The World's Most Exclusive Food & Wine Festival Will Be Held in Gstaad
Plus: status-symbol car-washers in the Hamptons, cursed $15m apartments in Miami that won't sell, the new blue-chip Fourth of July party, David Hockney's two-person funeral, and more...
Did you know yesterday was the official first day of summer? Most people treat Memorial Day weekend as the start, but now we're officially in it. And if you ask me, this coming weekend is when the summer social season, at least in the Northeast, actually begins.
In London, June is packed with social fixtures like Royal Ascot and the Queen's Club Championships. In Aspen, this past weekend was the Food & Wine Classic. Today, though, we're talking about a different food and wine festival, one that may soon become the most exclusive in the world.
You haven't heard about the Gstaad Wine & Food Festival yet — but that’s about to change. The soon-to-be most exclusive food and wine festival in the world will debut in the Swiss Alps in June 2027, capped at 1,500 guests, with Albert Adrià, Alain Ducasse, and Daniel Boulud already on board, Château Pontet-Canet and Château Cos d'Estournel among the confirmed wineries, and no chef cooking for more than 70 people. For comparison, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen just wrapped its 43rd year yesterday with 5,000 weekend passes sold. This is something else entirely. I spoke to the two men behind it, Sacha Lichine — founder of Whispering Angel — and Lee Brian Schrager, who created both the South Beach and New York City Wine & Food Festivals, to find out everything. Foodies and winos won’t want to miss this (neither today’s issue or the festival).
Sworn off the juice entirely and just cranked your Ozempic pen up another notch? Don't worry. It's not all vintages and tasting menus today. We've also got why even $15 million condos can't erase the memory of Surfside, David Hockney's impossibly chic funeral, status-symbol car-washers in the Hamptons, the Hamptons' changing Fourth of July pecking order, and more.
