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My Father’s El Centurion Returns
Quick cigar test—do you remember El Centurion? The smoke came on the market in 2007, but it didn’t stick around very long. The first...more
Posted: March 29, 2013 By David Savona
The Labors of the Land
I hope you’re smoking a handmade cigar as you read this blog. You know that the robusto, corona gorda or perfecto that you’re puffing was made by...more
Posted: March 22, 2013 By David Savona
January/February 2013 Issue : Cigar Stars
A Conversation with Litto and Ines of La Flor Dominicana
Cigar Aficionado Talks to the Power Couple Behind One of the World’s Top Boutique Cigar Brands
Posted: March 18, 2013 By David Savona
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New Headley Grange Sizes Shipping Next Week
Four additional sizes of Headley Grange will begin shipping around March 15. The cigar brand, named after the recording studio where Led Zeppelin...more
Posted: March 8, 2013 By David Savona
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Retailers and Industry Veteran Form Sindicato Cigar
A group of high-profile cigar retailers, including the former president of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association, have joined...more
Posted: March 8, 2013 By David Savona
Cuba’s New Crop of Limitadas
If you love Cuban cigars, there’s no finer place to shop than in Havana, which is loaded with Casas del Habano cigar shops. Gordon and I spent the...more
Posted: March 7, 2013 By David Savona
Shop Report: Havana
If you love Cuban cigars, there’s no finer place to shop than in Havana, which is loaded with Casas del Habano cigar shops. Gordon and I spent the...more
Posted: March 2, 2013 By David Savona
Breaking Down Cuban Cigar Sales
It’s my fourth day in Havana, and the sun has disappeared, blown away by the wind and the rain. The front seems to be wreaking havoc with the...more
Posted: February 28, 2013 By David Savona
Smoking Freely In Cuba
It’s 9 a.m., and I’ve just lit up a new Montecristo Petit No. 2. Too early for a cigar? Not here. Not in Cuba. I was given the cigars last...more
Posted: February 27, 2013 By David Savona
Montecristos, Big and Small, and Other New Cubans
I slipped the chocolate brown cigar out of my case, clipped its head and put its foot to the flame. I took a puff, exhaled toward the ceiling of the...more
Posted: February 26, 2013 By David Savona
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