David Chase doesn't look like a mastermind of organized crime. But for millions of devoted television viewers around the world, over the last eight years, that's just what he has …
After the first round of the Mercedes-Benz Championship, a tournament that he would eventually win, Vijay Singh slumped in his pressroom chair and looked a little peeved. The …
Wednesday night is racing night in Hong Kong. It ranks as a hallowed evening for more than 100,000 gambling-crazed horse-racing fanatics who will spend a few hours wagering …
It was a football game with a bone-crunching hit. Nothing new for the National Football League. Fans enjoy hits that rearrange the skeletal system. But this was a player leveling …
By some estimates, as much as a quarter-billion dollars' worth of sheet metal is down on the 18th fairway. In less crass , the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is a …
I'm as enthusiastic about fine watches as any man. Show me a luxury timepiece, its mechanical movement lovingly carved from beechwood-aged adamantium by 200-year-old Swiss …
Thomas Prescher bends over complicated drawings in his little workshop. The ex-pat German watchmaker maintains the sunny atelier in a small, picturesque Swiss village known for …
On a road called Oakville Grade at the top of the Mayacamas Mountains, a white stripe divides Napa Valley from Sonoma. It's as plain and neat as New York segueing into New Jersey …
Cigar Aficionado sits down with the owner of Nicaragua's oldest cigar brand, Joya de Nicaragua.
This Central American nation just keeps making better and better cigars
Two stories were published recently. You might never connect them. But we did. Forbes published a cover showing a bottle of red wine being poured into a glass, with the head…
Dear Marvin, Yes, another letter about losing the freedom to smoke. My home, my haven, Las Vegas, is now the latest victim of the antismoking police. Antismoking legislation …
Sleek and muscular-looking, the high rear deck is a ubiquitous design feature on many of today's best cars. But styling and aerodynamic advantages notwithstanding, that look has …
Wellies, Wellington boots, muck boots, gum boots, top boots—whatever the name, they are the natty, pinched-ankle, high-stance rubber footwear that look so good they'll make you …
Combine the grandeur of the Bahia de Banderas, on which Puerto Vallarta is located, and the hospitality genius of the Four Seasons hotel chain, and it would be hard to come up …
When it comes to cigar cases, the Andre Garcia brand's guiding principle could be: one size does not fit all. After years of making cases stamped with the logos of other …
Lamb connoisseurs seek good shepherds. Cleveland chef Parker Bosley buys meat from farmers who "raise their sheep with care, so you know the animal has grazed outdoors on fresh …
You zoom from Monte Carlo to Cap Ferrat to Cannes, effortlessly evading the paparazzi and sycophants who hang on your every suave utterance. But you're not doing it in the latest …
You aren't a Navy frogman—and you don't play one on TV—but when you're deep-sea fishing off Nantucket Island, reef diving in the Caribbean or attempting to ice bodacious waves on …
Sometimes it's best to arrive fashionably late. At least that's what Audi is hoping with its new Q7, the German automaker's first, belated entry into the booming utility vehicle …
Looking for that perfect mixture to keep you up even while you indulge in St. Patrick's Day festivities? Then yours is Irish coffee. The intriguing mix of sedative and …
Maybe you abandoned your youthful dream of transforming a beat-up '68 Camaro into a street rod when it occurred to you that you could barely change the bag on a vacuum cleaner, …
