Cigar Aficionado

Cigar Aficionado is a magazine for the man who enjoys life’s great pleasures: fine dining and entertaining, the finest wines and spirits, world travel and the arts. At the heart of every issue is the cigar: what to smoke, where to smoke, and how to enjoy a great smoke.

highlights • Cuba and Nicaragua delivered the top scores in this blind tasting, with some of the biggest names in the cigar business producing smokes that truly wowed our tasting panel. Among the noteworthy performers is the smaller cousin to Cuba’s Partagás Serie D No. 4, and a new, celebratory smoke from Rocky Patel with a hefty ring gauge.

A Ban Too Far

out of the humidor

Cigar Aficionado

good life guide • Living well demands that we indulge in things that are of superior quality and excellent origin. This guide aspires to find and recommend the best of everything to aficionados of the good life.

Daniel Marshall Treasure Chest Humidor

Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Hublot Big Bang Unico Arturo Fuente Ceramic

Jumby Bay Island, Antigua

Lyle & Scott Golf Wear

Eggnog

Roll Your Own Pasta

Hang Gliding

Best of the Year • THE CIGAR AFICIONADO EDITORS REVEAL THE TOP CIGARS OF 2021

20 GREAT CIGARS FOR $6 OR LESS

2021 Els for Autism Pro-Am Raises More Than $1 Million • LEGENDARY ATHLETES WAYNE GRETZKY, CHARLES BARKLEY AND MIKE PIAZZA JOINED A FIELD OF PRO GOLFERS TO RAISE MONEY FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE

MONEYBALL • Big companies—and some high-profile stars—are investing hundreds of millions on professional golf events, setting up a potential showdown with the PGA Tour

Ports of Call • Port, the renowned fortified wine that can age for decades, has a long history of making fast friends with cigars

Port Particulars

cigars

churchills

figurados

grandes

miscellaneous

robustos

toros/corona gordas

buying guide • TOP SCORES, VALUES AND STRENGTH | BLIND TASTE TEST NO. 166

connoisseur’s corner • A TASTING OF VINTAGE CIGARS

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Ron Jaworski • NFLANALYST

Keith Kelly • NEWSPAPER MEDIA COLUMNIST

Tico Torres • ROCK STAR

Russell Peters • COMEDIAN

Michael Lindsay-Hogg • DIRECTOR

KEEPERS OF THE CLOCK • Four generations have kept cigars in the family at J.C. Newman for more than a century

Phoenicia: The Cuban Cigar Powerhouse • Phoenicia Trading is one of the world’s largest distributors of Cuban smokes, covering 60 countries and selling millions of cigars annually

The Big Smokes Are Back • THE INAUGURAL BIG SMOKE MEETS WHISKYFEST AND RETURN OF BIG SMOKE LAS VEGAS

moments to remember

last leaf