March/April 2018 | Cigar Aficionado

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Joe Manganiello • March/April 2018

At six-foot-five and hard as a rock, Joe Manganiello may seem built to play tough guys, but he also has an artistic side and a comedic flair as well as a love of great cigars. In April's Cigar Aficionado, we sit down with the cigar-loving actor to discuss his dreams of succeeding on the other side of the camera. Plus, we rate the top 10 best prospects for the 2018 Masters, look at the 12 fastest cars money can buy, survey the highest-rated cigars of 2017, and tell you why we're wild for Irish whiskey. Also, our of editors rated 80 cigars in six sizes: Churchill, corona, corona gorda, figurado, miscellaneous and robusto.

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Standing Tall

Joe Manganiello relaxes in a chair by a large card table in a sprawling basement rec room in his Beverly Hills home, right next to the man cave where he keeps his humidor. …

Who Will Win The Masters?

The Masters is soon upon us, and for those in the cold climes, we’ve already gotten the clubs out of storage, rid them of cobwebs, bought a dozen new balls, taken some achy swings …

Hyper Drives

The closest thing I can imagine would be strapping myself into an FA-18 for the thrill of a catapult launch off a Navy carrier. Instead, I’ve slipped into the new Bugatti Chiron, …

Getting Your Irish Up

Advice to whiskey snobs: If it’s St. Patrick’s Day and you’re in a bar (and what are the chances of that?) don’t turn down an Irish whiskey on the premise there isn’t much choice. …

Monaco’s Magic

It’s a place where the locals’ idea of Uber is a helicopter transfer from the airport, where you can’t walk a block without seeing a McLaren or Lamborghini, where you can clothes …

Small Games, Big Money

A guy texts to tell me that he has a 33 percent chance of winning a car in a casino. I consider it for a beat and write it off as wishful thinking. A similar message comes from …

Cigars

2017 Cigar Aficionado Ratings In Review

A detailed analysis of a year’s worth of cigar ratings.

A Seat On Cuba’s Official Tasting

ing Cuba’s cigar experts to evaluate blends for Havana’s future cigars.

Connoisseur’s Corner: A 98-Point Montecristo

A tasting of vintage cigars, including a Montecristo no. 5 (1960), Bolivar Royal Corona (2006), Hoyo De Monterrey Epicure No. 1 (1991) and an Arturo Fuente Añejo S.S.S. Shark No. …

Ratings from this Issue

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Last Call by A.J. Fernandez Chiquitas

Issue Date: April 1, 2018

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Alec Bradley Black Market Estelí Torpedo

Issue Date: April 1, 2018

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Punch After Dinner

Issue Date: April 1, 2018

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H. Upmann Magnum 46 (Tubo)

Issue Date: April 1, 2018

Up Front

A New Look At Our Cigar Reviews

We’ve rated cigars for more than 25 years, and those reviews have looked virtually the same for that entire time. Not any more. We are proud to present our new and improved …

Out of the Humidor, April 2018

Dear Marvin, I just finished reading your Editors’ Note entitled “Shame on Apple” [February 2018]. As a subscriber, I was shocked to see that Apple had banned your Where to …