2022 BY THE NUMBERS

A DEEP DIVE INTO A YEAR OF CIGAR AFICIONADO RATINGS SHOWS SOME INTERESTING TRENDS

The Bob Parsons Project

The billionaire founder of PXG Golf has forged a new market for high-end golf clubs

Irish Mix

Step away from your usual Irish Coffee this St. Patrick's Day and try one of these intriguing cocktails made with the whiskey of the Old Sod

THE YEAR IN FOOTBALL

THE PLEASANT SURPRISES AND ABJECT DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE 2022 NFL SEASON AND WHO TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR

MASTER OF METAL

METALLICA'S JAMES HETFIELD MADE HIS NAME AS A SPEED GUITARIST, BUT HE LIKES TO SLOW DOWN WITH GREAT CIGARS

Viceroy Riviera Maya, Mexico

You may know Riviera Maya for the world-class resorts of the Mayakoba development-Banyan Tree, Fairmont and Rosewood-or the many high-rise hotels that overlook the Caribbean Sea along the Yucatan peninsula.

NFL PREVIEW

THE 2022 FOOTBALL SEASON FEATURES THE RETURN OF TOM BRADY, AARON RODGERS AND MANY MORE BIG NAMES

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Cuban Cigar Prices Soar

Cuban cigars—particularly Cohibas and Trinidads—are suddenly more expensive, with some prices approaching $100 or more

FAMILY TIES

Fifteen family-owned cigar companies

Stadium VIP Suites

Sports fans who love the energy of live games face a few downsides: being stuffed into a folding seat, exposure to the elements, having beer spilled on their shoulders from the lummoxes sitting behind them. There’s a better way. Luxury boxes across the sporting spectrum offer all manner of pampering advancements.

Fresh White Truffles

Every year around the end of September, gastronomes and epicures start to pick up on a scent that emanates from Italy and wafts its way to every major food city around the world—the intoxicating smell of white truffles.

Sea Ray Sundancer 370

Walking down the dock of a marina, your eyes can’t help but linger on the craft that perches proudly on the water with its sweeping, sensuous lines, a shape that’s been wowing the boating world since 1959. It’s a Sea Ray.

Bahama House, Harbour Island, Bahamas

“We have three guys who have learned how to sneak up on the bonefish and get them to come onto the lures, so you really have an experience,” says Antoine Brown, Bahama House’s general manager and resident cigar aficionado.

A TALE OF 2 CIGAR FAMILIES

Fuente and Padrón, two of the most lauded cigar companies in the world, have joined together on a special project

Battle of the Pumped SUVs

In an era when SUVs rule the road and drivers are rapidly abandoning sedans, coupes, and sports cars, Aston Martin's DBX 707 and the Cadillac Escalade-V offer serious performance fans two promising alternatives-albeit with very different characters.

Summer Sangria

Alice B. Toklas brownies notwithstanding, the breakout social lubricant of choice for entertaining in the late 1960s was arguably the refreshing fruit and red wine punch known as sangria.

The E-Bike Revolution

Electric cars get a lot of press, but the world’s best-selling e-vehicles are bikes.

EDC Knives

You can open boxes with a car key.

Wagyu Beef

You’ve probably heard of an elusive gold standard of beef that is so consistently marbled with tiny white spots of fat that it looks more pink than red. With a combination of unsaturated fats and oleic acid, it melts on your tongue with a taste much richer, more tender and more butter-like than other steak.

2023 Nissan Z

In a market full of SUVs and pickups, suddenly sports car fans have a reason to smile.

Tabletop Lighters

Almost everything that sits on top of a coffee table is purely decorative—stacks of art books, a vase, a bowl of marbles. In a cigar room, the tabletop becomes far more utilitarian.

Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest Returns

Aficionados come together at the Seminole Hard Rock for a celebration of handmade cigars and fine whisky

CIGAR ROOM BY THE SEA

Cigar and Car Collector Michael Weil Has Built One of New England’s Ultimate Man Caves

A CONVERSATION WITH Rocky Patel

Rocky Patel, 61, has cemented his legacy as a winning cigarmaker. He began selling cigars in the most modest of ways back in 1995, in the middle of the 1990s cigar boom.

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

THE PROOF IS IN THE WHISKEY

Whiskey connoisseurs are warming to the cozy heat of high-proof Bourbons, including those bottled at cask strength

Plugging the Embargo Loophole

How cigars played a starring role in the U.S. embargo on Cuba, tightening sanctions that remain 60 years later

CUBA TOMORROW

Ten years from now, in a world of dreams, Cuba is a free and modern country, teeming with visitors and a hub for businesses

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 50th Anniversary

When Audemars Piguet introduced its Royal Oak in 1972, few could have ever predicted that the revolutionary stainless-steel sport watch with high-end finishing and a price tag to match would become one of the most coveted and hardest-to-get watch models 50 years later.