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My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Secrets of The Godfather

A conversation between Francis Ford Coppola and editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken

My Favorite Cigar

Cigar aficionados describe their smoke of choice

Spring Fling

When the days get longer than the nights, it’s time to put some pop into your drinking

Stunning Saint Barths

The Caribbean paradise of Saint-Barthélemy is one of the most cigar-friendly vacation spots in the world, with top-notch dining, unforgettable beaches and luxury accommodations

A Deep Dive Into Our Ratings

Breaking down and analyzing our cigar ratings from the past year

The Godfather at 50

Conceived as a quick payday fashioned from a lurid novel, the landmark gangster movie became a cultural phenomenon and quite possibly the greatest movie ever made

Pickleball

Unlike Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, I’ve found the athletic answer to the musical question “where has a slow-movin,’ once quick-draw outlaw got to go?” Pickleball.

Les Fines Lames Knife Cutters

Historically, knife cigar cutters that fold have come with foibles for a number of reasons: The action is awkward, the cut is, sloppy and the blade crushes the cigar head in the handle more often than not.

Irish Coffee

Once upon a late St. Patrick’s Day evening, two companions and I changed our orders from pints of Smithwick’s ale to mugs of Irish Coffee, and an argument ensued.

DRIVE FOR SHOW

The driver is a golfer’s most exciting club, and one that has changed dramatically over the past several decades

Wireless Chargers

My iPhone is a child of the 21st century with one 20th century vestige: the power cable.

Behind The Cuban Mystique

An extensive infrastructure of scientists, growers, rollers and tasters oversees tobacco from fields to consumers’ hands

You're Fired

Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to replace Donald Trump on NBC’s hit show “The New Celebrity Apprentice”.

A World Without Tiger

What would have happened to the golf universe if Tiger Woods had never played the game?

Supersize My Cigar

Anything but a fad, the fat cigar trend seems destined to stay.

Pairing With Big Peat

The smoky, peaty whiskies of Scotland invite cigar pairings.

The New Cuba Plan

President Trump is ending the short-lived Obama-era détente with Cuba.

Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet

Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet

Karma Revero

Karma Revero

The Ritz Paris

The Ritz Paris

Fine Fabrics

Remember not so many fiscal periods ago when the sartorial pinnacle was reached by raising specially bred sheep in temperature-controlled, chemical-free sheds, piping in music and hoping to break wool fineness records measured in fewer than 12 microns? To be sourcing cloth for softness bragging rights may seem like conspicuous consumption right now, but that’s no reason to give up on the joys of a suit well-tailored from fine, functional cloth with smart patterns

James Bond Shrimp

Moments after dispatching an encroaching thug in the film, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, James Bond, portrayed by George Lazenby, helps himself to a mouthful of caviar and declares it, “Royal Beluga—north of the Caspian.” Well-versed in Champagne, spirits and women, Bond also has a gourmet’s sensitivy (even if he does occasionally dabble in excess), and his preferences often run to seafood.

Rolls-Royce Phantom

There’s a 90-minute wait at the Vinsetta Garage, a classic, Deco-era service station newly transformed into Detroit’s hottest new eatery. But the line of hungry diners snaking out the front door parts like the Red Sea as we pull up in the new Rolls-Royce Phantom, with the young hostess dashing out for a look before letting us know there’s a table waiting.

Breitling Emergency II

Fans of James Bond may recall Breitling’s role in 1965’s Thunderball. The ingenious Q outfitted the brand’s Top Time dive watch with a Geiger counter, so the spy could locate stolen atomic bombs.

Run Silent, Run Deep

Your friends all drive Hummers and fly Cessnas. How do you make amends? With the latest, greatest power toy: the personal submarine. At its smallest it’s a two-seat addendum (Deep Flight Super Falcon is pictured) to your yacht that dives 40 feet and makes onboard helicopters look silly. The largest incarnation is an $80 million, 200-foot hulk with 5,000 square feet of space that will plunge a thousand feet below the waves.

Casa de Campo, La Romana, Dominican Republic

How do you improve on one of the greatest golf destinations in the world? You go on a spending spree of $40 million to refurbish the hotel’s rooms, build a new reception and pool area overlooked by a completely redone restaurant and then add a spa to compete with the top facilities around the world.

Backyard Putting Greens

You’re skulking off the course, the laughter of your golfing buddy burning in your ears. Not because you can’t grip and rip. You missed a two-foot putt. Again

Siglo Fingerprint-ID Humidor

Admit it. At one time or another, you’ve fantasized about being a secret agent. Whether you saw yourself as 007 or Maxwell Smart, Siglo Accessory’s Biometrico fingerprintID humidor ($1,257) will now grant you the sort of high-level security clearance and technology previously reserved for government operatives.

Cuba: 25 Years Later

A look at what has changed—and what has not—in Havana since 1992