Cigar Aficionado

Guillotine, V, punch--there are many ways to prepare a premium cigar for smoking. In a pinch, you can even use scissors or a knife…and if you’re really desperate, your teeth....

When you come across a cigar as fully dressed as the Fuente Anejo, whether you should leave all the wrappings on or take them off is a logical question. The...

For long-term storage of premium cigars, sticking them in a freezer might seem to make some sense. As long as you put them in and leave them there, it’s not...

Small-batch cigars occupy a small segment of the cigar market, and that’s exactly what their manufacturers intend them to do. These cigars are created in limited quantities, often very limited...

You’ll see some cigars described as having “tooth” or a “toothy wrapper”. This means that these cigars have tiny, concentrated pockets of oil in their wrappers. All tobacco contains oil;...

Bull-SCHIP? You’d have to be living under a rock these days not to know about the federal legislation that affects what you pay for cigars that took effect on April...

Humidification devices...is it time to upgrade? If you’ve been smoking cigars for a time, or you’re just an old-school type, odds are you’re using the traditional device to keep them...

Rocky Patel is a man with a mission -- to create the finest premium cigars in the world. He started his company more than a decade ago, then survived the...

Time for a little spring cleaning? Temperatures are rising, flowers and trees are budding out…spring is definitely in the air. The change of season does something to people—maybe it’s the...