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Survival of the Fittest 

Michelle Dowd: Survival of the Fittest 

818-424-2116  Michelle Dowd still remembers the phone number from her childhood. But rather than being tethered to a landline phone on the wall of a ...
Manuel Ynoa

Q&A: Manuel Inoa (Master Blender – La Aurora Cigars)

Manuel Inoa has dedicated more than 30 years to blending premium cigars at La Aurora Cigars. His efforts have garnered praise and respect from his ...
The Real Donnie Brasco

The Real Donnie Brasco 

Fuhgeddaboudit: “Everyone is Fascinated with the Mafia,” says the real Donnie Brasco  Before he was an FBI agent, Joe Pistone was a wise-guy-in-training in his ...
El Tren

First Cigar with Robeisy “El Tren” Ramírez 

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 ...
Cuban Cowboy

First Cigar with Orlando Mendez: The Cuban Cowboy

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

Nick Melillo: Renaissance Man

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 ...
Truth is Out

The Truth is Out There 

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 ...
Neighborhood

There Goes The Neighborhood

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 ...
Oscar

The Long and Winding Road of Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co. 

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

Guy Fieri: Full Throttle

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 ...

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