May/June 2016 | Cigar Aficionado

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Sean Combs • May/June 2016

Hip-hop-artist-turned-entrepreneur Sean Combs has created a multifaceted business empire, but it is about more than just the Benjamins. Read all about Combs’ success in June’s Cigar Aficionado. Plus, find out how PGA star Rickie Fowler added $1 million to the efforts of the Els for Autism Foundation with an unforgettable hole-in-one, go inside the new trend of luxury movie theaters, discover the novels of cigar-smoking author Ronald Balson, and celebrate the 90th birthday of cigar legend José Orlando Padrón. Plus, 80 cigars rated in six sizes: Churchill, corona, corona gorda, figurado, miscellaneous and robusto.

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Features

The Unstoppable Force

In his day, singer James Brown was known as the hardest-working man in show business. He never had to compete for the title with Sean Combs. Even his name keeps him busy: In …

The Shot Heard Round The World

The hole was the size of an orange, and sat more than 340 feet away. The stiff breeze made it seem longer. Around it, a green whose slopes, petite size and oblong shape made the …

Fowler Follows Through

When Rickie Fowler won The Players Championship in May of 2015, it answered a lot of questions about his ability to close the deal on the PGA Tour, to beat the best in the best of …

Cinema Paradise

You're escorted to your reserved seat: a motor-driven, cushy leather chair with a perch that is ready to your weary legs. At the push of a button, the seat reclines far …

Poker 2.0

It's impossible to look at the Poker Central website, launched in 2015, without feeling a twinge of nostalgia. Its homepage is dominated by rectangular links to old poker-themed …

The Lawyer Who Wrote History

The Cigar Inn on Manhattan's east side is alive, if otherwise unremarkable, for a Monday night. Some smokers glance at a Kansas basketball game. Others finger their phones …

Cigars

Master Of Tobacco

José Orlando Padrón sits down in his conference room in Miami, a half-smoked cigar bearing his name clutched in his right hand, photos from his youth spread before him. On June …

The Six-Day Cohiba Party

The black-and-gold curtained walls darkened the gigantic Pabexpo ballroom, the setting for the final night of the 18th Festival del Habano. The words of Cuba's most iconic brand, …

A Celebration of Dominican Cigars

Perhaps no other organization in the world strives to demystify tobacco and the cigarmaking process as ardently as ProCigar, the united group of cigar producers in the Dominican …

Connoisseur's Corner: A Near-Perfect Punch

Connoisseurs prize cigars that come packed in cabinets of 50. There's more room for air to circulate around the cigars, which is good for aging, and there are double the number of …

Ratings from this Issue

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Norteño Robusto Grande

Issue Date: June 1, 2016

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Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchill

Issue Date: June 1, 2016

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Montecristo Open Master

Issue Date: June 1, 2016

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Padrón Serie 1926 No. 35

Issue Date: June 1, 2016

Up Front

A Visit To Cuba

You want to visit Cuba. We conducted a recent poll of our audience at cigaraficionado.com, and an incredible 95 percent of you said you were eager to pay a visit to the island, …

Out of the Humidor

Dear Marvin, I've been reading your magazine for a few years. Being from Canada I can travel to Cuba whenever I please (I live in a free country) and I go there about eight times …