Recent Cuban Cigars Articles
Partagás: Inside One of Havana’s Oldest Cigar Houses
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
Montecristo Fragata: Cuba's New Duty-Free Travel Exclusive
Montecristo Fragata: Habanos S.A. Charts a New Course with a Duty-Free Exclusive Built for the Traveling Aficionado There is a particular kind of patience required of the devoted cigar smoker who travels. Airports demand it. Long-haul flights demand it more. And for the man who appreciates a fine
Cohiba Talismán Joins Línea Clásica as Permanent Release
Cohiba Talismán Goes Permanent: Cuba's Crown Jewel Graduates From Limited Edition to the Línea Clásica There are cigars that come and go, and there are cigars that refuse to leave. The Cohiba Talismán has always belonged to the second category. Since its debut in 2017, the big, pigtailed double to
The Criminal Tycoon Who Infiltrated Cuba's Cigar Empire
The Mystery Tycoon Who Quietly Bought Into the World's Most Iconic Cigar Brand There is a kind of romance attached to the Cuban cigar that no other luxury product quite replicates. It is a romance built over centuries — of Vuelta Abajo soil, of torcedores rolling leaves by hand in near-silence, of
The Cohiba Trademark War That's Lasted 30 Years
The Greatest Name in Cigars Has Been in Legal Limbo for Nearly Thirty Years There is no name in the premium cigar world that carries more weight than Cohiba. It conjures Havana at its most decadent, hand-rolled perfection, the smoky back rooms of power, and the private tastes of one of history's m
Cohiba Talismán Goes Permanent: What This Means
The Cohiba Talismán Is Going Permanent: What It Means for the World's Most Coveted Cigar Brand There are very few cigars in the modern era that have generated the kind of sustained hysteria the Cohiba Talismán did when it first appeared on the market. Lines outside London retailers, secondary mark
Cuba's Cigar Crisis Is the Worst It's Been in Decades
Empty Shelves, Scarce Smoke: Cuba's Cigar Crisis Is the Worst in Decades Walk into a premium tobacco shop in London, Toronto, or Dubai right now and ask for a Cohiba Siglo VI or a Montecristo No. 2. The answer — if the retailer is being straight with you — is some version of the same story: there
Why Premium Cigars Now Cost as Much as a Car Payment
The $27 Cohiba and What It Really Means: Inside the Exploding Cost of Premium Cigars Walk into a newly opened cigar shop with a liquor license — the kind of place with leather chairs, Spanish cedar humidor walls, and soft lighting that makes every smoke feel like an occasion — and you may find you
The Festival del Habano Is Canceled — Here's Why It Matters
The Festival del Habano Is Dead — At Least for Now It was supposed to be a milestone year. The 26th Festival del Habano — the undisputed crown jewel of the global premium cigar calendar — was scheduled to run from February 23 through 27 in Havana, and on paper, there was no shortage of reasons to
Cuban Cigar Shipping Surcharge Signals Sanctions Fallout
The Cuban Cigar Gets More Expensive to Ship — And the World Is Starting to Feel It For cigar enthusiasts outside the United States, getting their hands on a genuine Habanos product from Cuba has long been one of life's quieter pleasures — a luxury insulated, at least in part, from the political tu
