For the first time the US qualification rounds for the Cigar Smoking World Championship will be held on the same date, and on a much smaller scale. Instead of 17 local competitions like last year there will be five, all at Burn by Rocky Patel lounges around the country.
CSWC Sweden
The Cigar Smoking World Championship organization called it the most anticipated qualification round of the season.
CSWC Austria
After last year’s third place Daniel Friedenthaler reclaimed the title of Austrian slow smoking champion.
Ladies only CSWC
Cigar slow smoking history was recently made at a Time Chase event at the Green Room cigar lounge in Turin, Italy. For the first time ever an event connected to the competition featured only women.
CSWC World Record
History was made at a time chase event at M&P Wine Garden Marina Mokotów in Warsaw on May 10. After five long years the slow smoking world record was finally broken. The record holder is none other than Poland’s own Klaudia Ide.
CSWC France
After four years the Cigar Smoking World Championships came back to France, and Strasbourg.
CSWC Kazakhstan
After Armenia, Kazakhstan was the next newcomer on the Cigar Smoking World Championship circuit.
CSWC Armenia
As been common the last few years there are several new countries on the Cigar Smoking World Championship circuit and Armenia was the first one out.
World Record in First Qualification of the Season
It’s May, and as most of us know, it’s the start of slow smoking season. As per tradition by now, Norway was the first one out of the starting blocks, and what a start it was.
New Website for Club Mareva
Club Mareva has a new website.
On the Trail of the Red Dictator
If you know that a famous person smokes cigars, you may sometimes wonder about their habits, like where they do it, what they smoke and why. Welcome to what was once Stalin’s Georgia.
The Cigar Smoking World Championship Grand Finale
The Cigar Smoking World Championship Grand Finale is over, and it took a world class performance for the new champion to beat his opponents.


