Category: Personalities
The Chairman
The chairman is taking his breakfast at the back of Rise, a 24-hour diner/deli tucked in a corner of the grand Seminole Hard Rock Hotel …
First Cigar with Michael Vick
Michael Vick was electrifying on the football field. He was drafted first overall by the Atlanta Falcons in the 2001 NFL draft. In only his …
Q&A with Joseph Wagner
Joseph Wagner has made a name for himself by consistently bringing quality pinot noirs to market since he followed in the footsteps of four generations …
First Cigar with Billy Gibbons
Interview by Sean Chaffin Like many fans of the Old West, there was just something about The Man With No Name for a young Billy …
First Cigar with Steve Wilkos
Steve Wilkos has for 15 years been a staple of prime-time afternoons as the gruff but lovable host of the aptly named “The Steve Wilkos …
Warrior Poets
Merging Manliness, Patriotism and Weaponry in the New South Warrior Poets Tucked into an obscured industrial park in the Atlanta suburbs, two college pals are …
If Hemingway were a Chef…
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 …
Q&A with Nestor Andrés Plasencia
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 …
Q&A With Nirka Reyes
Nirka Reyes Nirka Reyes has become the face of De Los Reyes Cigars, matured as a leader in the industry, and earned the respect of her …
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 …