Cigar Types Explained: Shade-Grown vs. Sun-Grown
Outside of receiving direct sunlight, what makes shade and sun-grown tobacco so different from one another? Let's find out...
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Outside of receiving direct sunlight, what makes shade and sun-grown tobacco so different from one another? Let's find out...
Are cigars with large ring gauges just a fad? Or is there some purpose behind these portly tobacco products?
Contrary to common misconception, darker maduro cigars aren't always strong. In fact, some of the silkiest smoking experiences you can have with a cigar are found within a rich maduro.
For us cigar smoking enthusiasts, there's a bit more to getting a humidor ready for spring stogie smoking season than just throwing some humidor solution at the situation and calling...
There are only a select few spots on the globe where premium, long-filler cigar tobacco is grown. But the reason for this goes well beyond ideal growing conditions...
Habano tobacco is virtually everywhere in cigars nowadays. Yet few cigar smokers know the purpose behind this hybrid plant's popularity...
Thanks to the internet and social media, everybody's a critic nowadays. So as stogie smokers, how can we tell if a cigar review is accurate or not?
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Cedar cigar tubes not only help make a stogie look attractive, but they add a few other perks that people rarely consider...
Cigar protection starts at the factory. Here are five ways cigar makers are shielding our stogies.
How long should you age a cigar? Our 3-minute overview will teach you all you need to know...
Cigar tobacco sporting the Sumatra name typically tends to be a bit on the robust side. But there's way more to this hearty tobacco varietal than just a vibrant cigar...
All cigars contain nicotine. That's just part of all tobacco products. But how much nicotine does the average cigar contain? And perhaps more importantly, how much of it do we absorb?
Looking to try a stronger cigar, but aren't entirely sure if that's a wise decision? Today, we'll break down the facts about cigar strength, to help you determine whether or not...
Corojo tobacco is more than just a style of spicy red cigar wrapper. It's one of the founding fathers of modern day premium cigar blends, and the great-grandfather of a...
How about vintage ratings and cigar wrapper selections? An all Colorado Rosado mature montage sounds absolutely stunning in our book. Or perhaps it's time to conduct a 5-year, 5-stick Maduro...
“As a proud American, I believed it was possible to bring cigar tobacco farming back to Florida, on a small-scale, limited production way. As a cigar retailer, I believed consumers...
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The art of producing premium long-filler cigars is one of those traditional forms that is just as consumable as it is elegant. This creativity comes in many forms, which...
The great state of Connecticut has played host to some real superstars over the years, hasn’t it? Yale University, ESPN, Newman’s Own, color televisions, the first marketed hamburger, Polaroid cameras,...
Booze and stogies go together like Japanese monkeys and hot springs. Even when separated, each is pretty awesome on its own. But put the two together and–zingo!–you’ve got one hell...
Remember when you were a kid, and Grandpa had that glass canning jar on the top of his desk, where a few stogies sat waiting patiently? Boy, aren’t we glad...
Darkness and light. For us cigar smokers, it’s more than just about a fistful of Oreo cookies, yin-yang symbols, and cliche Star Wars lines. In the world of boutique cigars,...
A few years back, I spent an entire weekend with famed Porsche builder and automotive celebrity Magnus Walker at the annual Ohio Concourse d’Elegance historic automobile event. While at the...
Ever wonder what to do with those flimsy-ass sheets of cedar stuffed between each row of stogies inside a cigar box? They sure don’t seem to do much outside of...
When it comes to cigar debates, few are as heated as the one over whether shaded tobacco is smoother than the sun-grown stuff. Everyone experiences a cigar differently, but the...
The United States ban on virtually all imports from Cuba shuttered a staggering number of businesses. However, this broadly implemented embargo opened just as many doors as it closed, providing...
If the thought of torching a full-bodied cigar first thing after you get out of bed turns you off, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Except for maybe Mark Twain, Winston...
When one thinks of summer refreshments, a full-bodied cigar is probably not at the top of the list of considerations. Sweating profusely while puffing on a wadded-up clump of nicotine-rich...
Online articles about what to do this summer, and ways in which one can enhance their summer vacation shenanigans are hotter than the hinges of Hades’ belt buckle right now. ...