Cigar Aficionado Magazine

Cigar Aficionado is an American magazine focused on cigars. Since its debut in September 1992, the publication has featured articles about various cigar brands from around the globe, as well as profiles of famous personalities on its covers. The magazine is recognized for its stance against the Cuban embargo. It was founded by Marvin R. Shanken through M. Shanken Communications, which has also published Wine Spectator since 1976. The current editor is Gordon Mott.

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Minneapolis Cigar Lounge Sues City Over 15-Minute Smoking Limitation

1 week ago | cigaraficionado.com | Garrett Rutledge

The Minneapolis City Council passed a law last year that prohibited cigar smokers from smoking for more than 15 minutes inside tobacco shops. To add insult to injury, there’s only one cigar shop in Minneapolis where smoking indoors is allowed. The ordinance felt targeted and unnecessary to cigar smokers locally and beyond, and now the shop, Anthony’s Pipe & Cigar Lounge, is fighting back.
Cohiba Vs. Cohiba: Another Win For Cuba

1 week ago | cigaraficionado.com | Gregory Mottola

The legal battle for Cohiba, Cuba’s flagship luxury cigar brand, has been going on for nearly 30 years, and a judgement has just gone in favor of the Cubans—again. This most recent ruling is a result of a suit filed in February 2023: General Cigar Company v. Empresa Cubana Del Tabaco d.b.a. Cubatabaco. General sought to reverse a decision made by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) in 2022, which ruled to cancel General’s Cohiba trademark registration in the United States.
The Trapper’s Den At Lone Mountain Ranch

1 week ago | cigaraficionado.com | Garrett Rutledge

For generations, the sprawling, natural landscapes of the Western United States have captivated would-be explorers and opportunity-seekers alike, often serving those in need of a fresh start. Today, the intrigue remains, largely in the form of tourism. In states like Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, high-end, outdoorsy resorts, centered around nature-driven activities and proximity to America’s renowned national parks, have become increasingly common.
Warped Corto Maduro Now Shipping

1 week ago | cigaraficionado.com | Gregory Mottola

Corto Maduro—the strong, Nicaraguan, single-sized cigar from Warped—is heading to retailers. It was on display at the PCA trade show in April and started shipping to cigar shops yesterday. The new smoke is an offshoot of the Warped Corto brand that debuted a decade ago. Now that it’s been on the market for 10 years, owner Kyle Gellis wanted to take it into darker, stronger territory.
Davidoff Closing Downtown NYC Cigar Shop

1 week ago | cigaraficionado.com | Gregory Mottola

New York City will soon have one less upscale tobacconist. Davidoff of Geneva announced that it will be closing its Brookfield Place location in lower Manhattan. Since April of 2016, Davidoff Brookfield Place has served as the city’s flagship retail store, set in a tony shopping gallery alongside other high-end boutiques such as Ferragamo, Luis Vuitton and Bottega Veneta. It’s scheduled to close in September.
Highlights From The 2025 PCA Trade Show

1 week ago | cigaraficionado.com | Gregory Mottola

Highlights From The 2025 PCA Trade Show | It used to be called the RTDA. Then the IPCPR. Now, it’s known as the PCA (Premium Cigar Association) trade show, and there is no time of the year when so much of the premium cigar industry is all in one place. The trade show is a product pavilion where retailers from around the United States can peruse new and upcoming releases from cigar companies of all sizes, and Cigar Aficionado was there.
Fat New Padrón Blacks Coming This Fall

1 week ago | cigaraficionado.com | David Savona

The Padrón family is conservative with new releases, so a new Padrón is typically a big deal. This fall, the company will begin shipping the Padrón PB-99, a line extension to the sub-brand that is better known as Padrón Black. The cigars in that line are powerful, stronger than most other Padróns. The PB-99, which will come in maduro and natural versions, measures 6 3/4 inches long with a 60 ring gauge.
Quesada Oktoberfest Returning For 2025

2 weeks ago | cigaraficionado.com | Thomas Pappalardo

The world’s most popular beer festival, Oktoberfest, is still several months away but Quesada Cigars is getting into the spirit a little early. The seasonally themed Oktoberfest cigars were on display at this year’s PCA trade show in New Orleans and are scheduled to ship this August. Quesada Oktoberfest is made at the Quesada factory in the Dominican Republic, and has been blended to pair with German beer ever since the brand’s debut in 2011.
A Tatuaje Gets Two New Wrappers

2 weeks ago | cigaraficionado.com | Thomas Pappalardo

Like a chef taking a familiar recipe and substituting one of the ingredients to see how it changes the flavor, Tatuaje Cigars’ Pete Johnson continues his experimentation on how different wrappers can affect cigars in his portfolio. At the PCA trade show, held earlier this month, he showed off previews of the Tuxtla and Corojo editions of 7th Corona Gorda, a size from his Tatuaje Seleccion de Cazador line, commonly known as Brown Label.
Central Cigar, St. Petersburg, FL

2 weeks ago | cigaraficionado.com | Larry Olmsted

Thirty years ago, when Central Cigar opened, downtown St. Petersburg was far from the hotspot it is today. There was one other bar on the street, lots of empty storefronts, and few tourists. The arrival of the downtown Major League ballpark changed that, and today the waterfront area is humming with activity day and night, a tourist epicenter of shops, cafes, hotels, outdoor dining and nightlife, and Central Cigar remains a key part of the neighborhood fabric.