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STIFFER PENALTIES FOR PREMIUM CIGAR COUNTERFEITERS
Premium cigar counterfeiters now face stiff penalties rivaling that of major felons. Five Miami men accused of counterfeiting cigars face federal charges that carry sentences of up to 10 years in prison and $2 million in fines.More Cigar News
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CUBAN CIGAR CROP LATE, BUT LARGE
A visit to the tobacco fields of Pinar del Río, Cuba revealed many farms with knee-high plants in their fields, despite the late date. This harvest is almost a month late, yet Cuba looks to have a generous and rich crop of tobacco this year, if the weather holds out.More Cuban Cigar Info
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DOBLE FUERTE PREMIUM CIGARS
Puros Indios Cigar Co. released the "Doble Fuerte," which the company touts as its strongest cigar. The cigar gets its flavor and power from an aged corojo seed wrapper grown in Nicaragua, which the company calls double maduro because of ... More Doble Fuerte Inforead more about...
IMPORTS OF PREMIUM CIGARS CLIMB PAST 300 MILLION
For the first time since 1998, imports of premium cigars reached 300 million units. More than 320 million premium cigars were shipped to the United States in 2005, 13.5 percent more than in 2004. The gain ... More Cigar Newsread more about...
The Tony Davidoff Premium Cigar Shop in New York City
David Kitchens, 46, runs the Tony Davidoff shop on Madison Avenue in New York City, and travels frequently to the Caribbean to meet with cigar makers and learn more about the cigar-making process. Recently, managing editor David Savona sat down with Kitchens for a wide-ranging interview. ... Read allread more about...
OUTDOOR SMOKING OF CIGARS AND CIGARETTES BANNED
Smoking ban proponents in California have taken the fight outside.In maybe the most extensive smoking ban for cigars and cigarettes passed in the United States, Calabasas, a small California town in Los Angeles County, has practically eradicated the right to smoke anywhere within its borders. On February 15, the city council passed a sweeping ban that...
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SMOKING BAN FOR CIGARS PROPOSED AGAIN IN PHILADELPHIA
The smoking of cigars is once again under attack in Philadelphia.After a proposed ban stalled a year ago, city councilwoman Marian Tasco has introduced new legislation that would ban smoking in ...
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PREMIUM CIGAR TAX BREAK PROPOSED
Idaho could join its Pacific Northwest neighbors in cutting taxes on premium cigars. On February 16, Rep. Bill Clark of Hayden Lake in northern Idaho introduced a bill that would repeal the 40 percent tax...read more about...
Learn more about premium Flor De Jardin Claro cigars
The Flor de Jardin was founded by Mike Makens in 2004, Flor de Jardin is located in Danlí, Honduras. The Claro line is triplecapped and comes in an ...read more about...
Learn more about fine Cuaba cigars
The Cuaba cigar was initially launched in London in 1996, the Cuaba trademark was the first premium Cuban cigar product to be launched into commercial production since ...read more about...
Learn more about Dona Flor Mata Fina Premium Cigars
Dona Flor Brazilian cigars are the brainchild of Felix Menendez and blender Arturo Toraño. It is uncommon to find Brazilian puros ...read more about...
Learn more about A. Fuente Don Carlos Dominican Cigars
Before the 1995 launch of Fuente Fuente OpusX, the Fuente family's most sought-after brand was Arturo Fuente Don Carlos. Named after and blended by family patriarch Carlos Fuente Sr., this line of rich cigars uses some of ...read more about...
Learn more about Quai D'Orsay premium cigars
The Quai D'Orsay, named after the famous bridge in Paris, was created in 1973 for the French market. The Quai D'Orsay cigars have a tendency to be milder and lighter in color than ...read more about...
Learn more about Premium Oliva "O" Cigars
The Oliva "O" Cigar Series is a assortment of cigars that honor one of the most well-known tobacco families in the cigar industry. Oliva is a smaller more boutique cigar business that takes exceptional pride in ...read more about...
Learn more about Montecristo Cuban Cigars
The most famous of the many famous Havana brands started only in 1935 as a new brand from Menendez, Garcia y Cia., then the owners of the H. Upmann brand. The name is reported to have been inspired by Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel Le Comte de Monte Cristo. With a strong marketing effort from Alfred Dunhill of London, this brand became the most popular of all Havana exports. There are no machine-made shapes in this range and the strength is medium, in fact, it has become ...read more about...
Find the latest on Cohiba Cuban Cigars
A new brand which was introduced only in 1968, Cohiba quickly became the flagship brand of the Cuban cigar industry. Developed initially as a medium bodied protocol cigar for presentation only by officials of the Cuban government, Cohiba was marketed widely beginning in 1982. The initial sizes were the Lancero, the Corona Especiale and the Panetela, with the Esplendido, Robusto and Exquisito added in 1989. In 1992, in salute to ...read more about...
The Padron family maintains a quality that is one of a kind
With over four years to create a perfect cigar and more than 100 years to create a perfect legacy, the Padrón Family understands the significance of ...read more about...
English novelist Evelyn Waugh's mentions the Partagas Cuban Cigars
This brand is named for it's founder, Don Jaime Partagas, who began manufacturing cigars in 1827, but put his own name on his line of cigars in 1845. After his death, the brand passed to Ramon Cifuentes in 1889 and was owned by Cifuentes y Cia. prior to nationalization, earning a mention by name in English novelist Evelyn Waugh's 1945 work, Brideshead Revisited. Partagas cigars also won gold medals in at least three international expositions between ...read more about...
The cigar exclusively made for Fidel Castro was the Trinidad Fundadores
Since 1980, the Trinidad Fundadores has been produced exclusively for Fidel Castro. The only boxes that left Cuba were gifts to foreign diplomats. On February of 1998, the brand was officially launched as an export in Trinidad, Cuba. The cigars were first made available in Canada and Mexico in April 1998, and later became available to the world market. This line features one size, the Fundadore, which means Founder. It is similar in size to the Cohiba Lancero, ...read more about...
The H. Upmann Monarch receives a great 92
Each H Upmann Monarch cigar is imbued with a classic heritage that dates back to 1844 Cuba. These distinctive, highly-rated cigars have been characterized as having strong ...read more about...
Shakespeare and Churchill make the "Romeo y Julieta" cigars famous
Developed in 1875 by Inocencio Alvarez and Mannin Garcia, this brand immediately showed its quality by winning gold medals in four universal expositions between 1885 and 1900. But it really took off after its acquisition in 1903 by Jose Rodriguez Fernandez, known as "Pepin." Named for the lovers in William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name (written circa 1596), the brand also is traditionally credited with ...read more about...
You should know about all types of Cigars
There are many types of cigars, but each consists of two primary elements that produce its smoking and flavor characteristics. The first is the wrapper, and the second is its construction, or style. Learn everything you need to know about cigar styles, like Robusto, Panatela, Corona, etc., and wrappers of cigars, including Candela, Claro, Maduro, etc. Furthermore we give you a great inside on cigar flavors, and ring gauges...read more about...
The Cigar has a looooong History! Check out how long
The cigar was smoked throughout the islands of the Caribbean Sea and in Mesoamerica for centuries before the Europeans discovered the Americas in the late 15th century.In the 19th century cigar smoking was common while cigarettes were still comparatively rare.
The cigar business was an important industry, factories employed many people before mechanized manufacturing of cigars became practical. To this day, however, the higher-quality cigars are still made by hand (some boxes bear the phrase "Hecho a Mano", or "Made by Hand", as proof).
The cigar became inextricably intertwined with political history on February 7, 1962, when American President John F. Kennedy imposed a trade embargo on ...
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Did you always wanted to know how they make Cigars? Click to find out
Tobacco leaves are harvested, and aged using a process that combines use of heat and shade to reduce sugar and water content without causing the large leaves to rot. This first part of the process, called curing, takes between 25 and 45 days and varies substantially based upon climactic conditions, as well as the construction of sheds or barns used to store harvested tobacco. The curing process is manipulated based upon the type of tobacco, and the desired color of the leaf. The second part of the process, called ...read more about...
Cut it up... Light it up... Smoke it up...! Your complete smoking guide
It you think that all you have to do to exude an air of class while smoking a cigar is inhale (which should not be done) and exhale, do not go near a cigar before reading this! Cigar smoking is a culture in itself, and in order to appear Cary Grant-like, you must know how to cut a cigar, light it and finally, smoke it...read more about...
It's basic, so you should know about it! Cutting the cigar correctly.
There are several different items you can use that achieve the same basic purpose, in various ways...read more about...
Camacho is known for big flavor, Coyolar Puro even takes it up a notch.
The Camacho Coyolar Puro is named after the Honduran farm where the wrapper leaf is grown. This is the first time Camacho used wrapper tobacco from this location.Released in mid-July of 2005 unnamed, the cigar had a black band and box and a high-powered taste, but the company could...
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