Cuban Trinidad brand discontinued by Habanos SA
Recently there have been a lot of rumors circulating about the Trinidad brand. We’d already heard that Trinidad will no longer be producing Robusto T (one…
March 14, 2022
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Favorite Cuban Cigars – Survey Results
We finally finished processing the answers from our last week’s survey. Below you will find the community’s favorite Cuban cigars – first the brands, then the…
March 14, 2022
Cuban cigar industry performing strongly
The Cuban tobacco industry is currently the most successful premium cigar industry in the world, displaying an eight percent increase in sales around the world according…
March 14, 2022
18th Festival del Habano Releases and More
This year’s Festival del Habano XVIII would commence in Havana on February 29th and run through March 4th. Now that the festival is concluded, it is…
March 14, 2022
Limited edition jars: a tribute to popular smokers
An interesting gift idea! Great people and Cuban cigars are in the past century irrevocably linked to each other. In honour of some unique personalities, La…
March 14, 2022
Best Cuban Cigars of 2012
As the year winds down and after having sampled many a Cuban and non-Cuban cigar alike, both for my own smoking pleasure and for the purpose…
March 14, 2022
Fake Cuban cigars: curious to know what’s inside?
Ever wondered what you can find is those obviously fake Kohibas that you can buy on the Mexican beach in glass-top tubes? Courtesy of Andyp117 from…
March 14, 2022
Cigar Release: Montecristo Petit No. 2
UPDATE: Here is our review of the Montecristo Petit No. 2. Habanos SA presents Montecristo Petit No. 2, a new vitola that enriches the historic Línea…
March 14, 2022
Cigar Release: Partagas Gran Reserva Lusitanias
After Cohiba and Montecristo, Habanos SA is releasing Partagas Gran Reserva, la crème de la crème of Cuban cigars. Partagas Lusitanias Gran Reserva has a limited…
March 14, 2022
16th Habanos Festival
On the 24th of February and for the four days that follow, Cuban cigar lovers from around the world have gathered together in one place to…
March 14, 2022
Best Cuban Cigars of 2013
It’s true, we’re seriously late with this year’s lists. In the beginning, when we realized we missed the schedule, we were planning to just skip 2013…
March 14, 2022
Cigar Release: Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de San Juan
The Hoyo de Monterrey brand sees an addition to the Le Hoyo line, a 54-ring gauge jawbreaker (by Cuban standards): Le Hoyo de San Juan is…
March 14, 2022
Vegueros Brand Renews Itself with Three New Vitolas
Anyone who is familiar with Cuban cigars is also familiar with the Vegueros brand name—and will be thrilled to learn that the Vegueros brand is coming…
March 14, 2022
17th Annual Habanos Festival Kicks off in Havana
The 17th Annual Habanos festival kicked off on February 23rd at the Palacio de Convenciones, and will run through the 27th of the month. Participants were…
March 14, 2022
Cuban Cigars in the United States? Don’t hold your breath.
When President Obama announced he was opening talks with the Cuban government, cigar smokers across America rejoiced. After five decades of an embargo, there was finally…
March 14, 2022
Can We Now Legally Import Cuban Cigars into the US?
We have been getting a lot of questions lately from readers about the status of Cuban cigar imports. With the US finally normalizing relations with Cuba,…
March 14, 2022
Best Cuban Cigars of 2014
This year we’re as usual a bit late with the ‘best of’ Cuban list, sorry about that. On the bright side, this delay gave us a…
March 14, 2022
Culture and History of Cuba’s Cigars : The Main Brands
On July 1 2015, President Barack Obama stated: “I can announce that the United States has agreed to formally establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of…
March 14, 2022
Habanos S.A. to Debut New Extra Aged Cigars: Anejados
Last month came the amazing news from the White House that America is going to normalize relations with Cuba. This is great news for cigar smokers,…
March 14, 2022
La Palina cigars press-release
Update: here is our review of the La Palina Alison You might have noticed some ads for La Palina cigars and if you clicked on one…
March 14, 2022
European Cigar Cult Journal – US Edition
Just a short note to let you know that a special edition of the European Cigar Cult Journal mag, written specially for the American market, is…
March 14, 2022
Fidel Castro stepping down – what’s next?
I believe nobody missed the news. Fidel Castro resigns and Raul is taking his place. What’s important for us aficionados is whether this means that the…
March 14, 2022 Everything you need to know about cigar wrappers
Sorry for not posting a review today, we are working on something big that will (hopefully) help you safely purchase cigars online. Meanwhile, please check out…
March 14, 2022
Padron tastings at Keepers of the Flame
If somehow you missed the news about Padron tastings at KotF, it is really time to check it out. Lucky7 and CigarFan, assisted by famous cigar…
March 14, 2022
Cigar Inspector turns 1 year old
Yes, we published our first cigar review (it was a Bolivar Coronas Gigantes) on the 22nd of July, 2007. During this year, we’ve done around 150…
March 14, 2022
IPCPR 2008 Link Love
Since I could not go to the show myself, I thought it would be a good idea to make a list of stories concerning the IPCPR…
March 14, 2022 Survey of Women Cigar Smokers
Heather from Fumee World sent me a press-release about a survey conducted to gain a better understanding of female cigar consumers. It was created and conducted…
March 14, 2022
L’Aficion du Havane
Today, I would simply like to write a few words about a club of people passionate about their common hobby – cigars. L’Aficion du Havane was…
March 14, 2022 Massive cigar forums buy-out
If you have been following the news, you probably heard that a few very popular cigar sites were recently bought by a certain Jon Caputo. The…
March 14, 2022 Please welcome Joe, our new reviewer
Dear CigarInspector.com readers, I am very excited to tell you that we now have a new reviewer. His name is Joe and here’s what he has…
March 14, 2022