Cigar Aficionado

My parents were both born in the Netherlands, I often remember as far back as I can my grandfather relaxing first in the house they lived in and later in...

I will start by saying, that after smoking cigarettes for 33 years, I finally came home to cigars again. I am writing this with the average cigar smoker in mind...

The most misunderstood of decadent indulgence there is…in my eyes at least. I am a fairly new cigar smoker of a grand 6 years of experience. There is nothing more...

You start it because you think that it's cool. All your friends are doing it and it seems like the right thing to do. Maybe one day you were at...

What is cigar culture? cigar smokers are connoisseurs, similar to wine connoisseurs. We enjoy the good life, and our desire to enjoy various types of cigars (or wine) is just...

Any cigar smoker has, at one time or another, been asked why they smoke cigars. Most of us come up with our own little excuses, usually just to pass the...

A wisp of fragrance transported me 30 years and 3000 miles to the backyard of my childhood where my brother, sister, mother and I would sit on our swing looking...

The Final Product As soon as the cigar is out of the roller's hands, it can be smoked. But you had better smoke quickly because, after a few days, the...

“Hey buddy, got any spare change?” I turned to see a disheveled man huddled in the shadows as I walked to my car after a long day in the University...