The year’s kickoff issue is a roundup of our 25 favorite smokes of the year past, up to and including Cigar Snob’s Cigar of the Year, the Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua Sonata.  Our comprehensive narratives on these 25 gems will give you some ideas when you visit your local brick & mortar or order up a new supply.

Also this issue, a travelogue through Alabama’s golf trail, the story of Gurkha’s take on the Chinese Zodiac cigar craze, and the usual goodness of ratings, pairings, events and a fabulous cover shoot.

While you were still taking in summer drinks and mellow smokes, we were toiling with cask-finished Scotch, walking the streets of the Windy City, hitting the links of the Great Northwest and dodging Gila Monsters. Okay, we enjoy our work and hopefully, it shows. So this new issue features some fine tasting whiskies, paired with the right cigar, a travelogue out of Chicago with a True Crime tilt and plenty of smoking tips, a golf travel saga full of adventure out of Inland Northwest, and a photo shoot from Arizona. All this and the usual good stuff, including ratings and a full house of events from around the U.S.

The summer issue comes with sunscreen, floppy hat and flip-flops.

Naw, not really, we’ve got more game than that. Start with a couple of Perfect Pairings, move on to some casino cigar lounges - - go-to spots in any season – and into our feature profile of Michelle Dowd, who chronicles her adolescence as a cult member in a memoir, “Forager.” We learn about living off the land, life in a cult and how cigars came into her life. We also give you the lowdown on generational cigar bans, which started in the U.S. and are on the move internationally. All this and the usual more, which includes a packed events section, a stunning pictorial and expert cigar ratings. 

We greet the new season with big shots of cigar fun in our new issue. Joe Pistone was an FBI agent who became Donnie Brasco to infiltrate organized crime, wrote books and most famously, became the main character in a Hollywood blockbuster. Inevitably, he likes a good cigar. Boxer Robeisy Ramírez came out of Cuba, captured the world featherweight title and now tells his story of leaving Cuba and how cigars are integral to his planning sessions. A history lesson on cask finished Scotch also gives you some ideas on which cigars to match with which spirits. Mob informants, brown liquor and boxing champs. Bring on summer. 

Here in your mitts is another blast of cigar fun. For this issue, we crossed the Atlantic, traveled to tropical islands and spent some treasured time with a real cigar pro to get his worldly story, all for you. And we can't think of a better reason. In pursuit of the treasured leaf, we're pretty relentless, and the Big Reward is getting the message to our faithful readers. Also in this issue, we gather some gift ideas for the upcoming season -- mom's day, dad's day, whatever you think, along with ratings and another stunning photo shoot. 

It’s holiday time, and we’re here with a gift guide to ease the shopping that you no doubt started last spring (with our March/April issue gift guide). Backpacks, cutters, books, watches; we’ve got the goods to make the season easy. We’ve also got Five to Try California reds from both Sonoma and Napa, not one but two brand breakdowns, plus a learned insight into Dion Giolito, the man behind Illusione Cigars where we answer the question: Is it really a conspiracy if it's true? All this plus, events, ratings, and some gorgeous photography. 

We’re a mobile society and we’re here this issue to give you a ride. We’ll start with a trek to Vette City, the southern Kentucky manufacturing/museum hub of the Corvette. We’ll end on the Left Coast as we test drive an Audi A4 and a Tesla, taking them in and around the hilly terrain of Napa and the curves leading toward the Sierra Mountains. Guess which performs better? Also this autumn issue, we match some whiskeys with smokes and give you the word on a breakout Miami neighborhood, plus the usual reviews and beautiful photography.

The new Cigar Snob delivers again with 100 pages of endless summer. We start with a fine assessment of some choice bourbons, pairing them with the right smoke, then head into a gift guide filled with golf goodies, including a smart golf watch (!?). Then we go to the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan, for a trek through the middle of the city filled with food, cigars and landmarks, ending with a visit and a smoke with some of our local rock n’ roll buddies. We’ll also let you know a few beaches that are cool for smoking with a bummer alert: some beaches outlaw the practice. Don’t forget the events, the ratings, and of course our intoxicating cover feature.

Our fresh new issue hits you from all sides, from the Man Cave how-to, complete with shots of enviable home smoking spaces, to an in-depth travel profile of Puerto Rico. The latter delivers a where-to-go for the best golf in the U.S. territory, along with some dining tips, history, and a helpful guide to cigar smoking on the island. In the spirit of the thoroughbred season, we deliver a piece on the legendary Gulfstream Park in South Florida, then celebrate 20 years of Rocky Patel’s The Edge with some history of the well-regarded smoke. We also visit the ProCigar Festival 2023 in the Dominican Republic and give you the day-by-day in case you’re pondering a trip next year. All this goodness, plus the reliably solid ratings, events, and – not to be underestimated – the cover feature.

The second issue of 2023 takes you places. You start the journey in Honduras, where we visit Oscar Valladares to hear his fascinating saga, starting as a tourism student all the way to founding his own cigar company. We make a call to Emmy-winning television foodie Guy Fieri to talk about how his Knuckle Sandwich cigar is representing a whole new style of flavortown. Then we check in with some of our cigar friends in southwest Florida, where they are recovering from last fall’s Hurricane Ian with their heads held high. We also report from the Puro Sabor Festival in Nicaragua, filling you in on the high points of the celebrated event. Add in a Father’s Day gift guide, 5 to Try aged rums and more of the usual cigar freshness, and you’ve got something to dig into for weeks to come.

The Top 25 cigars of 2022 leads our first issue of the year, a road map to the  stars of the year past, with a removable list of the esteemed cigars to hang on to when you go shopping. Also this issue, we provide some road guidance for the upcoming year with a catalog of some of the better events this year, ranging from golf outings to music festivals to, of course, the best of the cigar bashes. Then we talk with music producer Jack Douglas – he’s the man that delivered “Walk this Way” to ears around the world, among other cultural treasures – about his discovery and embrace of cigars. This is the start of another year of some great reading with Cigar Snob, and we’re glad to have you with us.

We’re ready for the holidays and, thanks to the gift guide in this November/December issue, so are you. We then head to Branson, Missouri for…you thought we were going to say country music, but we’re there for the golf, which the region has in amazing abundance. Also, we talk with former NFL hero Charles Woodson about the game and his love of fine wine, and we profile French accessory maker S.T. Dupont, which celebrates 150 years of producing luxe goods this year. And don’t forget the usual cover loveliness.

Here it is, more cultural goodness in time for the start of autumn.  Our September/October issue features travel, from the Research Triangle of North Carolina to the prospering tobacco regions of Honduras. We also talk with sports agent Leigh Steinberg, who is typically candid as he speaks on LIV golf and the future of sports betting. Add in a 5 to Try with some fine South American reds and the usual stunning cover art, and you’ve got some solid reading material for the fall.

The July/August issue is 100 pages of the freshest cigar knowledge out there, starting with the stunning cover shoot. We trek to the 100+ degree desert of the American Southwest to take in an excellent Palm Springs cigar lounge with a casino around it, talk with a Jeopardy! champ about his cigar knowledge, beef up our Inflation Buster cigar ratings, created for these inflationary times, and give you a deep dive into the PCA trade show in Las Vegas. That plus all the usual goodness, including events and pairings, makes this issue the place to be.

Welcome to the summer issue. May/June is timed to when the days get long and warm and all things outdoors make sense. So we hit up the first Drew Estate Barn Smoker of the year at a tobacco farm outside of Orlando, Florida. From there we take you to New Orleans for a taste of cigars, golf and food in and around this fabled city’s French Quarter. You’ll also get a very readable lesson in Irish whiskey, complete with some help in pairing with the best cigar, and some tips for reasonably priced smokes in these inflationary times. Our photo shoot has a Black Swan theme, and finally, we have events and more events. Time to sit back and unwind, summertime.

Our March/April issue is all about tropical island warmth. We head to the Caribbean for a double-barreled photo shoot, one set on white-sanded beaches and another in the cozy coves and lagoons of the islands. The visuals are accompanied by a travel narrative that sets the pace for any visit to Curacao, a spot that packs plenty to do on its 170 square miles. We also visit with Richard Seale, whose Foursquare rum distillery on the island of Barbados is a destination for those with a taste for the real deal. Back to the mainland, we break down the latest report from the feds on premium cigar regulation, and it’s encouraging. Events keep picking up, and among the photos of people smoking and getting out, we provide a full account of this year’s ProCigar Festival in the DR. We give you rum, beaches, smokes and more. Dig in.

The January/February issue is our version of the annual yearbook you always come back to during the season, as it features our Top 25 cigars of 2021, a section thick with comprehensive reviews of each smoke. The inaugural issue of 2022 also features a group of friends and colleagues from the industry gazing into their crystal ball to predict how the year will go in the cigar world, what to watch for and when. We’re also on top of the spirits scene, with a strong narrative of five fine digestifs to consider, with some solid history of each. We’ve got your back for the coming year, and this is just the start.

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