cigar profiles

A Q&A With Cigar Veteran Eladio Diaz And Luis Torres of Freud Cigar Co.

A Q&A With Cigar Veteran Eladio Diaz And Luis Torres of Freud Cigar Co.

Veteran cigarmaker and tobacco man Eladio Diaz and Freud Cigar Co. owner Luis Torres recently paid a visit to Cigar Aficionado headquarters in New York City for a Q&A.

January 10, 2023
A Q&A With Zander-Greg Founder Arthur Berberian

A Q&A With Zander-Greg Founder Arthur Berberian

Cigar Insider’s Greg Mottola sat down with Arthur Berberian to talk about his distribution business and how it fits into the bigger picture of premium cigars.

November 22, 2022
The Magazine That Almost Didn’t Happen

The Magazine That Almost Didn’t Happen

The untold story of Marvin R. Shanken’s original cigar plan, and how it would have kept him from founding Cigar Aficionado 30 years ago.

November 18, 2022
A Conversation With Rocky Patel

A Conversation With Rocky Patel

Rocky Patel, 61, has cemented his legacy as a winning cigarmaker. He began selling cigars in the most modest of ways back in 1995, in the middle of the 1990s cigar boom. Now, …

July 21, 2022
Keepers of the Clock

Keepers of the Clock

For 127 years the Newmans have been making cigars. Now, America’s oldest family-owned cigar company opens its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, for tours.

February 2, 2022
The Father-And-Son Cigar Team

The Father-And-Son Cigar Team

The father-son team that oversees London’s Davidoff store.

May 11, 2021

the good life

NCAA Suspends Football Coach After Players Light Up Victory Cigars

NCAA Suspends Football Coach After Players Light Up Victory Cigars

Yesterday, the NCAA suspended Ferris State University head football coach Tony Annese for a future playoff game after two of his players lit up victory cigars in a smoke-free …

March 24, 2023
Cigars And Gold From The Deep Sea

Cigars And Gold From The Deep Sea

Cigars, along with precious gold and rare artifacts, are up for auction from an 1857 shipwreck.

February 14, 2023
Cigars On Parade

Cigars On Parade

This past Saturday, January 28, Tampa had its annual Gasparilla Parade, among this year’s celebrants was cigarmaker J.C. Newman with a massive 40-foot wide by 13 feet tall float …

February 3, 2023
Attend A Super Bowl Cigar Party With NFL Legends

Attend A Super Bowl Cigar Party With NFL Legends

The 13th Annual Ditka & Jaws Cigars With The Stars event in Phoenix will host a bevy of NFL greats in a cigar-filled evening that precedes Super Bowl weekend. 

February 3, 2023
As The NFL Playoffs Begin We Look Back At Our Predictions From This Fall

As The NFL Playoffs Begin We Look Back At Our Predictions From This Fall

With the NFL playoffs set to begin this weekend, the Cigar Aficionado team looked back at Danny Sheridan’s NFL Preview from our September/October issue of 2022.

January 12, 2023
The Big Smoke Returns To Las Vegas With A New Venue

The Big Smoke Returns To Las Vegas With A New Venue

More than 3,000 cigar lovers from around the world gathered at resorts world for the 26th Big Smoke Las Vegas.

January 11, 2023

celebrities

My Favorite Cigar

My Favorite Cigar

Dan Aykroyd has had what he describes as “quite a cigar arc.” It started when, at 14, he unloaded freight cars for the Canadian National Railway.

January 11, 2023
A Super Cast

A Super Cast

The hosts of Fox NFL Sunday—who will bring the Super Bowl to millions of homes on February 12—share a natural camaraderie that has made their show  a winner for more than 28 …

January 10, 2023
My Favorite Cigar

My Favorite Cigar

The legendary middle linebacker shares his go-to smoke. 

November 18, 2022
10 Covers To Celebrate

10 Covers To Celebrate

We've had an amazing arrary of covers during our 30-year history. Here are 10 of our favorites.

November 18, 2022
My Favorite Cigar

My Favorite Cigar

The famous chef's cigar of choice is a former Cigar Aficionado Cigar of the Year, can you guess which one?

November 18, 2022
My Favorite Cigar

My Favorite Cigar

Actor Edwin Lee Gibson likes to pair his cigars wtih a single-malt and sometimes a bit of writing. He shared his smoke of choice with Cigar Aficionado.

November 18, 2022