Even though there are fewer and fewer places to smoke in New York the community is growing. Cigar event-planner and founder of Fine Tobacco NYC, Matthias Clock, takes us to his favorite spots in the big apple.
Nicholas Perdomo III: Simply being the son is not enough
Nick Perdomo Jr. has achieved the American dream par excellence. After 26 years in the cigar business and approaching his midfifites, he manages a company that has more than 4,000 employees, cultivates 1,200 acres of tobacco land and has a production capacity of 80,000 cigars per day.
How tobacco conquers living space
Everything starts with a cigar. No matter how long you have already indulged in the pleasure of the rolled tobacco, in the end, it’s all about one particular cigar. There probably isn’t a cigar smoker for whom this one cigar, over time, hasn’t changed quite a bit.
Vitium, The Desire to Pamper Yourself | Pompei (NA), Italy
Friday July 16th will be remembered by the Italian and in particular Campania slow smoking world for the opening of the new Habanos Lounge in Pompei: Vitium.
The Brangelina of cigars
It was not love at first sight. Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars and Janny García of My Father Cigars had known each other and worked together for many years when they realized they were more than “just” friends and business partners. That was in 2009 … or was it 2010?
Carlos Fuente Jr.: We are all one
Since the death of his father on August 5, 2016, Carlito has been the head of the family. That Fuente is one of the most important cigar families (yearly production approx. 30 million cigars) and produces many of the most coveted cigars in the world is adequately known. But who is this man?
Boutique Smokes: Mike Choi
When a man who has spent his working life learning all there is to know about Cuban cigars opens a New-World-cigar business, it’s time to take note.
Mike Choi – who was runner up in Cuba’s prestigious Habanosommelier International Contest and worked at the award-winning Sahakian cigar lounge in London’s Bulgari hotel for several years – is the face behind Boutique Smokes, a new UK business aiming to bring exciting New-World smokes directly to customers.
JR Cigar to Release Alec & Bradley Wagyu A5
As their 50th Anniversary Celebration marches on, JR Cigar is adding another manufacturer to their list of collaborators. For this project, JR has teamed with Alec and Bradley Rubin, the name sakes of Alec Bradley Cigars and the founders of Alec & Bradley.
EXPERIENCE GENEVA WITH JEAN-CHARLES RIOS
Bulgari, Tiffany et Al., Cartier, and Louis Vuitton, just to name a few noble boutiques, line the way to our interviewee in Geneva. We meet Jean-Charles Rios, owner of Gestocigars, in Rue Robert-Céard, in the heart of the city on lake Geneva.
1 Cigar, 3 different tastes
What effect does storage have on a cigar? Our humidor expert Marc André presented three of the same yet completely differently stored cigars to 50 testers.
A new Xikar single-jet flame lighter
Quality Importers Trading Co adds the new Xikar Astral to its line of premium cigar lighters.
The Humidor Supreme Balthazar table humidor
Humidor Supreme, the umbrella brand for the company’s extensive line of desktop, furniture and commercial humidors, takes a modern design approach to its popular series of furniture-style cigar humidors.
