Where the World’s Wealthiest Spend Their Weekends

Now that the Hamptons are synonymous with wealth, leisure, and stratospheric real estate prices, it’s no surprise that brokers around the world are eager to associate their own listings with the area.

“What the Hamptons is to New York, wine country is to San Francisco,” said Ginger Martin, a Sotheby’s broker who represents listings in the Sonoma/Napa Valley area, about an hour and a half north of San Francisco. “I’ve been saying that for a long time.”