Cigar Aficionado Magazine - September/October 2016

Up Front
Editors' Note: The Real Ray Lewis
Letters: Out Of The Humidor

Good Life Guide
Electronics: The ultimate headphones.
Drink: Cognac’s small world gets bigger.
Sport: Going compact with your bike.
Cigars: Put Ash In The Glass: Crystal Ashtrays.
Time: Skull tourbillons face the inevitable.
Wheels: Mercedes drives into the future.
Places: The spa that’s a wake-up call.
Fun: A bucket-list tour for whiskey lovers.
Style: Picking a pocket watch.
Gourmet: Beef ages gracefully.

Features
Cover: The Real Ray Lewis - Ray Lewis, known as one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, opens up to Cigar Aficionado editor and publisher Marvin R. Shanken about the complicated upbringing that drove his on-field tenacity.

Golf: Greens Of The Emerald Isle - The storied links of southwest Ireland are playing better than ever, while new courses are making a name for themselves.

Gambling: You’re Busted! - A casino surveillance expert reveals the card-counting cover-ups, chip-swapping ruses and blunt-force scams of Las Vegas cheaters.

Sports: NFL Preview - Our pigskin prognosticator Danny Sheridan makes his predictions on the winners in each of football’s divisions as well as the Super Bowl.

Cigars:
Tasting: Connoisseur’s Corner - A tasting of cigars from various vintages: one from the 1950s, another rolled just 11 years ago and an old classic that flirted with absolute cigar perfection.

Brands: The Story Of San Lotano - Tobacco farmer and cigarmaker A.J. Fernandez will move mountains to make a better product.

Cuba Report: Moving A Monument - Long a Havana landmark, the Partagás cigar factory has moved into new digs.

Made For You: Made For You - A connoisseur’s beer glass; steam punk at the dining table; an all-in-one cigar kit; power to the truffle powder; the ashtray as high art and a liquor locker at a casino.