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Is Montecristo Still the King of Cigars? Ask just about anyone — even someone who has never set foot in a cigar lounge — to name a premium cigar brand, and there's a good chance they'll say Montecristo. That's not an accident, and it's not just clever marketing. For nearly a century, Montecri

Partagás: Inside One of Havana's Oldest Cigar Houses There's a moment — and if you've been smoking cigars long enough, you know exactly what I'm talking about — when you clip the cap of a stick you've never tried before, draw in that first cold pull of raw, unlit tobacco, and something just clicks

When the Name on the Box Still Means Something In an era when beloved cigar brands get swallowed up by corporations, rebranded, reblended, and shipped off to factories their founders never set foot in, there's something deeply reassuring about picking up a Padrón. Not because it's the safe choice.

Some Names You Just Don't Forget There are brands in the cigar world that you respect. And then there are brands that feel like they're part of something bigger — something that goes way beyond tobacco. Arturo Fuente is the second kind. In the world of premium cigars, few names command as much rev

A Smoke That Money Couldn't Buy Imagine being handed a cigar — not bought at a shop, not gifted in a box with a ribbon — but personally selected and passed to you by one of the most powerful and controversial figures of the twentieth century. That was the reality for the heads of state, generals,

H. Upmann: From Banking Family to Cigar Legend Here's a question worth chewing on the next time you're settling into your favorite chair with a smoke: what does banking have to do with one of the most celebrated cigar brands in history? As it turns out, everything. The H. Upmann story doesn't star

There's a moment every cigar smoker remembers — the one where a single smoke changed what they thought they knew about this hobby. For a huge chunk of American cigar guys, that moment came courtesy of Drew Estate. Whether it was the sweet, aromatic hit of an Acid Kuba Kuba shared at a cookout, or t

There's a cigar size that every smoker knows. Whether you've been lighting up for thirty years or you just bought your first cedar-lined humidor, you've heard the word: Churchill. It rolls off the tongue the same way it fills a room with smoke — slow, deliberate, and undeniably impressive. But here