Cigar Aficionado

While it is true that these cigars have only been out a couple of years, it still bears mentioning that every significant L’Atelier cigar review has rated them at least...

How many times have you used that phrase “Close but no cigar”? It’s not heard quite as often as it was in your granddad’s day, but everyone still knows what...

Sun grown, sometimes written as one word, cigars get the name due to their wrappers – sun-grown, of course. The high-priming, plant-ripened leaves are thick, oily and full of flavor...

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...