It’s one thing to buy Cigar Aficionado’s Cigar of the Year and smoke it with Whisky Advocate’s Whisky of the Year. Anyone who lives near a good cigar shop and wine and spirits store can do the pairing (so long as they can find the items in stock). But it’s something else entirely when the makers of the No. 1 cigar and the No. 1 whisky are both in the room to guide you through such a sublimely synergistic experience. That’s precisely what happened at the final presentation of the Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest seminars. Click here for the article.