NETJETS EU VOLUME 13 2021

A DRAGON’S QUEST
Peter Jones is helping
the next generation
SWING TIME
New courses taking
golf to another level
PERFECT NOTE
The exquisite violins
of Roman Goronok
NATURAL CHARM
An old method giving
wine a fresh taste
GARDEN PARTY
Expert advice for
idyllic outdoor spaces

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TAKING OFF
AS THE PROMISE OF A NEW YEAR brings hope, optimism and determination, we
can’t help thinking about the investment in safety and COVID-related protection
that puts us on a foundation of preparedness.
Of course, how we travel depends entirely on the details of our journey,
whether it is from region to region, country to country or city to city. Some will
find freedom of movement easier than others – and, of course, we’ll be right there, where and
when you are ready.
It is in that spirit of optimism that we have created this spring edition of the magazine: an
issue filled with stories, articles and profiles that we hope will inspire you to enjoy life to the
fullest, be that in the sky or on the ground.
As ever, there is NetJets-related news, and some exciting detours along our journey. We hope
you enjoy reading the pages that follow and wish you safe travels, wherever they may take you.
– All of Us at NetJets
C O N T R I B U T O R S
JEFFREY T IVERSON
The Paris-based
oenophile is
captivated by
pétillant-naturel, a
rival to the likes of
Champagne in the
world of bubbly. In
Sparkling Charm
(page 70), he seeks
out purveyors of
these increasingly
popular cuvées to
explore their appeal.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
From his Hamburg
studio, the illustrator
portrays an array
of personalities
for this issue,
including NetJets
crewmember Ingrid
Chilton (page 35)
and motor racing
driver Chris Froggatt
(page 82), who
talks about his life
away from the track.
CLAIRE WRATHALL
In Entrepreneurial
Spirit (page 12), the
veteran journalist
takes a look at the
work of the Peter
Jones foundation,
an organisation
established by the
philanthropist and
Dragon’s Den judge
to encourage the
next generation of
business brains.
ALUN CALLENDER
Growing up among
craftspeople has
allowed the British
photographer to
capture his subjects
more intimately,
as he does with
violin expert
Roman Goronok,
a NetJets Owner,
and his instruments
for Master of the
Strings (page 36).
MATTHEW APPLEBY
For Crafting Eden
(page 40), the
UK-based gardening
writer and editor of
Horticulture Week
talks to leading
landscape designers
about trends in how
to create the perfect
outdoor spaces for
work, living and
entertaining in these
strangest of times.
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CONTENTS
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PEAK TRAVEL
Sandstone cliffs tower
above Habitas AlUla
in Saudi Arabia, page 54
36
48 62
BUSINESS SENSE
Peter Jones is educating
and empowering a new
breed of entrepreneurs
pages 12-15
IN THE NEWS
Caribbean cool, Alpine highs,
travelling safely and curated
objects of desire
pages 16-31
NETJETS UPDATE
Executive Director Christian
Luwisch in profile and
companywide information
pages 32-35
STRING SECTION
Roman Goronok revels in
sourcing and selling oneof-a-kind
violins
pages 36-39
AIRBORNE BEAUTY
Aesthetician to the stars
Angela Caglia on skin care
in-flight and beyond
pages 46-47
FAIRWAYS TO HEAVEN
Newly built standout
courses, par 3 challenges
and must-have bags
pages 48-53
DESTINATIONS TO DELIGHT
Hotel openings and
renovations offer an enticing
glimpse of the future
pages 54-61
ON THE MOVE
A collection of luxuriant
luggage and best-in-class
travel accessories
pages 62-65
SLOVENIAN STYLE
The tiny European nation
making a big impact on
the world of gastronomy
pages 66-69
SPARKLING SUCCESS
An ancient way of making
bubbly is a palate-pleasing
alternative to Champagne
pages 70-73
ÉMINENCE GRIS
The veteran German artist
remains an exceptional
chronicler of today’s world
pages 74-81
THE LAST WORD
Motor racing driver Chris
Froggatt on life away
from the track
page 82
© HABITAS, ALUN CALLENDER, STEVE UZZELL, MATTHEW SHAVE
ALFRESCO APPEAL
The latest trends in making
the most of outdoor spaces
– large and small
pages 40-45
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COVER
SPRING 2021 // VOLUME 13
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the art of gardening.
(See page 40 for
horticultural trends.)
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COURTESY PETER JONES FOUNDATION
GOODWILL
Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Peter Jones Foundation introduces both
business and life skills to students across the
globe // By Claire Wrathall
THE ROAD TO RICHES is rarely smooth and, like
many novices, the British serial entrepreneur
and philanthropist Peter Jones, now a fixture on
The Sunday Times Rich List, suffered his share
of false starts.
Having started a successful tenniscoaching
enterprise while still at school, his
first grown-up venture was a bar. “The idea
was to create something like the one in the
Tom Cruise film Cocktail – lots of throwing
cocktail shakers about,” he once told The
Times. “Unfortunately, it just lost money.”
About £200,000 all told. “And that was a lot
back then” in the 1980s. He blames himself.
“I managed it badly. I knew nothing about
the industry.” Very little in his education had
prepared him for business, and he didn’t close
it quickly enough.
Just over a decade later, however, in
1998, he started the telecoms giant Phones
International Group, going on to build
Brandpath, which supplies e-commerce
and supply-chain solutions to global brands,
alongside which there have been a succession
of side hustles, notably in television. Indeed, he
is best known as one of the original “dragons”
on the long-running BBC TV series Dragons’
Den (17 series and counting), in which aspiring
entrepreneurs pitch to potential investors. To date
he has risked more than £4 million of his own
capital, putting money into a succession of now
thriving start-ups ranging from foods – Love Da
Popcorn, Levi Roots’ table sauces, Barenaked
low-carb noodles – to RemPods, a maker of
healthcare products for people with dementia.
In 2005, the year Dragons’ Den was first
broadcast, he also launched the Peter Jones
Foundation, a charity that strives to inspire
enterprise in young people and teach them the
skills they need to start and run businesses of
their own. As he writes in its latest annual report,
“We believe that with the right mix of support and
opportunity, every young person has the potential
to achieve great things.”
FUTURE PATH
The annual EntFest is one way the Peter
Jones Foundation is helping foster young
people’s core business skills
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GOODWILL
“We help young people develop a broad range
of skills that will help them in employment as
well as entrepreneurship” – Bill Muirhead
“A lot of people think the Peter Jones
association means we’re only about
entrepreneurship,” says the foundation’s
managing director, Bill Muirhead. “But
fundamentally these skills are life skills. They’re
useful whatever pathway you’re looking to go
down” – and wherever you come from. (More
than 50% of those they support come from
disadvantaged backgrounds.) “So we help
them develop a broad range of core skills –
communication, creativity and innovation,
financial, digital, teamwork, leadership, problemsolving
and what we call self-management and
resilience – that will help them in employment as
well as entrepreneurship.”
Its objective, he says, is “to encourage,
educate and empower”. Take the foundation’s
Tycoon Enterprise Competition. Open to
schools and colleges across the UK, it invites
students and, in a separate iteration, military
veterans, to set up and run businesses. They
produce a business plan, for which they may
then be offered start-up loans of up to £3,000
(depending on age) and away they go.
Among the under-12s, “we see a lot
of cupcakes, iPhone covers and T-shirts,”
says Muirhead. “Nothing wrong with that;
they’re still developing skills.” But the ideas
put forward by older students can be hugely
impressive, especially those inspired by social
and environmental issues – for which the
competition has a special prize called Business
for Good. Recent initiatives have focused on
reconditioning and decorating pre-owned
trainers, eradicating the use of plastic straws by
developing reusable metal ones and producing a
natural household cleaner.
AND THEIR SUCCESS is no less impressive. Last
year, 91% of the businesses it supported made
a profit, and some endure even after their
student founders move on. “A few years back
a group of [16- to 18-year-olds] suggested a
project called Lease 2 Learn,” says Muirhead.
They’d identified a lot of digital poverty in
their area. They knew their school had some
old laptops, and they asked if they could
refurbish and repurpose them and then lease
them to families who didn’t have computers.
They took a loan of £280 and over the course
of the six-month programme they turned a
profit of more than £5,000. Great profit, great
social enterprise, great identifying of need and
DAVID VINTINER
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
Peter Jones uses his
own experiences to teach
and inspire
TALE OF SUCCESS
Ross Bailey went from a Peter
Jones Foundation course at
16 to creating a multimillionpound
company
addressing it.” (Not everything turns a profit, in
which case, the loan is written off.)
If the Tycoon competition is core to
the foundation’s mission to encourage, its
educational strand comprises a raft of courses
and qualifications for 16-plus students run
in conjunction with the education publisher
Pearson and offered through a network of Peter
Jones Enterprise Academies (PJEAs). These
aren’t actually bricks-and-mortar colleges with
their own staff, but projects run alongside
existing business departments in schools and
colleges across the UK, as well as China and
the UAE – and even farther afield soon, as
international expansion plans are in play.
PJEA status is, in effect, a way of adding
value, enabling schools and colleges to, as
Muirhead puts it, position themselves “as
centres of excellence”. The foundation trains
existing teachers to deliver its courses, provides
masterclasses with entrepreneurs, and guest
speakers and webinars intended “to link
learning with earning”. Again, much of the work
is project-based and reflective of “real world”
opportunities and dilemmas. And of course,
there’s a competitive element, as students
compete with each other both in challenges
set by real companies and for investment of
£5,000 and the title National Entrepreneur of
the Year, for which a shortlist is invited to pitch
a new business, Dragons’ Den-style, to Jones
and a panel of his peers.
Of course, education is a never-ending
process, and networking is critical to all
businesses, to which end there’s also an
COURTESY PETER JONES FOUNDATION
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alumni network to enable those who’ve
attended its academies to move on, whether it’s
finding an apprenticeship or “incubator space
with one of our business partners”. And already
a virtuous circle is forming as successful
alumni grow into supporters.
Take Ross Bailey, who in 2009 attended the
first Peter Jones Foundation course, aged just
16. “I got good grades, but I didn’t want to go to
university,” he says. “So I thought I’ll do this for
a year and see what happens. My parents ran a
hair salon, so in a way they were entrepreneurs,
but I’d never met real businessmen, and it was
fascinating to be taught by them. The thing about
business is that there’s so much more than you
find in a textbook: it’s about curiosity, and guts,
and people, and finding out how to make things
connect and stick. There are no correct answers.
It gave you the idea that anything was possible.”
Crucially, too, it also taught him “how to spot an
opportunity and focus on it”. And in 2013, he did
just that, founding Appear Here.
Pitched as an “Airbnb for retail”, it matches
businesses and nascent entrepreneurs seeking
space for pop-up ventures with landlords who
have empty shops that can be rented by the day.
Five years later, “We had a business valued at
more than £100 million.” Today it has offices in
London, Paris, New York and Amsterdam; and
Apple, Chanel, Nike and Spotify among 200,000-
plus companies signed up to its services.
IN LIGHT OF THE CHALLENGES facing the retail sector
even before the pandemic, it could hardly be
timelier. But as Muirhead says, “Whenever you
go through a massive shift like this, there are
opportunities. And opportunity is bread and
butter for entrepreneurs. So I think the work
that we’re doing is really relevant to the times
we are living in.”
Not least, too, because “one of the impacts
of COVID, and the even greater economic crisis
we’re facing up to when the immediate health
crisis subsides, will be the increasing number
of NEETS [not in education, employment, or
training]. We’re going to need jobs and job
creators more than ever.” And in his opinion, only
the Nordic countries are really getting enterprise
and entrepreneurship education right.
“If you look at education in Scandinavia,
entrepreneurship is a lot more embedded in the
curriculum,” he says. “Pretty much every student
will come out of the education system having
had the experience of setting up and running a
EARLY START
The foundation aims
to encourage, educate
and empower
business. And as a result, young people see
entrepreneurship not as a scary option but as
a career to consider.” He points to the finding
that 74% of the students who took part in
the Tycoon competition last year said it “had
encouraged them to set up their own business
in the future”, suggesting it’s a training that can’t
start soon enough.
But then Muirhead knows first-hand what
it’s like to spot an opportunity and act on it,
having set up a bar himself, this time in Chile,
when it was emerging from the Pinochet era
in the 1990s.
“I’d been travelling and was teaching
English in Santiago, where there was a growing
community of expat Americans and Australians”
working in the mining industry and who liked a
drink. But there was nowhere much to go. So
he and a group of partners leased a property in
Providencia, now one of the city’s go-to places
for bars, refurbished it with a glass floor under
which they displayed advertising, sales from
which “effectively covered the rent” and secured
press coverage when it opened “to a real buzz”.
It was a steep learning curve, he says. “And it
also was quite successful.” But he hadn’t meant
to settle in South America, and after three and
half years, he sold his share, returned to London
and eventually pursued a more corporate path,
latterly at Coca-Cola. “Employers will always
need enterprise skills,” he says. “But more than
that, the world needs entrepreneurs. We’re going
to need young wealth creators to get us through
the economic challenges we’re facing like never
before.” peterjonesfoundation.org
CASEY GUTTERIDGE
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THE SMART GUIDE
A place in the sun, exceptional home
accessories, safe travel trends, eye-catching
vehicles and more – herewith the best,
newest, boldest and brightest
HIGH LIFE
EVEN BY THE EXCLUSIVE strata of hospitality in
the British Virgin Islands, Oil Nut Bay occupies a
rarified perch, quite literally: spread across 162
hectares and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea
on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other,
the resort and multigenerational eco-sensitive
community is located on the eastern tip of Virgin
Gorda. Once on-site, guests can avail themselves
of a whole host of suites and private customdesigned
villas that are sensitively speckled into
the island’s topography, including The Beach
House: an outsized six-bedroom dwelling,
complete with a bronze sculpture by British artist
Simon Gudgeon, an infinity pool and terrace,
and a palm-studded path down to the sugarcane
littoral below.
For those who wish to linger a bit longer,
myriad real estate options also abound with
pricing from $2.95 to $50 million. The latest
luxury home collection includes the Ocean
Villas, beautiful three-bedroom tropical retreats
located on the water’s edge with zero setback
and pricing from $5.95 million. A whole raft of
diversionary activities are also available – from a
beach club with three pools and a swim-up bar;
wellness centre with gym and two tennis courts;
equipment for kayaking, sailing, snorkelling and
diving; and world-class dining options, there is no
shortage of things to do. Indeed, beach volleyball
is a popular pastime, as are fishing excursions.
But the resort isn’t resting on its vaunted
laurels: it has recently debuted a new Marina
Village with an overwater restaurant and bar,
suspended pool with hammocks and daybeds,
a game room, a 93-slip marina capable of
accommodating yachts up to 40 metres, as well
as a market and boutique. And it has plans for a
soon-to-launch day spa with outdoor showers, a
watersports centre, an art gallery, additional retail
options, and an interactive nature centre – all
of which means that this unique lotusland will
continue to remain at the top of its game for years
to come. oilnutbay.com
PICTURES OF PARADISE
Clockwise, from above:
a terrace of an Oil Nut
Bay villa; an aerial
view of the resort;
the well-appointed
beach club
© OIL NUT BAY
VIRGIN GORDA AIRPORT (then 15-minute private ferry transfer)
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THE WORLD’S MOST
EXPENSIVE
CHANDELIERS
“ The perfect addition to
The Officer’s off-market property
and interior design services. ”
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THE SMART GUIDE
SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL
From top: the classic
Aston Martin DB5 in
scaled-down form; the
dashboard of a Bugatti
Baby II
A Study in Miniature
IN 1926, ETTORE BUGATTI, founder
of the eponymous automobile
firm, had the idea to create a
scaled-down version of his Type
35 for his son’s fourth birthday.
The result was the Bugatti Baby
that became a design icon,
and the 500 vehicles made
are centerpieces in collections
worldwide of those fortunate
to have acquired one. Almost
a century later, The Little Car
Company, experts in producing
authentic, hand built junior cars,
has produced a new beautifully
crafted version at its Oxfordshire,
UK, base.
The Bugatti Baby II retains
much of the original styling and
charm, yet has been updated
for contemporary tastes and
technology. Whereas the original
was a 50%-scale version, these
new iterations, which come in
three versions – Base, Vitesse and
Pur Sang models – are 75% to
cater for ages 14 and above, all
featuring an electric rear-wheel
drive powertrain with replaceable
lithium-ion batteries.
The Little Car Company CEO
Ben Hedley gives further context:
“As a counterpoint to Bugatti’s
production car world speed record
[in 2019], we have developed
a vehicle that you can enjoy at
much lower speeds with your
children and grandchildren.”
It’s not the only iconic model
that the firm has been working on,
however. In August, it announced
the production of the Aston Martin
DB5 Junior, a 66%-scale version
of the vehicle dubbed “arguably
the most famous car in the world”.
Just 1,059 of the mini cars will
be made – equal to the number of
the 1963 original produced—and
will come in two electric versions,
the DB5 Junior and the DB5
Vantage Junior. While the former
has three driving modes – Novice,
Expert and Race – the latter adds
a fourth, Vantage mode, which
doubles the output to 13.4 bhp.
An intriguing blend of
modern technology and classic
design, The Little Car Company’s
creations bring together
generations of car lovers,
ensuring much-loved cars will
capture the imagination long into
the future. thelittlecar.co
VINTAGE ART
Montreal-based wine accessory creator CellArt specialises in
handcrafted accoutrements to enhance the experience for the
sophisticated enophile, exemplified by the Le Présentoir from its
Les Irremplaçables collection. The distinctive display comes in a
variety of natural woods – including in black walnut, left – and
each piece is emblazoned with a brass-finish coin. cellart.com
COURTESY THE COMPANIES
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Staying Safe
A trio of NetJets partners is making sure
travellers are secure from door to door
FOR THOSE ROAD WARRIORS still needing (or wanting) to
travel, the emphasis has morphed from thread counts
and gourmet meals to health and hygiene. Whether
it’s social distancing, touchless interactions or limitedcontact
services, au fait travellers are putting a premium
on ensuring a safe and secure bubble when they are
away from home. It’s a good thing, then, that hospitality
brands are hyperfocused on cleanliness, among them
three NetJets partner hotel groups, each of which has
created programmes that cater to a strict set of protocols
for guests from check-in to checkout.
Four Seasons (fourseasons.com), for example, has
partnered up with Johns Hopkins Medicine International
to inform the Toronto-based brand on health and safety
decisions during the evolving pandemic. Grounded in
the principles of care, trust and service, the Lead With
Care programme was launched in June and has led to
implementation of stringent procedures and rigorous
practices at the brand’s properties around the world.
For its part, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
(mandarinoriental.com) has launched We Care – a
programme with precautionary measures designed
to safeguard the health and safety of guests and
employees alike. In addition to having face masks,
disinfectant hand sanitisers and disposable gloves at
hand, luggage can be sanitised with ultraviolet light,
bedding and linens are washed daily at 70°C to ensure
sterilisation, and guest rooms remain unoccupied for a
48-hour period following checkout.
Meanwhile, Bulgari Hotels (bulgarihotels.com) has
established a Cleanliness Experts Council, consisting of
in-house and outside expertise in everything from food
and water safety to hygiene and infection prevention.
That translates to rooms and suites being cleaned with
hospital-grade disinfectants and rolling out the wider use
of ultraviolet light technology throughout its six properties
around the world. When it comes to well-being, there is
no prevarication.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Four Seasons, top
left, and Mandarin
Oriental, right, have
launched programmes
that emphasise the
importance of hygiene
and good practices
© FOUR SEASONS, © MANDARIN ORIENTAL, ISTOCK
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THE SMART GUIDE
Home Improvements
For those with room to spare, now is the time to
amp up the pleasure pursuits with these cuttingedge
offerings, installations and accoutrements
GOLF SIMULATORS
Endorsed by Tiger Woods and the officially licensed simulator of the
PGA, FULL SWING (fullswinggolf.com) features clubhead analysis,
ball-flight tracking and virtual greens using PuttView projection.
With similar swing- and ball-tracking, GOLFZON’s (golfzongolf.com)
Vision Premium’s moving platform provides sidehill, uphill and
downhill lies on three surfaces – fairways, rough and sand – across
190 courses. The FORESIGHT (foresightsports.eu) GCQuad’s four
cameras, meanwhile, take 200 pictures during impact, providing
exceptionally accurate strike and shot data.
HOME BOWLING ALLEY
Some public recreational venues are taking a hit, so installing
a bowling alley at home is one solution. Market leader MURREY
BOWLING (murreybowling.com) has been in the business since
1938, with its fully equipped two-lane design a particular domestic
favourite. BRUNSWICK (brunswickbowling.com) installs synthetic
lanes with an endless array of customisation options in the US and
Europe using flexible solutions to accommodate almost any space.
Stylish lounge seating completes the striking approach.
WINE CELLARS
Time to wine down – with access to bars and clubs limited, one of
SPIRAL CELLARS’ (spiralcellars.co.uk) space-saving underground
cellars adds sociable value. The descending spiral design with
stylish glass doors provides perfect cellaring for up to 1,900 bottles.
In the US, GENUWINECELLARS (genuwinecellars.com) carries the
spiral, plus its own Sommelier Select range of hand-finished, custom
wine racking and bespoke millwork designs. On an altogether smaller
scale, the multi-temperature-controlled LIEBHERR VINOTHEK
(home.liebherr.com) holds up to 200 bottles.
HOME CINEMA
The right projector is the heartbeat of any home setup. SONY’s (sony.
com) Ultra-Short Throw 4K HDR Home Theater Projector produces a
3m-wide picture with professional resolution from just 2.5m away.
OPTOMA (optoma.com) has an extensive array of projectors at
different price points, with the top of the domestic range UHZ65LV as
good for fast-moving sports as movies. The LG CINEBEAM (lg.com)
is a sleek, compact 4K UHD affair with some models featuring built-in
Harman Kardon-designed speaker systems.
IN THE ZONE
Clockwise, from
above: The Full Swing
golf simulator; wine
storage from Spiral
Cellars; the Optoma
UHZ65LV projector;
a Brunswick home
bowling alley
COURTESY THE COMPANIES
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BEN OTT
WONDER ON WHEELS
THE HANDMADE BODYWORK that encases the front of the BMW
R18 Spirit of Passion evokes an Art Deco feel but is very much
the product of a 2020’s mind. Following on from the successful
transformation of the R18 into a dragster bike by Californian firm
Roland Sands Design, BMW sought further collaborations to
show that its most advanced Boxer model bike was also highly
versatile. In fellow German company Kingston Custom, it found
just the partner to produce a unique specimen to capture the
minds of motorcycle aficionados worldwide. The Gelsenkirchenbased
designer took the unusual step for such remodellings by
adding to the original rather than stripping away – most notably
with a vertical kidney grille and those panels to shield the
wheel suspension and fuel tank. A custom-built saddle was
also created, along with handmade barbell-like handlebars and
a roadster-style exhaust pipe. The visionary behind Kingston
Custom, Dirk Oehlerking, has a history of reimagining BMWs,
yet still found working on an R18 a very special proposition.
“The BMW R18 is so perfect that I left the technology where it
was,” he says. As part of the ongoing Soulfuel project, BMW will
continue to find innovative collaborators to produce one-off and
limited editions. The Spirit of Passion will be a hard act to follow.
bmw-motorrad.com
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THE SMART GUIDE
TIMELESS OPULENCE
IN THE ALPS
Chalet 1551 provides seclusion, skiing
and superlative service
© CHALET 1551
WARM WELCOME
The rustic-chic of
Chalet 1551’s lounge
IN LECH AM ARLBERG, at the heart of Austria’s premier
ski region, Chalet 1551 is the ultimate in private
Alpine indulgence. The five bedrooms – each
individually designed and with exceptional views –
exude comfort, with furniture and fittings overseen
by Dutch interior design firm Casus Casa, headed
by Wim van de Oudeweetering. A multinational
feel pervades the chalet’s 600 square metres, with
renowned Austrian firm Leitner Leinen supplying the
linen, curtains from Italy’s Etro and sofas handmade
in Spain by Ascension Latorre.
The ski-in, ski-out chalet has unsurpassed
access to some of the best slopes in Europe, but
its amenities ensure that even the most eager skier
will be happy to return at the end of the day. Chief
among these is its dedication to first-class cuisine.
A state-of-the-art private kitchen is overseen by
Richard van Oostenbrugge and Thomas Groot of
Amsterdam’s Michelin-starred Restaurant 212. The
culinary team is at your disposal to create a range
of gastronomic experiences with produce sourced
from local farmers and partners, complemented by
the well-stocked wine cellar.
Optimum wellbeing is on tap, too, in the chalet’s
private spa, which features a massage room, three
different saunas (hammam, infrared cabin and
Finnish), an onsite Ayurvedic practitioner and a
10m indoor pool. Or simply relax in the sumptuous
lounge with open fireplace, and revel in bespoke
service from the seasoned staff in one of the Alps’
most magnificent chalets. This year will also see
further renovation, with 200sq m and a new kitchen
added to the chalet and the pool extended outside
so guests can swim in and out. chalet1551.com
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PROMOTION
Educating the Leaders of Tomorrow
Institut auf dem Rosenberg, the Swiss boarding school redefining education
The rapid advance of technology
and its transformative power
is affecting societies and
economies worldwide. According to a
new report by researcher Euromonitor
International and leading Swiss
boarding school Institut auf dem
Rosenberg, traditional education
systems are failing to prepare students
for the 21st-century workplace – with
65 per cent of primary-school children
likely to work in jobs that do not
yet exist.
It is for this reason that Rosenberg
is challenging standard education
systems with his pioneering Talent and
Enrichment programme consisting of
over one hundred “co-curricular” courses
which run alongside five traditional
education pathways. The programme is
aimed at nurturing important human
skills such as creativity, ethics and public
speaking while encouraging students to
embrace technology from an early age.
Set within nearly 10 hectares of private
parkland, overlooking the historic town
of St Gallen, the school features state-ofthe-art
facilities, such as a Creative Lab
and a Future Park, where students learn
from expert partners including ETH
Zurich university, SAGA space architects
and robotics specialists Boston Dynamics.
In this unique learning environment,
students excel academically – over 85% of
all grades in the 2020 A-levels were A or
A*. Students gain real-world experience,
leaving school equipped with the tools
they need to take on the challenges of the
21st century.
For more information, please visit instrosenberg.ch
Institut auf dem Rosenberg, Höhenweg 60, 9000 St Gallen, Switzerland

THE SMART GUIDE
Spirits of Adventure
A selection of elixirs that prove a sense of the unknown
can still mix with the most traditional of methods
1 2 3 4 5
9
6 7 8
10
1 MIDLETON VERY RARE 2019 Combining only hand-selected single pot still and single grain Irish whiskeys from the Cork distillery, this
is the 36th edition of a much-lauded range. midletonveryrare.com // 2 COTSWOLDS SINGLE MALT WHISKY Matured in sherry casks, this
rare English batch has rich, fruity, spicy and nutty flavours to complement the underlying malt character. cotswoldsdistillery.com // 3
DOMAINES HINE BONNEUIL 2010 From the heart of the Champagne region, this cognac exemplifies the unique mineral makeup of its terroir.
hinecognac.com // 4 SPIRITED UNION RUM The Amsterdam-based maker of botanical rum has produced three new versions of its naturally
flavoured tipple, including Sweet Orange & Ginger. spirited-union.com // 5 WESTWARD AMERICAN SINGLE MALT PINOT NOIR CASK The
third in the Oregon distillery’s permanent expressions has been created alongside a handful of iconic Willamette Valley wine producers.
westwardwhiskey.com // 6 COMPASS BOX MAGIC CASK BLENDED MALT SCOTCH WHISKY The Scottish whiskymaker has conjured another
iteration of its otherworldy blend finished in a sherry-seasoned cask. compassboxwhisky.com // 7 TEN TO ONE RESERVE Trinidadian Marc
Farrell unveils his first reserve rum, a 17-year-old limited edition that has been aged in ex-bourbon American oak barrels. tentoonerum.com
// 8 DIMA’S VODKA Produced from Ukraine’s überfertile black “chernozem supersoil,” three grains – rye, wheat and barley – go into creating
a smooth, crystal-clear vodka. dimasvodka.com // 9 RAMPUR ASAVA From the foothills of the Himalayas, this single malt is finished
in Indian cabernet sauvignon casks. rampursinglemalt.com // 10 THE DEVIL’S KEEP This triple-distilled, 29-year-old single malt from
Ireland’s Craft Irish Whiskey Co. recently became the world’s most expensive inaugural release ever. craftirishwhiskey.com
TALES FROM THE LAND
Making a compelling case for location being as important a factor in the production of whiskey
as it is in wine, Rob Arnold takes a journey through the US, Scotland and Ireland to chronicle the
works of a new generation reviving old grain flavours and inventing new ones. In The Terroir of
Whiskey: A Distiller’s Journey into the Flavor of Place, Arnold meets the artisans responsible for
reversing a trend when less identifiable flavours were favoured to aid mass production, proving
that while they may never mix well, the grape and the grain have much in common when it
comes to producing distinctive tastes that owe much to their place of origin. cup.columbia.edu
COURTESY THE COMPANIES
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A PROUD CUSTODIAN
OF THE SPIRIT OF SCOTLAND
Justerini & Brooks. Two centuries of rare and fine whiskies.
Justerinis.com/rare-whisky

THE SMART GUIDE
SHAPING TIMES Matthew Shlian’s
monograph includes 200 illustrations
of his most striking works
PAPER TWISTS
DESPITE HAVING TRAINED IN ceramics, the Michigan-based artist Matthew
Shlian has fashioned an absorbing career using paper as his medium
of choice. A fascination with geometry also informs his work, which
encompasses a collection of sculptures that, for the first time, are
captured in a monograph. Featuring 200 illustrations, Unfolding: The
Paper Art and Science of Matthew Shlian also has interviews with the
artist and contributions from experts, including a specialist in the sort
of intricate Islamic design that increasingly influences Shlian’s work.
A simple material becomes stunning art through “folding, tesselating,
compressing, and extrapolating”, which finds a fitting home in a tome
printed on differing paper stock and presented in a way that also explores
the limit of artistic creation. thameshudson.com
© THAMES & HUDSON (3), DAVID DUCHON-DORIS
FUTURE RIDES
Epitomising its founder Simon Dabadie’s quest to
create the most audacious of motorcycle brands,
French firm DAB Motors has reinvented itself. As
Dabadie says, “We want to show how you can
still push the boundaries.” With the latest model
pictured left with a Delorean car, an ambitious
project from years gone by, the firm is certainly
thinking along revolutionary lines. dabmotors.com
Compiled by Farhad Heydari, John McNamara and Peter Swain
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the Greek Island of Zakynthos is an award-winning hideaway of worldclass
villas, considered to be the most private beach resort in Europe at the
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Selected as one of the 24 Ultraluxe Resorts in the World by Virtuoso for
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PROMOTION
HOW TO REACH
Escape to Porto Zante Villas & Spa in under two hours from most major
European cities either by private jet or via one of the direct non-stop
flights to the island during the summer.
WORLD-CLASS VILLAS
Imagine your own beachfront estate, nestled between the magnificent
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picture-perfect turquoise sea. Nine stunning world-class villas are built
amphitheatrically over a secluded sandy beach and boast private heated
pools and stunning views of the Ionian Sea, creating an escape in the
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Olufsen entertainment systems and iMac desktops.
BESPOKE EXPERIENCES
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in-villa dining service – ideally complementing the Club House Greek &
Mediterranean Restaurant and the Maya Contemporary Asian Restaurant
– an array of luxury experiences and fun activities awaits. Delicious
dining in one of the resort’s open-air restaurants, private training in the
resorts’ Gym by Technogym, yoga sessions on the tip of the water, both
motorised and non-motorised water sports for all ages, private yacht
excursions, to the famed Navagio beach, Marathonisi, or local landscapes
like Ancient Olympia, birthplace of Olympic Games, sample fine wines at
the local vineyard, or – naturally – a signature zen spa treatment. Awarded
Greece’s Leading Hotel Spa, the Waterfront Spa is situated in front of the
cobalt waters of the Ionian Sea and excels in over 20 therapies inspired by
Greek nature. And while parents unwind under the care of experienced
therapists, the staff at the Kids’ Club oversees children’s entertainment and
organises fun activities. It is all dedicated to fun!

THE SMART GUIDE
A SURPRISING VISIONARY
Rolls-Royce, that bastion of traditional automotive values, is transforming
what a car manufacturer can be with a powerful mobile app, at-home
services and, of course, vehicles that go above and beyond
BRIGHT FUTURE
Rolls-Royce is embracing modern trends
with its Neon Nights colour scheme
and an app offering unique experiences
among the latest developments
ALL IMAGES COURTESY ROLLS-ROYCE
BUSY IS NOT A WORD you
associate with a brand as
unflustered and unflappable
as Rolls-Royce, but the
English marque – which
has had the famous Spirit
of Ecstasy badge on its cars
since 1911 – continues to
adopt a progressive and
front-foot approach as we
pass through the formative
years of what promises to be
the most disruptive decade in
automotive history.
As well as launching an
all-new, tech-laden update of
its “baby Roller” Ghost model
in 2020 (see sidebar), bringing
its portfolio up to five, the
brand has ramped up its edgier
and more attention-grabbing
side by expanding its Black
Badge limited-edition line to
now include a Neon Nights
colour scheme – perfect for
any customers who might want
their new Wraith, Cullinan, or
Dawn in hues such as lime
rock green, mirabeau blue or
eagle rock red.
Part of the point of such
initiatives, of course, is to
project a modern spirit, as
well as attract and serve a
younger and perhaps more
experimental customer – the
current average age for owners
is 43, the lowest in its history,
while almost every car that is
built at its Goodwood base, 60
miles south of London, could
now be described as bespoke.
With all this in mind,
Rolls-Royce announced last
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year that it had recruited a
design studio to update its
brand identity, in order to, in the
words of CEO Torsten Müller-
Ötvös, “echo those changes
seen in our portfolio, our client
demographic, their lifestyle, and
the luxury world that surrounds
them”. After all, Rolls-Royce’s
digital presence has expanded
significantly in recent years,
creating many more channels
through which customers can
interact. Indeed, increasingly
Rolls-Royce has repositioned
itself as a luxury lifestyle brand
rather than purely a maker of
exceptional cars.
All these considerations
were well demonstrated back
in February 2020 when the
marque, owned by BMW
Group, revealed that it was
introducing for customers a
digital members’ club known
as Whispers, which, via
an app, would bring to the
attention of its demanding
and discerning community a
series of rare products and
rarefied experiences.
Sourced and curated by
an intriguingly titled division
called the Luxury Intelligence
Unit, the service, in fact,
began in 2018 on a selective
beta basis. Customer feedback
over this period was such that
it has now been rolled out to
its global customer base.
The effects of COVID-19
required the team to change
the focus of its original offering
somewhat: where previously
travel experiences like an
expedition to Antarctica may
have been the norm, offers
became more centred on
the home and family, the
opportunity to collect first
editions of The Wind in the
Willows for example, or private
virtual cooking lessons with
world-renowned chefs.
Alongside such
opportunities, the app also
houses a range of tailored
content, recent examples of
which include a long-form
interview with Chinese artist
Cao Fei on the future of video
art, and a curated list of the
best live safari streams at a
time when the real thing just
isn’t possible.
At-home virtual experiences
have proven particularly
popular, from live theatre
performances to spa packages,
provided alongside partner
hotels. Like any club, there is
also a social side on offer. Here
members have the chance to
message one another directly.
Unsurprisingly, Rolls-Royce has
made security a priority.
In some ways, Whispers
represents an extension of the
brand’s existing one-to-one
“private office” approach to
customer relationships. But
Rolls-Royce didn’t have to
develop, launch and maintain
something that, on paper at
least, sits so far outside its core
skill set. That it has done so
successfully is testament not
only to the ambition within
Rolls-Royce right now but
also of the carmaker’s acute
awareness of the brand it wants
to become. – Will Hersey
THE NEW GHOST
If ever there was a motoring equivalent of the
swan’s surface serenity and furious unseen
work below, then the all-new Ghost would
be it. Unveiled in September, the secondgeneration
version of the car first introduced
as the smaller, more accessible Rolls-Royce
back in 2009 – which became the most
successful car in its history – has been
designed with an even purer expression of
those classic lines on the outside. But inside
it’s the most technically advanced Rolls-
Royce ever made.
Top billing on this front goes to the
Planar suspension system that manages to
improve, however imperceptibly, on what
was already an impeccably smooth ride and
passenger experience. Cabin acoustics and
noise reduction have been another focus,
enhanced by the car’s new aluminium
underpinnings, while the entire cabin has
been tuned to a specific frequency known
internally as “the whisper”.
The overall less-is-more theme is carried
through into the dashboard design, where
fewer instrument panels and simpler
controls belie the range and complexity of
the functions available. The quality of finish
is, of course, hard to improve upon, which
just leaves that 6.75-litre twin-turbo V-12,
effortlessly producing 563bhp on request, to
remind its driver that this is also a majestic
mode of transport and not a living room. To
demonstrate the level of work and attention
to detail on show in this car, the fact that only
the Spirit of Ecstasy and the umbrellas have
been carried over from its predecessor kind of
says it all. rolls-roycemotorcars.com – WH
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
IN CONVERSATION WITH
CHRISTIAN
LUWISCH
The NetJets Executive Director
was elevated to his new post
during a year unlike any other.
Having held a variety of senior
roles, including most recently
Chief Financial Officer, the 18-
year company veteran not only
navigated the challenges of 2020
but also led his European team
through an unprecedented year of
uncertainty and upheaval. In his
first in-depth interview, he speaks
about the measures the company
has undertaken to ensure safety
and security, reflects on the past
12 months and expresses optimism
about the future of the business.
Historical Perspective and Future Proofing
Being on the job since 2003 gives you a
deep understanding and overall knowledge
of the business and the company culture.
I started when we were quite small and
then we grew to have a larger footprint,
but, of course, we had to regress because
of the financial crisis in 2008 before we
could build the business back up again.
I’ve seen the good and the bad and I really
understand our culture, our people and
our core values. Despite the challenges of
the past year, today we’re a much more
resilient business thanks to the lessons we
learned in 2008. And we will emerge from
the pandemic much stronger.
Markets, Options and Products
One of the reasons we are in a stronger
position is because the size of the potential
market has increased. Today, we are being
purveyed by a much broader demographic
who wish to join us given the perceptions
pertaining to flying commercial for one’s
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“Our Owners are our best
ambassadors, and they are even
more generous in their praise for
us during the pandemic”
health and convenience. This sudden
increase provides a huge opportunity for
us to adapt our products for this new
phase. And that’s exactly what we are
going to do. So, all in all, we’re the best
option available, and we’re already seeing
more people joining the programme.
Investing in Core Values
In crafting new products, we will not
abandon our core values of safety and
service because they are part of our
DNA. We will be investing much more in
both so that when you fly with us, you
feel that you are getting the best value
and a hassle-free experience – that, in
short, you get anywhere you want to go,
anytime. For example, we will be not
only investing in faster broadband access
on board and improving the booking
experience, but also becoming much
more competitive during the off-peak
season where we have more capacity as
we’re a much more seasonal business in
Europe. We know there is competition
out there, but we ensure unimpeachable
safety, the best service and products,
and the newest and best planes to
demonstrate that we are the leader in
private aviation.
European Travel in 2020
As you know, there were a lot of entry
and exit protocols that came into force in
several countries throughout the year. Our
teams quickly and successfully adapted to
the rules and regulations. Of course, we
had fewer flights with the restrictions, but
the complexity per flight was exponential:
substantially more paperwork for each
flight to ensure we were compliant for
this patchwork of border and demarcation
procedures. This is where the experience
of all our teams differentiates us from the
competition and truly enables us to make
travel as seamless as possible.
The Falcon Returns
In hindsight, the decisions we took
pertaining to reinstating the Falcon fleet
are a testament to the resilience of our
business model, our Owners and their
loyalty. We rectified the Falcon removal
as fast as we could, listened to our
Owners, and brought the aircraft back into
circulation. Our Owners can see that we
are the leading provider in private aviation.
It is a volatile business environment but,
because of our longevity and experience,
we’re always going to be the stable player
– this is why we acquire so many new
customers by referral.
Seamless and Safe Travel
Our Owners are our best ambassadors,
and they are even more generous in their
praise for us during the pandemic. In
2020 we invested more than $16 million
in our global response to COVID-19 to
include The NetJets Clean – a multitiered
aircraft cleaning programme. That’s
how we make sure that travel with us is
seamless and protected.
2021: The Business Year Ahead
I’m delighted to have been chosen
to lead NetJets Europe, much as I
have been doing strategically and
commercially for many of the past
18 years, and of course, to continue
serving our Owners, many of whom I
know personally. I’ll be reaching out to
those whom I don’t know – and I would
encourage them to do the same: I’m
available and at their disposal. I am
looking forward to continuing our success
and growth in Europe, with all elements
of the business (human resources to
economic and environmental) being
sustainable on all fronts. That includes
governance: I want every element to be
completely transparent.
Events and Experiences
This has been one of the most frustrating
elements of the pandemic, and we
can’t wait to go back to our events
programme. We are, of course, cautiously
but optimistically looking into how the
situation with COVID-19 is evolving. With
the vaccine being rolled out right now,
we hope things will get better and are
therefore planning to once again have
a full roster of our rarefied and unique
experiences to excite our NetJets family.
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
ZURICH DELIGHT
Beyond its core mission to provide the
world’s best private aviation experience,
NetJets is also dedicated to establishing
alliances and collaborative opportunities
with like-minded partners to offer
superlative experiences in beautiful,
must-visit locations. One such partner is
Baur au Lac, set in its own park within
easy reach of Zurich’s financial district,
but also in touching distance of the city’s
namesake lake and the Alps. This idyllic
location enables a new initiative from the
hotel: the Best of Baur Au Lac, whereby
guests can enjoy the full range of superb
services in just 24 hours. The package
includes one night in a junior suite,
private arrival or departure transfer in a
Bentley Flying Spur (within a radius of
12 kilometres), food and beverage credits
worth CHF100, á la carte breakfast and
more. And of course, even a mere day
at Baur au Lac allows time to indulge at
the 120-key hotel’s pride and joy – the
two-Michelin-starred Pavillon restaurant,
where head chef Laurent Eperon creates
21st-century interpretations of classic
haute cuisine. bauraulac.ch
© BAUR AU LAC
NETJETS BY THE NUMBERS
CESSNA CITATION
LATITUDE
128
Citation Latitudes in the NetJets
worldwide fleet by the end of
2020 (NetJets has purchased
and operates 50% of all
Citation Latitudes delivered by
Textron Aviation worldwide)
707
NetJets pilots who currently fly the
Citation Latitude. (At the moment
NetJets employs nearly 3,000
active pilots worldwide)
30% LARGER
Latitude’s window size compared with that
of other Citation aircraft. (This allows for
more natural light into the cabin)
26 MINUTES
Time it takes the Citation Latitude to reach
cruising altitude. (Cruising altitude for the
Latitude is 43,000 feet)
60,999
Flights completed on the Citation Latitude
in 2020
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JULIAN RENTZSCH
THE ONE DAY AT NETJETS I WON’T FORGET
WAS … receiving the email to let me know I
had the job. A dream come true.
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE
INGRID CHILTON
Cabin Crew Falcon/Challenger/
GL5000/6000
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS …
for Airtours in 2001, my 30th birthday was
celebrated on the initial training course in full
uniform including a hat. I originally thought I
would just try it for a year – almost 20 years
later I am still flying high.
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … the variety
of life it provides, from the ever-changing
destinations to the different types of Owners
that we have. It all adds up to an amazing
experience for us as crew as well as the Owners.
BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS EU TEAM,
I WAS … working for NetJets Middle East
based in Jeddah and Riyadh and this is where
I realised just what an amazing life/career was
ahead of me.
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY
WOULDN’T GUESS ABOUT ME IS … I am
Welsh (most Owners think I am Scandinavian),
and my favourite place is the library. I just love
books. They have been a huge part of my life.
ON MY DAYS OFF … I regularly hike
mountains and when I’m not doing that, I am
shopping for a new house that we are building
– as well as shoes.
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR I WOULD LIKE … to
learn salsa dancing.
WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS … I would
like to still be able to do the job that I love.
MY BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE AND
ENERGISED ACROSS TIME ZONES … is to
get plenty of rest and keep fit and healthy. A
workout before a night flight has always kept
me awake throughout the night. It just gives
that extra boost that is needed. It has worked
for me for almost 20 years.
MY PROUDEST MOMENT AS A CREW
MEMBER … has been, and is, to say that I
work for NetJets.
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OWNER’S PROFILE
MASTER
OF THE
STRINGS
In the very exclusive world of elite violins, Roman
Goronok is a major figure – and he’s fighting to
keep the centuries-old instruments in circulation
// By Josh Sims
ROMAN GORONOK MIGHT AS well call himself an
art dealer. “These are works of art,” he insists,
“or rather a combination of artwork and tool of
the trade. There’s no difference between a very
fine da Vinci or Rembrandt and one of these.
In terms of their part in an artistic tradition, in
terms of their monumental achievement in what
and how that tradition was expressed, you can
say the same of these as of any painting. More
so, perhaps, because as much as a da Vinci
may be beautiful to the eye, one of these speaks
to more senses than that.”
When Goronok tells people that he’s a violin
broker, they are fascinated if a little confused.
After all, as he admits, the difference between
two inexpensive violins is minimal. But the kind
of instrument he deals with is of a different
echelon altogether, priced in many millions.
They’re the kind of violins that have, over the
last three centuries, been passed between the
very best players like holy relics. “And once a
musician bonds with one of these instruments,
it becomes part of them, more important than
their children,” he only half jokes. “Seriously,
musicians of this calibre keep their violin next to
them in bed.”
Another difference is that the rarefied world
of instruments doesn’t have quite the name
recognition on a public scale as do painters.
Goronok deals in violins made by the likes of
Andrea Amati, Francesco Ruggieri, Giuseppe
Guarneri and the more famed Antonio Stradivari
in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. These
are violins of a craftsmanship and tone that
AT HOME WITH MUSIC
Roman Goronok, who also brokers
cellos and violas along with his first
love, violins
ALUN CALLENDER
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OWNER’S PROFILE
likely will never be seen again. And they’re
increasingly rare. “Say Stradivari made 900
violins in his lifetime. Over the last 300 years a
third have been lost or destroyed and a third are
in museums or private collections, which leaves
only 300 that may one day be available,” says
Goronok, Russian-born but based in London, the
son of a professor of violin and of a violin maker.
“There’s no new supply. And you can’t put a
price on a unique sound.”
AS SUCH, THESE VIOLINS are both extremely
valuable – all the more so depending on
condition, of course, but also provenance,
maker, ownership history – and, what’s
more, never decrease in value. As a result,
his clients include not only conductors and
professional musicians, those looking to fill a
specific gap in their collection, but also those
looking to put their money into a seriously
blue-chip investment – and, thankfully, not
to then secret the instrument away in some
vault, though that does happen on occasion.
“I’m pleased to say that most buyers who
come to me have the education to appreciate
why these violins shouldn’t be hidden away,
which is reassuring,” says Goronok, who also
deals in violas and cellos. But given the number
of violins in an orchestra, and the extent of the
classical music repertoire written for the violin,
he finds that the smallest of his wares are
inevitably where the market is at.
“After all, they are such extraordinary
objects; they deserve to be played,” he adds.
“Most of my job is in finding them, in keeping
track of them – of, as someone once said of
the art world, knowing which painting is on
whose wall. I have my little black book, so
I know where these violins are, who’s using
them, which players may be near the end of
their careers and so looking to release their
instrument back into circulation.”
The job isn’t quite as simple as playing
matchmaker, of course. It also involves
authenticating the instruments, though Goronok
says, “That’s not as scary as it may seem.
Other people have sold and brokered these
instruments for centuries, working out what
is what, and for the last century at least that’s
been well documented too.” These days there’s
also carbon dating and dendrochronology – the
counting of rings through wood to determine
its age – to assuage any last doubts. There are
fakes, but in a market this small, passing one off
is extremely difficult.
What pleases Goronok most about his
work is that it not only brings musician and
instrument together but also allows investors to
act, in effect, as sponsors of the arts by loaning
their violin out to the kind of virtuoso player, or
young player of immense potential, for which it
was in some sense always destined. His dream
is to find evermore enthusiastic clients who can
help to make this happen.
“Because,” as Goronok notes, “if you want
to be a racing driver, it’s no good practising on a
tractor. If you’ve achieved a certain level of selfexpression
with your instrument, you need an
instrument fine enough to allow you to develop
your voice without limits. Obviously, such
instruments are not easy to get access to.”
LENDING OUT SUCH a fine instrument might sound
like foolishness, given cases like that of an
absent-minded British violinist, who in 2019 left
his almost £250,000 violin – made by David
Tecchler in 1709 – on the train. “It was,” the
musician reported, “like having my arm cut off.”
Fortunately, Goronok reassures, most musicians
are consequently overcareful with their antique
charge, and these sonic sculptures are highly
insurable: so well-known are the individual
pieces among the elite violinist circuit that if they
are stolen, they are virtually unsellable on the
black market, which takes away a huge part of
the risk for insurers.
Inevitably, some violins have a special
place even among these finest of instruments.
“Playing the violin is the deepest
form of meditation I know”
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A DEDICATED LIFE
His family’s musical background
instilled a love of violins in Goronok
Is, for example, the oft-cited reputation of a
Stradivarius justified? Goronok explains that
because the violin maker had such a long
career – he lived to 93, notably late for the
18th century – he also had the opportunity to
be a great experimenter, thus not only shaping
the classical music canon but also making
some of its more progressive compositions
possible. Like Picasso, he says, Stradivari had
the violin-making equivalent of his Blue Period,
or of Cubism.
“A Strad,” Goronok says, with the familiarity
that only someone as close to violins like this
could pull off, “can play very quietly, or it can
scream, and since much of the [classical] music
we hear today is romantic, for full orchestra,
it has to be pretty loud. That’s the difference
between a good violin and a very, very, very
fine violin — the good one just won’t have the
power, it won’t have the colours either.”
Goronok speaks with more than the
knowledge that comes from, as he puts it,
being surrounded by violin music from his
earliest memories, or that comes from his
working life. He, too, was a professional
violinist as a young man, until a motorcycle
accident in his twenties ended the likely
prospects of becoming a top player.
“I can’t imagine a life without music, and
playing the violin is still the deepest form of
meditation I know,” he says. “But if you can’t
play [to the standard I’d hoped for] then you
have to find a way of being useful to the art.
I wasn’t a violin maker: you have to be an
excellent carpenter and that wasn’t me. And
I wasn’t interested in managing musicians.
But I found brokering violins, and it’s very
satisfying to be told by a musician that a
certain violin is what they’d been looking for
their entire life, or to know that in helping to
keep an instrument alive it means that certain
pieces of music can still be played as they
were first conceived. If the likes of Beethoven
is worth giving sound to, then you have to
have the right instrument to perform it on.”
But the relative rarity of the masterpieces
he works with makes him wonder if he
may be among the last of his already rather
unusual breed. “Statistically, assuming I work
for another 30 years or so, I’m likely to be
among the last people who will get to handle
these instruments on the open market,”
Goronok says. “By the end of my career, it’s
likely that most of these instruments will be in
museums or private collections. This doesn’t
mean they won’t be played, thankfully, but
you won’t be able to buy one. Until then, I
want to keep on doing whatever I can to help
those who have the means to help the world
of classical music.” romangoronok.com
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OUTDOOR LIFE
CRAFTING
EDEN
From sprawling estates to bijou rooftops, our private slices of the
great outdoors have become all the more important over the past
year. Leading landscape designers share their views on the latest
trends and essentials for our alfresco spaces // By Matthew Appleby
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Todd Haiman’s imaginative
approach to New York’s
brownstone backyards
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GARDEN DESIGN HAS BEEN one of the few winners
of the past year. Whether done decoratively or
figuratively, fanciful, xeriscaped, ornamental,
abstract or Zen, as we spend more time at
home and, when permissible, host friends and
family, a beautiful garden with useful features
is more relevant than ever – no matter its size.
There are a few key trends that have either
emerged or been amplified over recent months.
London-based designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin,
of Fisher Tomlin & Bowyer (andrewfishertomlin.
com), says some clients are thinking outside
the box, looking for what he calls “seamless
design narratives”. He explains: “Outdoor
kitchens are well accepted now, but rather
than the off-the-shelf versions, we’re designing
them from scratch featuring bespoke joinery
elements that inspire planters and furniture so
that everything is designed as one rather than
an eclectic mix of suppliers. We’re especially
using timbers like Accoya and black walnut.”
Fisher Tomlin has an international practice,
which allows him a global perspective on
what the future of seamless design might
be: “Whereas in the UK there are still a lot of
hard surfaces and walls happening, we’ve
moved towards a heavily planted naturalistic
aesthetic look that you tend only to see in
public settings in the US. Hopefully, we’re
setting a trend away from lots of clipped topiary
toward much more relaxed gardens that can be
shared with wildlife as much as our families.”
IN 2020 THERE WAS a significant move toward
naturalistic plantings and towards a greater
appreciation of the mental and physical health
benefits of growing plants in general. “Planting
design is generally moving toward a more
considered approach – what I like to think of as
slow planting design,” says Fisher Tomlin. “That
means allowing trees and shrubs to achieve
their natural shape and size without lots of
maintenance. An enhanced awareness of climate
change and the changing nature of homes –
working from home, multitasking, family-shared
spaces – plus a willingness to share our garden
spaces more with wildlife and nature mean that,
certainly for our design office, we’re planting-led with projects,
and plants are high up the list of priorities of our clients.”
A more radical vision of this naturalistic scheme comes by way
of landscape architect Cleve West (clevewest.com), who says,
“I hope rewilding gains more traction in 2021 as land-use for
agriculture has to be addressed if we’re going to stand any chance
of mitigating climate change. I also hope the veganic approach
INTO THE WILD
The Andrew Fisher Tomlin-designed
garden at the Roehampton Club,
southwest London
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“Planting design is generally moving toward
a more considered approach” Andrew Fisher Tomlin
© ANDREW FISHER TOMLIN
will be taken more seriously.” This means “a more sympathetic
approach to gardening where wildlife can go about their business
in relative safety – a shift to more considerate gardening”.
However one approaches it, those with space are now
populating their sprawling setups with much more than
vegetation. Whether it’s the installation of integrated outdoor
gyms; pitching and putting areas; wellness with saunas,
hammams, banyas and plunge pools; or art, the
sky’s the limit with options, foregoing hitherto
standbys such as tennis courts and swimming
pools. Indeed, London-based Opera Gallery
(operagallery.com) has a matchmaking service
that offers buyers a bespoke service to help
them find the perfect sculpture for their gardens.
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MIXING IT UP
Flowers and herbs emerge
from stone structures in this
Cleve West creation
© CLEVE WEST
For those with less commodious surroundings, New York designer
Todd Haiman (toddhaimanlandscapedesign.com) conceptualises
in the same conscious du jour way as his UK counterparts but
in the much tighter confines of Manhattan skyscrapers and
minuscule brownstone backyards. “People call because they don’t
want formal gardens,” he says of his ethos. “I have a tendency
to put more wild plants and indigenous plants in. You attract
pollinators and birds by using plant material that has evolved over
thousands of years. A roof garden has high winds and full sun so
ornamental grasses do well, as they do on meadows and plains.”
Haiman talks about breaking up outdoor spaces with highly
sought-after outdoor kitchens and pergolas to offer shade.
He recently hoisted steel up to a 25th-floor penthouse
to build a pergola for a client. Shade is crucial for the
summer and can also, he says, be useful for outdoor TVs.
Increasingly over the past year, he says, “People want to extend
the season. In March and April they want to be able to get out, and
in November and December too.” Outdoor heaters are the answer,
but he notes that they have been difficult to get hold of recently,
as restaurants are buying them all up to allow for outdoor dining.
AS FOR PLANTINGS, Haiman recommends little bluestem,
switchgrass plant material that can deal with conditions akin
to a beach or rocky cliff, where roots can’t dig in deep. Alpine
A PRETTY PAIR
American landscape designer Nick McCullough’s two big trends for 2021
Outdoor gathering spaces have been a trend for a couple of years, but they have really gained momentum throughout the pandemic. This includes
creature comforts such as heating and fire elements as well as bars and socially distanced dining. Design-wise, the “manicured wild” has certainly
been a major trend. This is generally how I design, with a theory of organised chaos that integrates boundaries of hedging or hard surfaces and within
those boundaries perennial plantings that seem to be woven together like a tapestry. Our plant palette [in the US] is so broad-sweeping due to our
many zones – it is nice to see plants becoming the focus again in lieu of hardscapes. mccland.com
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AHEAD OF THE GAME
From left: one of Nick McCullough’s
colourful designs; Seo Young-Deok’s
Meditation 1554, 2019, an example
of garden art from Opera Gallery
© NICK McCULLOUGH
GUY BELL
plants make a lot of sense. He views garden planting, in contrast,
as a forest understorey because buildings, fences and large
street plane trees block a lot of light and create that habitat.
He also offers remediation of potentially toxic soil so it is good
to grow tomatoes and kale. Blueberry shrubs are also great on
a roof, as everyone loves picking berries in summer and there
are flowers in the spring as well as excellent leaf colour in the
fall. Beach plums and alpine strawberries are other top tips.
For furniture, he sees backs of seats getting lower, and
a move from formal dining to casual with smaller tables
and small-plate tapas rather than large meals. A space
that can be used to read a book, drink a cocktail or have
an outdoor bar area allows for flexibility that has become
such a necessity for those spending more time at home.
Haiman concludes, “There’s a lifestyle change going on here,
and there’s an appreciation like never before.” The “quarantine
of consumption” has led to a change in societal values, with
people able to spend more time outdoors. His wife, a CFO,
envisions fellow executives spending perhaps three days in
the office and two days at home in the future, and so Haiman
is currently planning spaces that can be used as outdoor offices
and those that can serve as seductive backdrops for virtual
meetings on the roof. It’s proof positive that human ingenuity
knows no bounds – no matter what obstacles we’re facing.
TIGHT SPACES
A quintet of recommendations from Bowles & Wyer design director James Smith
With so many people working from home, “we’re realising the huge benefit a beautiful garden can bring to our lives and well-being,” says Smith, whose
firm is based just northwest of London. He’s picked out a handful of trend-forward ways to maximise limited spaces. First of all, remember that there
is no place to hide, which is to say, note how the garden looks from all angles, including from above. Number two is less is more, taking the form,
perhaps, of a unified colour scheme for furniture, paving and planting to bring the garden together and stop it looking fragmented. Thirdly, keep quality
high by stretching the budget to include more durable features: they not only last longer but also look better. The fourth is to borrow landscapes and
make sure that you don’t cut off your own views of the best of your surroundings. Finally, he recommends that you keep editing – change the design to
incorporate the seasons and to keep the feeling of a fresh, dynamic space. bowleswyer.co.uk
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LIVING WELL
BEAUTY ON
THE MOVE
Master aesthetician Angela Caglia writes about her plant-based
skin care range and offers an expert perspective on keeping
your skin at its best during and after flights
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE power of plants and fruit growing up in
central California as part of a large farming family that exported
the highest quality apricots, plums, wine grapes and nectarines.
While studying in Paris in my early twenties, I found my second
passion in the beauty rituals, facials and skin care habits of the
French. Inspired to study not only international business but
also aesthetics on my return to the US, I became a facialist and
trained with one of the leading French botanical skin care lines
and French beauty experts, working on international celebrities.
Eventually, I settled in Los Angeles and opened my own skin
studio, building a loyal A-list celebrity following that includes
Barbra Streisand, Minnie Driver, Helena Christensen and Sting.
When launching my line of beauty products, I wanted to marry
the principles of my farming background to my knowledge of
ingredients and skin. My plant-based skin care line was begun in
order to fill the gaps in the market: I helped create the innovative
formulas using my insight – garnered from working on over 20,000
faces – of how the skin reacts to ingredients in skin care products.
Meadowfoam seed oil, which is grown only in Oregon and
Washington, is the hero ingredient of my line because its bioidentical
molecular structure is so similar to our own sebum.
It is able to penetrate deeper into the skin along with the other
proprietary ingredients of the formulas, giving an instant glow
and dewiness to the skin while delivering potent actives.
My philosophy is less is more. So many people are
over-washing and over-exfoliating using harsh ingredients.
My products soothe and nourish your lipid barrier instead
of sensitising it with too many essential oils, harsh
synthetic chemicals, or long routines. I source only the
best US Department of Agriculture-certified organic and
natural ingredients from farmers from all over the world.
So how does this translate into the best way to look after
your skin while travelling? The best way to prepare your skin
for a long flight is extra hydration and moisture. I suggest using
either my Soufflé Moisturizer or Daily Botanical Serum, which
is a beautiful oil, reapplied every two hours in the air. Forgo
makeup and focus on applying extra skin care during the flight
to protect from the microclimate that being on an airplane can
create. Artificial heat or air conditioning can cause dehydration
and tightness of the skin. It also causes transepidermal
water loss, making fine lines and wrinkles more pronounced.
To combat dehydrated skin during the flight, try reapplying
face oil during the flight to seal in moisture and hydration.
Bring the proper skin care for the climate you are going to.
For example, heading to a humid climate you will want lighter
products and to focus more on serums. My Detox Serum
is hydrating and balances the skin’s oil levels with sage,
rosemary and hyaluronic acid. If traveling to a colder climate,
on the other hand, take heavier face oils, hydrating masks and
moisturisers with oils in them – like my Soufflé Moisturizer – to
keep the skin dewy, bright and glowing on the ski slopes. When
returning home, exfoliate the first evening with a gentle lactic
acid peel or serum and then go back to your normal ritual.
For avoiding jet lag and puffiness I recommend using my Rose
Quartz Goddess Face Mask over my Facial in a Mask bio-cellulose
sheet mask when arriving at your room. The cold rose quartz crystals
make it soothing and help to revive tired skin, further infuse the sheet
mask serum and combat puffiness and dark circles. It only takes
ten minutes, and you can recline in bed with the masks on. It’s like
getting my signature Rose Quartz Facial. The sheet mask is filled
with hyaluronic acid, peptides, vitamin C, 24 karat gold flakes and
lactic acid. It’s very popular with my jet-set clients. angelacaglia.com
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FRIEND OF THE EARTH
Angela Caglia’s success
stems from embracing the
bounty of nature
JOE KIM
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LONG-
AWAITED
LAYOUTS
STEVE UZZELL
COASTAL BEAUTY
The 12th hole at the
Apes Hill Club, Barbados
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These standout courses – each with a
special twist – are the crème de la crème
of this year’s openings // By Larry Olmsted
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EVAN SCHILLER
TEEING OFF
THE GOLDEN AGE OF GOLF DESIGN spanned three decades in the early
20th century and now a lost relic from the era is returning – this time
in Thailand. That’s just the tip of the iceberg for an unusual year in
golf, one that will also see the Golden Bear, Jack Nicklaus, waive his
$3 million Signature design fee to build a course for charity, a private
Donald Ross standout go public for its 100th birthday, and a slew of
famous names tackle the suddenly popular short-course concept.
When the Lido opened on Long Island in 1917, it immediately
joined the ranks of the world’s best courses and was compared
favourably to Pine Valley, the US’s top-rated layout. But the
club was shuttered during World War II and never reopened.
Now, 80 years later, it is returning in spirit, thanks to Gil Hanse
(the winner of the competition to design the course for the Rio
Olympic Games), who is creating a hole-by-hole homage to
Charles Blair MacDonald and Seth Raynor’s Lido design. Debuting
in August 2021 as the centrepiece of the Ban Rakat Club, just
35 minutes from downtown Bangkok, Ballyshear Links (brc.
co.th) is named after MacDonald’s Long Island estate and
is expected to be the biggest thing ever to hit golf in Thailand.
Bangkok is a long way from New Jersey, but Hanse has also
managed to simultaneously complete an extensive restoration
of Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course (baltusrol.org), a highly
FLYING HIGH
The Lower Course
renovation at Baltusrol
Golf Club, New Jersey
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ranked AW Tillinghast design that will host the KPMG Women’s
PGA Championship in 2023 and the PGA Championship, for the
third time, in 2029. The restored Lower Course reopens in May.
Two other American courses present one-of-a-kind tales: the
first starts with Lieutenant Colonel Dan Rooney, a US Air Force
fighter pilot who founded nonprofit organisation Folds of Honor
to provide educational scholarships to spouses and children of
America’s deceased or disabled service members. Rooney came
up with the idea of creating a golf facility to benefit the foundation,
and personally flew to West Palm Beach to solicit his childhood
sports hero, Jack Nicklaus. The Golden Bear waived his fee and
personally handled American Dunes (americandunesgolfclub.
com), a 7,213-yard dunescape inland links course that opens
this spring in Grand Haven, Michigan, a Great Lakes beach resort
town. The public course will have on-site accommodations in a
16-room lodge. Nicklaus Design is also set to open a new private
club in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sterling Grove Golf & Country Club
(sterlinggroveclub.com), which will be managed by Troon Golf.
AMERICAN DUNES IS THE highest-profile new 18 in the United
States, but the biggest reopening is the Southern Pines Golf
Club (southernpinesgolfclub.com) just outside Pinehurst, North
PEAK PROGRESS
Nicklaus Design’s Sterling
Grove Golf & Country Club,
Scottsdale, Arizona
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TEEING OFF
PLAYED AND PERFECTED
Well-considered carry, stand and
buggy bags for your next outing
1
Carolina. Known as the “cradle of golf” in America,
Pinehurst is to the US what St Andrews is to Scotland,
and is especially known for famed resident and golf
architect Donald Ross, who did many area courses,
including Pinehurst No 2, Pine Needles and Mid Pines,
all of which have hosted PGA Major tournaments. But for
the last century, the hidden gem has been Ross’s private
Southern Pines GC, which was recently purchased by the
sibling adjacent Pine Needles and Mid Pines resorts. The
owner brought in Kyle Franz, who did historically accurate
restorations of both vaunted Ross designs, to tackle the
“new” third layout at the resort. One hundred years after it
originally opened, Southern Pines will be back and public,
making this the only resort in the world with 54 original
premier Ross holes. The first wave of work will be done
for play in the peak spring season, followed by a summer
green replacement and second reopening in autumn.
COURTESY THE COMPANIES
2
3
1 JONES SPORTS CO
As traditional as carry bags come, this new herringbone iteration of the Utility Rover weighs
in at around 1.5kg, with two-way divider, a single and secondary strap and, unlike Sunday
models of yore, has a half-dozen pockets to ensure your mid-round beverage is ice-cold in
the insulated quick-draw pocket, and features like the Velcro patch, so your glove remains
easily accessible and talcum-dry. jonessportsco.com
2 VESSEL BAGS
The choice of PGA Pros such as Paul Casey, this newcomer is upping the ante with a refined
lineup for the amateur golfer. Case in point, the 2kg VLX stand bag, which is fashioned from
Tour-grade synthetic leather and features four-way, full-length dividers with nary an exposed
seam nor rivet in sight. Moreover, the bag is customisable, and the company donates a
backpack to a child in need for each bag sold. vesselbags.com
3 MNML GOLF
No round of golf would be complete without an on-the-range or on-course videography
session for social media. Enter this newbie brand, whose patent-pending Filming Pocket is
all the rage with the influencer set. A tech kit update adds a custom-made Bluetooth speaker
which, together with features such as magnetic pocket closures and a sizable thermal pocket,
bring this customisable carry bag to five pounds. minimalgolf.com
4 SUN MOUNTAIN BOOM BAG
If an on-course soundtrack is how you wish to complement your round of golf, then the
new Boom cart bag from the Missoula, Montana-based purveyor has to be your go-to
choice. The unrivalled maker of waterproof specimens has added a built-in Bluetooth
speaker to its feted 14-way bags, with top-to-bottom dividers that protect grips and shafts.
sunmountain.com
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ANOTHER MAJOR RENOVATION is Apes Hill Club (apeshillclub.
com), a private Barbados residential community long
popular with Londoners. The extensive redesign by Ron
Kirby of Ireland’s Old Head fame will add a 19th bonus
hole modelled after the famous 17th island hole at TPC
Sawgrass, as well as an entirely new nine-hole par 3
course. The uniquely elevated site in St James overlooks
both the east and west coasts and features deep tropical
jungle gullies, exposed coral rock formations, 200-yearold,
30m-high bearded fig trees – and no actual apes
but lots of green monkeys. It should be finished toward
the very end of 2021, around the same time another
Caribbean biggie is expected to debut preview rounds.
The development team behind Canada’s acclaimed Cabot
resort is taking its skills to the islands to create a new
resort, Cabot St Lucia (cabotsaintlucia.com). While
residential and hospitality facilities will not open until
2022, the course will come first, designed by the hottest
architects in golf today, Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw.
In comparison, Kyle Phillips, famous for Scotland’s
Kingsbarns, has been quiet recently, but will be
back in the golf news when his newest design, PGA
National Czech Republic Course (oakspga.cz), opens
this spring. A classic parkland layout on a historic
estate in the suburbs of Prague, the project includes
a boutique hotel, spa and clubhouse in a restored
19th-century château, all managed by Troon Golf.
SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT TO BALLYSHEAR LINKS: 19miles/31km;
NEWARK AIRPORT TO BALTUSROL GOLF CLUB: 13miles/21km; GERALD
R FORD AIRPORT TO AMERICAN DUNES: 49 miles/79km; PHOENIX
SKY HARBOR AIRPORT TO STERLING GROVE GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB:
35miles/56km; MOORES COUNTY AIRPORT TO SOUTHERN PINES
GOLF CLUB: 7 miles/11km; BARBADOS AIRPORT TO APES HILL CLUB:
12miles/19km; GEORGE FL CHARLES AIRPORT TO CABOT ST LUCIA:
11miles/18km; PRAGUE AIRPORT TO PGA NATIONAL CZECH REPUBLIC
COURSE: 21miles/34km
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PAR FOR THE COURSE
WHY SHORT IS BIG IN 2021
No longer the preserve of beginner golfers, more and more iconic
venues (think Pinehurst, Bandon Dunes and Scottsdale National) have
all added short courses. Herewith a quartet of other recent debuts by
marquee resorts that are now joining the list
PEBBLE BEACH
America’s most famous golf resort will have its four 18-hole
layouts joined early in 2021 by a new par 3 course designed
by none other than Tiger Woods. Despite being new to the golf
design game, Woods is a big fan of the short-course concept and
this will be his fourth to date, but the only one on the Monterey
Peninsula, with sweeping Pacific Ocean views throughout.
pebblebeach.com
MONTEREY PENINSULA AIRPORT: 8miles/13km
DESTINATION KOHLER
With four 18s that have hosted majors, this is a Wisconsin
powerhouse, which debuts the 10-hole Baths of Blackwolf Run.
With alternative routings for 3-, 6-, 10- or 12-hole loops and three
sets of tees letting golfers play holes as short as 60 and as long
as 220 yards, it is all about pleasing everyone. There are four
dramatic water hazards – the “Baths” – with an option to play
around all of them. americanclubresort.com
GENERAL MITCHELL AIRPORT: 64miles/103km
STEVE RANKIN
GAMBLE SANDS
David Kidd, the Scottish designer behind Bandon Dunes, is
making his debut as a short-course artist with this 14-hole
stunner called Quicksands next to his Sands Course, already rated
the best public layout in Washington state. He’s already created
a natural grass putting course on-site, and the new par-3 layout,
Kidd says “is a golfing playground created in a bowl next to the
clubhouse that’s meant for pure fun. The holes are as wild as we
could dream up. It’s all about the ground game at Gamble Sands,
and the unexpected is to be expected.” gamblesands.com
BREWSTER AIRPORT: 7miles/11km
THE NEST
The “Bandon Dunes of Canada,” Cabot Links was the country’s
first true links course, fittingly designed by Canadian architect
Rod Whitman. Then Coore & Crenshaw added a second eighteen,
Cabot Cliffs, and now Whitman is back with partner Dave Axland
to present The Nest, a 10-hole par-3 course perched on the
highest coastal site within Nova Scotia’s Cabot resort. With raw,
rugged bunkers, undulating greens, running approaches, and
wind and ocean views everywhere you turn, it is Cabot’s third
taste of old-school links golf—only smaller. cabotlinks.com
MARGAREE AIRPORT: 24miles/39km
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PERFECT ISOLATION
The Lightkeeper’s Lodge next
to Pater Noster lighthouse
on Sweden’s windswept
Hamneskär island.
ERIK NISSEN JOHANSEN
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With so many hotels delaying openings over the past
12 months and others using the time for renovations,
the year ahead promises to be packed with standout
opportunities for travel of all kinds // By Lauren Ho
THE FUTURE OF THE travel industry is certainly
a hot topic at the moment. From talk about
increased safety and hygiene to forecasts for a
surge in villa rentals or, better yet, entire private
island takeovers, post-COVID predictions are
coming in thick and fast. And while the travel
industry – and much of the world – was on
pause for most of 2020, the upside is that 2021
is bursting with fresh optimism and a renewed
appreciation for the simple things in life. From
travelling with a sense of purpose and fulfillment
to ticking off that bucket list, this year is all about
embracing and savouring safe, slower, soulful,
secluded and sustainable travel experiences.
SLOW BUT SURE
Frantically vanquishing must-see tourist hot spots
is a thing of the past as we look to make a deeper
connection with our destination. Whether it’s
opting to linger longer to truly get to the heart of
a culture, or spending more time on the ground
exploring by foot, bicycle or train, these days we
are all about leisurely paced cultural immersion
and finding joy in unscripted moments. One
such place to reconnect with nature amid 30
hectares of rolling hills and lush meadows is
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ALEPH ALIGHIERI
Hutton Brickyards (salthotels.com), the last
architecturally intact brick factory in Kingston,
upstate New York, which has been transformed
into an innovative retreat focused on upskilling
with activities such as beekeeping and writing
workshops on offer. In Vietnam, vintage railway
travel has made a comeback with the recent
launch of The Vietage (thevietagetrain.com),
a luxe 12-guest carriage that chugs south from
Hoi An along Central Vietnam’s eastern coastline
to Quy Nhon in an unhurried six-hour journey
during which a three-course menu is served
against rolling views of forest-swathed mountains
and sparkling shores. There is also the option to
take it slow in Sicily and experience the island’s
diverse landscape and unique cuisine by train
before ending your journey on a high at Villa
Igiea (roccofortehotels.com), a magnificently
restored 19th-century palazzo in Palermo.
EXTRAORDINARY MOMENTS
Now is the time, if ever, to make up for lost travel
and turn those once-in-a-lifetime destinations into
a reality. Whether it’s skiing under the Northern
Lights in Finnish Lapland or riding with cowboys
in Colombia, it’s all about living for today and
experiencing those rare, jaw-dropping moments.
With a bag full of epic journeys, Cookson
Adventures (cooksonadventures.com, see
interview on page 59) is ahead of the game, with
extraordinary expeditions such as swimming
with orcas in Arctic Norway, navigating those
rare destinations around the globe in a private
superyacht or, in a world first, sub diving in the
Pacific in a seven-seat submersible. In South
Africa’s Kruger Park, bask in an epic African
sunset from a cantilevered pool at Kruger
Shalati (krugershalati.com), an indulgent hotel
in a restored vintage train overlooking the park’s
Sabie River. Or, immerse yourself in Utah’s
otherworldly landscape of towering mesas, slot
canyons and rust-coloured sands from Camp
Sarika (aman.com), Amangiri’s ten-tent camp,
set within 243 hectares of sun-drenched desert.
PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION
From rehoming tortoises in the Galápagos Islands
to reaching the summit of an unconquered
mountain, this year is all about our renewed
resolve to travel with purpose. Whether
it’s consciously supporting conservation,
communities and sustainability, or even learning
a new skill, we are looking for elevated travel
experiences that will set us on the path to
personal fulfillment. Cookson Adventures is once
again leading the way with a host of extraordinary
expeditions, including hands-on conservation
efforts such as tagging sharks, completing
shark surveys, and researching manta rays
in a scientist-guided experience in Mexico’s
Revillagigedo Archipelago; or trailing previously
undocumented elephant herds and the very
last of a species of giant antelope with leading
conservationists, veterinarians and biologists in a
world-first conservation expedition in Angola. Also
in Africa, Xigera (xigera.com), a 12-suite art-filled
camp in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, offers a
first-class safari experience against a background
of sustainability, conservation and support for
the local community, while on the Pacific coast
of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, Paradero
Todos Santos (paraderohotels.com), a 35-room
HOT AND COLD
The arid landscape of Paradero Todos
Santos, Mexico, above; Norwegian
fjørds explored on a Cookson Adventures
journey, facing page
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Now is the time, if ever, to make up for
lost travel and turn those once-in-a-lifetime
destinations into a reality
FROM TOP: SIM DAVIS, IGOR DEMBA
THE MAGIC OF MARRAKECH: MOROCCO’S MOST VIBRANT JEWEL SHINES
An intoxicating city best known for its heady souks, abundant fragrances and winding medina, but also for its hip
hotels and trendy art galleries, Marrakech is bursting with life, cementing its spot as a must-visit destination this
year. Cult boutique hotel favourite El Fenn (el-fenn.com, left) has unveiled a splendid new expansion so that the
property now extends over 12 riads to include a new rooftop pool and a ground-floor bar and restaurant, while the
landmark La Mamounia (mamounia.com) hotel has teamed up with legendary chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten
to launch two new culinary destinations: an Italian trattoria and an elegant Southeast Asian-inflected restaurant.
Elsewhere, organic eatery Les Jardins du Lotus (+212 6614 52429) embraces a slow menu of solid dishes – such
as the poached lobster salad served with zingy citrus fruits – from its home inside a 19th-century residence in the
heart of the medina; while nearby, the rooftop restaurant Kabana (kabana-marrakech.com) serves up artisanal
Moroccan cocktails and an international menu, including excellent sushi, against magnificent views of the Koutoubia
mosque. Joining the rest of the city’s upscale dining spots and chic bars in the Gueliz neighborhood, Italian
restaurant Vita Nova (vita-nova.ma) has become a firm favourite for its fresh ingredients, including burrata and
delicious salamis. Coming soon, the Nobu Hotel brand (nobuhotels.com) will make its debut in the city’s Hivernage
district, a short stride from the historic heart of the city, with 71 rooms, a series of drinking and dining venues –
including a rooftop space – and a 2,000sq m spa with indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
Marrakech Airport to city centre: 3miles/5km
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Even before the arrival of the pandemic,
off-the-beaten-track destinations were on the
rise, as many of us looked to feed our souls
hotel, slots right into its surrounding landscape
with 60 endemic plant species and a sprawling
9,200sq m botanical garden. In Romania, it’s a
different sort of nature in focus: Transylvania’s
wild, mist-cloaked valleys and gothic castles at
Bethlen Estates (bethlenestates.com). Here,
the Bethlen family have been quietly acquiring
tumbledown buildings in their ancestral village of
Cris and transforming them into design-led havens,
which can be rented out, while simultaneously
supporting local communities through employment
and education. Last but not least, in the Maldives,
Soneva Fushi (soneva.com) continues to fly the
sustainability flag with its numerous initiatives,
including Soneva Namoona, a partnership with the
resort’s three neighbouring islands that provides
a blueprint for phasing out single-use plastics.
FAR-FLUNG SOLACE
Remote, socially distanced travel might be a
necessity these days, but even before the arrival
of the pandemic, off-the-beaten-track destinations
were on the rise, as many of us looked to feed
our souls by truly getting away and switching off.
Marooned off the coast of Mozambique among
an archipelago of islands that rivals the Maldives,
Kisawa Sanctuary (kisawasanctuary.com) is a
12-room retreat surrounded by nothing other than
300 hectares of forest, beach and sand dunes.
On the remote, windblown and barren archipelago
of Pater Noster off the coast of Sweden, hunker
down in the Lightkeeper’s Lodge (paternoster.
se), the former lighthouse master’s home, which
has been transformed into a cosy eight-room
retreat. In the once-desolate northwestern deserts
of Saudi Arabia, eco-conscious brand Habitas
will open Habitas AlUla (ourhabitas.com), a
modular designed sustainable resort with 100
stand-alone capsules made from laminated wood,
aluminium and other planet-friendly materials.
REVISIT THE FAMILIAR
Sometimes, the key to relaxation is in the comfort
of knowing exactly what to expect – more so
in 2021, as we also look to head back to the
destinations we have missed over the past year.
In Geneva, the German hospitality group Oetker
OASIS IN THE DESERT
One of the 100 stand-alone
capsules of Habitas AlUla
in Saudi Arabia
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THREE MINUTES WITH
HENRY COOKSON
Since 2009, Cookson Adventures, a NetJets partner,
has specialised in tailor-made trips to remote
locations. Its founder talks about intrepid travel
trends for the year ahead.
What are some of the requests you’re already
receiving for travel in 2021 – and are any
common threads emerging?
We have, fortunately, been very well placed for the
recent shift towards secluded travel. Explorers are
looking for private lodges, private islands and trips
in totally remote destinations, away from the crowds
– all of which has always been Cookson Adventures’
bread and butter. It means we haven’t had to
sacrifice adventure for safety over the past year,
thankfully. It’s also been a year of “door-to-door”
escapes, using private jets for families to travel
flexibly and stay clear of crowded airport queues.
Iceland, for example, has been perfect for this. It’s a
short flight from most of Western Europe and is ideal
for exploring without seeing a soul in sight. We’ve had
clients enjoy heli-safaris, ATV races on black sand
beaches, snorkelling with humpback whales, and
caving. No two days needed to ever be the same.
What are clients moving towards in terms of
destinations and experiences?
There’s now a wider shift towards more meaningful
travel. Out with the weekend getaways and in with
family-focused itineraries for longer periods of
time, particularly when activities with educational
elements for the children are woven into the
schedule. It could be learning how to read a map or
build a shelter with a survival expert, or bespoke
treasure hunts that test their problem-solving
abilities as they island hop in the Maldives. It helps
to make their time away count.
Entry and exit protocols and restrictions
notwithstanding, what are some of the locales
that you’re really excited about for 2021?
This has been the first season in a long time when
I haven’t returned to Antarctica. I am blown away
every time I arrive at its shores – glassy white
icebergs that tower over the largest of yachts, pods
of humpback whales feeding on the summer’s algae,
and an unimaginable number of penguins darting
into the waters on foraging missions. It’s pure bliss.
There’s a lot of planning required to deliver trips
of this magnitude, so we’re planning itineraries
now for the 21/22 season. I’m also just back from
Costa Rica. We like to call it nature’s playground
because the biodiversity and adventure on offer are
at insane levels. We’ve seen lots of client interest
for conservation-centric adventures there this
year, both for on board a yacht or while staying at
an eco-camp – one of which is a shark-tagging
experience alongside marine biologists. They will
help tag hammerhead sharks to gather crucial
information about their behavior. There’s even an
option to “adopt” a shark and name one to receive
reports of its travels and growth over its lifetime.
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Collection is set to launch The Woodward
(oetkercollection.com), a suite-only property
occupying a post-Haussmann-style building,
which has been overhauled by architect Pierre
Yves-Rochon and features panoramic views
of Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc. Greece
favourite Mykonos will welcome Kalesma
(kalesmamykonos.com), a 25-suite and twovilla
property set on a hilltop above Ornos Bay,
while the Six Senses group (sixsenses.com) will
continue its expansion with an opening in Ibiza,
set within two hectares on the island’s crystalline
Cala Xarraca Bay. In the Atlantic, Rosewood Le
Guanahani St Barth (rosewoodhotels.com) will
reopen after a makeover to include renovated
guest rooms – many with new private pools – and
a series of updated facilities, including a distinct
beachfront dining concept, while The Chatwal
Lodge (thechatwallodge.com), a sister property to
the Manhattan original, will open its doors in the
Catskills, in upstate New York. Set on 24 hectares
along the shores of the Toronto Reservoir, the
hand-hewn, all-suite timber retreat will offer farmto-table
dining and Ayurvedic-focused wellness.
URBAN REVIVAL
With many of the world’s biggest cities slowly
waking up after a year on pause, their familiar
landscapes will undoubtedly be reshaped by
last year’s events. From reenergised creative
scenes to the emergence of blossoming new
neighbourhoods, along with the much-anticipated
openings of an abundance of hotels, now is the
time to reexplore old favourites as they begin to
regenerate and reopen. In New York, both the Six
Senses and Aman brands are set to take wellness
to a new level, with the latter – which will occupy
the landmark Crown Building – featuring a
sprawling 2,300sq m spa set over three floors
with a dramatic 20m indoor swimming pool.
The Six Senses offering, meanwhile, will be
located between Manhattan’s Hudson River
and The High Line and will feature interiors
by Paris-based outfit Gilles & Boissier. Further
down south in São Paulo, Rosewood makes
its South American debut in a former hospital,
with architecture by Pritzker prize-winner Jean
Nouvel and interiors by Philippe Starck, while over
in Europe, NoMad London (thenomadhotel.com)
– the brand’s first opening outside the US – will
launch inside the historic grade II-listed former Bow
Street Magistrates’ Court and Police Station. Visitors
to Paris will have a couple more options soon with
both the Bulgari (bulgarihotels.com) and Cheval
Blanc (chevalblanc.com) opening their doors: the
former boasts a 25m pool and a Bulgari restaurant,
and the latter occupies the beguiling former La
Samaritaine department store. Meanwhile, the US’s
hip Ace Hotel (acehotel.com) brand continues its
global expansion with the opening of a Sydney
outpost in the city’s Surry Hills neighbourhood.
NEXT-LEVEL WELLNESS
Wellness is big business. And while the industry
has already been booming for a number of years,
never before has health and well-being been so
important. The hospitality industry has made a
similar investment, as hotels increasingly shift
toward wellness-focused offerings, from the
integration of smart technology such as air purifiers
or shower heads infused with vitamin C to gyms
and spas taking centre stage, such as fitness brand
Equinox (equinox-hotels.com) opening its first hotel
in 2019 in New York’s Hudson Yards. This upswing
is further illustrated with The Aurum (theaurum.
com), a soon-to-open retreat in the Catskills in
upstate New York, which will feature a 550sq m
spa with a concept that puts a modern spin on
ancient Roman bathing. In India, Goa will welcome
King’s Mansion (kingsmansiongoa.com), its first
integrated wellness destination, while Bangkok
also steps things up with the launch of RAKxa
(rakxawellness.com), a wellness and medical retreat
on its own island across from the city on the banks
of the Chao Phraya River. In Europe, Montenegro’s
new One & Only Portonovi (oneandonlyresorts.
com) has teamed up with pioneering wellness
brand Chenot Espace, whose next-level offerings
include detox programs, body checkups, diet
and nutrition consultations, and medical spa
treatments. And up near the Arctic Circle, Sweden’s
Arctic Bath hotel (arcticbath.se) centres on its
spa, which focuses on cold therapy and features
saunas that circle a bath filled with pure river water.
© ROSEWOOD
BEACH RETREAT
The renovated Rosewood
Le Guanahani St Barth will
open again in the spring
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KINGSTON-ULSTER AIRPORT TO HUTTON BRICKYARDS: 6miles/10km; DA NANG AIRPORT TO THE VIETAGE (HOI AN): 18miles/29km; PALERMO AIRPORT TO VILLA IGIEA: 19miles/31km; SKUKUZA
AIRPORT TO KRUGER SHALATI: 2miles/3km; PAGE AIRPORT TO CAMP SARIKA BY AMANGIRI: 17miles/27km; MAUN AIRPORT TO XIGERA: 75miles/121km; SAN JOSÉ DEL CABO AIRPORT TO
PARADERO TODOS SANTOS: 68miles/109km; TÂRGU MUREŞ AIRPORT TO BETHLEN ESTATES: 40miles/64km; DHARAVANDHOO AIRPORT TO SONEVA FUSHI: 5miles/8km (via seaplane);
VILANKULO AIRPORT TO KISAWA SANCTUARY: 10miles/16km (via helicopter); GOTHENBURG AIRPORT TO PATER NOSTER: 25miles/40km; PRINCE ABDUL MAJEED BIN ABDULAZIZ AIRPORT
TO HABITAS ALULA: 19miles/31km; GENEVA AIRPORT TO THE WOODWARD: 3miles/5km; MYKONOS AIRPORT TO KALESMA: 3miles/5km; IBIZA AIRPORT TO SIX SENSES IBIZA: 20miles/32km;
GUSTAF III AIRPORT TO ROSEWOOD LE GUANAHANI ST BARTH: 4miles/6km; SULLIVAN COUNTY AIRPORT TO THE CHATWAL LODGE: 6miles/10km; LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TO SIX SENSES
NEW YORK: 10miles/16km; LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TO AMAN NEW YORK: 10miles/16km; LONDON CITY AIRPORT TO NOMAD LONDON: 9miles/14km; LE BOURGET TO BULGARI HOTEL PARIS:
13miles/21km; LE BOURGET TO CHEVAL BLANC PARIS: 14miles/23km; SYDNEY AIRPORT TO ACE HOTEL SYDNEY: 4miles/6km; LAGUARDIA AIRPORT TO EQUINOX: 10miles/16km; STEWART
AIRPORT TO THE AURUM: 55miles/89km; DABOLIM AIRPORT TO KING’S MANSION: 29miles/47km; DON MUEANG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO RAKXA: 25miles/40km; TIVAT AIRPORT TO
ONE&ONLY PORTONOVI: 11miles/18km; LULEÅ AIRPORT TO ARCTIC BATH: 53miles/85km
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ON THE
CASE
A curated selection of the latest luggage and travel accessories
// Photography by Matthew Shave Production by Elisa Vallata
Clockwise, from left:
LOUIS VUITTON Soft Trunk
Briefcase, crafted from
black-and-grey Monogram
Eclipse canvas, featuring
leather top handles and a
removable shoulder strap
TOM FORD alligator
leather iPhone cover and
cardholder on a neck
strap with gold hardware
LEICA M10-R compact
digital view and
rangefinder system
camera with black
chrome finish and
ultraquiet shutter
BANG & OLUFSEN Beoplay
H95 Adaptive ANC
headphones in gold tone
GLOBE-TROTTER fourwheel
carry-on trolley
case in ocean green and
black from the No Time to
Die collection
decorated with Vintage
007 leather stickers.
CONNOLLY tan leather
wash bag with contrast
stitching details
AESOP Arrival Travel Kit
featuring Classic
Shampoo, Classic
Conditioner, Geranium
Leaf Body Cleanser
and Rind Concentrate
Body Balm
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From left:
TUMI Tegra-Lite 2 Short
Trip Expandable 4
Wheeled Packing Case,
made in Tegris composite,
with an expandable main
compartment and a
removable garment sleeve
AVITEUR Carry-On, handcrafted
from calf-skin
leather, with aviationgrade
aluminium wheel
casters, silent wheels,
transparent and
buttonless Lucite handle,
Alcantara interior, and
two compartments.
FPM MILANO leathertrimmed
aluminium vanity
case, featuring dual
TSA-certified combination
fastenings and a butterfly
lock, plus a fully lined
interior with a divider and
zipped pockets, available
on mrporter.com
RIMOWA Classic Check-In
L in matte black, crafted
in an aluminium alloy
and featuring handmade
leather handles
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Clockwise, from left:
SMYTHSON Ludlow Large
Briefcase in grain calf
leather with zip front
SERAPIAN nappa leather
travel bag in black and
off-white Mosaico. Part
of the “Signed by our
Artisans” collection
BILL AMBERG STUDIO
handcrafted weekender
in brown leather with
polished aluminium
handles and refined
personalisation options
DUNHILL Lock Bag in AD
silver-finish leather
with a lock mechanism in
AD brass and detachable
shoulder strap
BILL AMBERG STUDIO
handcrafted Rocket Bag
briefcase in tan leather
with fine goat suede
or calfskin lining and
customisable details and
pocket configurations
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From the top,
anti-clockwise:
RALPH LAUREN Alligator
Mini Portfolio with a
buckled strap closure
BENNETT WINCH Watch
Roll in Tuscan leather
with Kevlar lining
CHOPARD L.U.C
GMT One (left) with a
42mm rose gold case
and brown sunburst
satin-brushed dial
AUDEMARS PIGUET
Code 11.59 Selfwinding
(right) with a 41mm
white and pink gold
case and grey
lacquered dial
ASPINAL Slim Credit
Card Holder in Deep
Shine British Racing
Green Small Croc
TIFFANY & CO. yellow
gold and sterling silver
Square Signet cuff links
CARTIER Première de
Cartier sunglasses
in tortoiseshell
composite with green
polarised lenses
TIFFANY & CO. sterling
silver compass from
the Tiffany 1837
Makers collection
MONTBLANC M Gram
Wallet 12cc in leather,
featuring the new
M pattern; and
Meisterstück Le Petit
Prince Solitaire Doué
LeGrand Fountain Pen
featuring a brown
leather cap, etched
with the drawing of the
desert and an airplane
CARAN D’ACHE
palladium-finished
Ecridor Avenue
fountain pen

GOURMET SCENE
LEADING THE WAY
Ana Roš, facing page, is at
the forefront of Slovenian
cuisine, with creations rooted
in the country’s produce
BENJAMIN SCHMUCK
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The tiny country at the heart of Europe is increasingly a major
player in gastronomic circles, and its wonderfully eclectic restaurants
are gaining international esteem // By Alexander Lobrano
A SLICE OF
SLOVENIA
SITTING AT THE CROSSROADS of so many of the Old World’s
gastronomic civilisations – Mediterranean, Germanic, Slavic and
Hungarian – Slovenia is the gastronomic keystone of Europe.
Belying its size (barely half that of Switzerland), this stunningly
beautiful part of the world still flies under the radar but is rapidly
gaining recognition among the gourmet cognoscenti.
Last year, its culinary excellence and uniqueness was recognised
by France’s venerable Michelin Guides, which published its first
handbook on the country. “Our inspectors’ selection showcases the
exceptional quality of the Slovenian culinary scene, the creativity
of its talented chefs, the high quality of the local ingredients and
also the commitment of the chefs to a more sustainable approach
to gastronomy,” said Gwendal Poullennec, international director
for the Michelin Guides, at the publication launch. In this first
edition, Michelin awarded Hiša Franko in Kobarid on the Italian
border two stars and five other Slovenian tables a single star –
an impressive constellation for a country of two million people.
“It’s the greenest cooking in Europe,” says chef Ana Roš of Hiša
Franko (hisafranko.com), explaining the identity of her country’s
little-known kitchen. “Slovenians are deeply connected
to the land, and most of us have gardens and forage for
wild foods, like blueberries, elder blossoms, mushrooms
and wild herbs. Much of our produce is organic, and
we have a passionate communal commitment to
protecting and preserving our environment,” she says.
Roš had originally planned a career as a diplomat before she
met her husband, Valter Kramar, and the pair took over his family’s
auberge. “When we became independent from Yugoslavia in 1991,
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gastronomy had been dormant in Slovenia for a long time. The old
references for great food were France and Vienna, since Slovenia was
part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire for centuries. We had dishes of
our own, of course, but most people saw them as country food and
not what you’d go to a restaurant to eat. Now this has changed, as
contemporary Slovenian cooking reinvents these traditional dishes
with seasonal local produce and a touch of creativity,” says Roš.
The menu at Hiša Franko brims with dishes that are perfect
examples of not only Roš’s lyrical culinary imagination but also
contemporary Slovenian gastronomy. Among the standouts from
a recent tasting menu were tiny ravioli filled with hop shoots in
black bean broth with baby goat brains; trout fillet in a beurre blanc
with poppy seeds and summer apples; and roebuck with bee’s
wax and pollen garum, preserved berries and wild mushrooms.
LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA’S CHARMING CAPITAL, is where most travellers
begin their discovery of the country’s excellent cooking, and the
best place for a first delicious lesson is Gostilna Na Gradu (jezersek.
si). A gostilna is a Slovenian version of a tavern or an auberge,
and this one is located in Ljubljana Castle, which is built on an
outcrop overlooking the city. Chefs Luka Jezeršek and Sebastjan
Elbl cook a regularly changing menu of Slovenian favourites,
including braised wild boar cheeks with plum dumplings and sea
bream with fennel, pickled red onions, grapes and capers. Also
located at the castle is Restavracija Strelec (strelec.kaval-group.
si), which has great views over the city from the archers’ tower.
Chef Igor Jagodic proposes an array of dishes that are historic
local favourites but with a modern spin, including Kvarner shrimp
from Slovenia’s brief Mediterranean coastline with veal tongue
and pumpkin, and burek (flaky pastry) filled with curd cheese,
leeks and pine nuts with roasted onion cream.
The edgiest restaurant in Ljubljana is Atelje (restavracijaatelje.
com), which has a Michelin star and a hipster industrial interior
FINEST FISH
Fillet of sea bass,
steamed above a salt
grill from Pri Lojzetu
with Edison bulbs like something you might find in Brooklyn or
Shoreditch. Here, chef Jorg Zupan and his team make almost
everything they serve in-house from seasonal organic produce,
including smoked beef tartare with toasted buckwheat and
artichokes, and broiled Adriatic langoustines in tomato butter.
LEAVING LJUBLJANA to do a clockwise tour of Slovenia’s best
restaurants, it’s an hour’s drive west to Pri Lojzetu (zemono.si),
a Michelin-starred table in a beautiful Baroque hunting lodge built
by Venetian nobles in the Vipava valley near the Italian border
during the 17th century. Chef Tomaž Kavčič serves exquisite tasting
menus that are stunningly original but also deeply respectful of
local traditions. “The essential axis of Slovenian cooking is the
sincerity of its rusticity and the quality of its seasonal produce from
small local farms,” says Kavčič, explaining superb dishes like a pale
green melon soup with wild-nettle croutons, prsut (prosciutto-style
Slovenian ham) crumbs and crayfish with a side of white nectarine
canapés; and risotto with wild nettles, mussels and clams.
If Pri Lojzetu is perfect for lunch when you can sit on the veranda
and enjoy views of the surrounding vineyards, chef Uroš Fakuč’s
Michelin-starred Dam (damhotel.si) 20 minutes up the road in Nova
Gorica is ideal for dinner and staying the night. Fakuč does elegant
and very imaginative contemporary Mediterranean cooking with a
Slavic accent, including dishes like trout sashimi with polenta and
Tolminc cottage cheese (Tolmin is Slovenia’s most famous cheesemaking
town), and scallops with hemp, broccoli and white truffles.
After a meal and a night at Hiša Franko in Kobarid, head for
chef Uroš Štefelin’s Michelin-starred Vila Podvin (vilapodvin.
si) in Radovljica by way of Lake Bled, one of the most beautiful
lakes in Europe. Štefelin does subtly updated versions of age-old
Slovenian dishes, including rainbow trout with horseradish parsnip
cream, pickled gherkins and nasturtium buds, and caviar and herb
crumble, a starter, and venison with buckwheat pilaf, acorn sauce
PETER IRMAN
MODERN TAKE
Gregor Vračko’s
Hiša Denk matches
contemporary flair to
classic dishes
MATEJ LOZAR
LJUBLJANA AIRPORT TO HIŠA FRANKO; GOSTILNA
NA GRADU & RESTAVRACIJI STRELEC; ATELJE; VILA
PODVIN: 64miles/103km; 19miles/31km; 16miles/26km;
16miles/26km; MARIBOR AIRPORT TO GOSTILNA REPOVŽ;
HIŠA DENK; RAJH: 53miles/85km; 15miles/24km;
37miles/60km; PORTOROŽ AIRPORT TO PRI LOJZETU;
DAM: 48miles/77km; 57miles/92km
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and cabbage-and-potato stew with kale – and the restaurant’s five
rooms are all very comfortable. Don’t miss the fascinating beekeeping
museum in Radovljica – Slovenians are avid beekeepers, with
five beekeepers for every thousand residents, and the Slovenian
countryside is dotted with stacks of colourfully painted beehives.
BREAK THE DRIVE to Maribor, the second-largest city in Slovenia and a
handsome old Hapsburg town once known as Marburg, by stopping
for lunch at Gostilna Repovž (gostilna-repovz.si) in Šentjanž. It
was awarded a Bib Gourmand, the Michelin Guide’s designation
for delicious good-value eating, and it’s one of the country’s most
popular gostilnas serving contemporary comfort-food dishes like
štruklji (rolled dough dumplings) cooked in broth and braised lamb
with curd-cheese dumplings, grapes and parsnips.
Just outside Maribor, chef Gregor Vračko’s beautifully presented
cooking has made his Michelin-starred Hiša Denk (hisadenk.si)
a destination. It occupies a striking modern building in a famed
wine-producing region, hence its superlative wine list (and
it must be noted, Slovenian wines are truly excellent). Expect
regional dishes with a contemporary flair, including pikeperch
fillet with calf’s tongue and cabbage; smoked Pohorje beef with
onions; and an intriguing dessert of rosehips, quince and corn.
No one making a gourmet road trip to Slovenia should miss
a meal at Rajh (rajh.si) in Bakovci, where the traditions of the
kitchen have evolved over five generations of the same family
and tell a delicious story about how Slovenian gastronomy has
evolved, leading to a Bib Gourmand from the Michelin Guide.
Ignac Rajh founded the original inn in 1886, and then moved
it to an estate where he and his family bred horses and ran a
slaughterhouse. During World War II, Rajh, his wife and two
daughters died in Auschwitz, but his son Geza survived and
reopened the restaurant in 1950. When Geza’s son Ignac and
his wife, Marta, took over, the inn moved to its present location in
1969, and it eventually won a reputation throughout Yugoslavia
for the quality of its cooking, a mixture of regional specialities,
including fried carp and bograč (beef-and-pork goulash) and
international dishes. Today it serves succulent contemporary
dishes inspired by traditional Slovenian recipes and produce,
including Mangalica pork with dödöli (Slovenian gnocci) and
mushroom ragout and Prekmurska gibanica, a layered pastry
filled with poppy seeds, walnuts, apples, raisins and quark.
“Our kitchen is like a hinge that moves in every direction.
We get our taste for savoury foods from the Italians, smoke
from the Germans, sour things from the Slavs and some
heat from the Hungarians. This is why the flavours in our
cooking are so balanced and ultimately so Slovenian,” says
owner Tanja Pintarič, Ignac and Marta’s daughter, proudly,
adding the Slovenian equivalent of bon appétit: “Dober Tek!”
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TASTING NOTES
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Bubbly made according to ancestral methods – known to
oenophiles as pétillant-naturel wines – is making a resurgence
from the Loire Valley to upstate New York thanks to its ability to
express both grape and terroir // By Jeffrey T. Iverson
SPARKLING
CHARM
WHY DO WE LOVE sparkling wine? Perhaps it’s the way it titillates
our senses, from the pop of the cork to the effervescent spectacle
in the glass to the ineffable sensation it creates across the palate.
Compared to still wine, the sparkling variety seems positively alive,
encapsulating the bubbling, awe-inducing magic of fermentation
itself. And though Louis Pasteur unveiled the mysteries of that
process years ago, there is still a special reverence in the way we
pour every coupe of prosecco, cava, or Champagne. Now there’s
another style of bubbly that seems to have tapped directly into
this primal fascination – the pétillant-naturel, better known as
“pét-nat”, which over the past two decades has emerged from
obscurity to become a perennial favourite among top sommeliers.
And while some of its iterations have sparked controversy,
today a growing number of pét-nat cuvées are proving it’s a
style that can express terroirs in the most intriguing ways while
recounting chapters of vinous history that were all but forgotten.
Few experts have followed the rise of pét-nat more intimately
than Pascaline Lepeltier, a sommelier renowned both in the United
States for her award-winning wine lists at top New York City
restaurants, and in France for becoming the first woman to win the
nation’s Best Sommelier competition. Lepeltier grew up in France’s
Loire Valley, and began studying wine there in the early 2000s at
a time when the Loire was becoming a locus of a new “natural”
winemaking movement, which saw artisan vignerons abandoning
pesticides in the vineyards and oenological additives in the cellar.
Some of them, starting with the late Christian Chaussard of Domaine
le Briseau and Vincent Carême in Vouvray, had begun to experiment
with a largely forgotten technique called the méthode ancestrale
for making naturally sparkling wines, or pétillant-naturels.
For a young student of wine like Lepeltier, this new breed of
bubbly was a revelation. “The Loire became the heart of a pét-nat
revival, and I really got into the style,” she recalls. Its diversity alone
was remarkable, from sparkling rosés of cabernet franc, malbec or
pinot noir, boasting an exquisite balance of fresh fruit sweetness
and acidity, like those of cult winery Les Capriades in Touraine,
to refreshing, complex sparkling whites like Carême’s pioneering
l’Ancestrale cuvée, made from old-vine chenin bottle-aged up to
24 months. “I remember thinking this was truly superb sparkling
wine,” she says. And yet it fit the profile of no wine she knew. Why?
Because, unlike the method for making Champagne (called the
méthode traditionnelle), which involves adding sugar and selected
yeasts to dry, still wine to trigger a second fermentation and produce
bubbles, the méthode ancestrale used for pét-nat works by bottling
wine when it is still fermenting and a precise amount of grape
sugars remains, so it will continue fermenting inside just enough to
create the desired pressure. It’s an oenological high-wire act, but
when successful, says Lepeltier, the result is a wine like no other.
“A Champagne, or méthode traditionnelle sparkling wine,
represents an entirely different metabolisation of the aromatic
compounds,” says Lepeltier. “With a pét-nat chardonnay I expect
fresh grape aromas, and more zesty, citrusy and slightly floral
aspects. Whereas with a Champagne the chardonnay takes on
autolytic characteristics from the lees, like brioche, butter, and
cream – it’s really another world of aromatics.” If many aromas
in great Champagne are related to the vinification process,
the best pét-nats tend to highlight the innate fruit aromas of a
specific grape variety while boasting lively acidity even when
residual sugar remains. “It should be a varietal wine – you should
LEADING LIGHT
Pascaline Lepeltier has brought an
expertise on the old ways of sparkling
wine from France to America
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be able to taste the difference between a pét-nat from chenin,
gewürztraminer, or carignan,” she says. “A pét-nat should be fun to
drink; it can be very complex, but very refreshing at the same time.”
IN THE PAST DECADE, that potent combination has seduced wine
lovers from San Francisco to Tokyo. In 2016, the website Eater
summarised the hype by dubbing pét-nat “the new rosé”. Given this
blossoming market, winemakers around the world are adding a pétnat
cuvée to their range. But this profusion of product can be a
headache for sommeliers like Lepeltier, today a managing partner at
Racines NY, where her list includes dozens of pét-nats. “The problem
is it’s become so popular that you have a lot of disappointing wines
now,” she says. “Bottles that have zero bubbles, are cloudy, heavy,
or mousey – it’s lazy winemaking, and it doesn’t help the style to
continue to grow and be taken seriously by people, which it should be.”
In Montlouis-sur-Loire, an appellation mainly dedicated to
chenin-based traditional sparkling wines, winemakers fought for 15
years to convince labelling authorities to accept pétillant-naturel as
a legitimate alternative to méthode traditionnelle. “I created my first
pét-nat in 2005 because it made no sense to me to make sparkling
wine with added yeast, when every other wine in my range was
born of spontaneous fermentation,” says Damien Delecheneau
of Domaine La Grange Tiphaine. In 2020, they finally won, and
can now label their additive-free, bottle-fermented sparkling wines
with the Montlouis-sur-Loire AOC. His 2019 sparkling rosé, then
labelled as table wine, was already ranked among the top 8% of
all wines by online wine marketplace Vivino’s 35 million users,
but for Delecheneau that recognition mattered more. “My ambition
is not to make a trendy wine,” he says. “I’m here to ensure the
transmission of a viticultural heritage to the next generation.”
The Montlouis-sur-Loire winemakers dubbed their interpretation
of the style “Pétillant Originel”, an apt description of what a pétnat
essentially is – the original sparkling wine. More than a
century before Dom Pérignon is said to have invented Champagne,
Benedictine monks at an abbey in Saint-Hilaire in Languedoc were
already using the method to create what is now considered the first
sparkling white wine produced in France: Blanquette de Limoux.
Manuscripts from 1531 detail the monks’ production of their corkstoppered
flasks of lightly sparkling wine redolent of honey, acacia
and stewed apple. Made from mauzac grapes, it is still bottled
according to tradition while the wine is still fermenting during the
“old” or waning moon in March. In nearby Gaillac, essentially the
same method for a making sparkling mauzac wine is dubbed the
méthode gaillacoise. The paragon of the style is undoubtedly the
Mauzac Nature cuvée from Domaine Plageoles, a lip-smacking
wine of great finesse with notes of citrus oil, apple and hazelnut,
by one of this ancient winemaking region’s oldest wine families.
Once France’s best-kept secrets, today thanks to the pét-nat
craze, such wines are being discovered by oenophiles globally. Take
cerdon, a sparkling cru from the high-altitude vineyards of Bugey
in eastern France. “Fifteen years ago the market for cerdon was
mostly local,” says winemaker Patrick Bottex, “whereas today we
have a growing demand for exports from around the world.” And no
wonder. Using the méthode ancestrale, Bottex produces deep-pink
sparkling wines, boasting tantalising sweetness, grapefruit-like
acidity and complex aromas of strawberry and currants. For Anthony
Lynch, son of the iconic importer Kermit Lynch, this once forgotten
Alpine specialty, made essentially the same way for centuries,
is simply “one of the most delicious beverages in existence”.
AROUND THE WORLD, similar rediscoveries are taking place today.
In Italy, a growing number of producers are returning to the old
ways, eschewing industrial techniques to produce lambrusco
and prosecco using only the grapes’ natural sugars, according
to Ernest Ifkovitz of PortoVino Selections, a specialist in Italian
bottle-fermented wines. “Pét-nat’s Italian cousin is called metodo
ancestrale,” he explains: “Glou-glou, easy-drinking aperitivo wines
with fizzy pressure of 2-2.5 bars, but always in the dry brut style,
and thus perfect for a meal as well.” In Germany’s Palatinate region,
Marie Menger-Krug of Motzenbäcker – the country’s most historic
Deutsche Sektgut, or sparkling wine producer, dating back to 1758
– has embraced the méthode rurale (another term for méthode
ancestrale) to create a range of wines from chardonnay, sauvignon
blanc and riesling that recall “the origins of effervescence in wine”.
In North America, winemakers are using pétillant-naturel as a
means to rediscover the unimagined potential of oft-maligned hybrid
grapes (most of which were born of native North American varietals).
From the fabulous Ces Petits Imprévus cuvée of 100% vidal by
Domaine du Nival in Quebec to pét-nats made from marquette,
frontenac, or st croix by La Garagista in Vermont. In New York’s Finger
Lakes, the Chëpìka wine project seeks to restore the reputation of the
catawba and delaware grapes while reviving a sparkling winemaking
tradition in a region that until Prohibition was a world-renowned
producer of bubbly. Founded in 2016, Chëpìka is a joint venture
between winemaker Nathan Kendall and (naturally) sommelier
Pascaline Lepeltier. “Nobody has vinified these grapes the way we
are doing it in more than 100 years,” she enthuses. And perhaps
that’s the deeper allure of pét-nat – drinking one is like tasting a
wine from another era. With their primal fruit aromas, vibrant acidity
and jubilant bubbles, they transport us back to the infancy of wine.
“A pét-nat should be fun to drink; it can be
complex, but refreshing at the same time”
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NEW WORLD, OLD METHODS
La Garagista of Vermont’s take
on the méthode ancestrale
DEIRDRE HEEKIN
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REINVENTING
TH E REAL
The landscapes of Gerhard Richter, now on display in
Zurich, demonstrate the German artist’s remarkably
influential vision of our relationship to the natural world
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THE ARTIST’S
ARTIST
There are no bigger names in the European art world than Gerhard Richter, the German
artist whose first solo show came all the way back in 1964. Over the ensuing five
decades, he’s been an innovative creator and a dynamic teacher – and, remarkably, a
retiring and inscrutable character in an increasingly loud industry. Richter has largely
allowed his canvases (he’s primarily, but not exclusively, a painter) to do the talking,
and they have earned him retrospectives at MoMA (2002), Tate Modern (2011) and
the Pompidou Centre (2012), among other top museums around the globe. His auction
sales record is almost unparalleled in recent decades, and his astonishing diversity
of works means that even now there can be fresh perspectives on his talent. The
exhibition Gerhard Richter: Landscape, is one such example – bringing together for
the first time more than 130 outdoor-themed works that span his full career. Initially
shown at the Vienna Kunstforum until 7 March, it moves to the Zurich Kunsthaus for
an extended run (26 March – 25 July). Demonstrating his constant experimentation
and roving curiosity, the works on display are a reminder of just how varied Richter’s
career has been and how his influence extends from our relationship to photographic
stillness to the intellectual tradition of the Romantics. It’s a remarkable legacy and, for
the 89-year-old artist, one that continues to grow. kunsthaus.ch
P74-75
Eis [Ice], 1981, oil on
canvas, 100 x 70cm,
from the collection of
Ruth McLoughlin, Monaco
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A handful of Richter works
on display at the Vienna
Kunstforum, including
Ruhrtalbrücke (left, 1969)
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Sternbild [Constellation],
1969, oil on canvas, 92
x 92cm, Frieder Burda
Museum, Baden-Baden
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ALL ARTWORKS © GERHARD RICHTER 2020; PHOTO CHRISTOF SCHELBERT, OLTEN (TOP); NEUES MUSEUM NÜRNBERG/ANETTE KRADISCH (BOTTOM LEFT)
INSIDE LOOK
THIS PAGE
Clockwise from top: Piz Surlej,
Piz Corvatsch, 1992, oil on
photograph, 8.9 x 12.6cm,
from the collection of Peter
and Elisabeth Bloch; Venedig
[Venice], 1986, oil on canvas,
121 x 86cm, Frieder Burda
Museum, Baden-Baden;
Stadtbild PL [Cityscape PL],
1970, oil on canvas, 170 x
170cm, private collection
FACING PAGE
Waldhaus [Forest House], 2004,
oil on canvas, 92 x 126cm,
private collection
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THE LAST WORD
CHRIS FROGGATT
The racing driver and NetJets Brand Ambassador on life off the track
TRAVEL
Sun worshipper or thrill-seeker?
I would say I am more of the
latter. I love new adventures,
whether it’s in the desert – riding
buggies and quad bikes through
the dunes, then relaxing by the
warmth of a campfire at night –
or spending a day diving out at
sea. I have never visited Japan,
but I have many friends who ski
there and have only heard good
things. That’s the next destination
to visit when I can.
FOOD
Top names or hidden gems? One
hundred percent, my preference
is for spots packed with locals
that serve locally sourced, fresh,
simple food. I really enjoy that
authentic experience, but, of
course, there’s always a time
and place for those big names –
it just depends on the mood.
ARTS
Still life or live performance? Not
spending enough time in galleries
or museums, I have to say it’s live
performance. I love the energy
and connection you form with the
performers whether it’s a concert
or at the theatre. Over the past
couple of years, I’ve started to really
enjoy stand-up comedy. I had the
pleasure of seeing Kevin Hart on
his Irresponsible Tour at The O2
in London; that was particularly
memorable for me.
ENTERTAINMENT
Good book or big screen? I really
enjoy movies and TV shows, although
I have a bad habit of starting
something and never finishing it.
TECHNOLOGY
Latest gadgets or digital detox? I am
a big fan of tech and incorporating
it into day-to-day life to make things
even more efficient. I have started
using a Whoop Strap, and I’ve found
this fitness tracker so useful. It has a
feature to monitor sleep and recovery
that is brilliant.
FUTURE PLANS
Stay on track or exciting moves
around the corner? This year was
extremely successful with Ferrari in
the GT World Challenge, but I feel
there is some unfinished business
there. Outside of this, as for most GT
drivers, competing at the legendary
24 Hours of Le Mans – and the World
Endurance Championship it is part of
– is the dream.
ACCOMMODATION
Grandes dames, luxe design, or
eminently private? When it comes
to travel and hotel preferences, my
style is more toward minimalist/
modern. Very neutral tones: light
wood floors, white/grey marble
bathrooms, sparsely furnished,
and a nice firm bed. I travel
regularly both with racing and my
personal life, and I’ve come to
prioritise the level of service and
attitude from staff.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
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