July/August 2011 | Cigar Aficionado

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Joe Mantegna • July/August 2011

In the August issue of Cigar Aficionado, actor and longtime cigar smoker Joe Mantegna tells us about growing up in Chicago as an aspiring actor and how he aims to stay in Hollywood's Major Leagues. Plus, the story behind sports championship rings, a profile on legendary golfer Miquel Angel Jimenez, the Grucci family tell us about their love of cigars and fireworks, a feature on how high rollers enjoy the Bellagio and the head of General Cigar, Dan Carr, discusses business.

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An Actor's Mind

"I don’t buy into astrology or anything like that and you know why?” Joe Mantegna asks. “Because I think the most boring thing in the world would be to know what’s going to happen …

Behind the Bellagio: A World of Alternate Luxury Awaits the High Roller

Drive-up to the main valet drop-off in front of the grand, Italian-themed Bellagio, and you invariably see limousines idling and dispatching customers. But, contrary to initial …

Buick's China Connection

If you look at it from the perspective of the China of barely a decade ago it seems an unlikely scenario. At the time, bicycles, motorbikes and buses ruled the roads, and the …

Miguel Angel Jimenez: The World's Most Interesting Golfer

Hitting on the terrace of the Doral Country Club in Miami, a demitasse of espresso in one hand, a Vegas Robaina cigar in the other, Miguel Angel Jimenez could have been another …

Lord of the Rings

The importance of a championship ring was never more evident. The Los Angeles Lakers were to receive their title gold in a public ceremony and the jeweler, Jason of Beverly Hills, …

Cigars

Showmen of the Sky

The Grucci family sets the standard for fireworks celebrations around the world

A Conversation with General Cigar's Dan Carr

President, General Cigar Company

The Man Behind the Behike

After a career that began in the Habanos S.A. warehouses, Jorge Luís Fernández Maique has risen to share the copresidency of the t Spanish-Cuban cigar company

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Quai d’Orsay Imperiales

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Padrón Serie 1926 No. 2

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Montecristo "A"

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H. Upmann Sir Winston

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Up Front

Sad Day in New York

We’re writing this editorial on the first day of the smoking ban in New York City’s parks, beaches and boardwalks, stadium complexes, pedestrian plazas in Times Square and Herald …

Out of the Humidor

Dear Marvin, When I first began my practice as an entertainment attorney, one of my early business clients retained my services to meet with and attempt to obtain the publishing …