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Vintage Casino Chips
Cigar Aficionado

Vintage Casino Chips

It's been said that whoever invented gambling was smart.

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1 min  |
May - June 2022
A Year to Remember
Cigar Aficionado

A Year to Remember

Handmade Cigar Imports Reached More Than 450 Million Units In 2021, The Best Year Since The 1990S

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4 mins  |
May - June 2022
Outdoor Ashtrays
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Outdoor Ashtrays

Summer means warmer temperatures that invite enjoying your cigars outdoors.

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1 min  |
May - June 2022
The Young Gentleman of Golf
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The Young Gentleman of Golf

Justin Thomas, no longer a kid, has emerged as one of the PGA Tour's proven winners

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10 mins  |
May - June 2022
ProCigar Festival Returns to the Dominican Republic
Cigar Aficionado

ProCigar Festival Returns to the Dominican Republic

When Cuba and Nicaragua canceled their cigar festivals this year, it seemed inevitable that ProCigar in the Dominican Republic was doomed to suffer the same fate.

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2 mins  |
May - June 2022
Tequila is HOT!
Cigar Aficionado

Tequila is HOT!

Tequila, particularly on the high end, is the most exciting spirit category in the United States, with unprecedented demand

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7 mins  |
May - June 2022
THE POKER BRAT
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THE POKER BRAT

Phil Hellmuth has more championship bracelets than anyone in the game as well as a penchant for outbursts and a savvy eye for business

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10+ mins  |
May - June 2022
Cool Clubs
Cigar Aficionado

Cool Clubs

You may consider yourself an average golfer, but odds are you're not at least as far as clubs are concerned.

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2 mins  |
May - June 2022
Giant Short Ribs
Cigar Aficionado

Giant Short Ribs

They're the ribs Fred Flintstone would order.

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1 min  |
May - June 2022
Cuba's Newest Brand: Romeo Línea de Oro
Cigar Aficionado

Cuba's Newest Brand: Romeo Línea de Oro

Habanos has created a super-premium version of Romeo y Julieta

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2 mins  |
May - June 2022
BETTING BILLIONS ON SPORTS
Cigar Aficionado

BETTING BILLIONS ON SPORTS

Legal sports betting is spreading across the United States, and by 2025 it's estimated to account for more than $200 billion per year

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5 mins  |
May - June 2022
Dressed to Grill
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Dressed to Grill

It's always heartwarming on Father's Day when the kids finally recognize that Dad is he deserves gifts that recognize his rightful status as grill master.

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May - June 2022
Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Dundonald Links, Ayrshire, Scotland

If the pandemic had its silver linings they came when hoteliers used the lull to pursue large-scale redevelopment and golf enjoyed one of its biggest annual participation booms in history.

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May - June 2022
Gin 'n' It
Cigar Aficionado

Gin 'n' It

Looking for a new drink that mixes the frontier spirit with Jazz Age naughtiness and even a dash of your choice of modern enhancement? Gin'n'It just maybe it.

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2 mins  |
May - June 2022
My Favorite Cigar
Cigar Aficionado

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

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4 mins  |
May - June 2022
Secrets of The Godfather
Cigar Aficionado

Secrets of The Godfather

A conversation between Francis Ford Coppola and editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken

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9 mins  |
March - April 2022
My Favorite Cigar
Cigar Aficionado

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

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7 mins  |
March - April 2022
Spring Fling
Cigar Aficionado

Spring Fling

When the days get longer than the nights, it’s time to put some pop into your drinking

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5 mins  |
March - April 2022
Stunning Saint Barths
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Stunning Saint Barths

The Caribbean paradise of Saint-Barthélemy is one of the most cigar-friendly vacation spots in the world, with top-notch dining, unforgettable beaches and luxury accommodations

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10 mins  |
March - April 2022
A Deep Dive Into Our Ratings
Cigar Aficionado

A Deep Dive Into Our Ratings

Breaking down and analyzing our cigar ratings from the past year

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10 mins  |
March - April 2022
The Godfather at 50
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The Godfather at 50

Conceived as a quick payday fashioned from a lurid novel, the landmark gangster movie became a cultural phenomenon and quite possibly the greatest movie ever made

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March - April 2022
Pickleball
Cigar Aficionado

Pickleball

Unlike Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, I’ve found the athletic answer to the musical question “where has a slow-movin,’ once quick-draw outlaw got to go?” Pickleball.

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2 mins  |
March - April 2022
Les Fines Lames Knife Cutters
Cigar Aficionado

Les Fines Lames Knife Cutters

Historically, knife cigar cutters that fold have come with foibles for a number of reasons: The action is awkward, the cut is, sloppy and the blade crushes the cigar head in the handle more often than not.

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1 min  |
March - April 2022
Irish Coffee
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Irish Coffee

Once upon a late St. Patrick’s Day evening, two companions and I changed our orders from pints of Smithwick’s ale to mugs of Irish Coffee, and an argument ensued.

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March - April 2022
DRIVE FOR SHOW
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DRIVE FOR SHOW

The driver is a golfer’s most exciting club, and one that has changed dramatically over the past several decades

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10+ mins  |
March - April 2022
Wireless Chargers
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Wireless Chargers

My iPhone is a child of the 21st century with one 20th century vestige: the power cable.

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2 mins  |
March / April 2017
Behind The Cuban Mystique
Cigar Aficionado

Behind The Cuban Mystique

An extensive infrastructure of scientists, growers, rollers and tasters oversees tobacco from fields to consumers’ hands

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7 mins  |
March / April 2017
Cigar Aficionado

You're Fired

Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to replace Donald Trump on NBC’s hit show “The New Celebrity Apprentice”.

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10+ mins  |
January / February 2017
A World Without Tiger
Cigar Aficionado

A World Without Tiger

What would have happened to the golf universe if Tiger Woods had never played the game?

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10+ mins  |
January / February 2017
Cigar Aficionado

Supersize My Cigar

Anything but a fad, the fat cigar trend seems destined to stay.

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10+ mins  |
January / February 2017