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Cigars That Pair With Bourbon Without Fighting It
The Art of Not Ruining Both at Once Image credit: Flux.1 Bourbon and cigars have shared a long, unapologetic history in American culture — two brown
The Criminal Tycoon Who Infiltrated Cuba's Cigar Empire
The Mystery Tycoon Who Quietly Bought Into the World's Most Iconic Cigar Brand There is a kind of romance attached to the Cuban cigar that no other luxury product quite replicates. It is a romance built over centuries — of Vuelta Abajo soil, of torcedores rolling leaves by hand in near-silence, of
The Cigars Worth Smoking After a Big Win
Earn It First, Then Light It Image credit: Flux.1 There's a reason men reach for a cigar after a big win. The ritual of cutting, lighting, and settl
The Best Cigars to Hand Someone Who Has Never Smoked One
The First Cigar Should Be a Gift, Not a Gamble Image credit: Flux.1 Handing someone their first cigar is a ritual worth getting right. Start them of
PCA Bets Big on Honduras as a Cigar Industry Priority
The PCA Goes All-In on Honduras: Inside the Association's Deepening Commitment to Central America's Most Exciting Cigar Country Honduras has never been a footnote in the premium cigar world — but for years, it occupied a kind of second-tier status in the popular imagination, overshadowed by the me
Ninth Circuit Rules Against Cigar Industry in California UTL Case
The Ninth Circuit Shuts the Door on Cigar Industry's California UTL Challenge The premium cigar industry has absorbed another significant legal blow in its long battle against California's regulatory machinery. A three-judge panel at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has now affirmed
Cigar Blend Whiskey: What It Is and Why It Exists
Cigar Blend Whiskey: Zero Tobacco, All Flavor Cigar Blend Whiskey: Zero Tobacco, All Flavor You're standing in a well-stocked whiskey shop — the kind of place that smells like oak and ambition — when a bottle catches your eye. The label reads "Cigar Blend." Your brain immediately goes to one plac
Cigars You Can Smoke in the Hot Tub
The Hot Tub Is the New Smoking Lounge Image credit: Flux.1 There are few settings more conducive to a slow, deliberate smoke than a hot tub — the wa
El Titan de Bronze Ends General Cigar Deal, Goes Independent
El Titan de Bronze Cuts Ties with General Cigar, Charts Its Own Course The partnership had the look of a David-and-Goliath success story when it was announced back in early 2024: a celebrated boutique factory tucked inside Miami's Little Havana, run by a woman whose family had spent decades rollin
Cigar Sizes Explained
What Your Cigar Size Says About You Let me paint you a picture. You're standing in a well-stocked cigar shop — the smell of cedar humidors, the soft crinkle of cellophane, the rows of cigars lined up like they mean business. A buddy of yours grabs a Toro without blinking. Another guy picks up a Ch
