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 • It’s an extraordinary issue loaded with Classics, the highest designation on our 100-point scale. Three cigars reached the lofty Classic status, scoring 95 points, but one cigar—the Padrón Serie 1926 No. 48 Maduro—went a little higher with an astounding score of 96 points. This bold grande is a fine example of Nicaraguan tobacco.

The Magic of Movies

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.

Cabinet Humidors

2024 BMW M3 Competition

Popcorn and the Movies

Spikeless Golf Shoes

Own A Racehorse

THE MOVIE ISSUE

My Favorite MOVIES • THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF CIGAR AFICIONADO DESCRIBES HIS LIFELONG LOVE OF MOVIES AND PICKS HIS 10 BEST OF ALL TIME

Favorites of the Stars • LEADING PERSONALITIES PICK THEIR NUMBER ONE

The Laughing Man • JOHN LANDIS HAS CREATED SOME OF THE FUNNIEST FILMS OF ALL TIME, FROM TRADING PLACES TO ANIMAL HOUSE AND THE BLUES BROTHERS

Quest for the Best • A FILM CRITIC WEIGHS THE POWER AND PITFALLS OF NAMING THE BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME

Subscriptions Make Great Gifts!

What’s Your Favorite Movie?

Marvin R. Shanken Makes Surprise Appearance At Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest • Things took an unexpected turn when the founder, editor and publisher of CIGAR AFICIONADO changed the script of the seminars

Cuba Increases Prices of Cohiba Behikes—Again • With another huge price hike from Habanos S.A., a single Cohiba Behike can now cost $300

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Emeril Lagasse • CHEF AND TELEVISION PERSONALITY • Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story

Patrick Mavros JEWELRY DESIGNER • Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de Rio Seco

Mike Golic • BROADCASTER, DEFENSIVE LINEMAN • Macanudo Café Baron de Rothschild

churchills • With its rare Dominican wrapper and long aging process, Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars have become a phenomenon in today’s cigar culture. The Reserva d’Chateau lives up to the hype, scoring 94 points. The blend is sublime, but it’s the wrapper that defines this cigar, which is grown in the mountainous region of Bonao at Chateau de la Fuente. Because the Reserva d’Chateau is not too thick, one can taste the unique properties of its wrapper. The Olmec Maduro from Foundation Cigar Co. scored 93 points and is named after the Olmecs, an ancient Mesoamerican civilization that inhabited what is now modern-day San Andrés in Mexico, where the wrapper of this Nicaraguan cigar is grown. The Cuban Juan Lopez Selección Especial scored 92 points and is made especially for La Casa del Habano retail shops.

double coronas • There aren’t many cigars left in the Cuban Ramon Allones brand, but the ones that still remain tend to perform well. The Gigantes is no exception and scored 92 points. In addition to being one of the few surviving cigars in the Ramon Allones range, it also happens to be one of the last Cuban double coronas in production. Also scoring 92 points, the New World Oscuro Double Corona is made in Nicaragua by A.J. Fernandez. All the tobacco in this blend is grown by Fernandez, who is expanding his agricultural footprint across the country. Two double coronas scored 91 points and both are made in Nicaragua as well: The Tatuaje Broadleaf Reserva Tainos, which features a broadleaf wrapper, and the Illusione...