Recent Cuban Cigars Articles
Cohiba Talismán Goes Permanent: What This Means
The Cohiba Talismán Is Going Permanent: What It Means for the World's Most Coveted Cigar Brand There are very few cigars in the modern era that have generated the kind of sustained hysteria the Cohiba Talismán did when it first appeared on the market. Lines outside London retailers, secondary mark
Cuba's Cigar Crisis Is the Worst It's Been in Decades
Empty Shelves, Scarce Smoke: Cuba's Cigar Crisis Is the Worst in Decades Walk into a premium tobacco shop in London, Toronto, or Dubai right now and ask for a Cohiba Siglo VI or a Montecristo No. 2. The answer — if the retailer is being straight with you — is some version of the same story: there
Why Premium Cigars Now Cost as Much as a Car Payment
The $27 Cohiba and What It Really Means: Inside the Exploding Cost of Premium Cigars Walk into a newly opened cigar shop with a liquor license — the kind of place with leather chairs, Spanish cedar humidor walls, and soft lighting that makes every smoke feel like an occasion — and you may find you
The Festival del Habano Is Canceled — Here's Why It Matters
The Festival del Habano Is Dead — At Least for Now It was supposed to be a milestone year. The 26th Festival del Habano — the undisputed crown jewel of the global premium cigar calendar — was scheduled to run from February 23 through 27 in Havana, and on paper, there was no shortage of reasons to
Cuban Cigar Shipping Surcharge Signals Sanctions Fallout
The Cuban Cigar Gets More Expensive to Ship — And the World Is Starting to Feel It For cigar enthusiasts outside the United States, getting their hands on a genuine Habanos product from Cuba has long been one of life's quieter pleasures — a luxury insulated, at least in part, from the political tu
La Gloria Cubana Série Brasil No. 3 Is a Market-Maker
Brazil's Third Habanos Regional Edition Has Arrived — And It's a Brand-Maker There are cigars that fill a portfolio slot, and then there are cigars that reshape a market. Brazil's third Habanos Regional Edition, the La Gloria Cubana Série Brasil No. 3, firmly belongs in the second category. More t
Cuban Cigar Trade Fractured by Trump's Cuba Pressure Campaign
The Smoke Signal the Global Cigar World Can't Ignore On June 23, 2026, a routine business email landed in the inboxes of cigar retailers, hotel tobacconists, and duty-free buyers from Nairobi to Riyadh to Athens. The sender was Phoenicia T.A.A. Cyprus Ltd., one of the most consequential names in t
