Like her late husband, Jess Jackson, with whom she cofounded Jackson Family Wines, Barbara Banke is a trailblazer.

Slogan's Hero

Sporty, Sophisticated, and Subtle

Wagon to a Star

True to Form

The Sound and the Jury

Easy Being Greener

The Brazilian entrepreneur Ricardo Semler strayed from the blueprint of his compatriots when he set out to build a top hotel in his home country: In a nation where luxury has been predom

The Collacchio district in Malta’s former capital of Vittoriosa was once the private realm of the Knights of St. John.

A two-seat sports coupe for the Porsche purist, the 2014 Porsche Cayman S (www.porsche.com) is more solid, better balanced, an

The limited-edition 2013 Indian Chief Vintage Final Edition (www.indianmotorcycle.com) is i

The latest Fratelli Rossetti yacht shoe, based on a footwear style that company founder Renzo Rossetti introduced in 1970, features a more tapered silhouette.

For nearly three years, following an import ban on Japanese beef because of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among Japan’s cattle, U.S.

Using an immersion-brewing technique that maintains precise control of temperature, pressure, volume, and time throughout the brewing process, the Blossom One Limited coffeemaker

It was a gorgeous night for a deck party, the sea all purple and smooth.

Silhouette’s aviator-style sunglasses ($319) are high-performance gear for the eyes, featuring polarized gray- or brown-tinted lenses to minimize glare and an ultralight titanium frame t

All eyes are on the eight young men seated around the fire.

Sake has long been merged with sushi in the minds and mouths of diners.

Wolfgang Puck, one recent warm winter evening, is describing the epiphany he had about three years ago when he walked into Spago Beverly Hills, the flagship of his 100-restaurant-plus em

The Cessna Citation sovereign has always defied classification.

This season’s leading man stars in a striking period piece that features the dramatic silhouettes, bold Technicolor tones, and irresistible elegance of Hollywood’s heyday.

That our 2013 Car of the Year was selected by a panel of readers during the first full week of November last year is pertinent to the following pages.