Cigar Aficionado good mag?

[Electric Sheep]

I had a gifted subscription for a year, and while it's a very pretty and very high quality magazine, it didn't cater to me, my tastes, or my interests AT ALL. That goes for both the lifestyle aspect and the cigar info.

[CWS]

I had a gifted subscription for a year, and while it's a very pretty and very high quality magazine, it didn't cater to me, my tastes, or my interests AT ALL. That goes for both the lifestyle aspect and the cigar info.

Dwayne I think you are an advertiser nightmare.

[Angry Bill]

CA cannot even compare to ECCJ. IMHO.

[Crypto Sailor]

if it catches my eye while at the B&M I'll read it...

[SkinsFanLarry]

When I was working at the B&M, at least 50% of the people that purchased the magazine bought it because of who was on the cover!

The MJ and Soprano cover's were two of the highest selling issues, I do believe,

[Harvard]

I had a gifted subscription for a year, and while it's a very pretty and very high quality magazine, it didn't cater to me, my tastes, or my interests AT ALL. That goes for both the lifestyle aspect and the cigar info.

Right. Where are the bike ads?

[oneaday]

I used to give it out as a gifts until Savona gave me the death sentence on their site. I haven't read that f'ckin rag since (02 maybe).

[Electric Sheep]

Dwayne I think you are an advertiser nightmare.

Good point.

[bigbwalls]

Well that settles it. I won't subscribe. Though, I do enjoy some of their videos on the website.

[Private Yesman]

It's like playboy magazine. Tons of articles and ads that aren't related to the actual content. Then there is about 20 pages covering what you were hoping to get 164 pages of.


Actually, I like CA alright. Some of the contents seem overdone, yet it can serve as a general guide to something you haven't picked up yet. I prefer their website.

Cigar Magazine and Cigar Press are far more interesting to me IMO

[architeuthis]

I don't like CA, and I find a LOT of regular guys who do cigar reviews are actually better at it than the CA guys...

[smokem94]

I read CA cover to cover and have subscribed for years. It has always been targeted at the cigar smoker but then the cigar smoker used to be the affluent. Sports cars, watches, and expensive goodies plus top class cigars are the genre. I find it fun to read their revues biased as they may be. Like everything else in life, take it with a grain of salt and for entertainment value.

Same here, subscriber for years and enjoy it....a guy can dream can't he??

[muhren]

This poll is going well! Many varried responses.

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[CSMoFo]

Totally corrupt money grabbing whores. Notice how on the cover AFICIONADO is always bigger than Cigar... they are stretching out beyond the smoker audience and be a men's leisure rag ... kinda like PLAYBOY without the tits.

Notice how the only cigars that are rated 100 are the ones you'll never smoke ? Always
the 15 year old Cubans they happen to get their hands on. And as mentioned before, the big advertisers get the big ratings.

During the cigar boom of the 90's they were the LAST ONES to notice that the craze was directly related to the decline in the quality of our beloved smokes.

That fat slob bastard Marvin Sharwhatever looks like he should be laid out in some alley behind a dumpster drinking Thunderbird and fighting a crack whore for the last rock rather than interviewing Fidel Castro on the geopolitics of the cigar trade or
rating a vintage Monte #2.

If they spent as much time on cigars as they do on the ads , maybe just maybe it would be worth a read. Totally disgusting

[Fourtotheflush]

I don't like CA, and I find a LOT of regular guys who do cigar reviews are actually better at it than the CA guys...

I totally agree with you here. To a point. I think that most of the bloggers do a great job with detailed reviews and CA only gives you a snippet of information. And that snippet is typically only the 1st inch or so of a cigar.....



On the other end of the spectrum you have bloggers stating that they are tasting cardamum and star anise and thai basil in their cigars. Totally ridiculous. Ive seen a couple state crazy things like the above. Ive reviewed a couple where I went over the top with some crazy taste profiles.