WhistlePig’s Latest Highly-Touted Rye Is the World’s First Aztec-Inspired Whiskey

The brand’s innovative whiskey series returns. Plus, classic Alpine hiking boots and Ferrari’s digital hypercar.

Amber whiskey bottle with a silver cap featuring a detailed figurine and "WP" engraving.WhistlePig

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Bottle of WhistlePig The Boss Hog XII rye whiskey with black decorative box on a round white table.WhistlePig

WhistlePig The Boss Hog XII Feather & Flame

WhistlePig’s Boss Hog series is known for serving as the brand’s most innovative series, offering daring, experimental expressions. While they’ve all been great, the latest is particularly special, as it’s the world’s first ancient Aztec-inspired cask-finished whiskey. After being aged in New American Oak casks, the brand’s Straight Rye Whiskey is finished in a pulque curado de cacao barrel — imbuing the spirit with a combination of chocolate and pepper — before being bottled at proof. Even at its high price, this spirit will likely be a fast-selling crowd-pleaser, so grab a bottle while you can.
Sleek silver futuristic Ferrari digital hypercar with narrow LED headlights in a dimly lit space.Ferrari

Ferrari F76 Digital Hypercar

Ferrari’s first car created exclusively for the digital world — dubbed the ‘F76’ — comes in the form of an NFT. The name pays tribute to the Prancing Horse’s maiden victory in the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans, achieved by Luigi Chinetti with Lord Selsdon at the wheel of the Touring-bodied 166 MM barchetta 76 years ago. It was created to support the campaign of the 499P at Le Mans and in the World Endurance Championship.
Pair of brown suede hiking boots with padded leather collars and black lug soles.Huckberry

Yuketen Vettore Boots Tosca Snuff

In 2024, Yuketen designer Yuki Matsuda worked with a shoemaker in Mount Sibillini, Italy, to design and produce a classic Alpine hiking boot. The Vettore Boots exhibit Yuki’s love for functional detailing with features like a scalloped leather storm welt, a stacked midsole with layers of leather and composite rubber, a padded and gusseted tongue and a speckled rubber-cork compound lug outsole. The Vettore Boots are back for Fall/Winter ’25 with a full-grain roughout Tosca leather in snuff brown, produced by Opera Tannery in Tuscany, especially for Yuketen.
Person wearing a blue and red Alpinestars motorcycle helmet with a tinted visor and matching racing suit.Alpinestars

Alpinestars Supertech R10 Limited Edition Flyte Helmet

Designed with input from 2024 MotoGP World Champ Jorge Martin — and rocking graphics inspired by his pace and precision — this race-ready brain bucket is as premium as it gets. Extensive R&D, including wind tunnel testing, went into optimizing its ventilation and comfort while ensuring it is aerodynamically efficient and stable at high speed. The shell boasts a 3k high-density carbon outer layer, a uni-directional carbon composite layer, an aramid fiber layer and a fiberglass one, while on the inside, a special low-friction surface allows the head to move independently (mimicking MIPS) to minimize rotational, oblique and linear impacts. Is it a bit over the top for, say, a coffee run? Only in the most adrenaline-pumping way possible. Oh and don’t worry, there are matching boots too.
Three stacked boxes of Patagonia Provisions smoked wild pink salmon next to an open can filled with salmon pieces.Patagonia Provisions

Patagonia Provisions Smoked Wild Pink Salmon

Patagonia Provisions has restocked its best-selling Pink Salmon, so if you’re a fan of the wildly popular cans, strike while the iron is hot. The wild-caught salmon is responsibly harvested using reefnets (which eliminate bycatch) off the coast of Lummi Island, Washington, and is a portable, protein-rich snack perfect for any adventure. As nutritious as it is delicious, the Smoked Wild Pink Salmon can be enjoyed solo or paired with rice, salads, crackers and more. In an effort to maintain responsible production, even the packaging itself is clean: the can is 100-percent aluminum, BPA-free and recyclable (if clean and dry).
Square silver mechanical wristwatch with exposed gears and purple suede strap worn on a wrist.Hautlence

Hautlence The Sphere Series 3

Hautlence, H. Moser & Cie’s even more outrageous sister brand, has reworked its most recognizable model, The Sphere, into a smaller, more wearable version. Now measuring just 37mm × 45mm, the compact Grade 5 titanium case still houses the watch’s signature spherical jumping hours complication. On the left side of the skeletonized dial, a polished purple titanium orb with luminous numerals displays the hour. At the top of each hour, the orb spins on three axes in a hypnotic dance before settling on the current hour. On the right side of the dial is a retrograde minutes display, which snaps back to zero as the sphere does its thing, creating quite the show every 60 minutes. The effect is achieved by the new in-house Calibre A82 manually wound movement. It maintains the 72-hour power reserve of the A80 of the Series 2, but has been reengineered to fit the smaller case of the Series 3. Limited to just 28 pieces, the watch is priced at CHF 69,000 (~$86,640).