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Inside the World's Busiest La Casa del Habano
I'm back in New York after my week in Cuba. I spent most of the time in Havana, visiting 14 cigar shops, including each of the city's nine La Casas...more
Posted: May 4, 2011 By David Savona
First Cigar in Havana
Cuba begins to get quiet in May. The onslaught of snowbirds from Europe and Canada who flock here during the winter months in the northern hemisphere...more
Posted: May 2, 2011 By David Savona
Havana Envy
I got a voicemail from a friend who is a big cigar smoker. He said, with a plaintive note in his voice: "I can't believe you're going to Cuba again...more
Posted: May 1, 2011 By Gordon Mott
A Merry but Incomplete Bar
Last night I dropped in on one of New York City's grandest, most storied bars, the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel. Back in 1932, the bar...more
Posted: April 28, 2011 By David Savona
Fight Fire With Drink
As a New Englander, I never expected to feel as though I were stepping out on a limb by taking an anti-Royalist position. But even here in the cradle...more
Posted: April 26, 2011 By Jack Bettridge
A Tale of Two Factories
My trip to Nicaragua last week was short and sweet. I was there for the Nicaraguan Cigar Festival and file a story for Cigar Aficionado (you'll read...more
Posted: April 11, 2011 By David Savona
In the Fields of Jalapa
Daybreak came all too soon Thursday morning in Estelí, Nicaragua. It had been a late night at the Nicaraguan Cigar Festival—or early morning,...more
Posted: April 8, 2011 By David Savona
Back in Nicaragua
The blast of sultry, tropical air hit me as I walked off the American Airlines jet in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. I was a bit bleary eyed—on...more
Posted: April 7, 2011 By David Savona
A Proper Wager
When state colleges meet in important games it always seems to generate the sort of gubernatorial bravado in which the states chief executives wager...more
Posted: March 31, 2011 By Jack Bettridge
A Smoke with Camacho’s Christian Eiroa
Christian Eiroa, president of Camacho Cigars, dropped by the Cigar Aficionado office on Friday. I've known Christian for years, but his visits up...more
Posted: March 14, 2011 By David Savona
Dominican Days
Thank god I have a cigar to smoke. Because if I had to focus on my golf game right now, the first three rounds of the season after a four-month...more
Posted: March 11, 2011 By Gordon Mott
Havana, the Humidor
I was standing outside of the Palacio del Conventiones, the Havana Convention Center, with Marvin Shanken and Gordon Mott, when a man walked up to...more
Posted: March 1, 2011 By David Savona
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