Cigar Aficionado

Nestor Plasencia and his family may have burst onto the mainstream cigar scene in a big way with their Alma line of cigars in the past few years, but they've...

Ometepe has to be the most unusual and dramatic location for growing tobacco imaginable. Picture the scene: in the middle of the largest lake in Central America, and 20 largest...

These days, just about every top brand is filling their cigars with Nicaraguan tobacco. As cigar smokers, we just can't get enough of the stuff. This is the millennium of...

You might think that just about every premium handmade cigar is blended from organic tobacco. After all, cigars are all about natural tobacco and traditional methods, right? Well, as it...

As a cigar enthusiast, there's nothing cooler than visiting a brand and meeting the people behind cigars we love. But you don't have to write for Cigar Aficionado or front...

As we speak, the future of cigars is being handed over to a new generation of leaders. One by one, the titans of the cigar boom and the resurgence of...

If you're anything like us, you might have been under the impression that cigars are round. They're made by cigar rollers after all, right? We've smoked cigars of every shape...

We’re throwing you the football cigar to end all football cigars, this time. Get your hands ready! Every year, La Flor Dominicana celebrates the Super Bowl with a kickass football...

When it comes to cigar pairings, whiskey tends to get all of the attention. Most pairing conversations are even limited to scotch, just one family of whiskeys from the cold...