Tutored Leaf Tasting

Tutored Leaf Tasting

I HAVE attended and hosted hundreds of cigar events over the years, and many of these were notched up during the dreaded lockdown when we discovered the benefits of communal online get-togethers for the first time.

Porto

Porto

THE latest in our series of exclusive stories from the pen of NICK HAMMOND sees our intrepid explorer plunging headfirst into the wonders of Portugal…

Dortmund

Dortmund

Ah, the smell of Dortmund in the Autumn. I’ve come to love my seasonal jaunts to this funny little German town – usually, it’s a lovely tail end to Summer, with a wistful, melancholy air – and yet this year was the first time the great and the good (and me) of the cigar industry were able to gather for the first time in three years.