sheeran.
For NetJets Owners and guests, the experience began at an intimate
Thursday-evening cocktail reception at Frank Family Vineyards, a
NetJets Vintner Circle partner, featuring a live acoustic performance
by Grammy Award winner Norah Jones. bottlerocknapavalley.com
EMPOWERING EXECUTIVES
Over the last six decades, NetJets has given business leaders a competitive edge, enabling them
to do more and miss less. We were honored to sponsor this year’s CNBC CEO Council Summit, held
June 3–4 in Washington, D.C. This invigorating event united top executives and decision-makers
within the public and private sectors, giving them the unique opportunity to discuss both the
American economy and democracy—and how this election year, along with other global factors,
impacts each. cnbcevents.com
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JULIAN RENTZSCH
NOTES FROM NETJETS
IN SERVICE
SHELBY WATTERS
Latitude Captain
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …
a birthday gift in high school. My parents
gave me an introductory flight lesson
at a New Jersey airport. The instructor
was from Princeton and told me I was a
natural. I decided that it was the career
I wanted to pursue.
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS …
the exclusivity of the experience. Flying
is a feeling that you cannot recreate
anywhere else. The views from the skies
can’t be replicated.
BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS TEAM,
I WAS … working in Columbus as a flight
instructor and contract pilot.
THE ONE DAY AT NETJETS I WON’T
FORGET WAS … the day I got the bid to fly
the Challenger 650. I was so grateful and so
excited to accept this senior position.
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY
WOULDN’T GUESS ABOUT ME IS …
I’m a bit of a gearhead. I restore classic cars
and ride motorcycles.
ON MY DAYS OFF … you can find me
outside. I love to hike, kayak, horseback ride,
and work on our farm.
WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, I WOULD
LIKE TO … be in a training position here
at NetJets. I see myself helping to further
develop the next generation of NetJets pilots.
MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE
ACROSS TIME ZONES IS … to live and
be where you are. Forget what time it is at
home. Take a walk. Go to the gym. Be active
and be present.
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CENTER 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 fall; 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 U.S. 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 favorite 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.
COURTESY OMAHA PRODUCTIONS
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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 emphasizes
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 favorite 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 C.B. 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 U.S. public-access layouts. There’s more coming, too.
Currently waiting for construction approval is another McLay
Kidd-designed course located 10 miles 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
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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 minimized, 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 traveling by air, others can
be minimized 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 minimize 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 colors
experiences.
JULIAN RENTZSCH (2)
Kristi Rodgers, M.A., L.P., 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 traveling, 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
Recognize 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 colors
our experiences,” says Kristi Rodgers, M.A., L.P., 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 optimizes
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 travelers, 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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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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Clockwise from far left:
An adults-only pool at 1 Hotel
Hanalei Bay; a waterfall on
Kauai; 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay’s
Welina Terrace specializes
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 center, Kauai displays an array of natural
wonders—from the pastel ridges of 10-mile-long Waimea
Canyon, which has been compared to the U.S.’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 center with a cluster of galleries
and a Friday Art Night market. Among the galleries you can browse, favorites include KALAKOA KAUA’I
FINE ART GALLERY (kalakoakauai.com), specializing in paintings by local artists, and ISLAND ART GALLERY
(islandartkauai.com), which features en plein air paintings, abstracts, Hawaiian crafts, and jewelry.
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State Park; via one of four motorized 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 tangerinestriped
sunsets, its aesthetic is strong on natural wood and
fabrics, abundant greenery, and soothing water features.
There’s an emphasis on wellness, which includes customized
holistic retreats, while ancient rituals are honored 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 snorkeling 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 snorkeling 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 colors, 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, flavorful 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 neighborhood, 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 50
feet—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 a mile 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 specialty loco moco, comprising
a local beef patty, savory 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 chili. Longtime local
favorite The Pig & The Lady (thepigandthelady.com) presents
Vietnamese specialties 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, specializing 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
jewelry, while NOHEA GALLERY
(noheagallery.com) focuses on the
work of local artists in paintings,
woodwork, ceramics, and jewelry.
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 U.S. into World War II,
and a boat trip that takes you to
the U.S.S. 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 popularized
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 2,250-square-foot 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
U.S. 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 30 miles 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 traveled, head
east, towards the town of Hāna.
It’s called the Hāna Highway, but that doesn’t even begin
to describe what this winding, 64-mile-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
FROM LEFT: HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY (HTA) / TOR JOHNSON; © MUGEN
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 10 miles 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 30 miles 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 3.4-mile Pipiwai Trail that leads to the 400-foot
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 75 acres 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, 300 feet up–but it has
a Beach Concierge to arrange forays to island beaches. With 72
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suites in 15 acres 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 10 miles. 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 favorite Sheldon
Simeon’s takeout joint just minutes from Kahului Airport, and
renowned for its authentic and deeply flavored 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 flavors, and
within a year landed on The New York Times list of the 50 best
restaurants in the U.S.
A perennial island favorite 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 center 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
specialties 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
center 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
jewelry—and VIEWPOINTS GALLERY in Makawao (viewpointsgallerymaui.com), for fine art and sculpture.
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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 30 miles of the 140 square mile 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 five-mile Koloiki Ridge Trail, or
along the coast to look at 80-foot-tall monolith Sweetheart
Rock. On the island’s south shore, Hulopoe Beach has the
clearest water, perfect for snorkeling.
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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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 neighbors, 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.
MARTINA ZILIO
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Left: Hyatt Centric.
Facing page: Violino d’Oro.
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There’s a lot 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-neighbor 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 revitalized in an ongoing program, 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: 7.5 miles
HIGH LIFE
From left: A terrace at Nolinski
Venezia; caviar at the Palais
Royal Restaurant.
GUILLAUM ED LAUBIER
© NOLINSKI VENEZIA
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Facing page, from left: CHOPARD Mille Miglia Classic Chronograph JX7; stainless steel case; sapphire crystal
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RICHARD MILLE RM UP-01 Ferrari; 1.75 mm 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; 40 mm stainless steel
case; silver color dial with sunray finishing and crown-like peripheral golden ring; stainless steel bracelet VACHERON
CONSTANTIN Historiques American 1921; 40x40 mm pink gold case; dial featuring a railway dial-train and black-painted
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Clockwise, from left: BIANCHET Maserati MSG Racing Limited Edition; titanium high-density carbon and vulcanized rubber case;
water-resistant to 100 m; hand-wound skeletonized movement with flying tourbillon, dual-time GMT complication; vulcanized
rubber strap. Limited to 21 pieces ROGER DUBUIS Excalibur Spider Revuelto Flyback Chronograph 45 mm; 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; 41 mm 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, 39 mm titanium case; sapphire caseback, showcasing the engraved
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WITH HEART
© ROSEWILD
A talented crop of chefs and award-winning restaurants are breaking
new culinary ground in the Midwest. Here are some of the best places
to dine across America’s Heartland. // By Katy Spratte Joyce
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TOP OF THE MID
Clockwise from top: Owamni,
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Ahan,
Madison, Wisconsin;
Rosewild, Fargo, North Dakota.
Facing page: Crème brûlée at
Oak Park, Des Moines, Iowa.
Previous pages: Cordelia
in Cleveland, Ohio; mac and
cheese at Rosewild.
WHEN IT COMES to quality dining, national recognition has
come slowly to the Midwest. But with its restaurants and chefs
yielding James Beard Foundation Awards, inclusion in the
Michelin Guide, and listings by The New York Times and Eater,
the region has been steadily raising the bar and defying the
moniker of flyover country.
One of the most lauded spots in recent memory is Owamni
(owamni.com) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Helmed by tripletime
James Beard Award winner and Oglala Lakota chef Sean
Sherman, this instant classic is a beacon of the indigenous
foodways movement. Using only decolonized ingredients—
that is, items available before European colonization of
the Americas—Sherman has revolutionized how we eat
and earned international acclaim for his true-to-his-roots
approach. Don’t miss inventive dishes such as elk tacos and
squash custard with bison fat caramel on a seasonal menu
that’s refreshed quarterly.
Neighboring Wisconsin, which is having a foodie moment of
its own due to reality TV show “Top Chef” basing its 21st season
in the state, is another exciting stop. While the home kitchen
may have been in Milwaukee this season, nearby Madison and
its Asian-inspired gem Ahan (ahanmadison.com) stand out from
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© OWAMNI
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the impressive culinary crowd in the Dairy State. Dishes such
as red curry udon hint at chef Jamie Brown-Soukaseume’s
heritage, fusing influences from Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and
Indonesia in a cozy, verdant space.
In Indiana, Indianapolis’s Vida (vida-restaurant.com)—set
amid the cobblestone streets of the posh, historic Lockerbie
Square enclave—is now the finest place to eat in the state.
With his ever-evolving, modern American menu, local star
Thomas Melvin draws inspiration from around the globe,
serving dishes ranging from buttermilk fried chicken thigh to
A5 Miyazaki wagyu with blueberry, blue cheese, and barrelaged
black truffle sauce, in a stylish yet unstuffy atmosphere.
To experience the restaurant at its best, settle in for a tasting
menu journey that ends with a showstopper dessert: ricotta
doughnuts with brown butter crumble, candied bacon, bourbon
maple glaze, and sea salt caramel ice cream.
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Chicago, of course, is the longtime culinary capital of the
region. In Hyde Park, Virtue (virtuerestaurant.com) brings
southern comfort to the Windy City’s South Side. Erick
Williams helms the buzzy, open kitchen where you should try
the Butcher’s Snack (house-made charcuterie with pepper
jelly), stone-ground Geechie Boy grits, and honey-butter
skillet cornbread.
Farm to table? For a total change of pace, head to Saltwell
Farm Kitchen (saltwellfarmkitchen.com), a rural eatery near
Overbrook, Kansas, which has brought the table to the farm.
Make your reservations ahead of time for a Friday or Saturday
night experience with a curated multi-course menu. During
warm weather, communal tables are laid out in a grove of walnut
trees, while in winter a historic farmhouse serves as the seat
of this remarkable restaurant—the perfect mix of rusticity and
fine dining in a bucolic Great Plains setting. Another surprise
on the prairie is Yoshitomo (yoshitomo.com) in Omaha, where
self-taught sushi chef Dave Utterback has transformed Ota, his
omakase counter, into one of the best in the country. In true
Nebraska fashion, the signature bite features beef in a beautiful
example of sushi as a location-dependent cuisine. Named
“prairie tuna,” it consists of sushi rice, koji cured wagyu, garlic,
sea urchin butter, Kaluga caviar, and nikiri soy.
“ comfort
Chicago, of course, is the longtime culinary capital
of the region. In Hyde Park, Virtue brings southern
to the Windy City’s South Side.
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From far left: Ants on a Log at
Rosewild; Virtue in Chicago,
Illinois; Saltwell Farm Kitchen,
near Overbrook, Kansas.
© SALTWELL FARM KITCHEN
For a terroir-led dining experience, head to Michigan’s Lower
Peninsula, near Traverse City. Part garden party, part brewery, part
farmer’s market, Farm Club (farmclubtc.com) is a true celebration
of the north. The Farm Board starter is a great choice, featuring
Lake Michigan smoked whitefish, an area specialty. Wash it down
with a dry riesling, another notable regional product.
Ready for a palate cleanser? Enjoy a taste of the
Mediterranean in the Midwest with a visit to Sanaa’s 8th Street
Gourmet (sanaacooks.com) in Sioux Falls. This sunny South
Dakota spot lights up the artsy East Market during its lunchonly
service. Sanaa’s is primarily known for its plant-based
offerings—think mjadara, tabbouleh, and vegan salads—though
carnivores haven’t been excluded, for instance in a mussakhan
made with succulent sautéed chicken breast. From here, head
straight up to Fargo, North Dakota, where Rosewild (jasperfargo.
com/rosewild) serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and boasts
a sprawling cocktail menu to boot. Swedish meatballs with
lingonberries, hot dish pot pie, and knoephla soup offer an
approachable yet elevated take on Midwest culinary tradition. In
the same vein, Cleveland’s buzziest eatery is Cordelia (cordeliacle.
com), a nostalgic downtown spot that combines family farming
heritage with modern kitchen techniques, and a dash of Great
Lakes flair. With food from Vinnie Cimino, it embodies the best
Ohio has to offer in a prime location on pedestrian-only East 4th
Street. Order the burger box—a magical, meaty, crispy cheese
concoction meant to be shared.
There’s culinary creativity brewing in Iowa, too. Enter Oak
Park (oakparkdsm.com) in Des Moines, where dishes such as
carrot Wellington and in-house aged steaks make a compelling
case for this being the best eatery in the Hawkeye State.
Though it’s not just the menu that’s elevated—the bright and
airy Prairie-style, Frank Lloyd Wright-esque architecture tips
its hat to the architect who had a studio in Oak Park, Illinois.
Pro tip: reserve the chef’s table for an ultra-exclusive dining
experience brought to you by Ian Robertson and his wife—and
restaurant pastry chef—Jess.
Meanwhile in Missouri, though local Ozark gem Bulrush
just announced its closure, the dining future is still bright
in St. Louis. Stalwarts like the suburban Balkan Treat Box
(balkantreatbox.com) continue to delight, with wood-fired dishes
like Ćevapi. Little Fox (littlefoxstl.com), an elevated corner
bistro in Fox Park, is known for its excellent beverage program
and cozy neighborhood feel and has recently expanded to
include brunch service. And iNDO (indo-stl.com), a muchlauded
Botanical Heights hotspot, continues to excel with its
Southeast Asian and Japanese-inspired cuisine. Don’t miss the
shrimp toast, gyoza, and lamb ribs, just a few of chef-owner
Nick Bognar’s perfect bites.
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Now one of the premier vinous events in the U.S.,
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 organize not just the annual La
Paulée, but a host of other wine-related events—seminars,
wine dinners, tours, and more.
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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 L.A.’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 U.S. 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 specialize 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 L.A.
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“ 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 honored, 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 program.
“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, weatherwise,
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 organize 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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INSIDE VIEW
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 mesmerizing 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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INSIDE VIEW
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 U.S., 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 recognize 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 fall.
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 T.V. 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 L.A.
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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