Personalities
The Chairman
February 24, 2022
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
January 4, 2022
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
December 20, 2021
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
August 18, 2021
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
June 7, 2021
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
February 12, 2021
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
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 ...
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 Estelà Nicaragua for a conversation about his hometown, tobacco ...
Q&A With Nirka Reyes
October 22, 2019
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
September 20, 2019
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 ...
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