1. 7-20-4 make solid cigars, but I've never smoked anything I'd consider to be spectacular.

2. I really enjoy Fuente cigars. I really enjoy Cubans. The Nat Sherman Sterling, to me, is a phenomenal NC. Take that however you wish. I did enjoy the Timeless Dominican, too.

I need to pay attention to Cigar Aficionado to keep up with what customers are coming in and asking for, but to me it isn't worth the weight of the paper it's printed on. They promote a lifestyle (yuck) and suck up a ton of advertising but I've never felt they used their station to do more than continue the hype machine of certain manufacturers... They don't make cigar smokers smarter, which is something that desperately needs to happen whether it's from seed to humidor or the legislative end. Just my two cents.