Monterey Car Week in August is a destination for automobile collectors, vintage racers, enthusiasts, and luxury carmakers from around the world. It is also a free-for-all in the best—and worst—sense of the term: Multiple auctions, rallies, races and concours gatherings, topped by Sunday’s granddaddy of car shows, Pebble Beach, all conspire to make the Monterey Peninsula a circus best navigated by a lion tamer with a whip and side chair. What should be simple journeys, like getting from points A to B, are more …

Last Year, the Vero Beach, Fla., yacht-tender builder Novurania launched Custom One Tenders, a new division dedicated to producing semicustom and bespoke boats. Following the successful introduction of the sub-brand’s first vessel, the Coach 31, last fall at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Custom One Tenders recently debuted its sophomore effort, the Coach 27. Though utilitarianism often trumps aesthetics in the development of yacht tenders, both of Custom One’s offerings feature cutting-edge desi…

One of the best things about enjoying a good cigar is the people with whom we share that moment. Time has become our scarcest commodity; because of that, an hour spent smoking a fine cigar in good company is all too rare a luxury. As evidenced through our conversations with cigar makers this summer at the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers show, the shared enjoyment of cigars creates a special bond. In fact, that bond has developed a camaraderie within the cigar-making trade.

Cigars are created …

The Taiwanese jewelry artist Cindy Chao has partnered with the actor Sarah Jessica Parker to create an exclusive brooch for auction at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Sale on October 7 in Hong Kong. This artistic collaboration, Chao’s first with an individual, comes as this year’s entry in her annual Black Label Masterpiece Butterfly series, which signifies her personal metamorphosis as an artist. Called the Ballerina Butterfly, it has a trim body and carefully turned legs that call to mind the gracef…

Thierry Pouille, founder and president of Air Journey, recently returned from his fourth trip around the world, leading a group of 21 pilots in five private aircraft. Over 77 days of travel, Pouille and his flock visited 29 countries, staying in luxury resorts and hotels along the way including the Dorchester in London, Amanruya in Turkey, and the Four Seasons Resort Langkawi in Malaysia.

“Over the whole trip, with family members and friends who joined in for different legs, we traveled with 36 people,” say…

Last month, Birmingham, England’s Jack Row—the innovative young maker of writing instruments and accessories whose 2012 release Architect took home Best of the Best honors in the pen category that year—introduced his newest collection, Mirage. Like the desert phenomenon that lends the collection its name, the writing instruments and cuff links that comprise it exhibit an ethereal shimmer due to the twisted sterling-silver wire adorning them. Because each pen’s solid-silver barrel is wrapped by hand with nearly…

In July, the Dutch shipbuilder Oceanco—whose previous yachts include Nirvana (the 2013 Best of the Best winner in the megayachts category) and Steven Spielberg’s 282-foot Seven Seas—launched its latest build, the 290-foot Y710. While much information about the vessel remains confidential, Oceanco has revealed that its striking exterior was designed by famed naval architect Espen Oeino, whose recent projects include Lürssen’s Solandge and VSY’s Stella Maris. The yacht is equipped with two 4,825 hp MTU engines t…

Château Cordeillan-Bages—a Relais & Châteaux hotel built around a 17th-century manor located just north of central Bordeaux, near the west coast of France—is toasting oenophiles with a special travel package this harvest season. The experience, called To the Harvest, is available from September 15 through October 15 and entails a smorgasbord to delight culinary and viticulture enthusiasts.

Highlights include dinner at the hotel’s Michelin two-star restaurant Château Cordeillan-Bages—where chef Jean-Luc …

The leather-goods brand Parabellum has opened its debut flagship store, bringing its lines of men’s and women’s bags, wallets, belts, and other accessories under one roof for the first time. Located on Melrose Avenue in Beverly Grove (just outside of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles), the 1,100-square-foot minimalist space showcases the brand’s approximately 35 accessory types, which are available in 11 color varieties of leather and are all designed and handcrafted in Los Angeles. Prices range from $125 to $2,800…

From the sun-soaked beaches of Southern California to the sky-high peaks of British Columbia, these four sports programs offered by various Four Seasons resorts call in pro athletes and experts to provide unforgettable activities for athletic travelers.

The Olympic gold medalist Todd Rogers will take your beach-volleyball game from casual to competitive through a series of training activities and matchups, in which he can serve as your teammate or opponent. After Rogers shares his tips on the East Beach vol…