# Aaron Sigmond New Yorker. Author. Frequent cigar, wine & Cognac partaker. Latest book “CIGARS: a biography.” Page: Feed: --- ## [SUMMER READING: From the Pages of "CIGARS: A Culture"](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/summer-reading-from-the-pages-of) _2026-08-04 · Aaron Sigmond_ Hollywood Legends, Celebrity Cigars & the Story of Yul Brynner's Lost Dunhill Don Cándidos ## [CIGARS: Accessories & Style.](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/cigars-accessories-and-style) _2026-07-29 · Aaron Sigmond_ An earlier version of this article and excerpt first appeared in Wm Brown Magazine, Issue 19 (Autumn 2025). The version presented here has been revised, expanded, and edited. -SIG ## [THE CULT OF CUBAN CIGARS](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/the-cult-of-cuban-cigars-b6d) _2026-07-23 · Aaron Sigmond_ Havana Dreams, Exported Myths and the Fine Art of Believing the Hype. How the world's most celebrated cigar became both an enduring icon and, increasingly, a triumph of perception over reality. ## [DAVIDOFF: The Road to America](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/davidoff-the-road-to-america) _2026-07-14 · Aaron Sigmond_ More than a decade before the 1990s Cigar Boom, Davidoff wagered an improbable Swiss-Honduran experiment would transform the American cigar market. It did, laying the groundwork for the Boom itself. ## [SIG’S CIGAR ETIQUETTE](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/sigs-cigar-etiquette) _2026-06-30 · Aaron Sigmond_ Most anyone can buy a fine cigar.Smoking one with a modicum of grace is another matter entirely.What follows are the unwritten rules of cigar etiquette.Except they aren't unwritten anymore, obviously. ## [HEMINGWAY COCKTAILS](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/hemingway-cocktails) _2026-06-18 · Aaron Sigmond_ "I drink to make other people more interesting." Whether Ernest Hemingway actually said it is beside the point. Few men have inspired more enduring cocktails—or provided better reasons to drink them. ## [IN PRAISE OF THE THREE MARTINI LUNCH](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-three-martini-lunch) _2026-06-09 · Aaron Sigmond_ The three-martini lunch has spent decades being pronounced dead by people who rarely attended—let alone enjoyed—them in the first place. The trouble is that some of us neglected to stop attending them ## [On Second Thought](https://aaronsigmond.substack.com/p/on-second-thought) _2026-05-30 · Aaron Sigmond_ Long-Form Observations on Cigars, Culture, Luxury, Legacy Media & the Occasional Bad Decision