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 cigars of Nicaragua dominated this tasting, delivering the top-scoring cigars in five of our six categories—along with the issue’s very highest scores, 95 points. And we seldom rate “A” sizes, as these incredibly long cigars can be more than nine inches. They’re a rarity in most humidors but can be marvelous smokes, as our testing showed.

The Cuba Question

out of the humidor

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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.

Cuba-Themed Cigar Accessories

Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne

2024 Lincoln Nautilus

Kebabs at Home

Siesta Cocktail

The Rush of Whitewater

NEW TIMES IN CUBA • Cuba is a considerably different place since CIGAR AFICIONADO’S last visit, but it remains a cigar paradise for visitors

Getting There

Buying Cigars In Havana • Prices are high, inventory is low, but Cuba’s capital remains a top cigar shopping spot

The Best Cigars From Cuba

A New Lounge At The Nacional • Everyone knows about the Hotel Nacional’s courtyard, but a cigar hideaway upstairs offers a different level of service

Dining in Havana • Eating out in Cuba’s capital city can be rewarding—but only if you know where to go

Show Me the Money • Cuba’s new currency system is certain to confuse travelers

A Farming Life • Iván Máximo Pérez Maseda has grown tobacco in Cuba for four decades

The Storm • Cuba’s best tobacco grows in a region where hurricanes are common, but one recent storm will never be forgotten

A Conversation with FIDEL 30TH ANNIVERSARY • A look back at Marvin R. Shanken’s exclusive interview with the Cuban leader in 1994

Habanos Festival 2024 • A Cohiba humidor sold for $4.9 million, topping off the most successful auction the Festival has ever seen

Ferrari Fever • Want to collect one of the most storied cars in history? A big bankroll isn’t enough. You have to prove you’re Ferrari worthy

Who Owns The PGA Tour? • The world’s most important golf organization generates nearly $2 billion in annual revenues

Els for Autism Pro-Am Raises $825,000

Steve Harvey • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Sam Heughan

Kelsey Plum

Stefan Schauffele

A Sold-Out Show In Tampa

ProCigar Holds 16th Fest in Dominican Republic

“A”s • We rarely rate “A” sizes in CIGAR AFICIONADO and that’s because “A”s are quite rare, with a lot working against them. They can be up to 10 inches long, making the “A” a huge time commitment. They require extra-large, pristine wrapper leaves, which can be difficult to procure. And they’re also quite expensive. Despite all that, a few companies still produce these oversized smokes. The most impressive we found was the Tatuaje Reserva A Uno, made in Miami, which scored 94 points. We were also taken by the Fuente Fuente OpusX PerfecXion A (93 points), which gives the smoker a tour of Chateau de la Fuente, where all the tobacco was grown. Eiroa shows off its Corojo-seed, Honduran tobacco with the 50x10, a 92-point “A” that’s nearly a foot long.

churchills • While trade names for cigars can often be self-serving and hyperbolic, the San Cristobal Revelation Triumph is exactly that. At 93 points it was the highest-scoring cigar in this category. It’s made in Nicaragua by My...