A Sunset (and Rosé-Filled) Dinner on the Beach to Celebrate John Hardy and Wölffer Estate’s Collaboration

Joey Wölffer, Reed Krakoff, Delphine KrakoffNeil Rasmus/BFA.com

“I worked in jewelry for a long time,” said Joey Wölffer to a group of guests gathered for a dinner with a view (more on that later) to celebrate her collaboration with Balinese-based fine jewelry label John Hardy, now under the creative direction of Reed Krakoff since 2022.

Before diving head-first into her family’s rosé and winery business, Wölffer enjoyed a career in jewelry design, creating pieces for Jones Apparel Group and then for the now-defunct but absolutely brilliant concept Styleliner—launched in 2010, Wölffer converted a potato chip delivery truck into a mobile pop-up shop that sold clothing and jewelry she designed.

“Reed was always my hero—so it was really cool when we got on our first call for this collection, and I was telling Reed what I liked and didn t like," she explained, adding how much she had admired Krakoff and his incredible design sensibilities for years. "It was an oh-my-gosh-moment! It was such a dream to do this collection.”

The collection includes seven pieces that are as colorful as Wölffer’s Summer in a Bottle wine offerings. They are crafted from an assortment of reclaimed sterling silver, rosey-hued beads, mother of pearl, rhodonite, and glossy enamel. The peg? (Because there’s always a peg!) The jewelry collection celebrates ten years of Wölffer’s Summer in a Bottle, with 20% of proceeds being donated to the Parrish Art Museum.

Back to that view, it belonged to Krakoff, who welcomed guests at his beachfront Amagansett home—a gleaming modern masterpiece of polished concrete and clean lines by architect Thomas Phifer and Partners—situated in the dunes of the Atlantic Ocean.

The expansive deck, where dinner was hosted and enjoyed by an accomplished collection of guests like Katie Couric, Elizabeth Saltzman, Erik Torstensson, Fern Mallis, and Trey Laird and Krakoff’s wife Delphine and daughter Lily.

“We’ve had a great time working together,” said Krakoff to his guests before they sat for a dinner of summer heirloom tomatoes with burrata and steak filets. “These kinds of projects are always great to do, but when they re enjoyable and easy, that s really the way they should be.” As Krakoff and Wölffer would reveal, the collaboration was a delightfully unfussy and harmonious one. (Along the way, they learned they had even gone to the same high school.) It was as natural to do as, say, opening up another bottle of rosé. “And to something that benefits the Parrish Art Museum, which we re all big fans of, just made this that much better.”