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Habanos Festival Returns to Cuba
The 15th annual Habanos Festival, the gathering of Cuban cigarmakers, distributors, retailers and aficionados from around the world, will run from...more
Posted: January 17, 2013 By David Savona
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Stronger La Aroma Makes Market Debut
There's a new La Aroma de Cuba on the market, stronger and darker than the original version....more
Posted: December 19, 2012 By David Savona
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Ten Years of Pepin Garcia
The year 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of when José "Pepin" Garcia of My Father Cigars Inc. began rolling his namesake Don Pepin Garcia brand in...more
Posted: December 17, 2012 By David Savona
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New Dunhill Made With Extra-Old Tobacco
There's a new Dunhill heading to store shelves, and it's made with some of the oldest tobaccos ever put into a cigar bearing the brand's name. The...more
Posted: December 14, 2012 By David Savona
Habanos Gets Another New Leader
Today is the last day on the job for Buenaventura Jiménez Sánchez-Cañete, a Spaniard with nearly 30 years experience in the tobacco world who has...more
Posted: December 14, 2012 By David Savona
Cigars Sell for More Than $1,000 Each at Auction
Would you pay more than $1,000 for a cigar? An anonymous bidder did recently at a London auction of aged cigars, nearly all of them Cuban. The...more
Posted: December 12, 2012 By David Savona
Better With Age
I turned 44 this year, so I don't consider myself old but I'm far from young. I'm reminded of my lack of youth on a daily basis, whether it's from...more
Posted: December 12, 2012 By David Savona
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Armando Garcia, Cigar Machine Master, Dies at 86
The man who knew the ins and outs of cigar-making machines probably better than anyone else in the world died this week. Armando Garcia passed away...more
Posted: November 30, 2012 By David Savona
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Nicaragua's Cigar Boom
Call this the golden age of Nicaraguan cigars. Twenty years ago, Nicaraguan smokes were virtually absent from the cigar industry. Ten years ago, they...more
Posted: November 28, 2012 By David Savona
Big Week, Big Smoke
November is always a busy month here at Cigar Aficionado. We hold the Las Vegas Big Smoke, finalize our top 25 cigars of the year, and throw a big...more
Posted: November 28, 2012 By David Savona
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