Cigar Aficionado

Lopez Today

Comedian George Lopez loves cigars— so much so that he has more than 1,500 in humidors scattered around Los Angeles: at home, at a couple of cigar clubs, in his dressing room, at …

Sir Nick

On a glorious Sunday afternoon in April of 1996, Nick Faldo completed an improbable comeback to win the Masters, the sixth and last of his major tournament victories. He had …

Scammers

For weeks, casinos in Great Britain, had been enduring a thrashing. Three-card poker, an indisputable sucker game designed to be virtually unbeatable by players, was getting taken …

Fuente's Right Hand Man

Wayne Suarez is the strong and quiet force behind the scenes at Arturo Fuente, the world's largest family-owned cigar brand.

Speed + Smoke

What Gives a Great Cigar Balance?

Spotlight on Cigars

This is always a fun issue for us-the Best Cigars of the Year. The five principle tasters for Cigar Aficionado get to go back and re-taste the top scoring cigars, narrow down …

Out of the Humidor

Dear Marvin, I recently relocated to Macau, China for work. After finding the final 2009 edition of Cigar Aficionado and reading the editors' note and "out of the humidor" …

Tony Schumacher: World's Fastest Man

Not even four seconds. That's the duration of Tony Schumacher's competition. Burst off the mark like a jackrabbit, fly down the thousand-foot raceway at nearly 320 miles per hour, …

Zune HD

When Microsoft first introduced its Zune music players, you could hear the lead balloons dropping over the company’s Redmond, Washington, headquarters. But rather than cede the …

Grown Up Rums

The spirits world is currently tittering with talk of discovering aged rums, which is great, but doesn’t something have to be missing first in order to be discovered? We never …

Ice Skates

In the sport of ice hockey, speed kills. Fast skaters force coaches to change game plans, turn goalies into insomniacs and leave defensemen searching for their jock strap at the …

Liebherr XS 200 Cigar Refrigerator

What do tower cranes and temperature-controlled cigar humidors have in common? In the case of those manufactured by the Liebherr Group, they share the attributes of high efficienc…

Zenith Anniversary El Primero Vintage 1969

For years the Zenith’s bold watches have been the very image of sleek, modern design with a high-tech functionality, which is why its re-release of its first El Primero last …

Chevrolet Camaro SS

You don’t see many American cars cruising the San Diego strand, but when I rolled up in a new Chevrolet Camaro SS the reborn muscle car drew more stares than the tanned California …

The Lanesborough Hotel, London

The Lanesborough is the only hotel where serious cigar smokers should stay when visiting London. It has a multimillion dollar smoking lounge that is unique in the United Kingdom, …

Stave Jigsaw Puzzles

The scene: a swanky London mansion. A gala party in full swing suddenly becomes a multiple crime scene, and the authorities swoop in. It’s up to you to help them crack each case …