The Top 25 of 2021 • January/February 2022
Features
Best of the Year
There isn’t a busier, more exciting time at Cigar Aficionado than Top 25 season. That’s when we reassess the highest-scoring cigars of the year and come to a clear consensus …
2021 Els For Autism Pro-Am Raises More Than $1 Million
The clouds cooperated on December 6, holding their rain until all the golf was done at the 2021 Els for Autism Pro-Am at Old Palm Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. When it …
Moneyball
Golf legend Greg Norman announced in October that he is the chief executive officer of a Saudi-backed golf initiative that is pumping millions into the game, a venture that could …
Ports of Call
Port is an enigmatic drink. Technically, it’s a wine defined by region, not by grape varietal. It comes in several styles and colors. It’s markedly higher in proof than other …
Cigars
My Favorite Cigar
The actor shares his smoke of choice, one that he indulges in two or three times a day.
Keepers of the Clock
For 127 years the Newmans have been making cigars. Now, America’s oldest family-owned cigar company opens its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, for tours.
Phoenicia: The Cuban Cigar Powerhouse
Little known to American cigar lovers, Phoenicia Trading is one of the world’s largest distributors of Cuban smokes worldwide. Customers often drop $100,000 at its duty-free shop …
The Big Smokes Are Back
It was a big year for Big Smokes in 2021.
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
A Ban Too Far
Just when you thought you had heard everything from the anti-smoking zealots, along comes a proposal that takes smoking bans to levels that are unimaginable. If lawmakers in New …
The Good Life
Daniel Marshall Treasure Chest Humidor
If you smoke cigars, you need a safe haven in which to store them, a good humidor built to mimic the tropical conditions of the cigarmaking capitals of the world. A perfect choice …
Mercedes-Benz S-Class
Navigating the Northeast coastline for the first time in the new Mercedes-Benz S 580, plenty of adjectives roll through the mind: Impressive, imposing, roomy, luxurious and solid, …
Hublot Big Bang Unico Arturo Fuente Ceramic
Hublot’s latest collaboration with Arturo Fuente continued with a big bang in November, when Carlos Fuente Jr., president of Arturo Fuente Cigar Co., and Hublot CEO Ricardo …
Jumby Bay Island, Antigua
A 10-minute ride on a custom catamaran from the island of Antigua takes guests to the dock of Jumby Bay Island. To the left, a half-mile crescent of creamy, white sand, swaying …
Lyle & Scott Golf Wear
Mark Twain once famously quipped, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” He may have forgotten his time in Scotland where the notoriously chilly and …
Eggnog
What seemed to have been the last straw in Covid restrictions for beleaguered cocktailians came in December with the reports of a shortage of the main ingredient in the archetypal …
Roll Your Own Pasta
If you love eating pasta at home, it’s time to think outside the box. Put the dried stuff aside. Grab some good flour and eggs. Skip paying $25 in a fine Italian restaurant. Make …
Hang Gliding
Want to pilot your own aircraft and solo after just an hour of instruction without putting a dent in your wallet? That’s the appeal of hang-gliding lessons. Invented as an …