Cigar Aficionado

This is a completely hypothetical scenario, but isn’t it fun to ponder which cigars you might choose to pack if the world decided to end? We at Cigars Direct hope...

You've done it now. You are about to learn what all of that "marital bliss" stuff is all about. Well, before you start down that sunshine-filled road that leads to...

RoMa Craft Tobac is the creation of two regional cigar giants: Costa Rican Imports and Galveston Bay Tobacco, run by Michael Rosales and Skip Martin, respectively. Keen eyed readers will...

Whenever you see recommendations for cigars for women online, they generally follow similar lines – milds, flavored smokes, cigars that start with the word “petite,” cigarillos, and the like. The...

One of our anonymous community members recently made the journey from cigar newbie to bona fide cigar lover and we thought it was interesting enough to share the story with...

It’s enough already. All this coddling of beginners.If you’re new to cigars, but you’re tired of mild Connecticuts, this is the post for you. On this list, we’ve got six...

Cigar shapes are a funny thing. Our preferences can come from anywhere, really. It could be something functional, like that fact that we find a particular size and shape easy...

Everybody knows that if you want a really good cigar, you’ve got to leave the gas station smokes behind and spend a little dough. But just spending a bunch of...

There's no denying that boutique cigars are having a bit of a moment right now. After the mainstream resurgence of cigars in the late '00s and early 2010s, small-batch blenders...