Cigar Aficionado

The best cigar and beverage pairings have the magic of improving the flavor of each, like rich coffee and your favorite dessert. There’s an art to selecting a good pairing...

What makes smoking a premium cigar a pleasure you return to again and again? There are many reasons why we enjoy our favorite smokes. If you don’t smoke cigars and...

The Decade is one of the highest-rated of all the cigars created by Rocky Patel and his team. The name celebrates the tenth anniversary of the company, and it was...

Joel, Anthony, Kevin and I were sitting in the back of Joel's 1985 El Camino. It had been a long three days, heck it had been a long year and...

The harvesting of tobacco for cigars is a difficult process and the proper time to begin harvesting depends upon a number of different factors. One aspect of harvesting tobacco plants...

Congress, when the country is in debt, has never hesitated to tax that which is popular. Think of the high taxes today on gasoline, alcohol and tobacco products. The Civil...

One of the fun things about attending large cigar gatherings, besides enjoying fantastic cigars and catching up with friends, is reading some of the great cigar-themed t-shirts people are wearing....

We recently posted about the construction and smokability that a premium cigar should have. In this article, we discuss finding a cigar that you personally might enjoy. 1. Understand Strength...

Few dispute that cigars made with tobacco originating in Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and a few other locations can now compete on equal footing with Cuban cigars in terms...