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 • The highest-scoring cigars of the issue were a combination of industry newcomers and market mainstays. Cigars like the OneOff Black & Tan Toro and La Aurora Family Creed Series Fuerte Sol Robusto were recently introduced while others, such as the Davidoff Millennium Blend and Cuban Montecristo, have been around for quite some time.

California v. The Cigar Industry

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.

IM Corona Double Corona Lighters

Azura, Bermuda

McLaren Artura Spider

The Black Manhattan

The Cardigan

The Sausage Platter

Classic Dress Watches

Prestige Pens

Feeding The World • Star chef José Andrés is trying to make the earth a better place, one meal at a time

HIDDEN GEMS • Seven exceptional golf resorts you may not know, each of them ideal for a buddy trip

PACKING A PUNCH • Punch’s large format makes for a convenient, tasty and traditional way to serve a crowd

The perfect Holiday Gift

SKY HIGH LUXURY • The very best in first-class travel includes multi-room suites in the sky, butler service and even pre-boarding lounges that welcome your cigar

The Making of Montecristo • Now in its 90th year, this legendary cigar has become a benchmark Cuban brand

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

churchills

figurados

grandes

lonsdales

robustos

toros/corona gordas

buying guide • TOP SCORES, VALUES AND STRENGTH | BLIND TASTE TEST NO. 189

connoisseur’s corner • A TASTING OF VINTAGE CIGARS

moments to remember

last leaf