Netjets US Spring 2022

MEXICAN MARVELS
Hotel news from
city to beach
CHILDREN FIRST
A Chicago hospital
that is top of its field
LOUISIANA STYLE
The culinary scene in
New Orleans rebooted
BY DESIGN
Salone del Mobile’s
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GREEN DREAM
The Ozarks plays host
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TAKING OFF
THIS MAGAZINE GIVES US AN opportunity to share details about wonderful
places to travel. In this issue we highlight countries and cities that inspire
the mind, awaken the senses, and captivate the soul. From the latest
restaurant openings in the Big Easy to a portfolio of new and noteworthy
stops in Mexico, each feature reminds us to discover new destinations.
Travel aside, we also take a moment for self-care, as wellness continues to be an area of focus.
Our editors expound on the benefits of spending time outside each day—especially in
green spaces. Whether you look to an outdoor wellness retreat or an app that tracks your time
in nature, you can reduce stress and lower blood pressure with even a simple walk.
Finally, we look at the triumphant return of NetJets events with Art Basel Miami Beach and
our Super Celebration, and we share profiles of outstanding Crewmembers.
Wherever your travels take you this season, we hope they are extraordinary.
Adam Johnson
Chairman and CEO
C O N T R I B U T O R S
JENI PORTER
The Copenhagenbased
writer met
up with Anders
Kirk Johansen,
a scion of one of
Denmark’s most
notable families, and
discussed collecting
vintage cars,
restoring opulent
villas, and more for A
Dynamic Approach
(page 30).
BRUCE WALLIN
In Mexico Now
(page 52), the
experienced travel
writer, who is based
in the country,
finds it blossoming
with new resorts
on its Caribbean
and Pacific coasts,
bijou boltholes in
the vibrant cities,
and fresh culinary
options aplenty.
FIONA McCARTHY
Salone del Mobile
returned after a
pandemic-induced
hiatus and with it
came designs of
graphic shapes,
whimsical sentiment
and indoor-outdoor
style, according to
our lifestyle scribe,
who reports from
Milan for Thoughtful
Furniture (page 48).
MATT SATERNUS
In Not the Usual
Suspects (page 38),
the expert on all
things from tee to
green and editorin-chief
of Plugged
In Golf takes a look
at some innovative
manufacturers
creating clubs that
differ from the norm
and balls that bend
the rules.
HEIDI MITCHELL
Close to her Chicago
home, the writer
gets the lowdown
on Lurie Children’s
Hospital, examining
the work of The
Quiet Philanthropist
(page 12) Ann
Lurie, a former
nurse-turnedbenefactor
to one
of the U.S.’s finest
medical centers.
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CONTENTS
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DESERT ESCAPE
Little Kulala, Namibia,
page 40.
40 16 64 52
SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH
Ann Lurie’s philanthropic
nature manifests itself in a
Chicago children’s hospital
pages 12-15
IN THE NEWS
Must-visit cities around the
globe from Los Angeles to
Hong Kong
pages 16-22
NETJETS UPDATE
Events are back on the
agenda, spring break
options, and staff in profi le
pages 24-29
BUILDING A LEGACY
Anders Kirk Johansen is
making his passions
very much his business
pages 30-33
FAIRWAY FLAIR
Golfing in the Ozarks
is taking a step up, plus
the latest equipment
pages 34-39
CALL OF THE WILD
How the great outdoors
provides a healing balm
for body and mind
pages 40-47
DESIGN FOR LIVING
Salone del Mobile’s return
was marked by a plethora
of inspired creations
pages 48-51
MEXICAN EVOLUTION
From the Pacific to the
Caribbean, new hotels and
culinary options abound
pages 52-59
BIG EASY EATS
The restaurant scene
in New Orleans is tasting
better than ever
pages 64-67
LEAGUE OF ITS OWN
West Sonoma Coast’s
vineyards keep producing
wines of distinction
pages 68-73
COUNTRY PRIDE
The Whitney Museum in
Manhattan is a remarkable
chronicler of American art
pages 74-81
THE LAST WORD
A cutural oasis is coming
to California thanks to
Toyozo Shimano
page 82
TEAGAN CUNNIFFE, ISTOCK, ARTUR BEGEL, THE INGALLS
BOUNCING BACK
Rubber straps play a fi ne
supporting role in the latest
reel of sporty watches
pages 60-63
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The Quiet Philanthropist
Her name is recognized throughout Chicago but the
message from Ann Lurie and her foundation is all about
the children and their precious health. // By Heidi Mitchell
IN CHICAGO, EVERYONE knows the Ann & Robert
H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago —
affectionately called Lurie Children’s—though
no one hopes to have to visit it. The 364-bed,
internationally recognized hospital ranks at the
top of its field in all 10 pediatric specialties, and
has been Illinois’ most prestigious children’s
hospital since it originally opened in 1882 in an
eight-bed cottage known as the Maurice F. Porter
Memorial Hospital. While the mission to give
acute medical care to newborns through teens
remains intact, the scope and scale dramatically
expanded with a $100M gift, made in 2007, by
a former pediatric nurse who had once worked in
the hospital’s own neonatal ward.
That nurse is Ann Lurie, mother of six,
widow of real-estate whiz-kid Bob Lurie, and
serial philanthropist for whom having her name
etched on a building would never be enough.
“Benefactors can be lumped into large groups,”
explains Grant Stirling, president and chief
development officer of the Ann & Robert H.
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation.
“There are those who relish seeing their name in
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Ann Lurie’s contribution to children’s
health care in Chicago goes beyond just
financial contributions.
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GOODWILL
lights, there are those who are more head-first
than heart-first, then there are those for whom
the act of philanthropy reveals the values that
they hold most dear. It is an expression of who
they are.” All of these are admirable, Stirling
says, “but Ann falls squarely into the latter. I
think what she’s done speaks to the very core of
who she is as a person.”
The only child of a single mother, Lurie was
raised in Florida, where she earned a nursing
degree and married (and divorced) young.
She moved to Chicago in 1973 for a job as a
pediatric nurse and met her future husband in her
apartment elevator en route to the laundry room.
She didn’t know he was wealthy; Bob’s mop
of curly hair and load of dirty clothes belied his
career as one of the biggest real-estate developers
in town. The pair had two children, got married
and had four more. When their youngest was just
three, Bob was diagnosed with colon cancer. He
died at 48.
Bob had more than two years to help his
wife prepare for life after death. They set up
trusts and discussed what to do with their vast
wealth. Ultimately Ann dedicated a large chunk
of their fortunes to help build a new facility for
Chicago’s premiere pediatric hospital, moving
it from residential Lincoln Park to Downtown,
where it could benefit from an existing collection
of major medical schools and facilities. She
personally tapped her network to raise funds that
far exceeded her initial donation, resulting in an
$833M state-of-the-art facility that took years
to construct. In the early summer of 2012, all
170 patients were transported to the be Ann &
Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
—with Ann Lurie there to greet them.
Parents and kids fly to Lurie’s so that
Riccardo A. Superina can use his own
techniques to transplant livers, kidneys, and
intestines. Pregnant mothers come from
around the globe to gain access to life-saving
in utero laparoscopic surgeries that fix spinal
cords that grow outside the body due to the
once-fatal disease, spina bifida. The hospital
just performed its 400th heart transplant.
And the list goes on. Having a benefactor like
Ann Lurie has brought pediatric illness—and
thus, research and innovative treatments—to
the forefront. “When you look at the National
Institutes of Health data, you can see that 5%
of total funding for cancer research goes to
ALL-ROUND CARE
Lurie Children’s excellent staff
are supplemented by more than
1,300 volunteers.
kids with cancer,” says Stirling. “By building a
children’s hospital with a phenomenal cancer
center, we are showing our commitment to our
most vulnerable populations, so that we can
have a prosperous adult population.”
Ann Lurie’s pledge of $100M was the single
largest contribution to a children’s hospital in the
United States at the time. “It set a benchmark
for what transformational philanthropy can
do,” explains Stirling. Since then, other
philanthropists have given similar-sized
donations, but it was Lurie who broke the ninefigure
ceiling for children’s hospitals. Her giving
serves as an example, even as the new facility
reaches its 10-year anniversary this year.
Of course, Lurie has other organizations that she
has supported across the years. She founded
and served as president of the Africa Infectious
Disease Village Clinics (AID Village Clinics),
a registered public charity that provided free
“We are showing our commitment to our
most vulnerable populations, so that we can
have a prosperous adult population.”—Grant Stirling
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employs some 1,800 health professionals; more
than 1,300 volunteers donated 55,000 hours
in 2019 to play with patients and give parents
a break; it invested more than $231.5M in
2020 by covering bills for the uninsured, the
underinsured, and community benefit programs.
The whole city has benefited from Lurie’s
charitable work.
“Philanthropic investments compound in
different ways,” explains Grant Stirling. “A
philanthropic investment can compound in
generational impact, for example in the patients
we serve every day. If you do the math, it was
15 years ago that Ann gave that $100M gift.
There is a five-year-old former patient who is
now 20, maybe in college somewhere, thanks
to that gift. The second compounding is that it
encourages others to step up and do more. That
is the piece that I think Ann has quietly nurtured
in some part of her heart. Her giving doesn’t
come from a place of pride, but from a desire
to help.” Ann Lurie, he says, sets a standard of
engagement that provides an example for others,
and serves as a reminder that the children are
our future. luriechildrens.org
quality medical care and public health services
to rural communities in Kenya until it closed
in late 2012, the same year the Ann & Robert
H. Lurie Children’s Hospital opened. She gave
the Greater Chicago Food Depository a $5M
donation in 2004, which shed a spotlight
on the organization and sparked a wildfire of
contributions from others, allowing the pantry to
build a new facility on what is now called Ann
Lurie Place. Her investment portfolio focuses
on the miniaturization of technology and on
their applications to health care, a nod to her
late husband’s engineering background. She
spends most of her time in Jackson, Wyoming,
but keeps a place in Chicago so she can attend
board meetings. Just last year, Lurie was
elevated to “distinguished lifetime director,”
making her a lifetime board member. “She tries
to come to every meeting, she stays close to
the hospital, we keep her engaged in all of our
communications,” says Kary McIlwain, a Lurie
Children’s spokesperson. “In part, her donation
was a tribute to her husband, and I think that is
one of the reasons why she stays close. But she
was a pediatric nurse, so this is her jam. She’s
very interested, very engaged, but not one of
those donors who needs her name in lights.”
She does let the kids who spent time at the
hospital with her name on it sparkle, however—
quite literally. On her wrist she sports a bracelet
with charms that pediatric patients have sent to
her across the years. Were she to have a charm
for every person whose life she’s impacted,
she’d be buried in baubles: the hospital sees
more than 220,000 children each year; it
MATT HAAS
MAJOR OPERATION
From newborns to teens,
Lurie Children’s treats more than
220,000 patients each year.
MATT HAAS
JAN TERRY
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THE SMART GUIDE
DISPATCHES FROM ROUND THE GLOBE
From the creative vibes of Tinseltown and Africa’s Mother City to the hotels
that have revived the Spanish capital, the places that need to be on your
must-visit list. // By Lauren Ho
WITH ITS EVOCATIVE cityscape
of ancient ruins, impressive
basilicas, and elaborate
piazzas, alongside an
astounding artistic heritage, it’s
easy to see why Rome is one
of the world’s most captivating
cities. Now its allure has
reached new heights, thanks
to the arrival of a clutch of
new hotels that started with
the opening of The Hoxton
(thehoxton.com), followed
closely by W Rome (marriott.
com), and then Soho House
(sohohouse.com), which
launched in November 2021.
Here, 49 bedrooms and 20
long-stay apartments, along
with the brand’s signature club
offerings—including a rooftop
pool—are housed in a 10-story
building in the San Lorenzo
neighborhood. Coming soon,
the historic jewelry brand
Bulgari (bulgari.com) will
make a grand homecoming
with the opening of its latest
hotel in a 1930s building on
Piazza Augusto Imperatore,
while other global luxury
brands putting a stamp on
the Eternal City are Anantara
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LA DOLCE VITA
Brunch at Cugino at The Hoxton, Rome,
above; view over the Eternal City from
the rooftop pool of Soho House.
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IBERIAN EXCELLENCE
Clockwise from above: The spa at the
Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid; Pedro
Pena Bastos (left) in CURA, in the Four
Seasons Hotel Ritz, Lisbon; Kimiyo
Mishima’s “Work 18-CS5,” 2018, in the
Portuguese capital’s Sokyo gallery.
(anantara.com), Six Senses
(sixsenses.com), designed
by Milan-based Patricia
Urquiola, and The Rome
EDITION (editionhotels.com).
Up first for The EDITION’s
European collection, though,
is a 200-room property in the
heart of Madrid, near Puerta
de Sol, which will feature
a rooftop terrace and pool.
Madrid is, in fact, experiencing
something of a revival, thanks
to the arrival of a host of topof-the-line
hotels including the
recently launched Rosewood
Villa Magna (rosewoodhotels.
com), the Mandarin Oriental
Ritz (mandarinoriental.com),
which now occupies the
city’s iconic 110-year-old Ritz
hotel, and The Four Seasons
(fourseasons.com), which is
part of the Centro Canalejas
project, a mammoth eight-year
undertaking that has revived
a city block of seven historic
buildings in the city center, a
few steps from Kilometer Zero.
On the west coast of the
Iberian Peninsula, meanwhile,
Lisbon is seeing exceptional
development as well: the
Four Seasons Hotel Ritz
(fourseasons.com) recently
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launched a series of newly
refurbished guest rooms and
also just gained a Michelin
star for CURA, where head
chef Pedro Pena Bastos draws
inspiration from Lisbon’s rich
palette of seasonal ingredients.
The city’s gastronomy scene
continues to flourish with
the recent opening of Dear
Breakfast (dearbreakfast.com),
and Ofício (oficiolisboa.pt),
a “tasco” or street restaurant
serving elevated traditional
LISBON
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Portuguese dishes—from
stuffed spider crab to firecooked
skate—in a newly
designed setting by local
studio, Spacegram. Elsewhere
in Portugal’s capital, Sokyo
Gallery, the contemporary
ceramics art gallery from Kyoto,
has launched Sokyo Lisbon
(sokyolisbon.com), while
Barcelona-based designer
Lázaro Rosa-Violán has taken
his maximalist style to the next
level with an outrageous design
for The Ivens (theivenshotel.
com), a new hotel that takes
its inspiration from Portugal’s
history of exploration. The
city’s hospitality landscape will
be further boosted this year
with the opening of a series
of new properties, including
the much-awaited Palácio
Ludovice (palacioludovice.
com), Hotel Hotel
(hotelhotel.pt), The Curator
(curatorhotelsandresorts.
com), and an outpost from the
supremely hip Mama Shelter
(mamashelter.com) brand.
Much farther west, the
Four Seasons Napa Valley
(fourseasons.com) brings
a delightful boost to North
America’s food and wine
capital, which will soon see
the return of its Truffle Festival
(napatrufflefestival.com) as
well as the Napa Lighted Art
TASTE AND STYLE
Linguini de Lavagante from The Ivens,
Lisbon; comfort in a cottage at Auberge
Resorts’ Stanly Ranch, Napa Valley.
Festival (festivalnapavalley.org)
which is a celebration of
creative arts. Coming soon is
the opening of Stanly Ranch
(aubergeresorts.com), a 700-
acre working private ranch on
the banks of the Napa River,
which is the latest offering from
Auberge Resorts.
The Los Angeles culinary
scene continues to move
apace with the upcoming
launches of an abundance of
much anticipated restaurants
including an offering from
Tommy Salvatore (instagram.
com/tommysbeverlyhills),
who spent years cultivating
relationships at celebrity
hotspot Craig’s, and is now
opening a place of his own in
the former Bouchon space,
with chef Vartan Abgaryan.
Chef Lincoln Carson,
meanwhile, is opening a
French-inspired bistro called
Mes Amis (mesamisla.com) in
the recently opened Thompson
Hollywood (hyatt.com),
which has been designed by
London-based Tara Bernerd &
Partners to feature a bold West
Coast modernist aesthetic. In
other hotel news, designer
Kelly Wearstler blends vintage
and modern at the recently
opened 147-room Downtown
Los Angeles Proper Hotel
(properhotel.com), which
has a city-view rooftop pool
alongside two destination
restaurants in partnership with
James Beard Award-winning
local chef Suzanne Goin and
Caroline Styne. Later this year,
Soho House is set to land with
its fourth Los Angeles opening,
Little House West Hollywood
(sohohouse.com), a 34-room
bolthole set over three floors
with a courtyard bar, a new
restaurant concept and views
of the Hollywood Hills and
Downtown Los Angeles.
Elsewhere in North
America, New York’s NoMad
District and neighboring
Flatiron District have already
been making waves in the
NUNO CORREIA
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THE SMART GUIDE
FROM THE CITY TO THE SEA
Counterclockwise from below:
The Proper Hotel in Downtown L.A.;
sunloungers at Cabo Beach Club,
Cape Town; the bar at The Rockefeller,
Cape Town.
NEW YORK
culinary department with a raft
of new restaurants including
The Gallery (odogallery.nyc)
and Sushi Muse (sushimuse.
com)—a sushi delivery
service—from chef Hiroki Odo,
Evgeny Zhuravlev’s L’Adresse
(ladressenyc.com), and
Tortazo (tortazo.com) from
Rick Bayless. Soon-to-open
is the Ritz-Carlton New York,
NoMad (ritzcarlton.com) as
well as a new offering from
Virgin Hotels (virginhotels.
com), The Fifth Avenue Hotel
(thefifthavenuehotel.com)
designed by Martin Brudnizki,
and a stateside outpost of
London’s The Ned (thened.
com), which will, like its
British sibling, be housed in an
iconic, heritage-imbued space.
Cape Town continues
to prove its worth as
South Africa’s prime urban
destination, with the
launch of The Rockefeller
(newmarkhotels.com), a
new hotel in Foreshore
with a rooftop pool set
against a backdrop of Table
Mountain, Canvas Collective
(canvascollectiveafrica.com),
an ultra-luxe glamping
experience that can set up
camp across any number of
epic locations across South
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Africa, and a top-to-toe refurb
of the city’s iconic Winchester
Hotel (newmarkhotels.com) on
Sea Point Promenade. Here,
alongside the newly overhauled
signature Harvey’s Bar, is
Shoreditch House, a smokeand-fire
restaurant, which
serves up sharing plates like
the smoky braaied corn and
seared tuna tacos alongside
meat dishes such as the Dirty
Ribeye with chimichurri. At
ëlgr (elgr.co.za), chef Jesper
Nilsson serves a modern
offering that focuses on fresh
seasonal produce with dishes
like toast with lardo and
anchovy, or the cucumber and
celery salad dressed with fish
sauce, lime, and coriander,
in a low-key Scandinavianinspired
setting that takes
its cues from his Swedish
background. Meanwhile, chef
and restaurateur Andrew Kai
has launched Tomson, a bijou
Asian restaurant inspired by
the Cantonese classics—think
crispy pork belly and wonton—
that he grew up with. This
sits next to his other venture,
Max Bagels (maxbagels.com),
which now transforms into
Leo’s Wine Bar at night. On the
wine front, urbanist, curator,
and publisher Zahira Asmal
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NICHOLAS VAN DER TOUW
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Primely situated on a secluded hill rising 380 feet above the lake,
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of pristine natural landscape and 3,070 feet of private waterfront, surrounded
by more than 2,000 acres of protected land. The expansive property provides
room for private trails and a level of amenities that push the boundaries of
modern luxury living. This is where tranquility, privacy, security, and natural
beauty are paired with legendary Four Seasons service to create a singular
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has recently launched Cultivate
(cultivatecollective.co.za), an
oenophilic initiative that is
redefining the future of black
South African winemakers.
Over at the V&A Waterfront
docks, Ryan Cole—former
head chef at The Test Kitchen
and co-founder of Salsify at
The Roundhouse—has pulled
out all the stops with Cabo
Beach Club (cabobeachclub.
co.za). This new hotspot, with
its all-day beach vibes, has a
number of cool hangout spaces,
including an indulgent caviar,
champagne, and oyster deck as
well as two restaurants.
Hong Kong is another
global capital that has been
busy, most prominently with
the West Kowloon Cultural
District (westkowloon.hk),
one of the largest cultural
projects in the world. Based
on a Foster + Partners
masterplan, it has been
nearly a quarter of a century
in the making and blends
art, education, performance,
exhibition centers, green open
spaces, hotels, and dining and
entertainment venues over
100 acres of reclaimed land.
Already open is Freespace,
a venue for contemporary
ART RISING
Installation view of “Individuals,
Networks, Expressions,” above,
and Fang Lijun’s “1995.2” at
M+ Museum, Hong Kong, right.
performance; the Xiqu Centre,
a space dedicated to traditional
Chinese theater; Art Park, an
open-air exhibition destination;
and the standout M+ Museum,
which is the most recent to
debut. Most anticipated in
the months to come is the
Hong Kong Palace Museum,
a space dedicated to Chinese
art and culture, which will
house over 800 Chinese
national treasures across nine
galleries. Elsewhere, Hong
Kong’s food scene continues to
thrive with the recent opening
of both Aqua (aqua.com.hk)
and its sister brand Hutong in
the stylish new H Zentre, and
the relaunch of the renovated
Central Market (centralmarket.
hk), which occupies a 1939
listed building. Also at the
forefront of sustainable dining,
Hong Kong just received its first
Michelin Green star thanks to
the efforts of Michelin-starred
Roganic (roganic.com.hk) for
its commitment to provenance
of ingredients from local farms.
ROME CIAMPINO AIRPORT TO CITY CENTER: 8 miles
MADRID-BARAJAS AIRPORT TO CITY CENTER: 11 miles
LISBON AIRPORT TO CITY CENTER: 4 miles
NAPA COUNTY AIRPORT TO FOUR SEASONS NAPA VALLEY/STANLY RANCH:
34 miles/7 miles
HOLLYWOOD BURBANK AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES: 3 miles
HOBOKEN AIRPORT TO NEW YORK NOMAD: 6 miles
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO V&A WATERFRONT: 12 miles
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO WEST KOWLOON: 21 miles
© FANG LIJUN
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Latest happenings, onboard updates,
companywide news, and profiles.
IN-PERSON EVENTS RETURN
One of the most exciting changes for NetJets this past year was to be able to host in-person events again.
By the incredible number of RSVPs we received, it is evident our Owners are just as happy to return to in-person
engagements as we are to host them. We continue to follow proper protocols to ensure Owner safety and host as
many events as we can outdoors. The exclusive Art Basel show was a huge hit after a two-year hiatus. We welcomed
Alanis Morissette for our Super Celebration, and our sponsorship of Snow Polo in Aspen continues to fuel our
excitement for equestrian sports. We look forward to an exciting year ahead and cannot wait to see you
at one of our exclusive Owners events in 2022.
ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH
IN DECEMBER, Art Basel, a world-leading art show that connects galleries, collectors, artists, and enthusiasts, hosted its first inperson
Miami show since 2019. NetJets has been honored to support the premier art show from its inception in Miami almost
20 years ago, and we were thrilled to be part of this affair, which included 353 top international galleries from 36 countries
and territories. There were 60,000 visitors throughout the event, and VIPs were given an extra preview day, which gave Owners
time to connect in a more intimate setting with artists and art dealers. During the weekend, Owners had exclusive access to The
NetJets Lounge—an on-site reprieve from the busy exhibition, where guests could relax while enjoying the beautiful ambience and
epicurean food, such as specialty small plates, sushi, charcuterie boards, and decadent desserts. Additionally, Owners enjoyed
signature cocktails created by our on-site mixologists. The art show is the highest-attended individual Owner event we sponsor.
STYLE CENTER
The NetJets VIP room at
Art Basel Miami Beach.
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XXXX
Echo Zulu’s victory
in the NetJets
Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile Fillies race
was one highlight of a
spectacular event.
ASPEN SNOW POLO
The St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship took place at beautiful Rio
Grande Park in downtown Aspen, Colorado, on December 18 and 19.
NetJets was a proud sponsor of the exciting sporting event and hosted 20
Owners each day. In an exclusive winter experience with a picturesque
mountainous backdrop, we provided private access to a heated chalet
complete with gourmet fare and a premium bar. Owners in attendance
received an exclusive gift from NetJets. You may even have seen the
NetJets logo when this event aired on Fox Sports the day after Christmas.
We hope you can join us in 2022.
ROBERT MILLMAN (4)
SCENES FROM THE SNOW
Aspen played host to a
spectacular event in
the cold and the warm.
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RUBENS CERQUEIRA
NOTES FROM NETJETS
THE NETJETS SUPER CELEBRATION
On the Saturday before the big game in Los Angeles, Owners attended our annual Super Celebration
event. Attendees enjoyed live analysis and predictions from famed sports icons Chris Berman and
Howie Long. Nearly 100 Owners and their guests attended an exclusive live performance from Alanis
Morissette prior to attending the game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
EDDIE VEDDER PRIVATE CONCERT
This past September,
Owners were invited to
an exclusive live rehearsal
with Eddie Vedder and his
band prior to his annual
Ohana music festival.
More than 300 Owners
and guests enjoyed a
monologue given by
James Corden and an
unforgettable rendition of
Purple Rain performed
by Corden and Vedder
for the grand finale.
NetJets arranged food
trucks featuring popular
Southern California cuisine
and a photo booth for
Owners and guests to
capture memories of this
exceptional experience.
© NETJETS
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INSIDE TRACK
DIANA ORECK
Vice President, Service
Representatives and Philanthropy
WHEN DID YOU START AT NETJETS?
After 12 years leading the Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center,
I was introduced to a new role at NetJets focused on
assisting with a culture transformation. After accepting the
position and starting in January 2016, I soon conducted
80 courses related to NetJets’ strategic plan to ensure its
proper launch and implementation. In April 2019, I was
honored to be asked to stand up the fi rst Philanthropy
Department at NetJets, as well as oversee the NetJets
Service Representatives (NSRs) located at many of our
top destinations to ensure our Owners have exceptional
fl ight experiences.
WHAT DOES YOUR NORMAL DAY CONSIST OF?
Each day varies quite a bit. I start with an update on
our daily operations, followed by a check-in with the
NetJets Service Representative Leadership Team. I meet
frequently with our employee Sustainability Committee
Captains, our philanthropic partners, and the Berkshire
Hathaway Sustainability Leadership Council and Ohio
Sustainability Network, of which I am proud to be a
member. I continue to educate our organization on
NetJets’ strategic plan and philanthropy, as well as handle
the logistics for the NetJets Scholarship Program, in-kind
donations, and the signifi cant number of requests for aid
to charities received throughout the year.
JULIAN RENTZCH
NETJETS BY THE NUMBERS
GROWING
THE FLEET
$2.5 BILLION
2021-2022 aircraft investment
55 NEW AIRCRAFT
Added to the fleet in 2021
75+ ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT
Will be added in 2022
THE GLOBAL 7500
Our new flagship (below) arrived in
2021—with more to come in 2022
UP TO 100 PHENOM 300Es
Being delivered to the U.S. and Europe
THE GLOBAL 5500
Adding five within the next two years
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE YOU FACE
IN YOUR ROLE?
I am fortunate to have an incredible group of NSRs, with
more being added to our team in 2022. Coordinating
NSR coverage to best service our Owners, considering
heightened demand, special events, and seasonal
destinations, is my biggest challenge. These individuals
have incredible resilience and they embody the concept
that service is everyone’s job. In October 2021, they
earned a combined service score of 97%—absolutely
incredible heart and determination. We know our Owners
see our NSRs as a value-add and a true differentiator
in the private aviation industry. Ensuring that they have
appropriate coverage, and also a sustainable schedule, is
one of my top priorities.
© NETJETS
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NOTES FROM NETJETS
MAKE SPRING
BREAK MEMORABLE
Whether you are looking to dive into pristine Caribbean water or soak up
vibrant city life, NetJets promises a seamless and unforgettable spring break
2022. Flying with NetJets means you can enjoy exclusive benefits from our
partners, which are designed to enhance your travel experience. We invite you
to take advantage of the benefits that have been tailored for NetJets Owners,
spanning the globe from Madrid to the Maldives.
Escape to the tranquility of
Grantley Hall, a plush fivestar
hotel and wellness retreat
located on the edge of the
Yorkshire Dales. Or choose
The Great House, ideal for
anyone who is in search of
a beach destination like no
other: a luxurious, yet warm
and welcoming island home
featuring two and a half acres
in Barbados. Here are just
a few ideas for your spring
getaway—properties offering
stunning views, unique
experiences, and world-class
luxury accommodations:
CARIBBEAN DREAM
The Great House,
Barbados.
- Buffalo Trace Distillery,
Kentucky, U.S.
- Four Seasons, Jackson
Hole, U.S.
- Grantley Hall, Yorkshire
Dales, U.K.
- Nantucket, Massachusetts,
U.S.
- Oil Nut Bay,
British Virgin Islands
- SHA Wellness Clinic,
Alicante, Spain
- The Great House, Barbados
To explore our luxury resort
partners, visit our Encounters
page or access Benefits on
the Owner Portal.
© THE GREAT HOUSE BARBADOS
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I accepted and it was the best decision I’ve
ever made. September 11 happened only days
before my training date; then October dates
were canceled. This seemingly inconsequential
decision was life-altering, and without a doubt
I would not be where I am today if I hadn’t
received that call.
JULIAN RENTZCH
CREWMEMBERS IN PROFILE
DIANE McLEA
Flight Attendant and
Large Cabin Instructor
MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO FLYING WAS … at
the age of four when my family moved to São
Paulo, Brazil, from Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Growing up as an expat planted the travel bug
in me at an early age. Adventures were my
fi rst true passion, and I believed the world was
my playground. Now, a few years later, I have
visited 117 different countries—many because
of NetJets.
THE BEST PART OF FLYING IS … being able to
blend the professional with the personal. Each
week I’m surprised with a new itinerary, and
many of our destinations provide me with the
opportunity to visit friends and family around
the world. When there isn’t someone to see
wherever we land, I use the opportunity to
explore a new place or take time to get to know
my colleagues.
BEFORE JOINING THE NETJETS TEAM … I
had the honor of serving as a fl ight attendant for
Kuwait Airways and the royal family of Kuwait.
In addition to maximizing my Arabic language
skills, I was also able to forge close relationships
with members of the royal family as a trusted
support to them on their travels. In addition to
traditional duties, I also oversaw purchases of
luxury items and coordinated catering for a fl eet
of privately confi gured planes.
THE ONE DAY AT NETJETS I WON’T FORGET
WAS … my very fi rst day. Although I was
scheduled to begin my training in October 2001,
I received an offer to join the September class.
ONE THING OWNERS PROBABLY WOULDN’T
GUESS ABOUT ME IS … I frequently travel
alone to remote indigenous villages to deliver
water fi lters, food, and mosquito nets across
the globe. Typically, I am able to maximize
my travels to spend a few days living within
the village away from the modern luxuries
that many of us take for granted. I love and
appreciate the contrast of our lives with the
incredibly simple lives of the villagers I visit and
the level of contentment and happiness they
express. Some of my favorite trips have been
to Bhutan, India, Peru, Brazil, Botswana, Laos,
Namibia, and Myanmar.
ON MY DAYS OFF … I hit the road. Most of
my free time is dedicated to mission work.
Our fl exible schedule allows me to volunteer
about four times a year on surgical and dental
missions in Central and South America with The
Healing Hands Foundation in Maryland, and
Hearts, Hands & Smiles Foundation. I am one of
the few non-medical volunteers, but my fl uency
in Spanish allows me to serve as a translator in
triage, pre-op, and recovery on each mission.
We complete nearly 120 surgeries and 800
dental procedures on a single trip.
WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS, I WOULD
LIKE TO … continue to do as much of what I’m
doing today with both NetJets and the medical
mission trips, but I’d also love to identify a way
to help animals. One of my other passions is
the protection of animals, and one day I would
love to build an animal sanctuary somewhere
in the world. With NetJets, these types of global
dreams feel possible.
BEST ADVICE FOR STAYING SANE ACROSS
TIME ZONES IS … remain centered no matter
where you are in the world. My nickname at
both work and on the mission trips is Mary
Poppins. I’m known for having everything in my
bag, and with COVID-19, that bag has grown
to include vitamins, supplements, and healthy
treats to ensure a high level of immunity when
traveling across country lines and time zones.
I also recommend to my colleagues that they
step out from beyond the hotel gates and seek
connection with individuals who have created
the beauty people travel to see. Whether it is
through distinctive art, architecture, cuisine,
or culture, make an effort to embrace different
ways of life through connection.
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OWNER’S PROFILE
A DYNAMIC
APPROACH
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Anders Kirk Johansen has followed his passions at every turn,
ensuring that business and pleasure almost always mix,
from car collecting and green energy to home refurbishment.
// By Jeni Porter Photography by Robin Skjoldborg
FARMING AND BUSINESS may have been the
subjects that Anders Kirk Johansen studied, but
his truly formative years were those from the age
of 12 to almost 18, spent with his grandfather,
Godtfred Kirk Christiansen. The third son of
the founder of LEGO, Godtfred transformed
the Danish toymaker into the world-famous
brand it is today. By the time Anders was 12,
his grandfather was 70, winding down a little
and happy to have his grandson keeping him
company as he went about his business which,
besides LEGO, included expanding Billund
Airport to foster his international ambitions.
Godtfred was a true entrepreneur with a zest for
adventure and a passion for cars, both of which
he passed on to his grandson.
“He is my biggest idol, both business-wise
and as a person. He was a great entrepreneur,
understanding many things and bringing people
together. He was also a real petrol head and
liked to collect vintage cars from the 1920s and
30s which he could not afford in his youth,”
says Kirk Johansen. His father, on the other
hand, was not interested in cars. The family
villa did not even have a garage when Kirk
Johansen was growing up.
When the teenager pestered his father
about getting a sports car or a vintage model,
something for fun, his father would say, “No,
no, then we would need a garage,” remembers
Kirk Johansen. Some two decades later, when
he was planning a new car-related business
and trying to work out what to call it, these
memories coalesced.
“It has to be named My Garage. When
people ask, ‘Where is your car?’ The answer is,
‘In My Garage’—the one we didn’t have space
for and now we have it,” he says with a laugh.
Kirk Johansen made up for those teenage years
by building a large garage at his rural estate to
house his car collection, which includes several
inherited from his grandfather. His brothers kept
DRIVEN MAN
Anders Kirk Johansen at
his desk in Villa Canada.
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OWNER’S PROFILE
“I want My Garage to be a rallying point
for like-minded people, whether it is car
owners, motorcycle specialists, mechanics,
salesmen, or any other motor connoisseur.”
cars there too; visitors would frequently come by; and they
ended up holding several events in and around the site,
like a private club. The concept of My Garage, a high-end
facility for storing, selling, servicing, and socializing around
cars, stemmed from those shared experiences.
Begun in 2015 in Vejle in eastern Jutland, My Garage
comprises a vast, 215,000-square-foot space with
glass-box storage for 92 cars, service facilities, sales of
luxury marques from Rolls-Royce to Dallara Stradale,
and spaces for social events. A restaurant and wine bar
are next on the agenda, and soon there will also be more
on-site partners selling tires and other accessories. Kirk
Johansen expects sizeable profits in 2022 and is looking
to expand beyond Denmark, infusing Scandinavian
style into more traditional car centers to create vibrant
destinations for car lovers.
“It’s not a museum or a normal car shop. It’s more
like a gallery or maybe if you imagine a shopping mall
just for petrol heads and then add a restaurant, you have
My Garage.” He tries to make it accessible not just to
people like him who can afford supercars and hypercars
but also for others with treasured vintage vehicles or just
a passionate interest.
“What keeps me going is that My Garage is for
everyone,” he explains. “I want it to be a rallying
point for like-minded people, whether it is car owners,
motorcycle specialists, mechanics, salesmen, or
any other motor connoisseur.” This inclusiveness is
something else he learned from his grandfather and
tries to live by—a down-to-earth relatability that belies
the charmed life that has come, in part, thanks to those
LEGO billions.
Now 44, Kirk Johansen grew up knowing that he
would not work in the LEGO Group. His grandfather had
instituted a governing rule under which one member of
each generation would take the role of the most active
owner. This fell to his mother’s brother Kjeld, and then,
in turn, Kjeld’s son Thomas.
“My grandfather asked me all the time, ‘Anders, how
is it going with your finances? What are your thoughts
about your future?’ It was his way of telling me we
cannot all be in LEGO when we grow up,” says Kirk
Johansen. His grandfather encouraged him to follow his
heart, which, as a teenager, meant farming and cars. At
26, he bought Rohden Gods, a forestry and agricultural
estate on the edge of the Vejle Fjord where he still lives
and which now encompasses 2,100 acres.
Since 2007 the Kirk Johansen family interests have
been run through Kirk Kapital, an investing company and
family office set up with the proceeds that came when
they sold their portion of LEGO. Based in an architectural
wonder designed by standout Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur
Eliasson and his studio, Kirk Kapital is a powerhouse in
its own right. Kirk Johansen is a board member and also
works with the executive team on projects such as green
energy, a topic that interests him greatly.
It is passion projects that truly drive Kirk Johansen.
Villa Canada in Copenhagen gives him an urban base
as well as an opportunity to earn income. A beautifully
restored early-20th-century neoclassical residence, it was
initially set up for Kirk Johansen’s exclusive use before he
decided to make it available as a full-house luxury rental.
“It’s a home away from home also for me because
my first home is my estate in Jutland, therefore I hope
people will keep coming back. If they want to leave
something special, wedding photos or a pillow or
something for their dog, they can store it in a box in the
basement.” (In honor of Pippi, Kirk Johansen’s Swedish
farm dog and constant companion, dogs get special
treatment at Villa Canada.)
Built for a wealthy bourgeois family in the late
1920s, it housed the Canadian embassy for 62
years before Kirk Johansen bought it in 2011. Since
then, he has renovated and revamped the spaces
to recapture their former glory—with a touch of
contemporary pizzazz. Original features from the grand
carved staircase to elaborate cornices and wooden
wall paneling have been restored to a gleaming patina,
overlaid with a touch of Italian palazzo glamour.
Although he worked with an architect, it is a deeply
personal project, imprinted with a style far removed
from the muted palettes and natural materials of
Scandi minimalism.
“It was very important it should be my style of
home, and while there are many beautiful Danish
homes, I wanted more of an international feeling,”
says Kirk Johansen, adding that he is a fan of blues
and greens and plush velvets. “One of my style
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CANINE FRIENDLY
Kirk Johansen with
his beloved pet Pippi
on Villa Canada’s
restored staircase.
inspirations is Valentino because I love his colorful
thinking: It makes you happy.” This is most evident
in the moody living room, rich with textures and
tones that are especially notable in the deep sofas
and hand-painted French wallpaper. The dining room
has a chinoiserie feel with aqua-toned wallpaper
and the house’s original dining table and 24 chairs
resplendent in midnight blue lacquer with gold
detailing. He traveled to Verona in Italy to choose the
marble, in varying tones of russet and dark coffee,
that lines the eight bathrooms.
Kirk Johansen likens sharing the villa to being a
NetJets owner, where you also become a member of
a community. “I’m traveling a lot, and half of it is with
NetJets. It is fantastic because you don’t feel guilty
about the planes being idle when you’re not using
them, and it’s the same with the house. I will love
it if I am at home on the estate or on vacation and I
know that there’s a family in the house, discovering
Copenhagen.” Knowing that it is being used and
sensing that people have been there when he returns
keeps it alive, he says.
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TEEING OFF
BRANSON’S
NEW GAME
Nestled amid the stunning landscapes of the Ozarks, the golf courses
in and around the burgeoning Missouri city pair distinguished
pedigree with top-tier challenges. // By Farhad Heydari
EDWARD C. ROBISON III; FACING PAGE: © MATT SUESS
GREEN SCENES
The Jack Nicklaus-designed Top
of the Rock par-3 course, above.
Facing page: The remarkable
19th hole at the recently opened
Payne’s Valley by Tiger Woods.
FOR A CERTAIN GENERATION of Americans, the
Missouri city of Branson has been synonymous
with music, variety, comedy, and theme shows
for the better part of half a century, ever since the
likes of Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson,
and Andy Williams decamped to this corner of
the Ozarks and their showbiz friends and devoted
disciples followed in droves. But nowadays,
another pastime is quickly eclipsing all the glitzy
productions and entertainment offerings here in
the heartland—and that’s golf.
Thanks largely to the vision of one native,
conservationist and founder of Bass Pro Shops,
Johnny Morris, the Show-Me State has quickly
established itself as a serious golfing mecca,
courtesy of his outsized and expansive Big Cedar
Lodge resort (golfbigcedar.com): a sprawling
4,600-acre retreat situated in woodland alongside
Table Rock Lake, which he acquired in 1987.
Twenty-five years later, having established it
as an unsurpassed conduit to the great outdoors,
Morris turned his attention to another of his
open-air passions: golf. He took ownership of the
former Branson Creek Golf Club on 450 nearby
acres, brought in the noted architect Tom Fazio,
who gave it a wholesale renovation, and opened
it a year later as Buffalo Ridge: a brawny 7,036-
yard routing surrounded by hillsides and prairie
grasses where herds of roaming bison graze.
Today, alongside Buffalo Ridge, which in
2019 was ranked as the No. 1 Public Golf Course
You Can Play in Missouri by Golfweek, Morris’s
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Midwestern golfing lotusland features a pair of
other superlative 18-hole championship tracks
(more on those shortly) as well as a couple of
absolutely terrific “short” or par-3 courses, one
conceived by Jack Nicklaus in 2014 and another
completed by Gary Player in 2017. These are
not the chip-and-putt venues of yesteryear. The
Nicklaus-designed nine-hole Top of the Rock Golf
Course was the first-ever par-3 layout included in
a PGA TOUR-sanctioned event, while Mountain
Top by Gary Player is a bonsai-perfect 13-hole
track through ancient rock formations, both
featuring some of the best vistas in the region.
But most who make the pilgrimage to this part
of the world will do so for the 18-hole loops—and
few venues can compete with the natural majesty
of Ozarks National, by renowned architects
Bill Coore and former Masters champion Ben
Crenshaw. The duo, who work selectively and
only on the best of projects, have sketched a
7,036-yard masterpiece that almost levitates
above the beauty of the region on a series of
wooded ridgeline tentacles. No surprise, then,
that in addition to the stunning views in every
direction, since its debut in April 2019, it’s been
showered with endless praise—first as Best New
Public Course in 2019 by Golf Digest and a year
later in 2020 as Best Course You Can Play in
Missouri by Golfweek.
As if this emerald tableau (which, come
the autumn, is framed by a vibrant fall foliagescape
akin to a burnt-umber Bob Ross-colored
landscape) wasn’t already alluring enough,
hackers and low-handicappers alike can now
avail themselves of the first fully public-access
course in the world completed by Tiger Woods:
Payne’s Valley. Named in honor of the late
PGA TOUR player Payne Stewart, the 19-hole
course (you read that correctly) opened for
play in September 2020 and is routed around
monumental waterfalls, wandering creeks,
ponds, and lakes stretching to 7,370 yards. Its
add-on final hole is a knee-knocking, bet-settling
136-yard par-3 playing into a 200-ft cliffside
island green surrounded by a flowing stream
running down exposed limestone.
The entire five-course offering is anchored
by the sprawling encampment that is Big Cedar
resort, consisting of a collection of rustic-chic
(think: taxidermy, exposed beams, handmade
throws, and locally sourced toiletries) rooms and
suites plus standalone log cabins, lodges, and
villas with working fireplaces and kitchens that
draw families and friends to this corner of the
Hackers and low-handicappers alike can
now avail themselves of the first fully publicaccess
course in the world by Tiger Woods.
© LEDGE STONE
EDWARD C. ROBISON III; OUTSIDE RIGHT: © OZARKS NATIONAL
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Ozarks for its unparalleled variety of nature-based
experiences including fishing, boating, hiking,
shooting, and more. For those 36-a-day types
who wish to stay on the links, a trio of outsized
lodges have just debuted, all done up to topspec
and available for small groups, corporate
retreats or multigenerational families. There is,
of course, a full complement of no fewer than a
dozen restaurants and bars, plus shops, cafés,
and even a sprawling museum dedicated to the
natural history of the area and Native American
artifacts and artwork.
Not all the golf, however, is demarcated
within Big Cedar. The state’s No. 1 ranked
course, according to GolfPass, is Branson Hills
(bransonhillsgolfclub.com): a tight thriller of
a track conceived by Chuck Smith and Bobby
Clampett that deserves the accolade, wending its
way through valleys of mature trees that require
forced carries over rock outcroppings and deep
bunkers; and LedgeStone (ledgestonegolf.com),
one of the area’s most popular and eye-catching
courses, highlights the region’s mountainous
terrain. In all, there are now no fewer than ten
courses to challenge golfers, with a few more
already on the drawing board—guaranteeing
that Branson’s next influx of enthusiasts will be
devotees of the great game.
BRANSON AIRPORT TO BIG CEDAR RESORT: 12 miles
GOLFING NIRVANA
Clockwise from top left: Mountain Top;
Ozarks National; Buffalo Ridge;
Branson Hills; LedgeStone.
© BRANSON HILLS
© BUFFALO RIDGE
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TEEING OFF
N O T T H E U S U A L S U S P E C T S
EDISON GOLF
Terry Koehler refers to himself as a “wedge
contrarian.” While many OEMs were filling racks
with different sole designs, Koehler created the
one-size-fits-all “Koehler sole” that is so often
imitated today. In contrast to wedges with weight
concentrated in the club’s sole to get the ball
airborne, he was designing wedges with a higher
center of gravity. Why? Because his decades
of experience and testing have shown that it’s
the best way for recreational golfers to hit their
short shots more consistently. And now other
club designers are following suit. Founded in
2018 by Koehler and fellow golf industry lifer
Trace MacDougall, Edison allows Koehler to push
short-game innovation, even when it cuts against
the consensus. The brand recently expanded its
line to cover the entire gamut of wedge lofts.
edisonwedges.com
SWAG
Swag is the hottest company in golf. Nick Venson
launched it in 2018 with the goal of creating a
“truly badass” putter. He and his team have
since applied their inimitable visual style to
everything from headcovers to skateboards to
pickleball paddles—and sold out every item
in seconds. With its bold, in-your-face graphics,
you might think Swag is all style and no
substance. Take a closer look at its putters,
and you’ll see that isn’t the case. Before
launching the company, Venson worked for
Scotty Cameron and Bettinardi where he developed
an unparalleled eye for detail. This comes
through in the way that his refinements elevate
traditional putter designs. Each putter comes off
the CNC mill nearly 100% complete, removing
any room for inconsistency or imperfection.
swag.golf
GEOM
Nothing in Garret Krynski’s background would
lead you to believe that he would become a club
maker, which may be why Geom’s clubs look
like nothing else. A graphic designer by trade,
Garret started Geom in 2018 after sculpting a
putter to fit both his unique aesthetic and playing
preferences. Fast- forward to 2022 and Geom
has become a fixture in the minimalist golf
movement for its Moe and Lee irons. These
ultra-clean designs are sold primarily in short
sets—3 or 4 irons—to allow players to carry
less weight and focus on shotmaking. The
absence of badging and branding lets players
customize the look of their irons with unorthodox
finishes, flashy ferrules, and personalized
stamping. geomgolf.com
R E B E L B A L L S
PIPER GOLF
Founder Mike Gottfried played
golf for 30 years but was still
confused about which golf ball
to buy. His solution: Launch
Piper Golf and make choosing
the right ball easier. piper.golf
SUGAR GOLF
Sugar’s signature golf ball
does the most impressive
Pro V1 impression that I’ve
seen, and for a price that
makes losing one a lot more
palatable. sugar.golf
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These niche golf club manufacturers offer a different perspective on the game—
from exceptional customization to avant-garde design. // By Matt Saternus
JP GOLF
James Patrick “JP” Harrington takes the phrase
“rise and grind” literally. His career started with
a bang in 2006, grinding a set of MacGregor irons
for PGA Tour player Aaron Baddeley. From there,
Harrington created his own line of wedges in his
parents’ Wisconsin garage. After four years and
a tidal wave of internet buzz, he was approached
to create “JP by Titleist” wedges. Harrington left
Titleist in 2018 to create JP Golf, this time in the
sunnier climes of San Diego. His latest creations
are some of the most visually stunning clubs in
golf. They also take a unique approach to the sole:
JP puts the focus on camber, an under-discussed
aspect of sole design, with the goal of creating
perfect contact from any lie.
jpgolf.com
NATIONAL CUSTOM WORKS
When most people say “custom golf clubs” they’re
talking about choosing the best off-the-rack
options. At National Custom Works, “custom”
means a lot more. Every NCW iron starts as a
blank slab of metal before it’s put into the hands
of master club builders Don White and Jeff McCoy.
Both men have created clubs for professional
Tour winners—Don White has 14 majors to
his credit—and they take into account each
customer’s preferred look, sole shape, and ball
flight when making these bespoke clubs. This level
of personalization isn’t cheap or fast (the lead time
can be between two and ten months), but if you’d
like the same hands that built Jack Nicklaus’s
irons to make yours, this is the only game in town.
nationalcustomworks.com
EDEL
Most golf companies like to position themselves as
groundbreaking, but few can back that up like Edel.
Created by David Edel in 1996, his eponymous firm
has a long history of taking chances on big ideas.
Bryson DeChambeau came to Edel when he first
decided to play single-length irons. Edel was one
of the first to create a putter with zero torque, an
idea that’s become more common in the last few
years. Edel’s latest innovation brings them back to
the short game. The brand’s new SMS wedges take
the unique sole designs that Edel’s wedges were
always known for and adds movable weights. While
most golfers have seen these in drivers, Edel has
shown that they can have an equally big impact
in wedges, where the correct fit can increase spin
rates and shrink dispersion. edelgolf.com
CLEAR
While many new ball companies
promote lower prices, Clear goes
in the opposite direction, claiming
super-premium performance at a
higher-than-Pro V1 price.
cleargolf.com
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SNELL GOLF
WIth 29 years of experience and 40
patents to his name, Dean Snell brings
unprecedented credibility to the
direct-to-consumer golf ball market.
snellgolf.com
ONCORE
Perimeter weighting is common in
golf clubs, but OnCore applies this
technology to its golf balls in search
of tighter dispersion and enhanced
wind performance. oncoregolf.com
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LIVING WELL
NATURE’S CURE
JÖRN KASPUHL
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Body and mind are both improved with time in the
great outdoors—it’s a truism that dates back to ancient proverbs
and is backed up by cutting-edge science. // By Jen Murphy
IT WAS PARACELSUS, the 16th-century German-Swiss physician,
who presciently declared, “The art of healing comes from nature,
not from the physician.” Fast-forward to an era of urban living
and non-stop screen time and doctors are now prescribing time
outdoors as the best cure for ailments ranging from depression
to diabetes.
Japanese culture has long believed in the curative powers of
nature. Research by Japanese scientist Dr. Qing Li, an expert in the
powers of “shinrin-yoku,” or forest bathing, has shown 50% of the
positive health effects of forest bathing come from the chemistry of
the forest air, which has a higher oxygen content compared to an
urban setting. Health benefits are also linked to plant chemicals
called phytoncides, natural oils that are part of a plant’s defense
system. Human exposure to phytoncides have been shown to
reduce physiological stress, blood pressure, and heart rate.
The concept of forest bathing is as simple as slowly walking
through a tree-filled area, quieting the mind and breathing deeply.
Great thinkers and creatives such as John Muir, Hippocrates,
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LIVING WELL
“THE CONCEPT OF FOREST
BATHING IS AS SIMPLE AS SLOWLY
WALKING THROUGH A TREE-
FILLED AREA, QUIETING THE MIND,
AND BREATHING DEEPLY.”
Henry David Thoreau, and Nikola Tesla found inspiration on walks
in the woods. But forests aren’t the only natural landscapes that
yield benefi ts. At a time when humans are more nature-deprived
than ever before, any outdoor fi x, be it a walk on the beach or
ramble through urban gardens, will do. Studies have shown
exposure to any natural stimuli can lower blood pressure, boost
immune function, reduce stress hormone levels, improve mood,
and promote immune-system function.
People evolved in natural environments, but urbanization, the
industrialization of agriculture, and a shift to a sedentary lifestyle
have destroyed our relationship with nature. In 1950, around
30% of the world’s population lived in urban areas. By 2018,
that number was 55%, and, by 2050, it is projected to be 68%.
And the work-from-home, Zoom-meeting culture has us spending
more time than ever indoors. On average, Americans spend
93% of their day inside. A rapidly growing body of evidence
shows restoring access to nature can alleviate some of the most
signifi cant public-health problems, including obesity, stress,
violence, and social isolation.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for nature-
based therapy. During the lockdown in England in 2020, a survey
showed 85% of adults reported that being in nature makes them
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happy and those who visited natural space in the last seven days
reported being happier than those that hadn’t.
A free miracle drug sounds too good to be true, but there is
a growing movement of medical centers and doctors around the
world prescribing nature remedies ranging from general advice to
get outside at least three times a week to specifi c instructions such
as walking in a park for one hour a day. The U.S. now has over 100
provider-based nature prescription programs, while countries like
Scotland now have trained ecotherapists, and doctors in Australia
have been prescribing greener workspaces to improve both health
of workers as well as productivity and job satisfaction.
A pill-free answer to a happier, healthier lifestyle is as easy as
walking out your front door. Read on for more inspiration that will
get you outside.
Melanie Webb
The Park City, Utah-based owner of WebbWell and
author of “Adventures in Mother Nature’s Gym,” runs
luxury wellness retreats and nature immersions.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
How did you personally
discover the healing powers
of nature?
After working as a wildlife
biologist in Southern Utah I
took myself out of nature and
lived in Washington D.C.,
working as an environmental
consultant for the federal
government. I lived to work,
putting in 11 hours, six days a
week, and kept getting sick. I
didn’t realize I was burning out,
and it took leaving that job and
spending time in nature again
to regain my health as well
as clarity on what I wanted
to do—help others rediscover
themselves through nature.
What benefi ts are there to
being outdoors rather than
indoors, whether it’s working
out or writing emails?
Studies show that when you do
activity outside versus inside
your systolic blood pressure
can drop up to 10%. Also,
the cognitive frontal cortex
of the brain gets a reboot
and restorative break when
exposed to the sights, smells,
and sounds of nature. Those
natural soundscapes and
landscapes we evolved with
soothe the most primal part of
our brain.
What can clients expect from
your retreats?
I partner with different luxury
properties located in wild
places, like Vermejo (left), a Ted
Turner Reserve set on 550,000
acres in New Mexico, to lead
four- to seven-day, all-inclusive
retreats programmed with
guided mind-body workouts,
breathing meditations, and
outdoor excursions. Activities
might include outdoor yoga,
horseback riding, hiking,
and mountain biking, and
all meals are sourced locally
and sustainably to provide
nourishment. The focus is
getting people to move their
bodies in a nature-rich place.
How is an immersion
different from a retreat and
who benefi ts most from an
immersion?
Immersions are longer, one-onone,
10- to 21-day trips focused
on mental and emotional
transformation. For real change
to happen from within, you
need time and solitude in
nature. These programs have
been popular with what I
like to call power players in
recovery, or successful business
owners who look in the mirror
one day and realize their next
project is them.
What’s included in
an immersion?
Immersions include pre-trip
discovery meetings, nutritionist
evaluations and three-month
customized meal plans, up
to four hours a day of
breathwork, meditation, and
outdoor fi tness activities plus
remote follow-up coaching.
What are some of your
favorite retreat and immersion
destinations?
Kivik, a trapped-in-time
fi shing village in Österlen,
Sweden, and Todos Santos,
a bohemian beach community
in Baja, Mexico. webbwell.com
“The brain gets a reboot and
restorative break when exposed to the sights,
smells, and sounds of nature.”
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LIVING WELL
ISTOCK
GADGETS TO GIVE YOU A DOSE
OF THE OUTDOORS INDOORS
WAVE PREMIUM SLEEP THERAPY
SOUND MACHINE
The sounds of city sirens and noisy
neighbors don’t produce sweet dreams.
Drown out the distractions with a choice
of six soothing soundtracks, including
the lullaby of rain pattering and streams
burbling. An optional sleep timer shuts off
the machine after 15, 30, or 60 minutes,
and it’s compact enough to fit in your carryon
bag for travel. pureenrichment.com
HATCH RESTORE
SUNRISE ALARM CLOCK
Morning sunlight affects your circadian rhythm
and signals to your body that it’s time to wake up.
Research suggests when you wake up due to sunlight,
your body will naturally shake off sleep grogginess
and be more alert. This smart sleep device’s sunrise
alarm mimics morning light and pairs it with gentle
sounds like lapping ocean waves. hatch.co
NATURESPACE APP
Calm anxiety or fuel creativity with this free app that transports users to
serene natural environments. Cutting-edge recording technology recreates
natural soundscapes ranging from a rainforest in Hawaii at sunset to a
north woods lake with soft waves and crickets chirping at night, with
remarkable accuracy. Choose from over 120 natural spaces, averaging
12-plus minutes. naturespace.org
Must-Reads on Nature as Medicine
INTO THE FOREST
How Trees Can Help You Find Health
and Happiness by Dr. Qing Li
A deep-dive into forest medicine
by one of the foremost experts in
the Japanese art of “shinrin-yoku,”
or forest bathing.
THE NATURE FIX
Why Nature Makes Us Happier,
Healthier, and More Creative
by Florence Williams
A compelling investigation into
whether time spent in nature
can improve both the quality
and quantity of life.
THE HEARTBEAT
OF TREES
Embracing Our Ancient
Bond with Forests and Nature
by Peter Wohlleben
The follow-up to the German
forester’s bestseller, “The Hidden Life
of Trees,” draws on new scientific
discoveries to show how humans
can rekindle their connection to the
natural world.
NATURAL REMEDY
A Story of Depression and Healing,
by Richard Mabey
A powerful memoir that relates
distance from nature to a larger
problem in modern life and a tale
of how the author’s re-engagement
with nature leads him out of
his depression.
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Move Your Workout Outdoors
INSTEAD OF THE EXERCISE BIKE
Book a self-guided or group cycling trip in the Swiss Alps with
luxury bike tour operator Butterfield & Robinson. Electric bikes
make Tour de France-worthy climbs accessible to all.
butterfield.com
INSTEAD OF THE TREADMILL
Hit the ground in the Dolomites (left) on a guided trail-running
vacation with outfitter Dolomite Mountains. Run along the Alta
Via N.1, one of the region’s famous high routes, over five days
sleeping in mountain huts or boutique hotels along the way.
dolomitemountains.com
INSTEAD OF THE ROWING MACHINE
Get out on the water in a kayak with adventure outfitter OARS.
Itineraries in Baja, Mexico island hop around the Sea of Cortez and
promise wildlife encounters with seals and whales. oars.com
INSTEAD OF THE SKI ERG
Explore the wilderness of Banff National Park in Canada on Nordic
skis. Base yourself out of Skoki Lodge, which can only be reached
by gliding along a seven-mile ski trail. Once there, you’ll have five
adjoining valleys to discover on skis. skoki.com
Jared Hanley
The co-founder and CEO of NatureQuant,
a new company based in Bend, Oregon,
which optimizes technology to track, assess,
and promote nature exposure.
There are apps that track
steps, sleep quality, heart
rate, and more, but an app
that monitors time spent
outdoors is novel. How exactly
does it work? Doctors are
already prescribing time
outside, but there’s no way
to monitor or quantify it.
Our app, NatureDose, acts
as a personalized nature
prescription tracker that
monitors your aggregate time
inside, outside and exposed
to nature.
The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) recommends we get
10,000 steps a day. How
much nature exposure should
we be aiming for? There is no
consensus, but most doctors
writing nature prescriptions
suggest getting outside for
two hours a week. That is
what we’re using as our base.
Research shows if you get that
amount of nature per week it
will improve your mental and
physical wellbeing.
How do you quantify nature?
We’ve created NatureScore, a
mapping system that captures
every tree, body of water,
grassland and other natural
elements as well as human
elements, like buildings, down
to 10 meters. This allows us
to determine the quality and
quantity of natural elements
for a location. A score of zero,
for example, is a largely built
environment, where 100 is a
largely natural environment.
We’ve mapped and created a
score for every census tract in the
U.S. and Canada, and Europe
will be finished later this year.
Can these scores serve as
health predictors for cities?
NatureScores are superpredictive
of a lot of health
outcomes. We know, based
on data from the CDC, that
there is a correlation between
obesity, cancer, asthma, and
mental stress based on location.
Research shows that for every
10% increase in greenness
within a 0.5-kilometer radius
of where you live, your chance
of all-cause mortality death is
reduced by four percent.
What implications do these
scores have for urban
planning? Right now, the
Arbor Day Foundation is
using our data to determine
“There is a correlation between
obesity, cancer, asthma, and
mental stress based on location.”
where access to nature isn’t
equitable in cities. They can
take those nature-deficient
scores to donors and then
use our data to show how
tree planting in certain
neighborhoods could affect
the rates of obesity as much
as five percent in 30 years.
Is a walk in Manhattan
equivalent to a hike in
Colorado? If you’re in a park
or formal natural area you are
scored 100% credit for your
time there so every minute
you spend in the park counts
as a one-minute dose of
nature. If you’re walking in
downtown Boulder, Colorado,
versus the foothills, you may
get credited 40 seconds of
nature for every minute. In
Manhattan or the Las Vegas
strip, one minute outside
might only be equivalent to 10
seconds of nature.
JULIAN RENTZSCH
Do different types of nature
have more powerful benefits?
For example, is a walk in a
forest better than a walk on
the beach? We’ve found that
desert is not as beneficial
as water and water is not as
beneficial as live vegetative
biomass, like trees and forests,
but all of it is better than
anything human modified.
Will you gamify the app?
We have plans to add features
like reminders to get off your
screen because you haven’t
been outside in two days.
We hope to partner with
different organizations to create
challenges with motivations
like a coupon for REI if you hit
a certain number of minutes in
nature per month. We foresee
insurance companies and
employers using the technology
to incentivize healthier living.
naturequant.com
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LIVING WELL
TOP RETREATS
TO SOAK IN NATURE’S
HEALING POWERS
These off-the-grid escapes complement their wild landscapes
with five-star comforts and amenities.
© WEBER ARCTIC
1 2
CELINE FRERS
1. ARCTIC WATCH WILDERNESS LODGE, CANADA
The most northerly fly-in lodge on Earth has 16 private
cabins and your only neighbors are polar bears, muskox,
and Arctic foxes. Explore the surrounding tundra by ebike
or ATV or take to the water on paddleboards or kayaks. For
the ultimate whale-watching experience, visit in summer
when thousands of beluga whales congregate in a bay
just a 15-minute walk from the lodge. weberarctic.com
ARCTIC WILDERNESS LODGE AERODROME: 1 mile
2. EXPLORA EL CHALTÉN, ARGENTINA
Experience the wilds of southernmost South America
at this 20-room lodge set within Los Huemules Reserve,
a private 14,300-acre parcel devoted to the preservation
of native flora and fauna. Guided activities range from
ice hiking on glaciers to treks to dazzling Desert Lake.
explora.com
EL CALAFATE AIRPORT: 135 miles
3. GANGTEY LODGE, BHUTAN
An all-suite adventure base overlooking Phobjikha Valley,
Gangtey Lodge delivers an experience steeped in both
nature and culture. The valley is laced with trekking trails
that wind through blue pine forests and past endangered
black-necked crane roosting grounds. Mountain biking is
also top-notch, with trails that lead to local villages and farflung
monasteries. At day’s end, reward your efforts with
a traditional hot-stone bath. gangteylodge.com
BATHPALATHANG AIRPORT: 89 miles
4. THE GREEN O, GREENOUGH, MONTANA
A new adults-only hideaway from the owners of luxe
glamping outfit Paws Up is tucked away in a dense patch
of towering pines on the southern edge of its 37,000-
acre sister property. Twelve architecturally striking
accommodations include treehouses perched 23 feet
in the air and curvy round houses that have bedrooms
with 180-degree forest views. thegreeno.com
MISSOULA AIRPORT: 38 miles
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5. KASIIYA PAPAGAYO, COSTA RICA
With just nine spacious tented suites set on 123 acres of
untouched jungle between a hill and two dreamy beaches,
this 100% off-the-grid eco retreat feels like your own
private island. Floor-to-ceiling windows make it easy to spot
monkeys from your bed, but you’ll eventually want to get up
to snorkel, kayak, and hike around the grounds or venture
further on surf safaris and boat expeditions to marine-rich
reefs and wildlife-filled mangroves. kasiiya.com
LIBERIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 24 miles
6. LITTLE KULALA CAMP, SOSSUSVLEI, NAMIBIA
The closest base to the renowned dunes of Sossusvlei, Little
Kulala Camp is set within the 67,000-acre Kulala Wilderness
Reserve. Nicknamed “the Living Desert,” this region is
home to desert-adapted wildlife like ostrich, aardwolf, and
dune lark. One of the darkest places on Earth, stargazing is
unrivaled and each of the camp’s 11 suites features rooftop
beds for starry sleep outs. wilderness-safaris.com
HOSEA KUTAKO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 237 miles
7. RIFFLIN’ HITCH LODGE, LABRADOR, CANADA
Immersed in the solitude of deep wilderness, Rifflin’ Hitch
Lodge is an angler’s paradise located steps from the Eagle
River, one of the top Atlantic salmon-producing rivers
in North America. Seven rustic, yet elegantly appointed
rooms feature paintings from Canadian folk artists and
goose-down comforters. Over-the-top meals might include
your catch of the day cooked on an open-fire riverside or a
wine-paired evening feast showcasing the regional bounty.
rifflinhitchlodge.com
GOOSE BAY AIRPORT TO HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY:
6 miles (then helicopter transfer to Rifflin’)
8. AURORA SAFARI CAMP, SWEDEN
This Arctic glamping experience in remote Swedish Lapland
offers the unique experience of hot-air ballooning under
the aurora borealis. Snowshoe and fatbike quiet forest
trails in winter; kayak and swim out to a floating sauna
in summer. aurorasafaricamp.com
KIRUNA AIRPORT: 165 miles
9. 3 SPEAR RANCH, DUBOIS, WYOMING
Located in the small cowboy town of Dubois, this eightcabin
luxe ranch is a 90-minute drive from the grandeur
of Yellowstone National Park and an hour from the majesty
of Grand Teton National Park. Nestled on 1,200 acres,
the property has plenty of natural attractions to keep you
on site, from warm springs to hiking and horseriding trails
and two lakes for fishing. 3spearranch.com
DUBOIS WYOMING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT: 5 miles
10. ARDFIN, JURA, SCOTLAND
George Orwell described Jura, an isolated island in the
Inner Hebrides, as “an extremely un-get-at-able place”.
Ardfin, a 12,000-acre estate on the southern tip of the
island, is worth the effort to reach. Outdoor pursuits
include golfing on what’s been called the greatest course
on the planet, kayaking, deer stalking, and exploring
endless trails, including one that passes Barnhill, the
house where Orwell completed “1984.” ardfin.com
ISLAY AIRPORT: 19 miles
11. CAP KAROSO, SUMBA, INDONESIA
Opening in September, this eco-haven situated on
pristine Karoso beach in southwest Sumba Island boasts
47 rooms, 20 oceanfront villas and a sustainable farm
run by a local Sumbanese team. Local-led excursions
include snorkeling the calm waters of Karoso Lagoon,
hiking to waterfalls, and getting schooled in the island’s
signature sport, Sandalwood Pony riding. capkaroso.com
TAMBOLAKA AIRPORT: 30 miles
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DESIGN DIGEST
SHAPING UP
A sofa and mezze
from the Salon
Nanà collection
by Annabel Karim
Kassar for Moroso.
THOUGHTFUL
FURNITURE
Stuck at home during the pandemic like the rest of us, furniture designers
were busy—and their new ideas for how we can live range from
delightfully whimsical to hyper-functional. // By Fiona McCarthy
AFTER A TWO-YEAR hiatus, the design world converged on a warm,
blue-skied Milan last September for the 59th edition of the famed
Salone del Mobile furniture fair. Here, the world’s best designers,
manufacturers, and industry movers and shakers in furniture,
lighting, homewares, and interior fixtures and fittings were welcomed
by a city delighted to be back in business and to prove that, after
months of being cooped up at home and communicating via
Zoom, creativity still thrives. Here we share are our hot investment
picks from the fair for freshening up your post-pandemic interiors.
GEOMETRIC GRAPHICS
Bold, graphic shapes teamed with sharp, smart edges and
geometric patterns marked many of the standout pieces at Salone,
especially those influenced by 1970s design like Cassina’s Dudet
armchair by Patricia Urquiola (cassina.com), made of two curved
arms and a padded seat that can all be disassembled for easy
recycling. The same rounded edges appeared in Driade’s Tottori
seats and tables designed by the Ukrainian industrial designer
Kateryna Sokolova (driade.com), where the clean-lined bucket
shapes of the chair, armchair, and sofa echo the polypropylene
injection molded shells of Robin Day’s chairs in the 1960s
(although Sokolova’s come upholstered in fabric or leather).
Christophe Delcourt’s folded origami-style Keren armchair and
Fany table for Baxter (baxter.it) also followed a similar aesthetic.
The retro 1970s lived on too in Cristina Celestino’s Gala seating
for Saba (sabaitalia.it)—where the designer, who loves to draw on
fashion for inspiration—channelled the way plissé fabric folds and
Pierre Cardin’s sculptural silhouettes to create a modular system
where the backrest flows in a pleated shape with structured curves
that can adapt to seating poufs of different depths back and front.
Similarly, Lebanese designer duo david/nicolas developed Victoria
for Tacchini (tacchini.it)—a modular system of long, rounded
armchairs, sofas, chaises longues, and ottomans with shapes like
puffy marshmallows, supported by a zigzagging, tubular frame.
The assorted chaise longues of Antonio Citterio’s Noonu for B&B
Italia (bebitalia.com)—named after an atoll in the Maldives—were
designed to fit together in different graphic configurations, forming
your very own floating archipelago sofa retreat. French designer
Constance Guisset also took inspiration from far-away places—
this time Iceland, and its landscape’s geometric forms shaped by
lava—for Pierre Frey’s Dolmen seating system (pierrefrey.com).
Designed to evolve with need and desire, the individual elements
of footstools, benches, backrests, tables, and armrests can be used
alone, separately or in multiple versions. Modularity in graphic
form continued with Annabel Karim Kassar’s Salon Nanà collection
for Moroso (moroso.it), where the London-based French-Lebanese
architect developed seating in clean, simple shapes (which can
be upholstered in primary-colored linen, cotton or velvet, or
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Moroccan-inspired stripes), supported by oversized rounded
bolsters, and side tables decorated with bold Moorish motifs.
Graphic woodworking came to the fore with pieces such as the
hexagonally faceted Château chair and side table, made in solid
oak, mahogany or walnut, by L.A.-based Atelier de Troupe
(atelierdetroupe.com) and French interior designer Dorothée
Meilichzon’s Panarea armchair. The latter’s shape is informed
by the classic Adirondack chair, but with a rounded back and its
detailing contrasted in ash and mahogany with its slats affixed with
“butterflies” by master craftsman Morelato Ebanisteria. It was made
in collaboration with Doppia Firma (doppiafirma.com), a project by
Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’arte with Living Corriere della
Sera devised to marry designers with artisans to create unique
and original works (presented at Salone by the Michelangelo
Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship). Influences of
Japanese modernism, 1970s curves, and just a tiny hint of Frank
Lloyd Wright came to fruition in Hannes Peer’s Paesaggio collection
for SEM (Spotti Edizioni Milano, sem-milano.com), where pieces
such as the Alea chair, Muir sofa and Butterfly dining table, were
finished in richly hued solid woods (walnut, mahogany-stained ash).
Geometric pattern brought GamFratesi’s pigmented woven-leather
Plot room divider to vivid life for Poltrona Frau (poltronafrau.
com), as did the woven cotton and paper horizontal stripes
and elongated cylindrical shape of the limited-edition Royal bar
cabinet by Armani/Casa (armani.com). Meanwhile, Moroso’s
Secret Cubic Shelves are at a distance a filigree of rhythmic
zigzagging lines but up close, a play on Icelandic-Danish artist
Olafur Eliasson’s long-term work with stackable rhomboid modules
(like the stainless steel “Less ego wall,” 2015, and the towering
sculptural installation “How to build a sphere out of cubes,” 2018).
OUTDOOR IMITATING INDOORS
It was unsurprising that outdoor furniture —parading as indoor
furniture—proved a highlight during last year’s Salone. With the
garden well and truly now considered a key additional room to any
home, there is an increasing interchange between what we can use
outside and in. New technologies are bringing exciting innovations
to not only the look but feel of weather-resistant materials such
as the woven polypropylene cord used by Parisian designer
Christophe Pillet for Flexform’s Echoes outdoor seating (flexform.
it), in both an armchair and chaise longue, which intimated the
same aesthetic appeal of vintage rattan. That same 1950s Riviera
vibe also flowed through GamFratesi’s Lido Cord Outdoor collection
for Minotti (minotti.com), where Danish architect Stine Gam and
Italian architect Enrico Fratesi brought an undulating asymmetric
form to the shape of a sofa, supported by a sculptural bronzehued
aluminum base, or nest-like seating with wooden legs for
the chairs (there are footstools and tables also in the collection).
It was easy to see how these pieces would work just as well
inside—especially where being subjected to the rough and tumble
of children and pets—which was certainly not an idea lost on
Poltrona Frau (poltronafrau.com) with the inaugural launch of its
Boundless Living collection, and particularly The Secret Garden
range, created to go from terrace to conservatory, spa or poolside
to yacht. With pieces such as the solid teak, Scandi-style curved
armchair and stoneware-topped table by Roberto Lazzeroni, the
rope-woven high-backed Solaria armchair by Ludovica + Roberto
Palomba, and the Sparkler portable and rechargeable lanterns by
Milan-based Japanese designer Kensaku Oshiro (which instantly
inspire summer days spent by the sea but would look just as great,
in groups of three or five, on tables or the floor inside), it was a
sophisticated welcome to blurring the boundaries of in/out design.
Advances in eco-friendly fabrics for upholstery and rugs —made
from recycled plastic bottles or recycled polyester fibers, among
other materials—are changing the way designers look at how
we live and how they want to design for us in the future. Take
Piero Lissoni, B&B Italia’s artistic director and his new Borea
outdoor collection (bebitalia.com), made from recyclable tubular
aluminum structures, cushions and sewing yarns fashioned from
plastic bottle fibers, tops poured from melted slabs of Mount Etna
volcanic lava stone and glazed with recycled glass (made by
crushing and grinding the glass of discarded TV and PC monitors).
FURNITURE FOR THE FUTURE Clockwise from top left: GamFratesi’s Plot room divider for Poltrona Frau; a Ringer dining armchair from Kettal, designed by Michael Anastassiades;
sofa from the Lido Cord Outdoor collection by GamFratesi for Minotti; Antonio Citterio’s Noonu chaise longue for B&B Italia; Christophe Delcourt’s Fany table for Baxter.
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DESIGN DIGEST
The post-modernist geometric edge of teaming a square seat
with a rounded horseshoe-shaped backrest brought Ringer, the
London-based designer Michael Anastassiades’s fi rst collection
for Spanish brand Kettal (kettal.com), a fresh take on outdoor
café dining. Similar explorations of aluminum fabrication brought
a light touch to Ludovica + Roberto Palomba’s HiRay welded
wire collection for Kartell (kartell.com), where the fi ne metal
lines fl owed together to create sensual, sculptural—but alluringly
transparent—chairs and sofa, as well as bistro and side tables.
In a more oversized version, the generous, rounded lounging
forms of Venexia, Venetian-born, Stockholm-based designer Luca
Nichetto’s latest collection for Ethimo (ethimo.com), where the
thin metal slats were inspired by old-fashioned railings, provided
a romantic contrast to the brand’s other additions, including the
minimalist and streamlined Allaperto pieces by Matteo Thun
and Antonio Rodriguez, and Marco Lavit’s teepee-style outdoor
lounge, Hut (with its slatted surround made from Siberian larch).
PLAYFULNESS PREDOMINATES
Lifting the pandemic-pounded spirits lay at the heart of many
of the collections shown at Salone, and no more so than in the
magical world of Alcova (alcova.xyz), an independent design
platform developed by Italian multidisciplinary studios Space
Caviar and Studio Vedèt, which is always a fair highlight. Here,
within the setting of three historical buildings—peeling paint and
romantically derelict spaces inside, overgrown with greenery
and surrounded by verdant urban parkland outside—the New
York-based lighting designer Lindsey Adelman (lindseyadelman.
com) offset a room of pastel walls and intricately patterned tiled
fl oors by fi lling it with her punk-meets-couture Murano glass
and brass link Paradise lighting, which was reminiscent of
Chanel and wouldn’t go amiss on the latest fashion catwalks.
Equally enchanting—with the color turned to full volume—
was British designer Bethan Laura Wood’s Ornate collaboration
with renowned Nilufar gallerist Nina Yashar (nilufar.com),
bursting with Memphis-inspired hues, intricate curves, and
allusions to myriad infl uences, from Wood’s love of kimonos to
embracing high- (CNC-milled anodised aluminum) and lowtech
(veneer marquetry) craftsmanship. Art director, graphic
designer, and Factory Records co-founder Peter Saville brought
the same daring eye he once deployed for Joy Division and
Roxy Music album covers into a new collection of multicolored
fabrics for Kvadrat (kvadrat.dk). Inspired by the vibrant colors
used to mark fl ocks of sheep, the range of rugs, upholstery,
and curtain fabrics were interwoven with rainbow hues, some
subtly imbued with tiny fi laments intimating computer pixels,
others woven in wafting ombre swathes to cotton candy effect.
The 1980s Memphis infl uence resonated elsewhere too,
particularly in many of Spanish-born, Milan-based architectural
designer and creative director Patricia Urquiola’s new pieces,
including the candy-striped inlaid marble legs of her Architexture
table collection for Budri (budri.com), the cartoonish graffi ti
squiggles of the hand-knotted Himalayan wool Venus Power rugs
she had designed for cc-tapis (the same mood too echoed in the
rug brand’s block-colored Ombra collection by Muller Van Severen
which launched at the same time, cc-tapis.com), and the extralight
low tables, Simoon, made from recycled and chopped Murano
glass that Urquiola designed for Glas Italia (glasitalia.com).
Abet Laminati (abetlaminati.com)—and its design curators
Giulio Iacchetti and Matteo Ragni—also celebrated the 40th
anniversary of the Memphis movement with Superfi ciale, a
collection of intensely graphic laminated furnishings, accessories
and lighting, as part of their exhibition “Super Superfi ci – The
Spirit of Memphis (reloaded).” Meanwhile, George Sowden
(one of Ettore Sottsass’s Memphis co-founders, georgesowden.
com) launched SowdenLight’s gelato-hued Shades collection,
fashioned from silicone in a myriad of confi guration possibilities.
Playfulness also manifested in the invitingly soft, rounded and
low-lying shapes of new designs such as Draga & Aurel’s 1970sinspired
Barret curled leather armchair for Baxter (baxter.it);
Cassina’s reissue of the Soriana sofa and armchair designed by
Afra and Tobia Scarpa in 1969 (today redeveloped to include
eco-friendly BioFoam fi lling and recycled blown fi ber padding,
cassina.com); Adam Goodrum’s Big Talk snaking, swirling boldly
striped modular lounge chair (inspired by the Victorian loveseat)
for Swedish furniture brand Blå Station (blastation.com); and
De Sede’s DS-602 back-to-back island seating, upholstered in
marbled magnifi cences (desede.ch). All proved ideal for recreating
a hint of the psychedelic plush sunken living rooms of yesteryear.
At Rossana Orlandi’s eponymous gallery in Milan’s hip and leafy
residential San Vittore district (rossanaorlandi.com), fi rst founded in
2002 in an old tie factory and now a leading global authority in the
ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE COMPANIES
LIGHT THE WAY From left: lamps from George Sowden’s Shades collection; Patricia Urquiola’s Simoon tables, designed for Glas Italia;
fabrics created by Peter Savile for Kvadrat.
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est of new, innovative, and daring design, Diederik Schneemann
drew on discarded collections of matchboxes, pins, postcards, or toy
fi gurines (including hundreds of Smurfs) to fashion Cherished vases,
mirrors and cabinets in a bid to reframe how we value materials.
Other materials joyfully reimagined included Hermès’ organically
shaped Sillage d’Hermès armchair by Indian architect Bij oy Jain
and his practice Studio Mumbai, where a wooden chair handcrafted
in Puglia was then hand-coated with a papier-mâché compound
made of cellulose microfi bers, before being varnished and hand
painted with graphic stripes (hermes.com). The pretty hues
and crackled fi nish of London-based Nature Squared’s CArrelé
eggshell tiles (naturesquared.com), created by the brand’s chief
material innovator Elaine Yan Ling Ng, also showcased at Rossana
Orlandi, ingeniously reconsidered an everyday by-product of the
food industry (sourced from local bakeries and farms based near
Nature Squared’s factory in Cebu in the Philippines) as an excitingly
sustainable, strong and UV-resistant construction material.
MARBLE & STONE
While vividly veined marbles and jewel-toned stones have
been enjoying their moment in the designs of show-stopping
bathrooms and kitchens over the past few years, their use
in furniture has remained largely confi ned to tabletops and
fi replaces. The Bolzano-born architect (and current designworld
darling) Hannes Peer aimed to change all that during
September’s Salone when he showcased Lamina, a marble
tabletop set on interlocking, intersecting triangular-shaped marble
slabs which supposedly also all packs fl at, as well as Marmini,
a chaise longue and armchair, each composed of juxtaposed
triangular shapes. Both were produced in collaboration with
Paris-based studio La Chance (lachance.paris) in his own
elegantly modernist apartment in Milan’s Politecnico district.
American industrial designer Stephen Burks’ Friends table mirror
and Neighbors wall-mounted mirror for Salvatori (salvatorioffi cial.
com), the third-generation Italian stone specialist, took a more
humorous approach to demonstrating the company’s almost
70-year history of admired craftsmanship by also refl ecting
Burks’ hope for us all to be reunited again post-pandemic (where
the use of stones such as Rosso Francia, Giallo Siena, Verde
Guatemala and Nero Marquinia abstractly represented “the
diversity of faces in the world”). For other designers, marble or
stone provided an added layer of texture, elevating the simplicity
of silhouette and form, as in Patricia Urquiola’s Sengu dining table
for Cassina (cassina.com), where the layering of wood, marble,
and ceramic together created a subtle but tactile textural effect.
Sweeping planes of Palissandro marble, relying on gravity as
a structural force where separate cantilevered shelves can be
moved according to need (to form a shelf or table), featured in
Australian furniture maker Fred Ganim’s Mass functional objets
d’art for London-based studio Agglomerati (agglomerati.com). In
the same spirit, after Poltrona Frau (poltronafrau.com) discovered
a large, rare piece of deep sage green Rosso Lepanto marble,
marked by red and violet tones, the leading Italian brand invited
the designer Roberto Lazzeroni to create an object to further
amplify the beauty and uniqueness of the stone’s character.
The Infi nito table, with feet carved from single blocks of white
Carrara marble, milled by a robotic arm to Lazzeroni’s special
dimensions, imitating opening tree branches, did exactly that.
Meanwhile, with sustainability increasingly on every designer’s
mind, Studiopepe’s Arianna Lelli Mami and Chiara Di Pinto
(studiopepe.info) fashioned a set of Dadaist-inspired coffee and
side tables from patchworked slices of scrapped marble and
terrazzo, so named Ritagli after the Italian word “ritagliare” (to
cut out). In collaboration with Italian design innovator Mille997
(mille997.com), young Milan-based design duo Cara \ Davide
(headed up by South African Cara Judd and Italian Davide
Gramatica) created two small Archivio tables by repurposing
single sheets of archived Verde Lapponia granite and Calacatta
Viola marble, simply slicing the material into smaller pieces
and reassembling it in a grid pattern of solids and voids.
For Dutch designer Stefan Scholten’s fi rst solo project since
separating two years ago from Scholten & Baij ings, the design studio
he ran with his wife Carole Baij ings, he masterminded The Stone
House (stefanscholten.com). Celebrating the beauty and versatility
of upcycling stone waste, he worked in collaboration with Stone
Made Italy and Morseletto to marry traditional Italian stonemason’s
techniques (such as terrazzo, mosaic, and marmorino) with
marble and travertine saw residue, broken chunks and grit to
produce chairs, tables, benches, and even a stone “carpet” while
avoiding the use of non-degradable adhesives to bind the stone.
Truly a marvel—and representative of the wonderfully outside-thebox
thinking that is suffusing the post-pandemic design world.
CAST IN THE STONE Clockwise from top left: The Sengu dining table by Patricia Urquiola for Cassina; Fred Ganim’s Mass Medium (configuration b) for Agglomerati;
Marmini lounge chair by Hannes Peer for La Chance.
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ON LOCATION
MEXICO
NOW
RUPERT PEACE, © HOTEL TERRESTRE (INSET)
Soulful, sunny, and sophisticated, the country’s hospitality scene
has never been better, with coastal enclaves and cities alike
turning into world-class destinations. // By Bruce Wallin
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AMID THE GREEN
A Cliff Villa at One&Only Mandarina.
Inset: a terrace at Hotel Terrestre
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ON LOCATION
PACIFIC HEIGHTS
Clockwise from far left: A One&Only
Mandarina pool; one of Four Seasons Resort
Tamarindo’s 157 rooms; One&Only Mandarina’s
spectacular location; Ana Martínez of Conrad
Punta de Mita’s Agave Studio; the restaurant
at Casona Sforza; one of that resort’s Alberto
Kalach-designed villas; on the beach at Four
Seasons Resort Tamarindo.
MEXICO IS HAVING a moment. Impelled by escapist yearnings—and,
not insignificantly, an open-door policy—travelers have flocked to
the country’s shores throughout the tumult of the 2020s. But as
the decade settles down, the growing appeal of this geographically
and culturally diverse nation promises to spread far beyond the
Cabos and Cancuns. From the surf-pounded coast of Oaxaca to the
colorful streets of Querétaro, new hotels, resorts, and restaurants—
and even alternatives to tequila—are making Mexico more of an
essential destination than ever before.
PACIFIC COAST
Nature and culture collide in spectacular fashion along the
mainland’s west coast, where Mexico’s upscale evolution is surging
full speed ahead. The incomparable Costalegre—a sprawling and
still-wild region dotted with sublime (and surreal) resorts like
Careyes—is restaking its claim as Mexico’s most exclusive stretch
with the April opening of the Four Seasons Resort Tamarindo
(fourseasons.com). Blessed with a spectacular setting between
Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta, the 157-room resort—and the
property’s David Fleming-designed golf course—unfolds over 3,000
acres of jungle and three swimmable beaches. North of Vallarta,
meanwhile, the Riviera Nayarit has made a sybaritic splash with
recent debuts including One&Only Mandarina (oneandonlyresorts.
com) on a dramatic coastal ridge, and the Conrad Punta de Mita
(hilton.com/en/conrad) on a made-for-families sandy beach. The
new Susurros del Corazón from Auberge Resorts (aubergeresorts.
com), opening this summer, promises to extend the region’s streak.
Kayaking, snorkeling, surfing, and other ocean-based activities
are all close at hand thanks to the resort’s setting on a nearly
2,000-foot-long beach. Three pools located just up from the sand
anchor the 59-suite property, which will also include 30 Aubergebranded
residences plus four restaurants, an 11-room spa, and a
children’s club. Naviva, A Four Seasons Resort, Punta Mita, a
collection of 15 luxury tents, will also open later this year. Along a
pristine stretch south of Zihuatanejo, the regenerative resort Playa
Viva (see “Extreme Green,” page 56) just unveiled six manta-rayinspired
treehouses to add to its collection of highly creative—and
thoroughly sustainable—accommodations. The nearby Hotelito
by MUSA (stayatmusa.mx) opens this year as part of what’s
planned as a minimalist, self-sustaining community of homes and
contemporary surf shacks on a 165-acre beachfront site flanked
by palm groves. A member of Design Hotels, the 13-room Hotelito
will reflect the eclectic nature of the community’s founders—the
Mexican-Canadian couple behind LOOT, a local architecture,
construction, retail, and surf-lifestyle brand. Mexican architect
Alberto Kalach is behind two new retreats in the Oaxcan coastal
town of Puerto Escondido. The adults-only Casona Sforza (see
“Oaxacan by Design,” page 58) opened last year on a forested
perch where the Colotepec River meets the sea. A collaboration
between Kalach and Mexico’s Grupo Habita, Hotel Terrestre
(terrestrehotel.com) debuts this year with 14 wood, brick,
and concrete villas, each with private pool. The Design Hotels
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RAICILLA REVOLUTION
Tequila is still king in Jalisco, but another agave-based spirit—
raicilla—is staking its claim in connoisseur circles. Long the
moonshine to tequila’s bourbon, raicilla finally received its due in
2019, when the Mexican government bestowed upon it a Jalisco
Denominación de Origen. More refined versions of the spirit—which
can be made from any agave variety except for tequila’s blue
weber–soon followed. “There’s artisanal raicilla and ancestral
raicilla. Raicilla from the mountains and raicilla from the coast,”
says expert Ana Martínez, who leads the tasting program at the
Conrad Punta de Mita resort’s Agave Studio. “It’s amazing the
quality that we have now, in just a couple years.” Here, Martínez
shares a few of her favorite pours, which she suggests enjoying as
they do in Mexico—as “besitos,” or little kisses.
LA REINA hails from the town
of Atenguillo, at nearly 5,500
feet elevation in the Sierra
Madre. The 100% organic
distillery crafts artisanal
and ancestral raicillas,
the latter made with pre-
Hispanic stills. “It’s the same
agave maximiliana, but the
ancestral is more intense in
flavor because of the still.”
raicillalareina.com
HACIENDA EL DIVISADERO
makes raicillas from a range
of agaves, including one that
requires 14 years to mature.
“It’s very traditional, very
herbal.” The distillery, set
in the mountains outside
of Puerto Vallarta, also
produces versatile agave
blends ideal for cocktails.
haciendaeldivisadero.com
LAS PERLAS DE JALISCO
is a raicilla de costa made
from single-origin amarillo
and verde agaves cooked in an
underground oven for 72
hours. Its “very intense”
character—marked by citrus,
vegetal, and floral flavors—
distinguishes this spirit from
its mountain counterparts.
raicillalasperlas.com
LA ESTANCIA is made from
agave maximiliana in the
historic mining town of San
Sebastián del Oeste. The agave
ferments in old Jack Daniel’s
barrels before being bottled
in hand-crafted vessels made
from recycled Coca-Cola
bottles. estancia-raicilla.com
THE AGAVE STUDIO is
experimenting with its own
raicillas—of Martínez’s
making. “I have one aging in
brandy barrels and another in
sherry barrels. We’re not
selling them; it’s only for
the tasting experience.”
hilton.com/en/conrad
CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: RUPERT PEACE, CHRISTIAN HORAN, RUPERT PEACE, © CONRAD PUNTA MITA, JPARK STUDIO, ALEX KROTKOV, CHRISTIAN HORAN
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ON LOCATION
RISING UP
Breakfast at Habitas Bacalar and,
far right, a view over its lake; a
freestanding bath at Etéreo, center.
member was built entirely with local materials and will operate
completely off-grid.
YUCATÁN AND THE CARIBBEAN
Crystal-clear cenotes, white-sand beaches, jungle-shrouded
Mayan ruins—the Yucatán Peninsula is awash in both natural and
man-made wonders. The latter include some of the planet’s most
popular tropical resorts, many of which can be found along the
Riviera Maya. Stretching south from Cancun to Tulum, the region
is augmenting its already considerable crop of luxury properties
with an influx of idyllic upstarts in 2022. First up is Auberge
Resorts Collection’s Etéreo (aubergeresorts.com), which opened
in December as the inaugural hotel in the new Kanai development.
The 75-room retreat is set amid mangroves along a pristine section
of the community’s 1.2-mile-long beach. The world’s secondlargest
barrier reef is just 250 feet offshore, while five restaurants,
two swimming pools, a children’s club, and Kanai’s two 18-hole
golf courses support life back on land. Also coming to this new
Riviera Maya resort community is the St. Regis Kanai (st-regis.
marriott.com), which is scheduled to open by year’s end with 124
rooms and suites plus 32 villas with private pools. Inspired by
Mayan astronomy, the resort’s connected semicircular structures
will maximize views of both sea and stars from private terraces.
The Kanai’s collection of elite retreats continues with the opening
of the Riviera Maya Edition (editionhotels.com) in late 2022.
The property—the Edition brand’s first in Mexico—will feature
180 rooms and suites plus a sprawling outdoor deck made for
epic events and parties. The party never stops in Tulum, which
welcomed its first international luxury brand in January with the
opening of the Conrad Tulum (hilton.com/en/conrad). With 11
restaurants and bars and more than 50,000-square-foot of event
space, the beachfront property promises to honor the bohemian
beach town’s revelrous roots. Offering a secluded escape from the
party scene, Casa Chablé (chablehotels.com) will debut later this
year in the Sian Ka’an reserve outside of Tulum. Sibling property
to the beloved Chablé Yucatán outside of Mérida, the 10-residence
boutique hotel is set on a white-sand islet where guests can watch
the sun rise over the Caribbean on one side and set over the Sian
Ka’an lagoon on the other. The Yucatán’s Lake Bacalar has become
another insider alternative to Tulum, with its implausibly blue
EXTREME
GREEN
David Leventhal is the founder
of Regenerative Travel, a
global collection of hotels
and resorts committed to
going above and beyond the
concept of conservation.
Among the group’s properties
is Leventhal’s own PLAYA
VIVA (playaviva.com), a luxe
eco-retreat 30 miles south of
Zihuatanejo that just debuted
six mind-blowing manta-rayshaped
treehouses.
WHAT IS REGENERATIVE
TRAVEL? The simple answer is
a move from doing less damage
to doing more good. How did
this place get to be the way it
is? What was the role of man
in degrading what was once
here? And what’s our role in
bringing back the abundance of
what was once here? That can
happen anywhere.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK
LIKE AT PLAYA VIVA? It’s
everything from mangrove
restoration to reforesting the
200 acres of what was once a
coastal forest and got degraded
into a coconut, mango, and
tamarind grove. And that’s
just on our property. In the
community we’re focusing
on education, health, and
economic development—it’s
not just about providing jobs.
And now we’re doing an entire
watershed regeneration project.
Playa Viva is set at the base
of this lagoon, which is formed
by the Juluchuca River. If that
watershed is dirty, Playa Viva
is dirty. Most people think
they’re only responsible for
what’s happening within their
four walls. We understand
that we’re responsible for the
downstream effect and the
upstream effect of what we do.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR
NEW TREEHOUSES. I don’t
like doing Bali in Mexico. It’s
important from a regenerative
standpoint that we honor place,
and that what we do here is
of here. The treehouses were
inspired by manta rays—it’s
like a mama manta ray coming
out of the water and getting
stuck in the trees as she comes
back down.
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waters and wellness-themed retreats. Habitas Bacalar (ourhabitas.
com) elevated the area’s eco-spiritual vibe when it opened last
summer with 35 cabanas, some perched along the lake’s iridescent
shore. Temazcal ceremonies, floating meditations, and stand-uppaddleboard
yoga sessions embrace both the beauty and quirks of
the Bacalar region. At the opposite end of the spectrum, Cancun
will see its most anticipated debut in decades when the 150-suite
Waldorf Astoria Cancun (hilton.com/en/waldorf-astoria/) opens
this fall on a 100-acre beachfront site.
BAJA PENINSULA
Nowhere is the move beyond Mexico’s tried-and-true beach towns
more evident than in the southern reaches of the Baja Peninsula.
The Los Cabos corridor—the wild and wildly popular stretch where
the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific Ocean at peninsula’s tip—still
beckons with its unmatched arsenal of ultra-luxe resorts. But savvy
travelers are straying north, east, and west in search of laid-back
locales with an upscale streak of their own. Long the anti-Cabo
option for artists, surfers, and spiritualists, Todos Santos is taking it
up a notch in 2022. The area, which spills down from a hilltop town
to a series of smaller beach communities, will see its finest resort
reopen in November when Rancho Pescadero (ranchopescadero.
com) reemerges from a nearly four-year-long rebuild. Essentially all
new, the beachfront retreat will be home to 103 rooms including 12
ocean villas, 10 penthouses, and a hacienda suite. A beach club
and lounge will bring a Greek Island vibe to Todos Santos, while
an “ethnobotanical” culinary program will offer guests the chance
to harvest their own ingredients in an organic garden. Guests of
Habitas Todos Santos (ourhabitas.com), opening by mid-2022,
can visit the resort’s onsite dog sanctuary or head to the adventure
lodge for surfing, biking, and hiking excursions. Set amid coconut
palms and cacti on an oceanfront dune, the property will feature
35 desert-hued rooms, a beach club, and a communal space
designed for small concerts and screenings. Across the peninsula
from Todos Santos, on the serene East Cape, the resort community
of Costa Palmas is a world apart. Already home to a beach club,
a superyacht marina, a Robert Trent Jones II golf course, and a
Four Seasons resort, this Sea of Cortez stunner will soon welcome
Aman’s first hotel in Mexico. Scheduled to open in 2024, Amanvari
(aman.com) will break the Baja mold with its collection of suites
and four- to seven-bedroom residences, anchored by a main
pavilion with restaurants, a library, and a 90-foot infinity pool. An
A NEW DAWN
A treehouse
at Playa Viva
KEVIN STEELE
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ON LOCATION
MEXICAN SCENES
From left:
Whitewashed
alcoves in Casa
Polanco; Monte
Uzulu, San
Agustinillo;
Habitas Bacalar
on its eponymous
lake; Enrique
Olvera’s Carao
at One&Only
Mandarina,
Riviera Nayarit.
easy hop north by superyacht from Costa Palmas, the historic port
town of La Paz is the jumping-off point for epic excursions ranging
from whale-shark diving in the Sea of Cortez to sandboarding in
the coastal dunes. The 1950s-era Perla (hamakhotels.com)—John
Steinbeck’s novella “The Pearl” is set in the city—is reopening in
October after a top-to-bottom refit. The landmark property sits on
the “malecón” (esplanade) at the base of the Queen’s Pier, named
in tribute to Queen Elizabeth II’s 1983 visit to La Paz.
THE CITIES
While their beach-resort brethren have long been the favorite
ones—especially in the era of social distancing—Mexico’s
myriad metropolises are primed for a popularity boost, anchored
by a new wave of eye-catching hotels from Monterrey to San
Miguel de Allende.
The capital kicked things off last October with the debut of The
Ritz-Carlton, Mexico City (ritzcarlton.com). Perched high in a
tower above Paseo de Reforma and Chapultepec Park, the financialdistrict
newcomer affords inspiring views from every room, most
of all the sprawling terrace of the nearly 2,000-square-foot Ritz-
Carlton Suite. Opening this spring, Casa Polanco (casapolanco.
com) provides an alternative view of the capital, occupying a
1940s mansion in the city’s luxury-retail-and-restaurant epicenter.
The neocolonial villa underwent an exhaustive restoration and
conversion led by architect Claudio Gantous and mother-daughter
interior designers Monica Romo and Monica Novelo. The result
is an exclusive 19-room retreat filled with period antiques and
intimate amenities like a private restaurant and honor bar.
The perennially—and deservedly—popular city of San Miguel
de Allende is also witnessing a compelling conversion with the
OAXACAN BY DESIGN
Indigenous textiles, black pottery, colorful wooden alebrijes—Oaxaca’s inimitable arts and crafts have long lured professional decorators to this culturally
rich southern state. The region’s revered artistic traditions are on display at a trio of new boutique hotels, from the cobblestoned colonial heart of the
capital city to the rugged tropical shores of the Pacific coast. Set in a 17th-century mansion near Oaxaca City’s central plaza, HOTEL SIN NOMBRE
(hotelsinnombre.com) opened as a 22-room retreat in 2020 after a meticulous restoration led by Portuguese architect João Boto Caeiro. A central
courtyard connects to a grand staircase lined with Teotitlán del Valle textiles by Oaxacan master Rey David. Elsewhere, discover a contemporary (read: neon)
interpretation of a traditional Mixtec goldsmith design by local artist Sabino Guisu and black-and-white nudes by photographer Alberto “El Negrito” Ibáñez.
Marketers have rendered the phrase “small Mexican fishing village” meaningless over the years, but San Agustinillo is the real deal. The languid Oaxacan
coastal town unfolds over a series of three bays backed by the jungles of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains. MONTE UZULU (monteuzulu.com), which debuted
in 2020, offers views of both jungle and sea from its 11 bohemian suites. Mexico City studio Taller LU’UM sourced works from throughout the country for the
wood-and-stone spaces, which include macuili furniture by local carpenters and hand-woven bedspreads from Teotitlán del Valle.
Opened last year in the surf city of Puerto Escondido, CASONA SFORZA (casonasforza.com) features rugs from Teotitlán del Valle, textiles from
Oaxaca Valley, and glassware, pottery, and cabinetry from the local workshops of Pueblo del Sol, a sustainable community project that the hotel helps
support. Eleven suites are set within an elegantly asymmetrical amalgam of arches and vaults by the Mexican architect Alberto Kalach. Head out from your
suite for surfing, whale watching, and other Pacific-based pursuits, as well as immersive full-day art tours of Pueblo del Sol.
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opening of La Valise San Miguel de Allende (lavalise.com) in
May. Set amid San Miguel’s spired churches, leafy zocalós,
contemporary art galleries, and colonial mansions, the six-suite
hideaway offers a haven in the city’s heart. An expansive garden
area includes a swimming pool and an installation by Mexican
surrealist Pedro Friedeberg.
Positioned both geographically and culturally between
San Miguel and Mexico City, Querétaro is typically ignored by
international tourists. But the city of some one million residents—
and ample colonial charms of its own, including a pink 18th-century
aqueduct—is raising its profile in 2022 with the debut of two
game-changing hotels. Marriott’s Luxury Collection will introduce its
first Hacienda property outside of the Yucatán with the opening of
Hacienda Carretas (the-luxury-collection.marriott.com). The 16thcentury
estate is undergoing a renovation by Legorreta Arquitectos
and, when completed later this year, will feature 61 residential-style
rooms with aqueduct views. Displaying Querétaro’s contemporary
side, the Hércules (hamakhotels.com) is part of a new retail
development with restaurants, boutiques, and galleries. The hotel,
scheduled to open in October, will include its own craft brewery—
apt for a city with one of Mexico’s best beer scenes. Some of the
country’s finest wineries are also close at hand, and the Hércules will
offer viticultural tours of Querétaro and surrounds.
Similarly overlooked by most foreigners, Monterrey is a stunning
contemporary city squeezed amid three rugged mountain ranges in
Mexico’s arid north. Outdoor adventures are aplenty, but Mexico’s
wealthiest per-capita city also offers first-rate barbecue, historic
neighborhoods, and world-class museums. The new JW Marriott
Monterrey Valle (marriott.com) is a hub for excursions both natural
and cultural, with Chipinque National Park and the Museum of
Contemporary Art, MARCO, each within a 10-minute drive. Opened
last May, the hotel features 250 rooms and suites with views of
the surrounding peaks. JW Marriott is also coming to the Jalisco
capital of Guadalajara—home to tequila and mariachi music—with
the opening of the JW Marriott Hotel Guadalajara later this year.
ENRIQUE
OLVERA’S
QUICK
BITES
Enrique Olvera catapulted
Mexico City’s food scene into
the future when he opened
Pujol at the turn of the 21st
century. A couple of decades
on, and the 46-year-old chef
and restaurateur continues
to shatter preconceptions
of Mexican cuisine. His
latest effort, Carao at
ONE&ONLY MANDARINA
(oneandonlyresorts.com),
pairs his forward-thinking
fare with the rich culinary
traditions of coastal Nayarit.
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
DISH FROM THE
RIVIERA NAYARIT?
The zarandeado fish is a
classic of the region. It is
marinated in an “adobo,” a
mixture of spices and chilis.
I like that it usually goes to
the center of the table—it
is a dish to share with friends
and family, with cold beer,
and hopefully with the ocean
right in front of your eyes.
Of course, we have our
version in Carao at One&Only
Mandarina.
WHAT ARE YOU MOST
EXCITED ABOUT WITH
MEXICO CITY’S FOOD
SCENE RIGHT NOW? Mexico
City is fantastic because there
are always a thousand things
going on; there are always new
projects brewing in every way.
For me, that’s the incredible thing
about the city. I’m more into
classic restaurants in the city—I
really like Rosetta by Elena
Reygadas and Máximo Bistrot
by Eduardo García and Gabriela
López. For drinks at night I really
like Tokio bar in Colonia Juárez
and, of course, Ticuchi, our agave
distillates bar.
YOUR AFFINITY FOR
OAXACA IS WELL KNOWN.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT
OAXACAN CUISINE THAT
YOU LOVE, AND WHAT ARE
A FEW FAVORITE SPOTS?
I love the richness and
above all the generosity that
there is in Oaxaca, in every
sense—in its landscapes, in
the vegetables and fruits of the
region, and the flavors offered
by its different cuisines. In
the warmth of the friends who
always welcome me there.
I love to visit the markets.
Casa Oaxaca is always a stop
in Oaxaca and, of course,
Alfonsina, a restaurant with
amazing local food—simple
with no pretensions but deep
in flavors.
WHERE ELSE DO YOU LIKE
TO GO FOR AN ESCAPE
IN MEXICO? I love Baja
California. The beauty of the
desert meeting the ocean is
something that captivates
me every time I have the
opportunity to go.
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SOUL
Along with the intricate mechanics of this season’s
sport watches, the smartest of straps add a sublime finishing touch.
Photography by Xavier Young // Production by Elisa Vallata
Above, from left:
Facing page, from far left:
HUBLOT
Big Bang Unico
Titanium Blue Ceramic,
with 44 mm satinfinished
and polished
titanium case;
microblasted blue
ceramic bezel; waterresistant
to 100 m;
blue rubber strap.
PANERAI
Submersible Bianco,
with 42 mm brushed
steel case; brushedsteel
counterclockwise
rotating bezel with
graduated scale;
water-resistant
to 300 m; military
green rubber strap.
PIAGET
Polo Chronograph,
with 42 mm steel
case; silvered dial
with luminescent
indexes and blue
counters; self-winding
movement; date
at 6 o’clock; blue
rubber strap.
BREITLING
Superocean Heritage B01
Chronograph 44, with 44
mm stainless steel case;
unidirectional bezel
with polished ceramic
ring; self-winding
movement; waterresistant
to 200 m;
blue rubber strap.
ZENITH
DEFY El Primero 21
Ultrablue, with 44 mm
microblasted titanium
case; self-winding, highfrequency
chronograph
movement; powerreserve
indication at 12
o’clock; blue and black
rubber strap.
OMEGA
Seamaster Aqua Terra
150m Co-Axial Master
Chronometer Small
Seconds, with 41 mm
stainless steel case;
brushed silvery beige
dial; water-resistant
to 150 m; beige rubber
strap.
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Above, from left:
Facing page, from left:
PATEK PHILIPPE
Aquanaut ref. 5168G,
with 42.2 mm white
gold case; khaki green
embossed dial; gold
applied numerals
with luminescent
coating; khaki green
rubber strap.
BREGUET
Marine Date 5517
Titanium, with 40 mm
titanium case; sunburst
slate gray dial; Breguet
signature hour and
minute hands; waterresistant
to 100 m;
black rubber strap.
CHOPARD
Mille Miglia GTS
Automatic Speed black,
with 43 mm scratchresistant
DLC-coated
blackened steel case;
rubber strap inspired
by 1960s Dunlop
racing tires.
AUDEMARS PIGUET
Royal Oak Offshore
Selfwinding Chronograph,
with 43 mm stainless
steel case; smoked
light brown dial with
“Méga Tapisserie”
pattern; light brown
rubber strap.
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NOLA
IS BACK,
AGAIN
The food scene in New Orleans
is hotter than ever, with a raft
of new restaurants and
bars upping the culinary ante.
// By Jeremy Wayne
BIG EASY, BIG CHOICE
Top row, from left: Donald Link’s Cochon; côte de boeuf from Chemin à la Mer;
tapas restaurant Bésame; Mister Mao’s chef and restaurateur Sophina Uong.
Bottom row; from left: Kashmiri Hot Chicken Benedict from Mister Mao; Eric
Cook of Saint John; grilled oysters from Cochon.
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RANDY SCHMIDT
GOURMET GUIDE
NO CITY IN NORTH AMERICA respects its food
heritage quite as much as New Orleans. Its
rich Louisiana Creole traditions are kept alive
in po’ boy shops and laid-back jazz cafés—and
especially in its storied restaurants, many of them
well over a century old. But while that tradition
continues and notwithstanding the pandemic
(or perhaps because of it—“resilient,” after all, is
New Orleans’ middle name), new restaurants of
real quality are opening at an almost furious rate.
Take Miss River (missrivernola.com), the
signature, lobby-level restaurant in the swish new
Four Seasons hotel, which chef Alon Shaya says
is his “love letter to New Orleans, Louisiana.” It’s
already a very hot ticket, with duck and andouille
gumbo, an indecently rich blue crab au gratin,
and an even richer clay pot dirty rice—with blushpink
duck breast, duck-egg yolk and creamy liver
pâté—among the showstoppers.
For its second restaurant, meanwhile, Chemin
à la Mer (cheminalamer.com), with panoramic
views of the Mississippi River, Four Seasons has
snagged the renowned Louisiana chef, writer,
PICTURE PERFECT
Booths at Saint John, Eric
Cook’s “new restaurant
with an old soul.”
and James Beard Award winner Donald Link. At
Chemin, he thickens the seafood gumbo with okra
and stock, as opposed to a traditional roux, and
prepares a superb duck confit with white bean
pistou. A massive côte de boeuf here serves four.
Passionate about Cajun cooking, Link,
whose other restaurants in the city include
Herbsaint (herbsaint.com), Cochon Butcher
(cochonbutcher.com), Pêche (pecherestaurant.
com), and Gianna (giannarestaurant.com), has
spent time in Haiti discovering its origins. At
Cochon (cochonrestaurant.com), his restaurant
in the Warehouse District, where crowds waited
online for tables pre-pandemic, folks are already
coming back in droves for the restaurant’s
soft, pillowy boudin, which Link describes as
“basically a farmer’s snack,” and following it with
gulf fish or rabbit from the wood-burning oven, or
the eponymous Louisiana “cochon” in a variety
of iterations.
A notable newcomer, one which also takes
Haitian-Creole traditions as its inspiration, Fritai
(fritai.com) started life as a stall in the refined St.
There’s room for everybody if the quality
is good. Or as Eric Cook succinctly puts it,
“A chessboard needs all pieces.”
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Roch Market. Half-Haitian chef and patron Charly
Pierre’s short but punchy menu includes a tasty
avocado and plantain sandwich, alongside Haitian
“legim epina” (smothered greens with mirliton)
and braised shrimp with a richly textured Creole
sauce. He serves many of his dishes with pikliz, a
tangy Haitian pickled cabbage condiment.
Located in the new Virgin Hotels, with its
self-styled Funny Library Coffee Shop and—
honestly—a humanoid white bunny rabbit
reclining in an armchair, the Commons Club
restaurant (commonsclub.com) is where
longtime NOLA chef Alex Harrell is now wearing
the whites, receiving plaudits for dishes like gulf
shrimp pappardelle and confit chicken leg with
squash ragout and ricotta gnocchi.
And in a glorious 18th-century building on
Decatur Street, in the heart of the French Quarter,
Saint John (saintjohnnola.com) is the recently
opened restaurant from the well-named, selftaught
New Orleanian chef Eric Cook. “It’s a new
restaurant with an old soul,” says Cook, who also
owns the city’s acclaimed restaurant Gris-Gris
SEAFOOD SPECIAL
Ssam-style charmoula
octopus at Mister Mao.
© PAPRIKA STUDIOS
(grisgrisnola.com), and who positions himself as a
custodian of traditional New Orleans cuisine. With
his chef de cuisine Daren Porretto, he has scoured
old cookbooks to develop Saint John’s mouthwatering
menu, with dishes like sensuous oysters
done three ways (poached in double cream, crispy
fried, and in a vol-au-vent with oyster sauce), and
luxurious shrimp étouffée—shrimp smothered in
brown butter with Louisiana popcorn rice.
Of course, it doesn’t always have to be Creole.
Other significant recent openings include the
long-awaited and elegant Saffron (saffronnola.
com), in the Touro district, which fuses modern
Indian cooking with Southern influences; Thaihey
(thaiheythaifood.com) in the French Quarter, for
curried frogs’ legs and Louisiana crawfish curry;
and Bésame (besame-nola.com), in the Arts
District, for Latin American-styled tapas. And
yet another neophyte, which locals have good
reason to be excited about, is groovy Mister Mao
(mistermaonola.com), where the schoolroom
meets the jungle in terms of decoration, and a
Catalan fideuà meets Kashmiri fried chicken on
the chutzpah-filled menu.
The takeaway? There’s room for everybody if
the quality is good. Or as Eric Cook succinctly
puts it, “A chessboard needs all pieces.”
All food and no drink would make for a very
dull stay, but the Big Easy’s bar scene is also
very much alive and kicking. Then again, it
would have to be, in the city that gave the world
Sazerac, the French 75, and the Ramos Gin
Fizz. On a bibulous crawl of new and nearly new
bars, you might take in a Jardin de Mémé (green
chartreuse, St. Germain, absinthe, and aquafaba)
at Bar Marilou (barmarilou.com), located in the
deliciously louche Maison de la Luz; a Peach
Smash (peach-infused bourbon, vigne liqueur,
ginger and mint), at the oh-so-cool Lobby Bar
at the Ace Hotel (acehotel.com), or a McKittrick
Old Fashioned (bourbon, sherry, and bitters) or
even Tom of Finland on the rocks in the garden
at Seaworthy, another Ace Hotel outlet next
door. And don’t miss out on a visit to handsome,
jewel-like Peychaud’s (maisondeville.com), at
Hotel Maison de Ville, with its beautiful marble
fireplace and sumptuous modern art, for New
Orleans classics like the Sazerac, Ramos Gin
Fizz, and Vieux Carré.
Back at the spectacular square bar at Virgin
Hotels, a Dragon Smoke (Montelobos Mezcal
Joven, Cinzano 1757 Rosso, Benedictine, and
rosemary-infused Campari) is not for the novice
cocktail drinker. And last, but by no means least,
at the glamorous, oval-shaped Chandelier Bar
at the Four Seasons, run by Hadi Ktiri (an alum
of Arnaud’s French 75 Bar), a classic and very
dry martini comes with all the accoutrements
presented separately in a cut-glass dish. With
lemon for a twist, onion for a Gibson, and olives
for a dirty, for you to assemble as you please, this
is a very stylish presentation—but in stylish New
Orleans you expect nothing less.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TO CITY CENTER: 15 miles
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CALIFORNIA’S
NEW CRU
JAK WONDERLY
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The forthcoming West Sonoma Coast appellation is
putting the spotlight on a handful of ambitious winemakers—
and their remarkable terroir. // By Jim Clarke
MISTY MANOR
The fog-covered Peay Vineyards,
a leading member of
West Sonoma Coast Vintners.
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© FLOWERS VINEYARD & WINERY
TASTING NOTES
NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO, just a few miles from the cool breezes
of the Pacific Ocean, vineyards adorn the mountaintop ridges that
poke through the dense fog below, the vines basking in the bright
California sunshine. This is the Sonoma Coast, or, as at least some
locals are accustomed to calling it, the “true,” or “west” Sonoma
Coast. Local wineries think that’s a distinction worth making.
“In 2011, six wineries got together and we founded the West
Sonoma Coast Vintners group,” says Andy Peay of Peay Vineyards.
His 52-acre property lies in Annapolis at the northern end of
the region; they were the very first to plant vineyards there. “We
had a belief that the coastal part was quite different from the
inland areas, and we were determined to discover more about
that and see what the differences were, in both the wines and
the growing regions.” In 2015 the group took that information
and submitted it to the government, applying to have the West
Sonoma Coast designated an AVA (American Viticultural Area),
the official designation for U.S. winegrowing regions. After
many delays—the Trump administration put a hold on all new
regulations, for one—approval is imminent. The resulting AVA will
stretch from Annapolis down through Fort Ross-Seaview (already
an AVA in its own right) and into the Occidental Freestone area.
If the word “west” seems redundant, the problem is that a
Sonoma Coast AVA already exists. However, it encompasses not
just the area along the coastline but also a large swathe of inland,
decidedly uncoastal places, like the Russian River Valley. “It's so
misleading,” says Chantal Forthun, winemaker at Flowers Vineyard
& Winery. “The Sonoma Coast appellation is so large. I think
calling out the western far reaches of the appellation is incredibly
important because the wines have so much more coastal identity
and they're so distinctive from the inland Sonoma Coast wines.”
In the early 1990s Joan and Walt Flowers’ experience with
nurseries and two years of climate and soil studies convinced
them the coastal area was right for pinot noir and chardonnay,
but the wine industry looked askance at the remote location.
Hirsch Vineyards had been established nearby over a decade
earlier, but when Bronx-born David Hirsch bought a disused
BLOSSOMING BUSINESS
Chantal Forthun, winemaker at
Flowers, and the vineyard’s tasting
room, above. Facing page: Hirsch
Vineyards’ coastal setting.
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WEST IS BEST
The tasting room at
Occidental vineyards.
© OCCIDENTAL VINEYARDS
sheep ranch in 1978 he was primarily looking for a place
to retreat from the day-to-day work of running his clothing
company. Two years later he planted vines at the suggestion of
a friend, and only in 1987 did his pioneering, entrepreneurial
spirit take over and he began developing the vineyards full-time.
Around the turn of the millennium came an influx of new
properties, all founded with winemaking in mind, such as
Failla Wines, Peay Vineyards, and Freeman Vineyard & Winery.
But large wine concerns have not invaded these mountaintop
sanctuaries. “The big corporate guys want flat, no hills; they want
to use large equipment,” says Carroll Kemp, owner of Alma Fria
and committee chairman for the AVA submission process. “Aside
from a few small spots that’s simply not possible on the West
Sonoma Coast. So the family farmer is always going to define the
region in the long term.” Pinot noir makes up about two-thirds of
the region’s 1,500 acres of vines, followed by chardonnay. “The
reputation of the area rests on the success of those two varieties,”
Kemp says. Several wineries are also working with syrah.
Local conditions may demand a boutique mindset, but that
wouldn’t mean much if the grapes and wines themselves didn’t stand
out. Freeman Winery’s Yu-ki vineyard in Freestone is just three miles
from the coast, but founder Ken Freeman can contrast the fruit it gives
them with their estate vineyard, Gloria, inland in Green Valley. “In
Green Valley we hope to get three tons per acre, but we only get two
tons per acre in Freestone. At harvest, fruit from the vineyard on the
coast comes in almost a month later. It’s more distinctive fruit, with
more acidity. At Gloria we get more fruit-forward notes, a little bit more
cherry, and out on the coast we get an umami, forest-floor character.”
“You have a longer growing season at
more moderate temperatures so you’re able
to develop flavors and intensity.”–Catherine Kistler
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COASTAL PIONEERS
From top: Ehren Jordan
of Failla Wines; a
chardonnay from Freeman
Vineyard & Winery.
The coastal fog—and the inversion layer it creates—plays
a major role in creating a cool but sunny environment for
the vines. “If you’re used to coming to Napa and basking in
105-degree temperatures, this is not your neighborhood,” says
Ehren Jordan, founder and owner of Failla Wines. He says on
days when Napa temperatures exceed 100, a coastal site he’s
developing will be struggling to reach 75. “A smoking-hot day
there is 85 degrees.” The elevation and the resulting wind also
minimize disease pressures, so almost all the region’s vineyards
practice some form of organic or biodynamic winegrowing.
The area’s soils bear the impact of human and superhuman
influences. “If you clear cut and bring in sheep and cattle,
there’s tremendous erosion,” says Jasmine Hirsch, who took
over winemaking responsibilities at the family property in
2019. “You’re farming on shallow soils lifted up by the San
Andreas fault and then shorn away by the rain. That is a big
part of why the wines have so much structure.” The fault is
just a half mile from Hirsch and influences all the wineries on
the coast; its activity has created a hodge-podge of different
soils, resulting in varied, complex expressions in the wines.
That structure and the potential for complexity and balance
attracted Steve Kistler of Kistler Vineyards in the 1990s. He
purchased several sites and in 2011 founded Occidental
Vineyards; all but one of their vineyard sources will lie in the
new AVA. “You have a longer growing season at more moderate
temperatures,” says his daughter, Catherine Kistler, “so you're able
to develop flavors and intensity and get to actual, full ripeness
of the grapes at lower sugar levels while preserving natural
acidity. So the wines have all of this freshness and intensity
and brightness to them without distractingly high alcohol.”
“The pinots have a nice structure to them,” says Jose Delgado,
wine director at San Francisco’s Mourad restaurant. “A lot of them
are pretty intense in terms of tannin” compared to other California
regions, where he says pinots often show soft tannins or none
whatsoever. On the nose, the wines offer a mix of fruit, savory, and
floral aromas. “You get this darker fruit profile, like black cherries or
black raspberries. There’s also just a lot more perfume than in pinots
from the valley.” Other areas may develop some of that perfumed
quality with age, “but never that intense perfume you get up there.”
Andy Peay says it was precisely this combination that drew him
to the area: “The ability to have fruit, floral, and earthy components
all in the same wine.” He also says the remoteness, the low yields,
and the other challenges all act to keep the winemakers focused.
“I think I can speak for the group by saying that they're wines
that speak of place. Otherwise why go there? You have to be
out there because you feel the wines are distinct and distinctly
good. So anybody who's gone out there is pretty passionate about
what they're doing: ‘I feel like the best pinot noir and chardonnay,
and syrah can be grown out here and I'm going to go do that.’”
© FAILLA WINES
© FREEMAN VINEYARD & WINERY
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INSIDE LOOK
PORTRAIT OF A NATION
The Whitney Museum in Manhattan, the premier
repository of American art, prepares for a landmark exhibition
that is set to resonate across the country.
© WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK; PURCHASE WITH FUNDS FROM THE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE COMMITTEE AND PARTIAL GIFT OF THE ARTIST
ABOVE
Edward Clark’s “Winter Bitch,”
1959. Acrylic on canvas.
FACING PAGE
“American Totem,” 1960, by
Norman Lewis. Oil on canvas.
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© 2019 GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK; FACING PAGE: © 2019 ROSALYN DREXLER / ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK AND GARTH GREENAN GALLERY, NEW YORK
INSIDE LOOK
ABOVE
“Summer Days,” 1936,
by Georgia O’Keeffe.
Oil on canvas.
FACING PAGE
Rosalyn Drexler’s “Marilyn
Pursued by Death,” 1963.
Acrylic and silver gelatin
photograph on canvas.
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INSIDE LOOK
BIENNIAL BOUNTY
The Whitney Biennial, like so many art world events over the past two years, was
unavoidably delayed. Co-curators David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards began planning
the exhibition—the leading survey of what’s happening among artists in America—in
2019, and then much changed. It was “before the pandemic and shutdown with
their reeling effects, before the uprisings demanding racial justice, and before the
questioning of institutions and their structures,” say Breslin and Edwards. “While many
of these underlying conditions are not new, their overlapping, intensity, and sheer
ubiquity created a context in which past, present, and future folded into one another.
We’ve organized the exhibition to reflect these precarious and improvised times.” In
other words, the America of 2022 looks very different from that of 2019, and so does
the exhibition. Emphasizing conceptual and interdisciplinary works, the curators have
also chosen a diverse roster of 63 artists, with particular focus on the Mexican border
region as well as on Native artists, summing up the broad approach with a poetic title,
“Quiet As It’s Kept” (April 6-September 5). The biennial, in its 80th edition this year,
will be spread across the fifth and sixth floors of the institution’s handsome Renzo
Piano-designed edifice, but visitors seeking the fullest portrait of America would be
well advised to explore the other on-site exhibitions, including the display of more than
120 works from the permanent collection, “Selections from 1900 to 1965.” Works from
the founding collection of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney are joined by totemic pieces
by the likes of Edward Hopper, Jasper Johns, Alexander Calder, and Joan Mitchell,
among many others. Taken together, the exhibitions offer a compelling and extensive
exploration of how artists have metabolized the American experiment over the past
122 years—there’s heartbreak and hope, joy and sadness, and enough idiosyncrasy
to prove that creativity has always been one of the country’s strongpoints. whitney.org
FACING PAGE
The Whitney Museum,
designed by Renzo Piano.
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BEN GANCSOS
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COURTESY THE ARTIST
COURTESY THE ARTIST
INSIDE LOOK
TOP
An untitled oil and acrylic
painting (2021) by Ralph Lemon.
BOTTOM
Still from “Descent into Hell,”
2021, a multichannel HD video
by Jacky Connolly.
FACING PAGE
A detail from “La Horda”
(The Horde), a 2020 eightchannel
video installation by
Andrew Roberts.
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COLLECTION OF MAURICIO GALGUERA. IMAGE COURTESY THE ARTIST AND PEQUOD CO., MEXICO CITY. PHOTOGRAPH BY SERGIO LÓPEZ
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THE LAST WORD
FUTURESCAPE
NetJets Owner Toyozo Shimano’s 1921 is a new kind of venue–
one that is the result of a very singular ambition.
THE PREMISE
1921 will be a state-of-the-art space in
Thermal, California. “The Overarching
idea is to bring things together that have
been separate parts of my life,” says the
man behind it, Toyozo “Toyo” Shimano.
“We have activities for cars, then there
are philanthropic activities, then golf,
then there’s music, and we can bring all
these things together into one business.
Then if I am in the business I am doing
all those things all the time,” he says of
his latest master plan.
THE ORIGINS
Shimano is both honoring the past and
ushering in the future. The name marks
the year that Shimano’s grandfather,
Shozaburo, opened Shimano Iron
Works in Sakai, Japan, the start of
an empire that would encompass the
manufacturing of cycling components,
fishing tackle, and rowing equipment,
among other things. Toyo Shimano spent
many years in an executive role for his
family company, but is looking to create
his own legacy with a strong sense of
community. “We have to go out of our
way to build something with a sense of
community and grandeur and purpose—
otherwise there is no sense,” he says.
THE OFFERINGS
A haven for arts and culture, 1921 will
be a passport to ultimate luxury and
a performance lifestyle. It will provide
patrons with a selection of facilities for
work and play, and will bring together
people of shared interests, serving as a
hub for philanthropic endeavors as well
as developing world-class experiences.
“This is not a vanity project for Toyo.
This is a business, you know, we’re
trying to build something here that
people are going to see a massive
amount of value [in] and are willing to
spend money to join us on this journey,”
says Kevin Root, Shimano’s close friend
and finance manager.
THE BUILDINGS
All of this will take place in a space
designed by Arizona-based architects
Wendell Burnette, perhaps best known
for its work on the spectacular Amangiri
resort in Utah. 1921 will consist of two
structures. The main building will host a
flexible variety of event spaces, catering for
events ranging from vehicle presentations
to music concerts. Across the street, via
a palm grove, an auxiliary building offers
an additional courtyard among its other
amenities. experience1921.com
JULIAN RENTZSCH
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