Brand Breakdown
These interviews and profiles bring you closer to the biggest names in premium cigars, as well as other noteworthy Cigar Snobs.
RP Special Edition
Rocky Patel, owner of Rocky Patel Premium Cigars Special Edition has the most limited production of any cigar we’re talking about here. Special Edition is …
Olde World reserve Corojo
Rocky Patel, owner of Rocky Patel Premium Cigars What was it like when you started in cigars? It’s been a learning experience. It started out …
Alec Bradley Magic Toast
Alec Bradley: Alan Rubin, owner of Alec Bradley Cigars You’re a busy man. You have your kids, Alec and Bradley, working with you now, but …
Illusione Oneoff
Dion Giolito Owner of Illusione Cigars What drew you to using Aganorsa tobacco? There’s so much talk of trying to recreate what Cuba does. It’s …
Pairings
These interviews and profiles bring you closer to the biggest names in premium cigars, as well as other noteworthy Cigar Snobs.
Montecristo Nicaragua Series / Havana Café cocktail
In many ways, the premium cigar industry is about taking Cuban culture and adapting it to a new home outside of Cuba. Take, for instance, …
Espinosa Las 6 Provincias LHB / Cigar City Cubano-Style Espresso Brown Ale
Even without speaking a word of Spanish, you can probably take some pretty good guesses as to what “Las 6 Provincias” means. Espinosa Cigars’ latest …
American Made
As the lines between geographically-defined rum styles blur, can U.S. distillers carve out an identity for themselves? Rum is the most malleable of spirits. It’s …
My Father Le Bijou Box-Pressed / Zafra Master Series Aged 30 Years
At Cigar Snob Magazine, we’re in the business of tasting and scrutinizing, be it cigars, food, wine, or spirits. After a particularly good tasting, we’re …
