Cigar Aficionado

The crowd came early and stayed late, eager to be part of the first Big Smoke in Miami in nearly 20 years. It was a night of cigars, great cocktails, a festive atmosphere and some of the …

Cigar Aficionado's Big Smoke is coming to the sunny shores of Miami Beach on April 7—and there's still time for cigar lovers to take part in the festivities. The event will be held at the …

Tickets to the 21st annual Big Smoke Las Vegas weekend, which kicks off November 11, are on sale now.

Lovers of the leaf looking to plan their next cigar adventure will be happy to hear that the dates have been set for Cigar Aficionado's 2016 Big Smoke Las Vegas weekend, the largest cigar …

Nearly 1,200 cigar enthusiasts descended upon Manhattan's west side last Thursday, all uniting in good company for Cigar Aficionado's Big Smoke—New York's largest celebration of cigars and …

Cigar enthusiast Jim Topp wasn't allowed to smoke at home. So he did what any sensible man would do and commissioned a 600 horsepower supercharged 1965 Mustang custom convertible to be …

Big Smoke Las Vegas attendees had just finished a hearty breakfast before they returned to the Mirage Hotel & Casino conference room and were handed a dark, slightly wet tobacco leaf.

Just before the Big Smoke Sunday Seminar "Bourbon For Certain" began, co-host Jorge Padrón, president of Padrón Cigars, admitted to the audience that he's more of a Scotch connoisseur than …

"Who smoked more cigars yesterday than they ever have before?" asked David Savona, executive editor of Cigar Aficionado, as he addressed the Big Smoke crowd last Sunday morning. It was a …

With tensions between Cuba and the United States seeming to thaw, and the prospect of Cuba opening its doors a stronger possibility now than ever since the embargo was instated over 50 …

It's hard to imagine, but 40 years ago, there was no such thing as a maduro cigar wrapper. Whereas a present-day cigar shop humidor typically showcases a gamut of colorful smokes, ranging …

The Big Smoke Las Vegas was a particularly apt setting for Cigar Aficionado's first-ever seminar on Humidity and Your Cigars, with panelists Daniel Marshall of D. Marshall Humidors and Sean …

Twenty years ago, the Fuente Fuente OpusX made its commercial debut. This wasn't just another cigar. It was a brand with an unusual name and an unusual wrapper. Today, it has turned into a …

As the Big Smoke Saturday morning seminars came to a close, much unlike the clouds of cigar smoke left floating above the Mirage Hotel & Casino's Convention Events Center, the cigar-loving …

Braced at the entrance of the Mirage Hotel & Casino conference room, more than 500 cigar enthusiasts waited anxiously for the clock to strike 9:00—kick off time for Cigar Aficionado's …

Cigar enthusiasts from around the world lined the corridors of the Mirage Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas last weekend for a Big Smoke 20 years in the making. When the doors opened at 6:30 on …

Thousands of cigar enthusiasts from all over the world will sojourn to The Mirage Hotel and Casino this Friday for Cigar Aficionado's 20th annual Big Smoke Las Vegas weekend, the largest …

Start making plans because the schedule for the Big Smoke Las Vegas Seminars is now official.