Product Description

CIGAR AFICIONADO is edited for successful, extremely affluent men. It covers information on fine cigars plus life's other great pleasures: fine dining and entertaining, the finest wines and spirits, world travel and the arts.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #289 in Magazine Subscriptions
• Formats: Magazine Subscription, Print

Amazon.com Review
Unlike most of its counterparts in the men's magazine ranks, Cigar Aficionado targets a classier, more cultivated man, the guy who'd rather smoke a Montecristo and savor the indulgence of a cherry-red '65 Mustang convertible than read about what Hollywood stars have to say while they eat lunch. It's the mature man's Esquire, a magazine that's more interested in yachts, rum, and golf than it is in this season's new fashions. As the name suggests, at the heart of the magazine is the cigar, with articles investigating everything from California smoking laws to Cuban politics. It's true that you don't have to smoke cigars to enjoy Cigar Aficionado, but Cigar Aficionado is a magazine that will try its very hardest to get you to enjoy cigars. --Jon Groebner

Customer Reviews

Good Read, But Not As Consistent
This is one of my favorite magazines, however I must confess that I have been somewhat disappointed since the focus of the magazine changed from "CIGAR Afficianado" to "Cigar AFFICIANADO". To those who don't understand this, take a look at what is emphasized on current issues, versus the emphasis on previous deals.

While the most recent issue (with Mayor Guilani) was great, other issues have reflected the magazine's trend toward a more general circulation "lifestyle" format focusing on attracting the "female reader". Earlier issues which contained profiles on J P Morgan, politicians such as JFK and handled weighty topics have given way to puff pieces on Kevin Bacon Raquel Welsh (OK, so the pictures in the latter article were good.

I'd prefer more frequent substantive articles rather than just recylced "Wine Spectator" or "GQ" stuff.

On the decline
When this mag started, it was the perfect (cigar) man's read. Delightful mix of politics, travel, but we always got a full plate of Cigar info.

In recent years, the mag has relied more on 'puffery' and doubled the amount of ads. It's still a decent read, but hardly what it used to be, and barely worth the (discounted) subscription price. I almost gave this a 3, but the very recent issues might be showing an uptrend.

used to love it
Once upon a time, this was one of my favorite magazines. The reason was simple. I love cigars and this was a magazine primarily about cigars. The cigar content now, though, seems often to be an after-thought. The serious articles of the past have given way to more and more ads and articles about watches and shirts that cost more than the gross national product of much of the world. Too much now is about frivolous celebrity culture, devoid of any cigar-related content. If I had the slightest interest in how some actor/singer/athlete lives, I would read one of those magazines. While I will still occasionally pick this up, and still do find the occasional exceptional article, I have now turned to Cigar magazine for my cigar-related content.