100 Years of Fuente—Celebrating a Family Dynasty • January/February 2012
Features
One Hundred Years of Fuente
The warehouses were completely engulfed in flames, and the firefighters were losing the battle. The men and women attacked the fire, spurting water through the windows of the …
The Changing of the Guard
In the 1969 movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , Paul Newman as Butch and the Sundance Kid, played by Robert Redford, pause at the top of a mountain to consider the …
The Biggest Bet in Sports
Placing a big bet on America’s biggest game is on the rise. Super Bowl wagering in Nevada has been on a steady uptick for the past two years. After a drop during the 2007 to 2009 …
Cigars
Telling It Like It Is
Sean Hannity has led Fox News to the No. 1 slot on television with his unflinching conservative beliefs
Exclusive Habanos
Limited and Regional Editions are expanding the global portfolio of Habanos S.A.
Secrets of Connecticut Shade
The hot new thing in the humidor is a wrapper leaf dating back more than 110 years
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
A Well-Deserved Honor
We have never done this before—put cigar makers on the cover of Cigar Aficionado . But the Fuente family, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in the cigar business in 2012, …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, I have been a subscriber to your magazine for many years and I would like to tell you that I found the December issue to be the finest you’ve ever made. Like my …
The Good Life
Transcend GPS Ski Goggles
Perhaps it’s the Liquid Crystal Display inside Zeal Optics’ Transcend ski goggles that gives them their James Bond feel. Or maybe it’s their built-in Global Positioning System, …
2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S
My left foot is firmly planted on the brake, my right jamming the throttle to the floor as the engine bounces off the rev limiter. With the track manager giving me a wave, I lift …
Rocksmith
Like many guys, I was a self-taught six-chord guitar player growing up. Even managed to teach myself some primitive finger picking, but girls were unimpressed, and I had no money …
St. Regis, Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii
Makai is Hawaiian for “towards the sea” and therein lays the beauty and the peril of this course. Hole 7, my favorite, is played over the ocean. The tee is on a slight peninsula, …
Couture Cases
When transporting and protecting cigars on the go is the objective, the choices are many and they start with a simple plastic bag. But when carrying a certain sense of style is …
Rhône Whites
Red wine and steak. Red wine and cigars. Red wine and just about anything grilled. It seems hard to beat red wine. Heck, some even say that “all wines would be red if they could.” …
French Bonbons
When it comes to convections, purists will tout couverture and bar chocolate. But if fun is the objective—and when is it not?—follow the French candy makers who have made an …
Texture Time
Between super woolens, hyperfine cashmeres and even more rarified fabrics, things have been going pretty smoothly in the world of high fashion sport coats. But, as with all things …
Racing Watches
Watchmakers have been using design elements to tie into the high-octane world of motor racing since the dawn of the automobile—which came coincidentally about the time that …
Cheese Making
Until I tried making cheddar cheese, I never knew how working with raw milk compared to loving a beautiful woman. And like a beautiful woman, how easily cheddar can break your …