For about as long as I have been smoking cigars and writing about them, small ring gauge cigars have been a bit of a firestorm...Read More

For many years there has been one name when it comes to portable, two-way humidification for your cigars: Boveda. There’s no product category in cigars...Read More

Most of the tobacco used for cigars is more or less grown, harvested and processed in the same way. Seeds are planted—oftentimes in seedbeds—moved to...Read More

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused quite a bit of turmoil in the cigar world, resulting in a number of major events being canceled or...Read More

I’ve been a big fan of pop music for about as long as I can remember. When I was in high school and college, I...Read More

In March 2019, Altadis U.S.A. shipped a cigar that broke with a number of norms for the company’s Henry Clay brand. Named War Hawk, the...Read More

At some point, Viaje will run out of names for its Skull and Bones releases. But not today. Skull and Bones, which debuted a decade...Read More

In December 2018, Crowned Heads debuted a new line named Juárez that was sold exclusively by Tampa-based retailer Thompson Cigar Co. After working with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo...Read More

In March 2020, S.T.Dupont announced a dual flame version of its Défi Extrême torch lighter, the Défi XXtrême ($398). This new lighter keeps much of the same...Read More

Just as the cigar industry comes out of the winter holiday season and factories get up and running, a batch of new of cigars begins...Read More

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has changed every part of life, including ones most people would never think of. One of those I bet you didn’t think...Read More