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 • What an unforgettable lineup of cigars. This is the first time in recent history that our regular tastings had so many high-scoring smokes, some of which are Classics on our 100-point scale. Most impressive was the Nicaraguan Oliva Serie V Melanio Toro. It scored 96 points—exceedingly rare in our regular, nonvintage tastings section.

Tobacco Prohibition: It Can Happen Here

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Cigar Aficionado

good life guide good • 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.

Concrete Ashtrays

Ford F-150 Raptor R

Exploring Amaro

Hublot Classic Fusion Original

Fly-Fishing Gear

Sadelle’s Smoked Salmon

Viceroy Riviera Maya, Mexico

MASTER OF METAL • METALLICA’S JAMES HETFIELD MADE HIS NAME AS A SPEED GUITARIST, BUT HE LIKES TO SLOW DOWN WITH GREAT CIGARS

THE YEAR IN FOOTBALL • THE PLEASANT SURPRISES AND ABJECT DISAPPOINTMENTS OF THE 2022 NFL SEASON—AND WHO TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR

TEAMS TO WATCH IN 2023

Irish Mix • Step away from your usual Irish Coffee this St. Patrick’s Day and try one of these intriguing cocktails made with the whiskey of the Old Sod

The Bob Parsons Project • The billionaire founder of PXG Golf has forged a new market for high-end golf clubs

2022 BY THE NUMBERS • A DEEP DIVE INTO A YEAR OF CIGAR AFICIONADO RATINGS SHOWS SOME INTERESTING TRENDS

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

churchills

figurados

grandes

petit coronas

robustos

toros/corona gordas

buying guide • TOP SCORES, VALUES AND STRENGTH | BLIND TASTE TEST NO. 173

connoisseur’s corner • A TASTING OF VINTAGE CIGARS

moments to remember • Please send all submissions to: CIGAR AFICIONADO/Moments to Remember, Worldwide Plaza, 825 Eighth Avenue, 33rd Floor, New York, NY 10019. Or email them to: momentstoremember@mshanken.com. To order additional copies of CIGAR AFICIONADO, call 1-800-344-0763.

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