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Sunday’s Cigar Cartoon: “dogmatic rules”

Sunday’s Cigar Cartoon: “detection dog”

Sunday’s Cigar Cartoon: “urgent humidification”

Sunday’s Cigar Cartoon: “Christmas ornaments”

Sunday’s Cigar Cartoon: “deer duty”

Sunday’s Cigar Cartoon: “elementary, my dear Watson”

Sunday’s Cigar Cartoon: “false emergency”

“Off the Beaten Path”: Clints Cigars

When the term “badass” comes to mind, the first image that pops into my head is of Clint Eastwood sitting in the desert with an arrow…

“Off the Beaten Path”: Black Patch Cigar Company

When I started researching companies to involve in my “Off the Beaten Path” series, I really wanted to find some companies that grow their tobacco right…

“Off the Beaten Path”: Blue Mountain Cigars

When it comes to making a name for yourself in the premium cigar industry, image is important. However, image isn’t everything. In this industry, quality, taste,…

“Off the Beaten Path”: El Sueno Cigars

The Off the Beaten Path Series has certainly introduced me to some smokes that I would have never had the opportunity to try under normal circumstances.…

Havana Custom Rolled Cigars

As the title suggests, the topic I’m going to start to delve into today is about Custom Roll Cigars of Havana. That is to say, cigars…

Havana Cigar Rollers: Alejandro Gonzalez Arias

I would like to start this article by correcting a great injustice. I made a grave mistake with my list of ‘Cigar Rollers’ in my previous…

Cigar Finish: The Untold Story

The ghost of cigars past. Cigar smoking is great. We cigar smokers understand that its levels of enjoyment are many in number and deep in substance.…

Domestic Cigars Size Chart

The Domestic cigar market uses standard measurements: inches for length and ring gauge for width. Ring gauge is measured in 1/64 of an inch. Therefore if…

7 Cigar Myths Debunked (or not…) [infographic]

Today we would like to show you some of the most common cigar myths in the form of an infographic (click for a larger version). We…

What are the Little White Dots on my Cigar’s Ash?

Question from Peter: Smoking Cohiba Siglo IV and 2 out of 8 smokes had these white little granules appear from the ember of the foot and…

How to Smoke a Cigar Without Going Up In Smoke

We get a lot of questions from cigar aficionados who are just starting out. This is why I wrote this comprehensive guide for newbies planning to…

Beyond Vanilla: Cigar Suggestions for the Lady Smoker

Today we’ve got another guest post from Nikki Glenn, a cigar aficionada from St. Louis and a violinist entertainer for private, corporate and special events worldwide.…

How Far Down Should You Smoke a Cigar?

I just received the following question from a reader: “How far should one smoke a cigar? Down to the band? Or, until you need to be…

Analog vs Digital Hygrometer : Which Is Better?

Stocking up on supplies for your first humidor? Building a wineador? One essential you absolutely must buy is a hygrometer. A hygrometer measures the level of…

The Ash Shades: a Detailed Look

During the last couple of months, we’ve posted two excellent articles originally published in an Italian cigar magazine called CigarsLover: “The Bands: the Whole Colour of…

Cigar Storage: Optimal Temperature and Humidity

If you’re an avid cigar smoker, even as a novice, chances are good by now you’ve had a few bad stogies that weren’t stored properly at…

Stellar Stogies: Arturo Fuente

You know you’re really into cigars when you know about all the celebrities of the cigar world. Move over Britney Spears – today I’m writing about…

Stellar Stogies: Cohiba

Fidel Castro might not be the world’s most generous and friendly guy, but… you’ve got to admit that he has great taste in smokes. After all,…

Stellar Stogies: Davidoff

Many companies claim to have a philosophy to live and work by. They spout it like gospel in commercials and splash it across countless advertisements. And…

Stellar Stogies: Montecristo

If you tend to smoke mostly Cuban cigars as I do, it’s practically impossible that you haven’t smoked a Montecristo. Montecristo cigars are the most popular…

Stellar Stogies: Padron

Other than football (soccer) players, Padron cigars are probably the most famous thing ever to come out of Nicaragua. And unlike a lot of top-quality cigars,…

Stellar Stogies: Romeo y Julieta

The “Romeo y Julieta” above obviously refers to the famous Cuban cigar brand, not its unremarkable Dominican namesake. The brand is, of course, named after the…

Stellar Stogies: Partagas

Partagas is one of the most well-known and best-selling premium Havana cigars on the market. These aren’t wimpy cigars, and if you consider yourself a serious…