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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

David Garofalo's CigarWorth: The Premium Cigar Industry Finally Gets a Valuation Platform For as long as premium cigars have been rolled, aged, traded, and treasured, there has been no authoritative way to answer one of the hobby's most fundamental questions. What is a cigar actually worth? Not wh

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

Are Young People Really Smoking More Cigars? What the Data — and the Culture — Actually Reveal The question gets raised every few years, usually whenever a new federal survey drops or a wave of cigar lounges opens in a city that once barely had a tobacconist worth mentioning. Are young people smok

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

Cut & Light a Cigar Like You Mean It There's a moment — and if you've been there, you know exactly what I'm talking about — where you're sitting on the back porch, a solid bourbon in hand, the sun just starting to dip below the tree line, and you pull a premium cigar out of its tube. The world

Casa Carrillo Drops Its Most Ambitious Release Yet: The Pledge of Allegiance 250th Rockets Humidor When a cigar maker announces a commemorative release, the industry has seen enough of them to be skeptical. Anniversary bands get slapped on recycled blends, fancy boxes justify inflated price tags,

DH Cigars Makes a Statement at InterTabac 2026 With a Sustainability-First Packaging Overhaul When the cigar world descends on Dortmund, Germany, for InterTabac — the industry's most significant annual trade gathering — the spotlight typically lands on new blends, limited-edition releases, and bol

The American Premium Cigar Market Hits Equilibrium: What the 2026 First-Half Numbers Really Mean The numbers are in, and for anyone who watches the premium cigar industry closely, the story they tell is one of remarkable durability rather than decline. Imports of premium, handmade cigars to the Un

The 2026 Cigar Trophy Awards: Premium Tobacco's Biggest Night Goes Down in Dortmund Every September, the global cigar world holds its collective breath. The Cigar Trophy Awards — the only major prizes in the premium cigar industry decided entirely by consumers — have a way of cutting through the n