Features
El Duque's Excellent Adventure
Orlando Hernandez and his wife, Norris Bosch, made their plans during a wedding party on the evening of December 25, 1997. Under cover of night, they drove with three …
The New Italian Renaissance
It's not breaking news, but news it is: no longer holds irrefutable title to the fine-wine pinnacle. Right alongside, fetching comparably breathless prices, is Italy. …
Art's Next Wave
"It's an end-of-the-century thing," suggests Annabella Johnson, director of the Sean Kelly gallery in New York's downtown art enclave, SoHo. Her answer is probably as good as any. …
Smoking in Style
Manhattan jewelry designer Barry Kieselstein-Cord breezes into a large light-filled studio in his townhouse on New York's Upper East Side. Wearing black jeans, a black wool …
The Gin Mill
Gin rummy is the card game your grandmother taught you, the game your golf partners play at the 19th hole. A simple social game. To most of us, gin rummy is a modest challenge, …
Green Gold
Until the past 15 years or so, olive oil was thought to be too ethnic for white-bread America. Sure, we loved Italian food, but it was the spaghetti and meatballs variety of …
Personal Best
Men used to have but one clothing decision: they bought off-the-rack, from a men's or department store, or had suits custom made by a tailor. Today a panorama of personalized …
Marque of Excellence
It is an ancient land, the homes cut into solid outcroppings of weathered limestone. Wisps of smoke curl from chimneys that emerge from the hillsides 100 feet above. A soft …
The Silver Standard
Imagine a newly rich guy in his mid-40s, call him Stony Crowell--American, good university in the Midwest, MBA at Wharton, then venture capital. Hit a winner by selling his …
Vine Drives: Golf in Wine Country
Published March/April 1999 Golf in The Grapes California's Wine Regions Offer a Vineyard Haven for Duffers By Jeff Williams In the sun-rich valleys of …
The Boulders, Carefree, Arizona
Try as you might, you will not be able to get a room at The Boulders, a posh resort near Phoenix. There are no "rooms" at The Boulders, and that is just one of the things that …
The Regent Sydney, Sydney, Australia
The Regent was the first of the modern luxury hotels built in Sydney, and this allowed it to grab what is now its greatest asset: the best location in the city. Australia's …
Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, Denver
Anyone who caught a glimpse of restaurateur Dee Lincoln, dancing in celebration in her canary yellow suit after successfully bidding $160,000 for a 15-liter bottle of Dalla Valle …
Jean Luc Figueras, Barcelona
In their cuisine, as in the rest of their culture, the cosmopolitan Catalans who inhabit Barcelona share two basic principles. While they love tradition, they always wish to be …
Cigars
Quick On The Draw
A cigar-smoking bird named Shoe and political caricatures have made Jeff MacNelly a newspaper favorite.
An Interview With Pedro Martín
Pedro Martín, the founder and owner of Tropical Tobacco.
Growing Nicaragua
Despite Dictators, Revolution, War and, Last Fall, Hurricane Mitch, Tobacco Men in Nicaragua Keep Planting and Rolling
The Dictator and the Dentist
I practiced oral surgery for 34 years and, while it was a fascinating and fulfilling profession, it wasn't often that you found yourself in the middle of a potential international …
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
A $4 Cigar--Yours for $7
California's Proposition 10, a sweeping new regulation known as the Early Childhood Development Initiative, took effect on January 1, and it has turned the world of cigar …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, As I sat down to read the December issue I noticed something about the "Out of the Humidor" section. A lot of the letters sounded like complaints. What about …
