Cigar Ratings Unwrapped: The Method, the Myth, and the Market

What really goes into a cigar score? This session at the InterTabac – Cigar Culture Summit 2025 lifts the lid on the methodology behind ratings, tastings, and award systems. Is it science, experience, or storytelling? Understand what shapes perception, and how to trust your own palate in a world full of influence.

In this seminar, Cigar Journal shows you how “Cigar Journal Blind Tasting” works. Editor-in-chief Katja Gnann simulates a blind tasting with you using cigars that are featured in the current fall issue.

Key Takeaways:

• How rating systems are designed and conducted
• Tasting subjectivity vs. calibrated standards

Date & Time: 17.09.2025, 15:35 – 16:20 h

Conference Room: “Brügge”, Messe Westfalenhalle

More info and ticket:

https://www.intertabac.de/en/cigar-culture-summit/