Selfless

Selfless

One of the millions of things we love about cigars is that they’re there for you – no matter what. Like the faithful hound that is always pleased to see its Master, the trusty cigar passes no judgment.

Partagas

Partagas

A legend among cigarmakers and a byword for power beautifully blended, Partagás is one of Cuba’s most famous longfiller sons. The bold red and gold band; the Deontay Wilder, freight train punch; the Rosado wrappers; the exciting, sneeze-inducing smells of well-aged tobacco. This is Partagás as we have grown to know and love it down the ages.

What’s The Point of Regional Editions?

What’s The Point of Regional Editions?

To the uninitiated, wave after wave of ‘Special Edition’, ‘Limited Edition’ and ‘Regional Edition’ Havana cigars leaves a confusing trail of names, places, numbers and sizes. What are all these new cigars?

Cigar Brethren

Cigar Brethren

The cigar world is changing. You may not notice it much at the sharp end – where consumers buy and enjoy their cigars – but it’s changing nonetheless.

Sorting The Wheat From The Chaff

Sorting The Wheat From The Chaff

Noise, noise, noise. Sometimes that’s all you can hear. But you can’t make anything sensible out of it; like an aural version of not being able to see the wood for the trees.

In Or Out?

In Or Out?

Wait, wait, before you throw your screen through the window at yet another well-meaning attempt to decipher the unholy mess that is Brexit – we’re a cigar blog, remember?

When do you like to smoke?

When do you like to smoke?

All day, every day? Once in a blue moon? Christmas special? When you’ve just had a baby? Everyone has a different perspective.

The Art of the Cigar – Part 1

The Art of the Cigar - Part 1

There’s an awful lot of crap spoken about cigars. About how you should and shouldn’t do things. About what rituals you’re supposed to observe and what’s good manners and what isn’t. Ignore it. Or at least most of it, anyway.