Cigar Aficionado

Nestor Plasencia and his family may have burst onto the mainstream cigar scene in a big way with their Alma line of cigars in the past few years, but they've...

Ometepe has to be the most unusual and dramatic location for growing tobacco imaginable. Picture the scene: in the middle of the largest lake in Central America, and 20 largest...

These days, just about every top brand is filling their cigars with Nicaraguan tobacco. As cigar smokers, we just can't get enough of the stuff. This is the millennium of...

You might think that just about every premium handmade cigar is blended from organic tobacco. After all, cigars are all about natural tobacco and traditional methods, right? Well, as it...

As a cigar enthusiast, there's nothing cooler than visiting a brand and meeting the people behind cigars we love. But you don't have to write for Cigar Aficionado or front...

As we speak, the future of cigars is being handed over to a new generation of leaders. One by one, the titans of the cigar boom and the resurgence of...

Cigars and Scotch: is there a more classic pairing? Whether you're just starting your cigar journey or are a seasoned member of the Brotherhood of the (tobacco) Leaf, you likely...

If you're anything like us, you might have been under the impression that cigars are round. They're made by cigar rollers after all, right? We've smoked cigars of every shape...

Autumn is almost over, but "fall" isn't done yet. Even in December, those asshole trees are still dropping leaves all over the damn place. How many Saturdays do the tree...