Tag: flavour

Kit^J

IT’S a funny old business, the cigar one. Sometimes it feels like it’s full of fuddy duddies and that nothing really changes. And at others, it’s possible to feel overwhelmed at the sheer magnitude of stuff going on – new lines, new vitolas, new blends, new kit.

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

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.

Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick, Slow

DID you know there’s an international world championship in slow cigar smoking? It’s actually become a big thing over the last few years.

Remember, Remember

The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is well and truly upon us and as misguided adults and pyrotechnic kids spark up fireworks for the next couple of weeks, one can’t but wonder whether Mr Fawkes and his gang might have been onto something all those years ago.