Cigar Aficionado

Marvin R. Shanken interviews the controversial and intense Ray Lewis, who overcame all odds to become one of football’s greatest players.

There has never been a better time to play the majestic courses of Southwest Ireland, an emerald beacon to lovers of links golf.

Cigar lover Michael Cudlitz battles for survival in style each week in the hit AMC series “The Walking Dead.”

A casino surveillance expert reveals the card-counting cover-ups, chip-swapping ruses and blunt-force scams of Las Vegas cheaters.

The NFL’s arduous battle of the gridiron will soon begin, and our football expert analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each team to predict who will prevail as champion.

Daring to be different in a watch climate dominated by safe bets, these 10 watches turned on bold new movements and striking design.

Aged rums are a natural partner for handmade cigars.

A.J. Fernandez has quickly built one of Nicaragua’s biggest premium cigar operations.

The cigar-making facility may have moved to a new location in Havana, but the spirit of the famous Cuban cigar brand lives on.

Watching Ray Lewis play football is simply unforgettable. The man is a powerhouse, with a seemingly infinite amount of athleticism, the ability to know where to be on defense at all times and leadership skills that motivate his teammates. …

Dear Marvin, Many who feel morally superior have a need to impose their personal beliefs through regulatory prohibition. The most famous example is the Volstead Act of 1919, which prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of …

It seems as though many makers of traditional luxury goods have lost faith in the casual smoker and discontinued any items even remotely pertaining to cigars. Thankfully, the world's finest crystaliers have refused to turn their backs on …

On the nose you get a nuanced meeting of delicate fruits with oak, nuts and vanilla. On the palate come pears, ripe berries, cocoa and toffee. It's the hallmark elegance and complexity of one of the hyperpremium Cognacs crafted by big …

For the whiskey lover—and there are a lot of us out there now—a visit to the distillery of a favorite brand is a bucket-list no-brainer, ranking right up there with playing St Andrew's for golfers. But you don't have to be a whiskey geek …

Just placing them on your head, it's obvious that no expense was spared in the making of Focal's new Utopia headphones. Weighing a little more than a pound, the unit has an adjustable yoke forged out of carbon fiber for strength, practical…

The stuff of science fiction is rapidly becoming everyday reality, especially when it comes to automobiles. By the end of the decade, we may see the first fully self-driving cars. And the completely made over 2017 Mercedes-Benz E300 will …

They may seem like a recent punk fashion, but objects decorated with skull and crossbones have been with us for thousands of years as reminders that life is short and should be lived to the fullest. (In Latin memento mori, or "remember …

Life is a wake-up call at the Cal-a-Vie Health Spa. If you think the spa culture is entirely too sedate, too precious, maybe even too feminine, Cal-a-Vie could change your mind. It did for Rick Holton, a venture capitalist from St. Louis, …

My pocket watch collection began, quite by accident, on a train journey across Russia in the 1990s. I found myself in the station at Yekaterinburg with nothing to do, nothing to read, and—seemingly—nothing to buy, when something in a …

Snaking gently through the gridlock amid a cacophony of car horns while riding my trusty Tern Verge S8i, I pull up on the sidewalk near a subway entrance in Brooklyn. With one hand on the seat, I unclasp the bike's two joint locks located …

With many foods, fresh is considered best as we buy produce that's been raced to market and carefully check sell-by dates on dairy products. Yet the true royalty of the meat world is aged beef, a food that, like fine cigars, whiskeys and …

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 created with such high quality of hand workmanship and degree of …