ShowBoats International — May 2017

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From cashmere socks to fabric

for private jets, Italian brand

Loro Piana has long been a

favorite for the affluent in the

know. What sets it apart for

serious sailors, however, is the

attention to detail that goes into

its materials. Be it the cashmere,

cotton and suede used in this

vest, originally designed for the

Italian riders in the 2014 World

Equestrian Games, or the

innovative Storm System fabric

used in its sailing gear, each

Loro Piana piece oozes quality

and style.Vest, Bermuda shorts,

sweater, all POA, loropiana.com

Piana forte

WARDROBE

ESSENTIAL

Consumer studies have shown that we all make

impulsive, even irrational selections when we go

shopping. This holds true for wine, with the appearance

of the label often being a key factor in influencing our

buying decision.

Many wineries go to great efforts to adorn their

bottles with striking labels; most famously, Château

Mouton Rothschild commissioned special labels

by noted artists. But it’s an American wine whose label

I most admire.

Out on the East End of Long Island, in the heart of

the Hamptons, Wölffer Estate makes a range of excellent

wines. The one that catches the eye, however, is the aptly

named Summer In A Bottle. It’s a rosé, and I’ve been an

admirer of Wölffer’s rosés for many years, but this has a

label that is the essence of the season: a specially

designed five color silk-screen profusion of flowers that

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Wölffer’s beautiful

Summer In A Bottle,

right, and, left,

Booker’s Rye plays off against the warm, copper pink hue of the wine.

As the weather improves, I’m looking forward to having

Summer In A Bottle chilled and at the ready.

$24, wolffer.com

Catch this rye

Once a bar staple, then almost completely forgotten, rye

whiskey has lately become one of the most popular

spirits in the country, with sales skyrocketing from

about $15 million in 2009 to $106 million in 2015.

The product that has captured the most attention is

Booker’s Rye. Created by a legendary maker of bourbon,

it was one of the last efforts of the late Booker Noe. With

a high alcohol content – 68.1 per cent – and a long aging

of 13 years, this is a whiskey with real character.

The spirit has extraordinary depth, a complexity of

flavors, and a finish that is both surprising and

gratifying. The well regarded annual guide Jim Murray’s

Whiskey Bible 2017 called it “brain-draining, mind-

blowing,” and pronounced it the World Whiskey of the

Year for 2017. A limited-edition product, Booker’s Rye

is still obtainable. This is a trophy to impress the most

demanding connoisseur.

$1,000, finewinehouse.com

Message on a bottle

If you judge a wine by its label, then

Malachy Duffy has just the rosé for you

18ct Cosquez Colombian

emerald and diamond necklace,

$650,000, templestclair.com

Jewelry designer Temple St Clair loves green. She says it’s a

“feel-good color, symbolic of nature, renewal and life.” For

her, emeralds are the “ultimate green.” This emerald

necklace features “gems from the Cosquez mountains

in Colombia,” long considered to produce the world’s

finest emeralds. Characterized by the stones’ “long

elegant shapes,” the necklace took more than three

years to assemble, with each emerald being cut in

the famous lapidaries of Idar-Oberstein in

Germany. Their vivid green hue has a “youthful

appearance,” she says, and dictated a setting

that was “more playful” than the usual

symmetrical arrangement of gems. The

finished necklace reminded the designer

of “sunlight on tropical seas.”

Go for green

BOAT LIFE

STYLIST Sam Smith

PHOTOGRAPH Josh Hight

PHOTOGRAPH: RON REEVES

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