Features
Claudia Schiffer, A Model Life
As Cigar Aficionado magazine approaches 20 years in print, we are taking a look back at some of the most memorable stories we have published over the years. In this step …
Anthony's Pier 4, Boston
The warm foyer is bustling on a Saturday night. A small moat separates the entrance from the vast dining room, and diners must walk across a small bridge covered by a crimson …
Patroon, New York City
The power dining scene in New York rarely shifts. The Regency Hotel for breakfast, the Four Seasons restaurant for lunch, The '21' Club for dinner are as essential dining spots …
Acquired Tastes: Aperitifs
Dale DeGroff's friend John was in a quandary. "He called me up in desperation!" DeGroff exclaims. "He needed a new drink. He wanted to lay off the Scotch and drink something …
Bargaining the Brimfield Way
A convoy of trucks lines Massachusetts' Route 20. The vehicles overflow with belongings that once knew homes. Having traveled for miles, the drivers must now construct makeshift …
Fashion: High-Tech Tradition
"I always had a fondness for tweeds, like my father and grandfather, but I wore mine a trifle more loosely and casually than they." --The Duke of Windsor, Windsor …
Internal Compulsion: Model Car Maker Andy Mathews
He spent six days, 21 hours a day, crawling around the floor of Williams Grand Prix Engineering car factory in England. He took photographs of every last washer and screw of a …
Over Seas Odds
It's as easy as buying a fruit basket. You pick up the phone, dial a toll-free number that connects you to an office in a faraway land, give the nice man on the other end …
Pearls: Gems of the Ocean
It was 1917, and Pierre Cartier was feeling cramped in his floor- through digs at 712 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. At the same time, Mrs. Morton F. Plant, wife of a New York banker, …
Playing Through A Revolution: Golf in Williamsburg
More than 200 years after being unceremoniously ousted from America, the British may be getting a measure of revenge as one of their homegrown games invades a storied corner of …
Beneath The Waves
The stingrays were intimidating, despite all the assurances of my safety. With wingspans up to six feet across and a long barbed tail, one was frightening, but when a dozen …
It's Only Rock & Roll, But I'll Buy It
Man, it was unbelievable. Two hours before the show was set to start, the line wrapped around the block. It didn't matter that this was yet another cold San Francisco night. There …
Perfect Match
Back in the days when advertising was mainly word-of-mouth, cast members from the Mendelson Opera Company conceived a unique, and diminutive, way to let people know about their …
A Major Love Affair
On any soft, steamy late afternoon the miniature menaces of Sea Island, Georgia, come searching for sustenance. The gnats and the no-see-ums, infinitesimal bloodsucking …
Delano, Miami Beach, Florida
I've seen it all," says Matthew Green, an assistant manager at the Delano hotel on Miami's South Beach. "Oprah, Madonna, Calvin Klein, you name it." You might expect the accompany…
Cigars
Great Moments
Back in Covington, Tennessee, about 45 miles northeast of Memphis, my granddaddy always had a big, fat old cigar shoved in the side of his mouth. My grandma didn't much care for …
Happy Birthday, Cohiba
Nearly 800 Cigar Aficionados Gather in Havana to Celebrate 30 Years of Cohiba Cigars
The Dominican Cigar Explosion
With 1996 Cigar Exports up 70.9 Percent to About 140 Million, Cigarmakers in the Dominican Republic Have Shifted into High Gear
Butlers, Washington, D.C.
In a part of town that many businesses hope will soon be the transplanted heart of Washington, D.C., the managers of the Grand Hyatt Hotel are already celebrating with Butlers--Th…
On a High Note
Operatic supertenor Luciano Pavarotti enjoys a fine cigar.
New World Man
A mass of contradictions wrapped in an enigma, businessman/impresario/bon vivante David Tang seems singularly poised to deal with whatever Hong Kong's future brings.
The Padron Family: A Nicaraguan Legacy
Despite Wars in Nicaragua and Bombings in Miami, Jose Padrón Has Built a Thriving Cigar Business
An Interview with Stanford Newman
Chairman, J.C. Newman Cigar Co., Tampa, Florida, the owners of Cuesta-Rey and Diamond Crown cigars.
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Bad Science, Bad Laws
Just when you thought it was time for cigar smokers to relax a little bit and enjoy the newfound popularity of their pastime, along comes an insidious assault that would effective…
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, I have been a serious marathon runner for 14 years and a cigar smoker for five. While there may be some who find this combination to be incongruous, I do not. …