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Cigar Aficionado Enters the Podcast Arena — And It's About Time For more than three decades, Cigar Aficionado has defined the conversation around premium cigars in America. It placed the leaf on coffee tables next to bottles of single malt, positioned the cigar lounge as a legitimate cultural in

Erik Espinosa Is Building a Dominican Factory — and Guy Fieri Is Along for the Ride When Erik Espinosa dropped the bombshell at his 2025 La Zona Palooza event that he was planting a flag in the Dominican Republic, the cigar world paid attention. A man who had spent years grinding out Nicaraguan to

The Smoke Clears: Premium Cigar Imports Slide 5 Percent Through April 2026 For years, the premium handmade cigar industry rode one of the most unlikely growth waves in American consumer goods — a pandemic-era surge that turned walk-in humidors into gold mines and put cigar exports from Nicaragua,

Who Really Runs the Premium Cigar World? There's a moment that stays with you the first time you sit down in a proper cigar lounge, clip a well-aged stick, and actually think about what you're holding. I had that moment years ago in Tampa, Florida — and not by accident. A buddy of mine who knew c

La Flor Dominicana's $20,000 Espejo de Litto Humidor Is the Most Personal Project the Brand Has Ever Built In the world of premium cigars, the phrase "limited edition" gets thrown around so freely it has nearly lost its meaning. Brands release limited runs of thousands of boxes, stamp them with co

Two Decades, One Bomb, and a New Chapter: Espinosa's 601 Blue Anniversary and Warhead 12 Hit Shelves The summer cigar season has a way of separating the serious smokers from the casual porch sitters, and 2026 is shaping up to deliver. Two of the most anticipated releases to come out of the Premium

A Cigar Lit in Honor of 250 Years: Don Abram Harris and the American 250 There is a particular kind of patriotism that does not come cheap — the kind earned through years of sweat, setbacks, and stubborn refusal to quit. It does not wave flags from a safe distance. It wrestles honestly with the fu

Casa Carrillo Deep Blue Limited Edition 2026: The Year's Most Compelling Limited Release Is Now in Humidors Nationwide There are limited-edition cigars, and then there are statements. Casa Carrillo's Deep Blue Limited Edition 2026 falls squarely into the second category. After its heavily anticipa