The title story of the 2012 Autumn issue focuses on the women in the cigar trade. Manufacturers, experts and marketing specialists – our portraits show that the world of cigars has long ceased to be a male bastion. In Collectors’ Corner, Colin Ganley writes about his comparison tasting of the Cuban Ediciónes Limitadas released to...

In the 2012 Winter issue of Cigar Journal, we examine in detail the charitable projects of cigar manufacturers and other trade players: cautious estimates suggest that each year roughly $3 million is contributed to charitable organisations, with positive results in many communities. At the same time, humidor expert Mark André writes about the results of...

Although the Toraño family can boast a long tradition in the tobacco business, it was only in 1994 that the first cigars were produced that bore the name of the Toraño Family Cigar Company. We met Carlos and Charlie Toraño to talk about the refocussing of the company following the creation of its own brand,...

Nick Perdomo’s cigar factory in Nicaragua is one of the largest manufacturers in the country. The native Cuban has a reputation as a perfectionist and keeps every step of production, from the seeding to the rolling of cigars, in his own hands. Despite the huge effort at every stage of production, the cigars of the...

The Gurkha brand, originally smoked by the British Army’s Gurkha Regiment, can look back on a long history. In the Summer 2011 edition, we presented Kaizad Hansotia, the man behind the Gurkha brand today. We met him in Florida and found out more about how he came to the world of cigars, why the brand...

In 1985 Robert Levin, the son of a Philadelphia tobacco dealer, created a cigar to his own taste, the Ashton Classic. The path was set through a cooperation with the Fuente family, and today Ashton cigars are amongst the world’s best known premium cigars. With the turn of the year, we present in this issue...

In Reloj, the JC Newman American factory, cigars have been produced for over 100 years. The family enterprise’s factory is the last operating business in the former cigar town of Tampa. We met Bobby and Eric Newman, the scions of America’s oldest cigar family, for a discussion for the cover story for the Summer issue....

Rafael Nodal’s Aging Room brand is a highly respected newcomer in the trade that made an early leap onto the international market. We met Nodal in his Boutique Blends Cigars company and found out more about his relationship to music, the focus on rare tobaccos and his plans for the future. Other topics in the...

In the 2014 winter issue, we examined in detail the global cigar market – the major players in the trade and their franchise networks, the New World cigar’s leap to Europe and Asia and developments on the global market. Other topics in the issue were: Our Australian correspondent Samuel Spurr investigated down-under for us –...

The 2014 summer issue contained a wide variety of topics: Humidor expert Marc André dealt with one of the passionado’s most important tools, hygrometers and their accuracy. We made a first-hand visit to the backrooms of Havana to report on the black market in Cuban cigars, and travelled to the Dominican Republic, where the CFCF...

For the 2014 Spring issue, we went to visit Rocky Patel in Florida. The former Hollywood lawyer has not only turned his Rocky Patel Premium Cigars into an internationally famous and acknowledged cigar brand, but also sees his role above all as a communicator of lifestyles. In this issue, we also write about the Encuentros...