When you are cooking a big slab of meat in a smoker, you oftentimes measure two different temperatures. First is the conventional one, using a...Read More

Let’s face it, 2020 will be remembered for a lot of less than ideal happenings in our world. While a cigar certainly won’t top the...Read More

Last year, Patoro brought its high-priced VA XO Salomones to the U.S. for the first time. The cigar had been sold in limited quantities in...Read More

While the general trend in cigars over recent years has been to go big, there are still cigar makers willing to go small, and in...Read More

It has been said that “Life is a Circle,” and very few cigars represent that expression as well as the Padilla Miami 8 & 11....Read More

Just about a month ago, I reviewed the new Romeo y Julieta Reserva Real Nicaragua Robusto, a 5 x 50 robusto using entirely Nicaraguan tobacco that...Read More

This year has been a weird one for just about every part of the world, including the cigar industry. Like many others, the Tobacconists’ Association...Read More

As cigars have gotten bigger, so too have the lighters used to set them ablaze. While triple flame lighters have generally been the biggest you...Read More

Last month, GTO Cigars debuted its newest line during an event at Cigars & More in Birmingham, Ala. Named La Cura—which translates to The Cure...Read More

Earlier this year, Falto announced that it would be releasing two new cigars to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Luis Falto’s company. Unlike just about...Read More

After releasing two different lines under its Joya family of brands—specifically, the Joya Red that debuted in 2014 and the Joya Black that was first...Read More