Recent stories from Cigar Aficionado Magazine

Like Father Like Son

Charlie Woods is growing up. Will he follow Tiger's famous footsteps?

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THE SPHERE LIGHTS UP LAS VEGAS

IN A CITY FILLED WITH BRIGHT SHINY OBJECTS, NOTHING CATCHES THE EYE MORE THAN THIS $2.3 BILLION DOME

6 mins |

Smoking In (And Around) Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky, has all the charm and character of a city with deep connections to a pair of American sporting pastimes: horse racing and baseball.

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The Brown-Forman Way

For more than a century and a half, the Kentucky whiskey giant behind Woodford Reserve, Old Forester and many other spirits brands has prospered by matching tradition with foresight

9 mins |

Sartorial Cigar Cases

For 131 years, London’s Alfred Dunhill has been a leading purveyor in masculine wares: bespoke clothing, fine leather goods and, of course, tobacco.

WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD

WITH CHANGING CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND GLOBAL SHORTAGES OF CUBAN CIGARS, EUROPEAN SMOKERS ARE TURNING TO TOBACCO FROM OTHER COUNTRIES

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Betting on the Big Apple

Major gambling interests are jockeying to slice up the take when New York City issues three casino licenses

10 mins |

The Smoking Jacket

Next time you bridle at stuffing yourself into a tuxedo to meet a formal dress code, remember that that monkey suit you're dreading is the spawn of the smoking jacket.

Carl Auböck Brass Ashtrays

To cigar smokers, ashtrays are much more than receptacles to discard ash. They express taste and reflect cigar persona. One way to shine is with brass. As well as being a critical part of an orchestra, the metal alloy is a base for two eccentrically shaped, handmade ashtrays with roots reaching back almost eight decades in Austria.

Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono, Japan

Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido, gets more snow than any ski destination in the world.

THE INTERVIEW Arnold Schwarzenegger

Marvin R. Shanken Goes One-On-One With The Former Governor

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The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection's Evrima

With last fall’s launch of its first “yacht,” Evrima, RitzCarlton sailed into the luxury cruising sector, mixing the intimacy and elegance of a superyacht with the service and amenities of a Ritz-Carlton resort. It’s tailor-made for the brand’s loyalists looking for a new adventure.

Peter James Lighters

The old adage that says “use the right tool for the job,” applies just as well to cigars as it does to nails and screws. While you can ignite a cigar with many things, choosing the right lighter for your situation is key.

Summer Linens

Warm weather is a great excuse to dress down with short pants and short sleeves, but when your social life is also heating up it is no time to let your sense of style go to Hades.

Bronze Pilot Watches

Pilot watches long ago transcended tool-watch status to become popular everyday sport models for the earthbound admirers of their rugged good looks.

Mazda CX-90

Gone are the days when Mazda billed itself as the “Zoom, Zoom” brand. While it still sells the little Miata roadster, it’s effectively abandoned sporty passenger cars in favor of sport-utility vehicles like the CX-5 and CX-9.

Upping Your Ice Cream Game

If you love coconut ice cream, there’s never enough coconut— until you make your own. Toasted coconut, dark chocolate and almonds. Call it an amped-up Almond Joy.