Trophy Real Estate Ascends to New Heights
Thanks to recent innovations in luxury residential real estate, members of the one percent are not only living better, they’re learning how to live longer. We’ll introduce you to three unique retreats in Utah, Idaho and California that are taking trophy real estate to the next level.
Velvære—Turnkey Biohacking in Style
Park City has never been short on luxury, but Velvære isn’t just another high-altitude hideaway for the deep-pocketed and well-moisturized. This is something else entirely—imagine an Amangiri you never have to check out of. Meet 60 acres of recreational real estate where wellness isn’t a spa menu afterthought but the very foundation. Here, home is a retreat, your body a finely tuned machine and your neighborhood a private ski-in, ski-out kingdom. If the world had a wellness Valhalla, this would be it.
Velvære offers longevity science on demand in the form of real estate. With a nod to Scandinavian minimalism, this is where high-tech biohacking meets high-touch luxury. Think air purification systems so pristine they rival a surgical suite, water filtered to near-mystical purity, and circadian rhythm lighting designed to sync your body to nature. The goal? To extend prime years well into your seventies, ensuring you can still shred powder and sip biodynamic Pinot without breaking a sweat—or a hip.
Drawing inspiration from biophilic design principles, Velvære offers 115 meticulously crafted residences, from 12 cabins starting at the mid-$4 millions, 68 paired residences beginning at $5 million and 35 estate lots priced from $3 million. Each abode is a sanctuary, thoughtfully designed to foster a deep connection with the surrounding landscape.
Velvære has partnered with Aescape, an AI-powered massage system that maps your body with over a million 3D data points, tailoring every touch to your personal tension points. Imagine it as the Tesla self-driving technology of massage therapy—sleek, intuitive, and slightly unnerving in its precision. Experience this futuristic bliss in the community’s 10,000-square-foot Wellness Center or opt in to one in your own residence.
Calling Velvære’s in-home fitness room a gym is like calling a Bugatti “transportation.” It’s a human performance lab calibrated to optimize. Private trainers analyze your VO2 max, AI tweaks recovery protocols, while biometric feedback ensures you’re training at peak efficiency—because simply “working out” is so last century.
“For us, technology isn’t something we layered onto the home—it’s embedded quietly, designed to disappear so daily life takes center stage,” Dayson Johnson, chief revenue officer & partner at Bonfire Collective, shares with us exclusively on our first look. “Every innovation at Velvære serves a singular purpose: to help people feel more connected, more present. That’s what we mean when we talk human-first innovation. Technology enhances the experience without overpowering it. Precision health screenings through our partnership with Fountain Life are all integrated seamlessly into the home.”
If wellness is the soul of Velvære, alpine recreation is its beating heart. From glorious mountain biking trails to direct ski-in, ski-out to Deer Valley Resort, this is a mountain enthusiast’s dream—minus the lift lines. The Adventure Center functions as your personal outfitter, from heli-skiing to pleasure boating. An adrenaline junkie’s playground, with a five-star feel.
If Yellowstone Club and The Alpina Gstaad had a love child, enter Club Velvære. Exclusive to residents, this is your passport to perpetual rejuvenation. Here, socializing isn’t about power lunches—it’s saunas and ice baths, hyperbaric oxygen therapy and swapping longevity hacks over organic matcha.
Velvære doesn’t just promise a home—it promises a longer, stronger, healthier life wrapped in a package so sublime it may as well be a Scandinavian fever dream.
Whitetail Confidential—Idaho’s Best-Kept Prospect
Think Idaho is all potatoes and plaid? You haven’t met Whitetail Club. Perched in the high-country of McCall on the shores of Payette Lake—where the air smells like pine and the pace of life is dictated by the arc of the sun—this 1,300-acre private community is quietly rewriting the rules of Rocky Mountain luxury. It’s like Ralph Lauren and Jack Nicklaus designed a summer camp for grown-ups who like their wilderness with a side of Wagyu.
The 7,200-yard, par-72 Whitetail Club Golf Course offers 18 holes with magnum opus views of ponderosa pines and trout ponds. Ranked among Golf Digest’s Top 100 in America, it was designed by renowned architect Roger Packard and U.S. Open champion Andy North.
Whitetail’s real showstopper is Legacy Ranch, its newest crown jewel, recently released. A 365-acre enclave of just 36 sprawling homesites—each five to 20 acres of buildable, big-sky canvas—where you live the land instead of just gazing at it. Perched along the ridge line or in the hush of the meadow, these lots whisper with possibility. Think custom poolscapes, open-air soaking tubs, outdoor monolith fireplaces made from local stone, the faint whiff of s’mores in the evening breeze.
Beyond the driving range drawing in the big wigs—it’s the barn possibilities. Not the creaky, hay-scented kind. These architectural gems are designed to house your Polaris, pontoon boat, Nighthawk Cigarette racer, vintage G Wagon or your fleet of fishing kayaks. Whitetail is leaning all the way into the toy barn, turning utility into art—the outbuilding as new status symbol.
Whitetail’s brand of luxury isn’t splashy—it’s intentional. Everything, from the full amenities of the neighboring Shore Lodge resort, to the three private clubhouses, to the sublime Cove Spa, feels like it belongs, born organically of the terrain. Generational living isn’t just welcomed but encouraged. You’re as likely to find barefoot grandkids playing cornhole as you are CEOs perfecting their swing.
There’s something undeniably magnetic about Whitetail Club—understated yet unshakably confident. Mountain living where frontier grit meets architectural grace. Indeed, Whitetail is a love letter to the land, sealed with a fly-fishing hook.
Four Seasons Residences Napa Valley—A Vineyard to Call Home
If Napa had a VIP lounge, this would be it. Tucked into the vine-draped hills of Calistoga, the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley is what happens when five-star luxury decides to go barefoot in the vineyard. It’s not just living near the grapes, it’s living with them—part wine retreat, part wellness sanctuary, part trophy property.
These 20 private residences embody wine country design: modern farmhouse with floor-to-ceiling glass, oversized terraces, open-concept layouts inviting the outside in. Two- to four-bedroom floor plans, all finished with the kind of details that whisper “no expense spared”—with custom woodwork, live-edge headboards, soaking tubs, gourmet kitchens and wine fridges that come standard.
The illustrious Elusa Winery is right there on property—a working winery helmed by famed winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown. Residents get their hands dirty during harvest, crafting their own blends. What’s better than pouring guests a glass of vino you made in your backyard?
Wellness here is a way of life. Spa Talisa taps into Calistoga’s storied mud bath tradition, mineral-rich treatments that feel equal parts healing ritual and indulgent escape. There’s also a sleek fitness center, two pools (one adults-only), fire pits and bocce ball.
In the realm where fiction meets fantasy, Four Seasons recently partnered with HBO Max’s The White Lotus—and oh what a backdrop Napa would be. Where else could a season of sun-dappled secrets, cabernet-fueled drama and passive-aggressive brunches unfold more deliciously? It’s not simply prestige television—it’s prestige terroir.
