♪ >> this is "bloomberg pursuits," where we show to -- show you how to live your best life. today we take you for a drive. >> this is perfect for people who like to drive it. >> we take you inside one of the most innovative late designer studios. plus, the ultimate holiday gift. >> they will look at action sports home to court. luxury starts right now.

♪ connect hannah elliott has a tough job. she gets to drive the most high-tech cars for a living. she has an eye for the best of the best and she says the turbo will get you hooked fast. wordh: when you hear the ferarri, you may think fast. what you don't think is practical. it is not the first cart you think to take to pick up your christmas tree, but that is exactly what i did. i drove 12 hours outside of new centuryy, a fourth orchard and tree farm. i wanted to try practicality.

i'm hannah elliott. nice to meet you. >> should we go find a tree? for andve douglas norway spruce. hanna: this is great. i like it. there is not enough room for a tree. c hatchback.r it has something helpful. it is higher off the ground and getting in and out wasn't the usual awkward struggle i have with lower sports cars. i would even call this shockingly drivable. ferarri forperfect people who like to drive it. is, it has a b12

680 horsepower engine on all-wheel-drive. it has the beating heart of a track car that can compete with anything from a lamborghini. it is totally functional. it has traction stability system that ferarri calls thrust vectoring. it smooth out the car's response to unstable conditions. at target pair we had the tree on the top. i had this in a snow and slush and ice and it performed so well. inside, the front feels like a luxurious carpet. the back is spacious enough for a couple of adults. 62 in 0.38om zero to seconds. top speed is 208.

so what gives? why did they make a practical car? to hold onto its most loyal fans. there are rumors ferarri will unveil an suv. they hope to keep customers in the family with this car. hang on, action or maybe santa will leave an suv. until then, this will do. >> is there such a thing as a perfect car? hannah elliott tells us the best one of the year. she says when it comes to supercars, nothing beats a lamborghini s. $150,000.pwards of racing between holiday parties and dinners and as long as you are not behind the wheel, pursuits has a undery guide to wines $30.

check it out. >> the season is upon us and everyone including me is thinking about what to pour for all of those holiday gatherings. i am here to talk about the holidays. under $30.s rewinds the first wine is a white. it is a 2016. only $20. it is an exotic wine. what you need to know is that it translates. an unusual also from rival. it has a fantastic aroma and a beautiful flavors. it is light and crisp so you

and the wind is neutral serious with something in food. now we are time for the red. in a bordeaux. it costs $27. plus $100 and have been aged for decades. this was made from 100% merlot and is ready to drink right now. let's taste it. aromas, just poem the way a bordeaux is supposed to. and it is fruity. andill go with everything

it is perfect for red wine snobs. from california. it is only $25. it is a blend of a chardonnay pino noir.n alarm -- that popped the cork. it are essential for the holidays. these smell of this wine is like flavors which are lemony and tart. keep a few bubbles for when friends stop by or when you need to pick yourself up while you are cooking. cheers. up next, better hurry to the auction house. this painter may be on the road

to being the next million-dollar artist. and, we will show you how to light up your man or lady cave in a style. ♪ -- in style. ♪

♪ narrator: welcome back to "bloomberg pursuits," a celebration of the finer things in life. you can also find a set

bloombergpursuits.com and every issue of "bloomberg businessweek." "bloomberg pursuits" loves to highlight artists on the rise. our reporter says a new york-based painter is an art is that investors love. while he has remained under the radar, his collectors are prestigious and loyal and other painters love him. his work challenges perceptions of what a painting can look like. you can buy a painting or drawing, but at least one art dealer tells us that in 10 years krebber's paintings will sell for $1 million. speaking of unique takes, a founder of a lite brite neon studio shows us how he creates his creations. -- his installations.

>> there is an attraction to light and being human. i think on a deep psychological level, that light is this way in which we experience the energy in a very personal manner. i am the founder of lite brite neon studio, and we manufacture , produce, and restore neon works of art and design. a lot of the origin of work comes a variety of sources. sometimes people come with a napkin sketch or a file, then we work together to create an -- layouts of what it might look like. we create a paper template, and that paper template becomes our guide for what we are going to bend the neon to.

we take from the office into the glass shop. we picked out the right side tubing with the right color. from there, we heat of the glass tubing. the torches heat the glass in excess of 1000 degrees. we heat up and bend the glass tubing to match the template. one of our chandeliers has over 100 bends, and each one has to be heated up and we have two allow the glass to cool so the next area can be worked on. it turns into spaghetti, then we have to make sure that spaghetti lines back and cools to the template.

we use the blowholes to connect our mounts to the tubes and we can control the pressure with our mounts. there is just a variety of challenges that come up inherently in working with glass. glass can crack due to stress, and sometimes you will have a patch that all it wants to do when it gets near a torch is crack. after we bend various components, we have to go in using the hand torch and weld all those pieces together. the last step is to weld on electrodes to either in. end. each one of the steps is very, very specific. i draw inspiration from so many different experiences. it is hard to come up with one thing in particular, but one of the ways i am able to connect

is to float.tive it is a similar experience to meditation. going into a blackened room and laying out in a body of water that is heated to your body temperature. it allows external stimulation to fall away. your internal world begins to bubble up and manifest. you really get to expedrience a different relationship to your mind. ♪ >> i think i work with neon because i can't not work with it. it is so challenging and so rewarding, and those things are so intertwined that there is no way of separating it out.

i learned so much and continued to learn so much by working with it. i find inspiration in working with it, and i continue to experience new and different things with the medium. it is that close to me. ♪ >> once the neon tube is completed, we have to to hook it up to our manifold for some barding. the manifold is opened, the vacuum is drawn. we'd check the tubes for leaks with our tesla coils. we close the tube back off and heat it up using a large and powerful transformer. as the tube is heated up, it is releasing anything not inert and we evacuate that out. we sealed the tube off, filling in whatever gas we introduced to it.

i think my favorite part of making a neon light is when you see it lit up for the first time. different gases when electrified emit different wavelengths of light, neon gas is argon gas and creates an intense blue, but that light produced can be exposed to a different wavelength by coding the inside of the tubes with a coating. it takes one wavelength of light and emits a different wavelength. we bring it over to the table where we hook it up to a transformer and allow it to settle and age the gas we have introduced to it. there is always a stray particle or something left inside the tube, but that time the oxide coating can act to scrub whatever is left inside the tube while things are getting settled. ♪

>> once the tubes are aged in, we move on to our process of assembly and put the sculpture together in a jig, hooking it up to a spindle. once they have dried, we connect the wires together into a transformer and turn on power and it lights up. part of what we love about what we do here is that we try to put out into the world the kinds of things that we would like to see. i am still surprised and excited when i get to see it illuminated. there is an ineffable quality to it. there is an insight into the inner workings of the universe. it is a way of looking at what is surrounding us in the cosmos. ♪

narrator: up next, how to master the delicate art of the do-nothing winter vacation. plus, the "pursuits" holiday gift guide. ♪

♪ narrator: welcome back to "bloomberg pursuits." the concierge for the most sophisticated lifestyles. you can find us online at bloombergpursuits.com and in every issue of "bloomberg businessweek." it is a request travel experts get more often than you think, what if a person wants to go somewhere wintry and do nothing? jen murphy gave us a helpful guide she says to go storm chasing on vancouver island. from november through february, 30 foot swells and gale force lash the shores, putting on an awesome show for guest. or head to bavaria, that is where you can relax gazing at snowcapped alps.

another option, get cozy in vermont at the twin farms bed-and-breakfast in an 18th-century farmhouse. go sledding, then thought out in the japanese spa and chow down on souffle pancakes. every december, "pursuits" makes holiday shopping easier with its holiday gift guide. here is our editor. >> hi. i am chris rovzar with "bloomberg pursuits." today we will be showcasing items across the board, action sports to home to court. decor.e to cor these are the in-your headphones made by a french company founded in 2011 by two students who met each other at university in tokyo. although the sound quality is great, what you would really love is the build quality. each is covered with hand-sewn calfskin leather, and the buds brushed -- are brushed aluminum.

people around you won't know you spent $360, but you will know. that is what matters. can you guess what it is? the toaster toaster. a tie-in-designed and comes with everything you are used to having in a toaster. this is one of those cheeky gems everyone loves to get. it does a great job of toasting your toast and adds a statement to your kitchen. this next gift is a great one for anyone that has a family. this is a travelers map made by a company called conquest in columbus, ohio. what you are supposed to do is take one of these pins and market every time you go to a new place in the world. this is one of those guess that grows over the years. the more you travel, the more important it becomes is having a record for your family. if you have a friend that is more analog in their outdoor pursuits, you met want to get with 42se binoculars

millimeter. -- 42 millimeter binoculars. everything about them is top-of-the-line, materials, economic way they are made. they have a good weight to them. they started $2800 and are for birding enthusiasts who are very enthusiastic. a gopro is on every gift guide because it is a great present. it is good for people who like to make videos of family trips, kids who like to make films of their friends, and great for people who like outdoor sports. this is the first gopro you can shoot in 4 k at 60 frames per second. it shoots video wirelessly from the device to your phone then post it to social media. it is a must-have for adventure sports fans. this is one of the gifts i have been most excited about since it hit the market. this is the louis vuitton smart watch, the first and only really great smart watch from a fashion brand. most important for a fashionable smart watch, it looks great.

it has everything you need in a smart watch, fitness trafficking, text messages and email alerts, but it has beautiful watch faces that are customizable and changeable. if you want to get away from the apple watch look, this is a device that looks and feels like a regular watch. ok, now for the octopod made by swiss watchmaker is the make totally crazy contraptions. they collaborated to make this device, which is inspired by an octopus, but also one of the submarines inspired by james cameron. this comes in at the top of the price range market this year at a whopping $36,000.

that wraps it up for our holiday picks this season. we hope we inspired you to think of some creative new ways to celebrate family and friends. narrator: find more "bloomberg pursuits" online at bloombergpursuits.com and in every issue of "bloomberg businessweek." more bloomberg television starts now. ♪

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