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Principle Cigars Drops a New Corona Into the Martinique Lineup — and It's Already Sold Out There's a particular kind of credibility that comes with selling out your entire first production run before most of the cigar world even knows a new vitola exists. That's exactly where Darren Cioffi and Pri

Asia's Biggest Cigar Festival Just Went Global — And American Buyers Were There There is a city in East Java, Indonesia, that cigar men are starting to pay very close attention to. It sits about 600 kilometers east of Jakarta, tucked between volcanic highlands and the Indian Ocean, and its rich vo

Davidoff Year of the Horse Limited Edition 2026 Toro Especial: A Cigar Worth Saddling Up For There are limited editions, and then there are Davidoff Zodiac releases. The two categories exist in the same premium cigar market but operate on entirely different planes of ambition, craft, and spectacle

Craig Reynolds Brings Big-League Experience to Best Cigar Prices as New Advisor The premium cigar industry runs on institutional knowledge — the kind built over decades of navigating mergers, acquisitions, retail expansions, and the shifting tastes of millions of smokers. When someone with that de

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

Micallef Expands Its Exclusive Gordo Lineup at Two Guys Cigars with Blue, Green, and White Additions There are partnerships in the premium cigar world that make intuitive sense from the moment they're announced, and the growing collaboration between Micallef Cigars and Two Guys Cigars is shaping u

South Dakota Opens the Humidor: How HB 1215 Ended a 16-Year Freeze on Cigar Bars — and Why Washington Is Taking Notice In the world of premium cigars, the wins are rarely loud. They don't happen on national stages or in sweeping federal legislation. They happen in state capitals — in committee roo

The CAA Goes to Washington: Scott Pearce Makes the Case Against Cigar Tariffs Before Federal Trade Officials When Scott Pearce walked into the hearing room to face the Section 301 Committee, he carried with him the weight of an entire American industry — one measured not just in billions of dollar

The Cigar Industry Takes the Fight to Federal Court — Again The premium cigar world has never been a passive participant in its own regulation. For the better part of a decade, some of the most recognizable names in the business have spent enormous resources battling the federal government over wh

The Premium Cigar Market Is Booming — And the Numbers Prove It There is a moment in every serious cigar aficionado's evening when the world slows down: the careful selection of a stick, the deliberate cut, the ritual lighting. What was once considered a pastime belonging exclusively to boardrooms