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.

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End the Embargo Now

out of the humidor

Cigar Aficionado • VOL. 30 NO. 5

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.

Cheval Blanc Paris

Tabletop Lighters

Glashütte Original SeaQ in Red Gold

2023 Nissan Z

Summer Sangria

Swim Shorts

Wagyu Beef

EDC Knives

The E-Bike Revolution

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

cigar aficionado

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

Havana’s Street ART • Graffiti artists from all over the world are transforming Cuba’s walls into a gallery for the community

The Home of Golf • This Summer, Majestic ST ANDREWS Will Host The Open Championship For A Record 30th Time

A CHANCE TO PLAY HISTORY • Getting On The Old Course

THE PROOF IS IN THE WHISKEY • Whiskey connoisseurs are warming to the cozy heat of high-proof Bourbons, including those bottled at cask strength

PAIRING 13 HIGH-PROOF WHISKEYS WITH A CIGAR

cigars

churchills

figurados

panetelas

petit coronas

robustos

toros/corona gordas

buying guide • TOP SCORES, VALUES AND STRENGTH | BLIND TASTE TEST NO. 169

connoisseur’s corner • A TASTING OF VINTAGE CIGARS

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

A CONVERSATION WITH Rocky Patel

CIGAR ROOM BY THE SEA • Cigar and Car Collector Michael Weil Has Built One of New England’s Ultimate Man Caves

Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest Returns • Aficionados come together at the Seminole Hard Rock for a celebration of handmade cigars and fine whisky

moments to remember

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