Features
Dennis Hopper: Rennaissance Rebel
The river flows, it flows to the sea Wherever that river goes, that's where I want to be Flow river flow, let your waters wash down Take me from this road to some other town …
Gentleman's Attire
Over the years, Michael de Cozar, head concierge at The Ritz London, has handled some unusual requests by hotel guests. There was, for example, a Frenchman who wished to buy a …
A Passion for Port
The judge had no idea what he gave up. On a lazy summer evening in July, I opened an unlabeled bottle of 1920 vintage Port that I had purchased from a retired judge a few years …
Buy and Cell
Eeny, meeny, miney, mo, 50 cell phones in a row. What's the best choice? I don't know! My mother said to pick this one and out goes Y,O . . . Wait! I know it's difficult choosing …
Golf American Style
Herbert V. Kohler Jr. wants to make a point. In a private dining room, over consommé and wild mushrooms, Kohler bends toward his listener and puts his hand on the table. With the …
Paradise Island
Lanai rises from the sea, the gentle slopes of its one mountain shrouded in clouds. From my vantage point across eight miles of water on Maui, Lanai looks green and inviting, …
Roughing It with Style
I am 19 miles from nowhere, deep in the jungles of Belize, smoke from countless wildfires swirling into the skies from almost every direction. The Blancaneaux Lodge isn't a place …
Insights: Finance
An individual investor can earn a return on his capital in many ways. First, you would consider whether you want to earn an absolute or a relative return. That is, if you start …
Insights: Indulgence
Sooner or later, most men have to buy precious stones. Almost invariably, the first such experience is a diamond ring for you-know-what. You're young, you're poor (soon to be much …
Insights: Politics
In New York last fall, the members of the United Nations gathered to chart a course for the future. With leadership from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, nations began working …
Insights: Sports
Ken Venturi is one of the living legends in golf. Taught by golf greats Byron Nelson and mentored by Ben Hogan early in his career, Venturi was a fixture on the PGA Tour in the …
Checkpoint Churchill
On every trip to Central America, the producer would stop on Miami's Flagler Street on his way to the airport and buy a couple of boxes of cigars. Padrón "Presidentes" then sold …
Made In The USA—Mining Americana
Leslie B. Keno, Sotheby's senior specialist and director of business development for American furniture and decorative arts, is rarely at a loss for words. But caught between …
Winning at the Big 3
We've all been there: sitting in a casino, throwing good money after bad, trying to beat the odds at a blackjack table. It's small consolation that everybody else is getting …
Cigars
A $20 Nassau
An old Cuban master and an Italian Entrepreneur make Graycliff cigars in the Bahamas
The Vegas Robaina Conundrum
The silky leaves grown by a Cuban master bear little resemblance to the cigars named after him
Shopping in Cuba
Havana's most popular cigar sizes are back on the shelves.
Cutting and Lighting
New cigar smokers learn early on about the importance of a good cut. An improper cut will ruin the cigar, causing the end to split or the wrapper to unravel. So, especially if …
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Not Again
In late October, Cuban President Fidel Castro led an anti-American demonstration in Havana that underscored everything wrong with current U.S. policy. The protest was aimed at new …
Out of the Humidor
Published January/February 2001 - Out of the Humidor Dear Marvin, I enjoy reading your magazine and try not to let the letters in your "Out Of The Humidor" section upset …