Danny DeVito • November/December 2018
Features
Devilish Danny
Danny DeVito can visualize it perfectly, as though through a director’s viewfinder: A large tobacco field in Cuba. A carpet of green fills the frame, as viewed from overhead by …
Santiago: Cigar City
The waiter pours your coffee, strong and hot. As you take that first, bracing sip, you stare out from your perch and look down upon the verdant green carpet stretched out far …
La Romana: Casa de Campo
The infinity pool stretches out before you, cool and inviting. You light your cigar as a waiter brings an icy cocktail, and peruse the day’s menu, pondering your next move. At …
La Romana: Golfer’s Paradise
The right side of the fairway is jagged, as if a towering sea god had risen from the crystal blue waters of the Caribbean to rend the earth with his mighty, clawed hands, removing …
Dining Like a Dominican
You can get great steak, Italian and other worldly cuisines in the Dominican Republic, but whenever we visit we also indulge in traditional Dominican fare. Mangú You’ll …
Santo Domingo: The Colonial City by the Sea
A statue of Nicolás de Ovando stands atop a marble base in the middle of a piazza that dates back to the 16th century. Cast in bronze, he’s a bit shorter and a bit stouter than …
Playa Grande: Dominican Deluxe
Three decades ago, Adrian Zecha’s search for a beachfront home in Phuket, Thailand, led him to open a small resort he called Amanpuri. The term “boutique resort” was not yet in …
The Punta Cana Experience
As Frank Rainieri went about realizing his dream by developing what would be called Punta Cana on the northeastern tip of the Dominican Republic, he would sometimes find himself …
The Greatest Comeback Ever?
Was Tiger Woods’ victory in the Tour Championship on September 23 the greatest comeback in sports history? It was, to be sure, huge. Even more, it was Hoganesque. Only …
Going Out With A Bang
When an athlete’s career is built of awe-inspiring moments, beginning, middle and end, then it reads like an essay—balanced and complete. Such was the career of one Derek Jeter, …
5 Must-Try Holiday Cocktails
“I was just thinking of a flaming rum punch,” muses Clarence, the simple angel of the holiday film classic It’s a Wonderful Life . Even though it’s a snowy Christmas Eve and he …
Cigars
Top Dominican Cigars to Buy Now
It’s no secret some of the best cigars in the world are made in the Dominican Republic. They vary in terms of flavor and strength, from the mild to the more muscle-bound.
Cuba’s Best Cigar Tobacco Farms
Five small farms in Western Cuba grow some of the finest cigar tobacco leaves in the entire world.
Connoisseur’s Corner: Pre-Castro Romeo y Julietas
This cabinet of 50 pre-Castro cigars has unusual packaging, and the smaller cigars inside come packed in foil.
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Editors' Note: Traveling in Cigar Country
There’s nothing quite like it—visiting a country where cigars are made. You can walk through tobacco fields and tour cigar factories, witness tobacco being harvested and cigars …
Out of the Humidor, December 2018
Dear Marvin, I enjoyed your wide-ranging interview with Alex Rodriguez in the October Cigar Aficionado. For someone as well-known as A-Rod, it was surprisingly full of …
The Good Life
Japan: Present and Past
Tokyo’s vast skyline, its towers aglow with blinking red lights, fans out beneath the 33rd-floor windows of your room at the new Prince Gallery Tokyo Kioicho hotel. The mesmerizin…
First-Class Fruitcake
You’re to be forgiven if you think of fruitcake as a punch line rather than a culinary treat. We’ve all encountered that stale doorstop of a cake embedded with iridescent fruit …
2019 BMW 5-Series M5
While the 3-Series may be the most popular—read: financially attainable—BMW, the brand’s heart and soul is in the 5-Series, a sedan that blends luxury and performance into one …
In-Vest In Your Best
In the movie Catch Me If You Can , when the young imposter/con man Frank Abagnale sees Goldfinger and sets his sights on impersonating 007, the ejector seat and grille-mounted …
Ultrathin Watches
Only true masters of the art of watchmaking can take the craft to minimalist extremes. This year, Piaget, a specialist in ultrathin watchmaking since it introduced the 2.0-mm-thic…
House-Aged Champagne
Everyone knows a sandwich tastes better when someone else makes it for you. And if you want a perfectly aged bottle of vintage Champagne, you let the experts do it. That’s the …
Vigilant Reliance Wall Humidors
You’ve always wanted a bigger humidor but never had the space. Cabinet models take up too much room and end-table humidors are as bulky as a small refrigerator. The Vigilant …
Ring of Fire
There’s a tribal pull to a firepit: Friends gather, conversation flows, the smoke of your cigar blends with the cinders. It’s magnetic, like the kitchen in your home. So why would …
Made For You, December 2018
In a world of fast food and one-size-fits-all sensibilities, how often does something feel made especially for you? The “Made for You” section celebrates those items that are …