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 • We can’t remember the last time when any category ever had a five-way tie for top score, but it happened in the toro section, as a quintet of toros scored 93 points. Great smokes also appear in all the sections, from an ultra expensive high-end Romeo robusto to a more soberly priced Illusione Churchill, this issue is loaded with fine cigars.

Tariffs and Cigars—A Bad Mix

out of the humidor

Cigar Aficionado • vol. 33 no. 4

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.

TUMI Cigar Case

Chablé Yucatán

The Preakness Cocktail

Formula 1 Watches

Tri-Tip Steaks

Flight Simulators

THE CRAFTSMAN • Veteran actor and newfound director Michael Cudlitz built a career from the ground up, and has found a burning passion for fine cigars

FORMULA 1 HITS THE STRIP • Sin City bettors find fresh action in the worldwide car racing phenomenon that is lighting up Las Vegas

GULF COAST TREASURES • Florida’s west central region encapsulates some of the country’s best golf courses—and you don’t have to be a member

Subscriptions Make Great Gifts!

RIFFING ON COCKTAIL CLASSICS • Twists on familiar libations that will enliven your summer entertaining

THE MISSION OF MY FATHER • Three generations of the Garcia family operate one of Nicaragua’s largest cigarmaking operations with unfailing devotion

Cuba’s Newest: The Cohiba Behike BHK 58 • One of the largest Cohibas ever made takes center stage at the Habanos Festival

ProCigar Holds 17th Fest in Dominican Republic • A weeklong celebration of the country’s finest cigars

A Sold-Out Show: Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest • TAMPA, FLORIDA (AKA CIGAR CITY) ONCE AGAIN PLAYED HOST TO THE BIGGEST CELEBRATION IN THE CIGAR INDUSTRY

My Favorite Cigar • Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

churchills

double coronas

figurados

grandes

robustos

toros/corona gordas

buying guide • TOP SCORES, VALUES AND STRENGTH | BLIND TASTE TEST NO. 186

connoisseur’s corner • A TASTING OF VINTAGE CIGARS

moments to remember

last leaf