Category: Editorial
How a passion for music led Nat Sherman’s Michael Herklots to a career in cigars
Michael Herklots remembers his first cigar in far more vivid detail than most of the people I ask. It makes sense that he would. He’s …
Seed to Cup
Like any great tobacco, your coffee takes a long journey — guided by the expert hands of passionate farmers and artisans — to get from …
Drew Estate — where they came from and what’s next in the “Rebirth of Cigars”
by Nicolás Antonio Jiménez Sunday, January 29, 1995. Chances are you were stocking up on beer, prepping chip dip, and maybe rifling through your closet …
Fidel Castro is dead. Now what?
by Nicolás Antonio Jiménez Fidel Castro is dead. That was the big news late Friday night. The longtime dictator, whose younger brother succeeded him 10 …
Cuba between the lines
Ten years ago, Cigar Snob was born as Cuba entered into a new era in its history. by Nicolás Antonio Jiménez Egberto Escobedo was born …
At the source of Florida Sun Grown tobacco
by Nicolás Antonio Jiménez This article was first published in the July/August 2015 issue of Cigar Snob As the barn door opens, Jeff Borysiewicz is …
Midnight in Havana: a look at dictatorship and change in Cuba
This piece was published in the January/February 2015 issue of Cigar Snob. Changes in U.S.-Cuba policy conjure up old Cold War images, but the island …