Nicolas Jimenez
First Cigar with Robeisy “El Tren” Ramírez
June 24, 2024
Interview by Michael Beltrán and Nicolás A. Jiménez After Cuban boxer Robeisy “El Tren” Ramírez won two Olympic gold medals, a horrific experience with Cuba’s ...
Staying Power
January 29, 2024
Behind every cigar there are countless people who contributed to the flavor, look, feel, and experience of smoking it. Some of them have their best ...
There Goes The Neighborhood
January 18, 2024
Chef Michael Beltrán of the Michelin-starred Ariete is bringing top-tier hospitality to the cigar bar game in downtown Miami Cigar Snob: “What do you name ...
A Connecticut Yankee in Estelí
March 28, 2022
This story originally appeared in the Nov/Dec 2012 issue of Cigar Snob Magazine. A lot has changed since then, namely Nicholas Melillo ventured out on his ...
¿Who’s Your Papi?
January 5, 2021
Photography by: Zach Ramsey Who’s Your Papi? Dan Le Batard’s namesake ESPN2 talk show, Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable (DLHQ), features interviews with some ...
If Hemingway were a Chef… – Norman Van Aken
April 28, 2020
Norman Van Aken is widely known as the father of New World Cuisine. The Midwestern chef found his voice in a Key West kitchen and ...
Meat Mecca
April 14, 2020
Digging into barbecue in the most dogmatic corner of the meat-smoking world There’s no U.S. state that’s prouder of its distinct culture and traditions than ...
Tabacalera Oliva 2.0
April 8, 2020
Tabacalera Oliva Oliva Cigar has undergone a transformation and adopted new technologies that might revolutionize the way premium cigars are made. There’s something paradoxical about ...
Q&A with Nestor Andrés Plasencia
March 19, 2020
Q&A with Nestor Andrés Plasencia We met Nestor Andrés Plasencia at his factory cigar lounge in Estelí Nicaragua for a conversation about his hometown, tobacco ...
Dallas by the Horns
March 17, 2020
Dallas by the Horns Three cowboys—their horses in full gallops—stand up in their stirrups as they rush to lead cattle across a small stream. They’ve ...
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