Cigar Aficionado
The Drink of the Derby
More than 120,000 icy cold Mint Juleps will be served on May 4 at Churchill Downs
2 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
150 Years of the Kentucky Derby
CIGAR AFICIONADO'S GUIDE TO THE MOST EXCITING TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS
6 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
A Guide to Churchill Downs
If you’re going to watch the Derby in person, it pays to know the finest spots
3 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
Living for the Track
FanDuel host Michael Joyce has been in love with horse racing since he was a boy
5 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
The Gambler
Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Farm has gone from a hobby to the top Thoroughbred horse breeding operation in America
9 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
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.
2 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
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 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
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 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
A Soprano No More
Michael Imperioli is standing just inside the door of Scarlet, he and his wife's new bar and restaurant on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
5 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
Like Father Like Son
Charlie Woods is growing up. Will he follow Tiger's famous footsteps?
6 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
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.
1 min |
March/April 2024
Cigar Aficionado
Navy-Inspired Dive Watches
While military personnel are no longer issued wristwatches as essential gear, a number of brands continue to celebrate their historic legacies in supplying armed forces with high-precision timekeepers.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
The Perfect Manhattan
Amateur mixologists will argue forever about how to perfect a Martini—and it usually has something to do with using as little vermouth as possible.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
Winter Dude Ranches
It’s ranching’s secret season. Travelers fill the boutique guest ranches of the Rocky Mountains in the high season—spring, fall and especially summer, when they can live out their “Yellowstone” inspired fantasies in high style on horseback.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
The Cuban Sandwich
What’s a true Cuban sandwich? Depends where you are—and it’s likely not in Cuba.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
Ineos Grenadier
When you’re blasting up a steep and muddy hill with nary the slip of a tire and all you see through the windshield is the sky above, it’s hard to hang on to the notion that most of the vehicles that try to pass themselves off as off-road-capable would struggle to navigate anything rougher than gravel.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
The Side Action The other gambling empires strike back
Las Vegas and Atlantic City are not exactly sitting back on their comfy gaming-table chairs while potential competition brews in New York. After all, the Big Apple already attracts three times as many visitors as Vegas, even without full-service casinos, and the three-hour trip to Atlantic City is looking less attractive if all you want to do is place a wager. Both cities have moved quickly to hedge their bets with bolstered attractions.
2 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
GREAT From The Gate
Some of the world's most famous athletes were impressive from the start, excelling in their debuts on the big stage
10+ min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
My Favorite Cigar
Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice
4 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
For Peat's Sake
The smoky whiskies that arise from Scotland's island of Islay are fan favorites
5 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
BORN TO RIDE
Golf carts have changed the very game of golf
9 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
Betting on the Big Apple
Major gambling interests are jockeying to slice up the take when New York City issues three casino licenses
10 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono, Japan
Japan’s northernmost island, Hokkaido, gets more snow than any ski destination in the world.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
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.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
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.
1 min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
WELCOME TO THE NEW WORLD
WITH CHANGING CULTURAL ATTITUDES AND GLOBAL SHORTAGES OF CUBAN CIGARS, EUROPEAN SMOKERS ARE TURNING TO TOBACCO FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
10+ min |
November - December 2023
Cigar Aficionado
THE INTERVIEW Arnold Schwarzenegger
Marvin R. Shanken Goes One-On-One With The Former Governor
10+ min |
November - December 2023
Muscular Development
Are Unilateral Exercises More Effective Than Bilateral Exercises?
Bilateral exercises simultaneously use both limbs to lift the weight, so that the resistance is being shared between each limb.
5 min |
August 2023
Muscular Development
Best Cardio for Fat Loss - High Intensity vs. Low Intensity
Low-intensity cardiovascular exercise is the most common way to reduce body fat, despite mounting scientific evidence showing this form of cardiovascular training may not burn body fat as effectively as high-intensity cardio. In addition, low-intensity cardio has also been shown to inhibit muscle growth¹2, making the use of this approach to enhance your physique even more questionable.
5 min |
August 2023
Cigar Aficionado
THE MALT of AMERICA
Creative whiskey makers in the United States are carving out a new category for a spirit with a long history: American single malts
9 min |