SUPERYACHT CHARTER: Photo Tour of Perini Navi’s 240-Foot Grace E [SLIDEHSHOW]

Envisioned as a floating spa at sea, the 240-foot superyacht Grace E—built by the Italian shipyard Perini Navi under its Picchiotti brand—is a stunning vessel with an eco-friendly exterior and stunning interior design. The famed naval architect Philippe Briand, through his firm Vitruvius Yachts, designed Grace E, which Robb Report named 2015’s Best of the Best. It is a shining example of Briand’s effort to bring the sleek lines of sailing yachts to his Vitruvius motor yacht designs. Grace E is offered for charter by Burgess and will be cruising the Caribbean this winter. Charter prices range from $595,000 to $640,000 per week, depending on the season. (<a href="http://www.perinina…

At Maui’s Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, Health and Wellness Take Center Stage

September 25 through 27, one of Maui’s premier resorts, the Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, will host the third annual Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, E Malama Kou Kino (Hawaiian for “care for your body”) wellness retreat. Over the course of the three-day event, a host of highly qualified health and wellness experts will guide attendees through a range of holistic activities—from a beach boot camp to guided sunrise hikes—designed to attain equilibrium of mind, body, and spirit.

Friday’s agenda includes a fitness walk, a chef…

WINE of the WEEK: 2012 Vietti Nebbiolo Perbacco

Barolo is not for those seeking instant gratification. That wine made from the nebbiolo grape, like some of the old-line winemakers who produce it in the region, has a reputation for surliness—but unlike those particular Piemontese, the notoriously tannic wine mellows with age. However, Italy’s DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita), in its seemingly boundless appetite for arcane regulation, allows for nebbiolo grapes grown in the Barolo region not only to be vinified into the famed eponymous …

Uber Apps for Private Jets

Originally published in the September 2015 Robb Report Private Aviation Sourcebook as “Touch and Go.”

 

At an aviation conference in 2007, PrivateFly founder Adam Twidell made a presentation in which he introduced his idea for an online portal for booking charter flights directly. It would allow customers to choose jets from multiple charter companies, giving them much more choice than any single company could provide. Customers would be able to select the specific jets they were interested in flyin…

10 Top Auction Cars from the 2015 Monterey Car Week [SLIDESHOW]

With last year’s Monterey Car Week resulting in a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO selling for the highest price ever paid for a car at public auction, everyone entered this year’s sales with uncertainty. But, 2015 did not fail to deliver, and the Monterey Peninsula saw more than $400 million in collective auction sales during the 2015 Monterey Car Week, making this year one of the most successful to date. RM Sotheby’s and Gooding & Company both broke their previous records, with approximately $173 mil…

Michael Sieger, Lorena Sarbu, and Philipp Plein Give a Tour of Their Homes

Photo by Mark Seelen

Originally published in the September/October 2015 issue of Robb Report Home & Style as “Some Like it Haute

Between the clothes that fashion designers create and the environments they live in, there is little boundary. The Iberian opulence of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s home in Orléans, France, was of a piece with his intricately beaded toreador jackets. Looking at the 1954 “bubble dress” by Pierre Cardin, one sees why the avant-garde designer acquired the Antti Lovag–designed “Bubble Palace” property on the French Riviera. And Karl Lagerfeld’s black a…