Cigar Aficionado
Acting TOUGH
Liev Schreiber brings a nuanced approach to portraying such hard characters as Ray Donovan, while off-screen his passions include helping the victims of the war in Ukraine
10+ min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
BEST IN SHOW
Start your engines and fire up your favorite cigar at an upscale car show
2 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Drive A Tank
At more than 3,000 pounds, a Chevy Malibu is a formidable vehicle with a crash-safety test rating of five-stars. But against a 60-ton Chieftain tank, it’s a mere speed bump. That is, if speed bumps came with the sound of crunched steel and shattered glass. Driving a tank that’s the weight of 20 Cadillac Escalades over a junked auto is the “Crush a Car” option of Drive A Tank, the Minnesota facility that offers customers maximal military sensations you’d otherwise have to enlist to experience.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Salvatore Calabrese • BARTENDER • Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2
To become a world-famous bartender it helps to start early. That’s what Salvatore “the Maestro” Calabrese did. He was 11 when he first worked behind a bar in Maiori, Italy. His career would eventually take him across the globe, opening many illustrious watering holes, creating renowned cocktails and earning a knighthood. His Savoy bar opened in Florence in April.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
The Custom Shirt
One look at a beach in the summer is all it takes to understand that humans have considerably different builds, with only a few blessed with bodies that resemble models or mannequins.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Colibri Heritage Series
The Rubik’s Cube has captured the fascination—and ire—of many curious minds across the world in the past 50 years.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Mark Cho • CLOTHIER AND ENTREPRENEUR • Davidoff No. 2
A tailor at the top of his profession is a true craftsman. But to do what Mark Cho does requires one to be an artist, an entrepreneur and an impresario of sorts, especially in the evolving world of menswear. The London-raised 42-year-old is cofounder of The Armoury, a bespoke haberdashery with locations in New York and Hong Kong. His talents extend to sourcing the world’s finest fabrics, enlisting the industry’s top tailors and bringing them together for discerning customers in search of sartorial greatness.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
PERENNIALLY PINEHURST
America’s largest golf resort continues to grow and improve as it upholds its standards for fine layouts and cigar-friendliness
10+ min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Winnetu Oceanside Resort, Martha's Vineyard
History is never far away on this fabled island off the coast of Massachusetts—from the colorful Victorian gingerbread cottages of Oak Bluffs to the stately 19thcentury homes of whaling captains in Edgartown to the quaint lighthouses to its antique carousel.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Fashionably Lit
The Met Gala theme inspired cigars and prompted the question “Who smoked it best?”
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
DRINKING AToast
American whiskey makers have discovered barrel toasting, a new, subtler approach to a beverage born of fire
6 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Russell Dickerson • MUSICIAN • My Father The Judge Grand Robusto
Russell Dickerson remembers his dad introducing him to cigars. “For my 18th birthday—right around graduation—my dad took me and my best friend out for our first legal cigar ride. It’s a memory I’ll never forget.”
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
A CONVERSATION WITH Litto Gomez
The maker of La Flor Dominicana cigars reflects on 30 years of business
10 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Cohiba vs. Cohiba
A new decision in the decades-long battle between Cubatabaco and General Cigar over the cigar world’s most precious brand
6 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
My Favorite Cigar
Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Sony Bravia 8 II OLED Television
For the last two years, Sony’s A95L was the reigning monarch of OLED televisions and pretty much the accepted gold-standard in picture quality.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Ceramic Watches
Durable, lightweight, soft-to-the-touch, highly scratch-resistant and ever popular, high-tech ceramic is alluring to watchmakers, yet a challenge to work with.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Ferrari Roma Spider
A cursory peek at Ferrari’s newest convertible may belie its country of origin. Without a yellow logo with the rearing horse on its flanks, the Roma Spider’s long, sloped hood and short, tapered tail might evoke a body language that is very British. That rising pair of muscled rear fenders and a driving position behind the car’s centerline may appear like the sultry GTs that Aston Martin, Bentley and Jaguar have made since the 1960s. What is a Ferrari doing with these curves?
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Quinine Water
Next time you squash a mosquito also remember to thank it. After all, the annoying bloodsuckers played a part in the creation of one of summer’s greatest libations: the tart, bracing, yet always refreshing Gin & Tonic.
1 min |
July/August 2025
Cigar Aficionado
The Gimlet
A common wisdom in this age of reborn cocktails is to fix your drinks with the finest, freshest ingredients, eschewing premade liquids and powdered mixers. One drink that mayposetheexceptiontothatruleistheGimlet— essentially gin and lime cordial—as it was not invented with fresh fruit in the first place.
1 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Hunters & Frankau And Ettinger Cigar Wrap
Cigars can be carried in many ways. You can put them in a plastic bag, but where's the style in that? Travel humidors can be gorgeous, but for everyday use they can be bulky. Cigar cases are good, if limited in payload. For a new way to carry around five or so smokes, cigar experts Hunters & Frankau and the leather craftsmen of Ettinger have combined to create a luxurious cigar-toting device they call a cigar wrap.
1 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
THE GREAT GRETZKY
An exclusive interview with the undisputed king of hockey
10+ min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
AMERICA'S BEST Fly Fishing
The nation is covered with opportunities and they're not all what you'd think
10+ min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Scotch shows Its Strength
The cask-strength movement has long been a phenomenon in America. Scotland is flexing its muscles in this flavorful category
5 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
A Conversation With David Berkebile
The owner of Georgetown Tobacco reflects on 60 years in the cigar business
5 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Nicaragua's Puro Sabor Festival
A truly immersive excursion into the world of Nicaraguan cigars
2 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
2024 YEAR IN REVIEW
WE ANALYZE A YEAR'S WORTH OF CIGAR RATINGS
6 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Jeep Wagoneer S
In a momentous year for Jeep—major updates to familiar models like the Grand Cherokee—the biggest news is the launch of two battery-electric vehicles (BEV). Jeep isn’t entirely new to the electrified vehicle market. Wagoneer S, now rolling into American showrooms, is Jeep’s first global EV, soon to be followed by the Recon later this year.
1 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
My Favorite Cigar
Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice
4 min |
March/April 2025
Cigar Aficionado
Serbian Cleavers
A mysterious hooded chef sitting on a rock next to a bubbling stream takes a massive knife, a cleaver shaped like a quarter circle, and chops through vegetables or a huge grilled steak. Next to him, a wood fire around some dark stones crackles and pops while birds chirp in the distance. This is the bushcraft phenomenon—the aspiration to get more rustic as technology gets more advanced—and cleavers are often the stars of its ubiquitous videos. So much so that Almazan Kitchen, a YouTube channel based in Serbia, made the uniquely-shaped cleaver so popular that they're now simply known as Serbian chef knives.
1 min |