The scene: a luxurious cigar bar in New York City. The year: 1996. A young editor with a head full of black hair is smoking a 50 ring gauge cigar.
I picked up the phone in my hotel and pressed zero. A pleasant voice answered.
The cigars were plentiful and powerful, the rum was exquisite and the crowd was bigger than ever for the final night of Cuba's Habanos Festival.
By now you know that Cuba is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its grand Cohiba brand. We have a feature story in the new Cigar Aficionado all about Cohiba, there are videos on our site …
I travel to Cuba regularly, and have been coming here since 1996. For the past several years my visits have been more frequent. I travel to Havana at least once per year, and I've taken as …
I walked into the conference room at the Cuban convention center and was handed a stack of papers and a Cohiba Siglo III in a shiny metal tube.
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