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Cut & Light a Cigar Like You Mean It There's a moment — and if you've been there, you know exactly what I'm talking about — where you're sitting on the back porch, a solid bourbon in hand, the sun just starting to dip below the tree line, and you pull a premium cigar out of its tube. The world

Casa Carrillo Drops Its Most Ambitious Release Yet: The Pledge of Allegiance 250th Rockets Humidor When a cigar maker announces a commemorative release, the industry has seen enough of them to be skeptical. Anniversary bands get slapped on recycled blends, fancy boxes justify inflated price tags,

DH Cigars Makes a Statement at InterTabac 2026 With a Sustainability-First Packaging Overhaul When the cigar world descends on Dortmund, Germany, for InterTabac — the industry's most significant annual trade gathering — the spotlight typically lands on new blends, limited-edition releases, and bol

The American Premium Cigar Market Hits Equilibrium: What the 2026 First-Half Numbers Really Mean The numbers are in, and for anyone who watches the premium cigar industry closely, the story they tell is one of remarkable durability rather than decline. Imports of premium, handmade cigars to the Un

The 2026 Cigar Trophy Awards: Premium Tobacco's Biggest Night Goes Down in Dortmund Every September, the global cigar world holds its collective breath. The Cigar Trophy Awards — the only major prizes in the premium cigar industry decided entirely by consumers — have a way of cutting through the n

The PROCIGAR Festival 2027 Is Open for Registration — and It's Already Selling Out There are cigar festivals, and then there is PROCIGAR. For anyone serious about premium tobacco — not just smoking it but understanding the soil, the sweat, and the centuries of craft behind every ring gauge — the a

Miami Cigar & Co. Brings Back the Nestor Miranda Private Reserve Lancero — and It's Already Flying Off Shelves There is a quiet confidence in doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing. While the premium cigar market has spent the better part of a decade sprinting toward ever-fatter rin

Domain Cigars Moves Beyond the Humidor: A New Distribution Operation Changes the Game In the premium cigar world, getting the tobacco right is only half the battle. For smaller brands, especially those operating outside the United States, the other half — navigating state licensing, wholesale logi

General Cigar's Washington Play: How America's Biggest Premium Cigar Company Is Betting on Cuba Trade Policy In the cigar world, few moves carry as much weight as what happens in Washington. And right now, General Cigar Company — the Richmond, Virginia-based titan that dominates the American premi

Inside the American Cigar Boom: Numbers, Nuance, and What Comes Next There is a moment in any good conversation about cigars when the numbers stop being numbers and start telling a story. That is precisely what Cigar Aficionado executive editor David Savona and managing editor Greg Mottola set o