Personalities
Michelle Dowd: Survival of the Fittest
October 29, 2024
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 ...
Q&A: Manuel Inoa (Master Blender – La Aurora Cigars)
August 5, 2024
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
July 22, 2024
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 ...
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 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 ...
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