From receiving guests at home to being welcomed as a traveler abroad, hospitality is reciprocal. One warmly opens their home to family, friends, and strangers (“the friends you haven’t met yet”) just as one hopes to be met with kindness and care in places other than one’s own. Hospitality at its core is about the generous reception of all.

In the winter issue of Henry, we celebrate many forms of hospitality. We start in a heart of warmth and comfort — wine country — with the elegant embrace of the new Brown Napa Valley hospitality space by Catherine Kwong that brilliantly encompasses both work and play. Next we travel to Paris for Deco Off, where design houses and showrooms host the international design community for previews, events, and sparkling gatherings. And in our annual tradition we offer a preview of superb collections debuting in 2026.

In our annual “best of” tradition, we’ve also curated a selection of our favorite Henry stories of the year.

We’re delighted you’re here, and, as always, we thank you for welcoming us into your homes and studios.

We wish you peace.

Above Image: Brown Estate Napa cofounder Coral Brown pours one of the family’s labels, House of Brown. Photo by William Jess Laird.