While restrictions on Cuba tourism have loosened and many new travel opportunities exist, bargain prices are disappearing.
Cigar lovers and industry heavyweights gathered in Havana in March to celebrate the best of Cuba, its tobacco and its culture .
Much is made of the romance of Cuban cigars, but often overlooked is an analytical approach to maintaining quality.
Out of the fiasco of the Bay of Pigs came the delicate negotiations that freed hundreds of prisoners and kick-started relations with Cuba.
Again the regulations have changed, making it even easier to import Cuban cigars. But gray areas still lurk.
Cigar Aficionado names the five Cuban cigars that have stood the test of time and are must-haves for lovers of fine Havana cigars.
Cuba’s wealth of antique autos is not only a tourist draw, but a symbol of the people’s resiliency and the country’s socioeconomic …
The cigar-making facility may have moved to a new location in Havana, but the spirit of the famous Cuban cigar brand lives on.
Humidores Habana builds some of Cuba’s most elaborate wooden sculptures, designed to store the country’s greatest cigars.
The black-and-gold curtained walls darkened the gigantic Pabexpo ballroom, the setting for the final night of the 18th Festival del Habano. …
Abel Expósito Diaz, the former assistant director of the cigar shop at the Partagás Factory in downtown Havana, wants nothing more than to …
Robustos. Partagás. Cohiba Robustos Supremos or Partagás Gran Reservas. Cohiba Behike 56. Those were the most common answers from Cuban …
The men at the elevators at Cigar Aficionado's New York City offices last summer looked like any other group of cigarmakers—wearing …
Patience is a virtue, especially in the cigar business. Cigar tobacco doesn’t like to be rushed, and going from seed to smoke takes years. …
The walls of the sprawling PABEXPO convention hall were decked out in black-and-silver signs touting the H. Upmann brand, the featured …
Cuba’s only made three of its ultrarare Gran Reservas, and the latest has just gone on sale
Once relegated to waistbands south of 50 ring gauge, Havana cigars are bulking up. The movement that’s long rocked the rest of the tobacco …
