Personalities
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 ...
First Cigar with Orlando Mendez: The Cuban Cowboy
June 17, 2024
So it’s not every day that we have a country singer from Miami. A Cuban cowboy at that. So how did country music become your ...
Nick Melillo: Renaissance Man
June 11, 2024
The founder of Foundation Cigar Co. has traveled the world, plumbed the notions of mystics, toured with Ziggy Marley, and become cigar buddies with Joe ...
The Padróns
April 22, 2024
Over the weekend we received the incredibly sad news that Rodolfo “Rudy” Padrón passed away. Rudy was not one for publicity or fanfare but back ...
The Truth is Out There
February 1, 2024
It’s Not Your Imagination: Illusione Founder Dion Giolito is a True Believer – In Tobacco Dion Giolito had his priorities even as a teenager. It ...
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 ...
The Long and Winding Road of Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co.
July 21, 2023
Riding shotgun along a country road in Talanga, Honduras, we crossed a small bridge and he said, “This is where the property line starts.” As ...
Guy Fieri: Full Throttle
July 11, 2023
CULINARY ACE BURSTS ONTO CIGAR SCENE WITH HUGE PERSONALITY AND FLAVORFUL BLENDS. Guy Fieri isn’t much for casual interests. Be it food, wine, spirits, or ...
Jack Douglas has shaped your life whether you know it or not
March 28, 2023
As a record producer, Jack Douglas has over the decades helped create music by John Lennon, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, and myriad other culture shapers. ...
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