Personalities

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 ...

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 ...

Mombacho Cigars Hires Indiana Ortez as General Manager

April 9, 2021

Mombacho Cigars S.A. has hired Indiana Ortez as general manager for the company’s Nicaraguan operations. Ortez comes to the job after working as quality control ...

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 Estelí Nicaragua for a conversation about his hometown, tobacco ...