Cigar Blog

Looking to take your cigars with you on your next vacation, golf trip, or family visit? It's always nice to be able to enjoy a fine cigar at home or with your friends alongside your favorite drink, but what if you want to take that same pleasure with you? Though there are a few things you need to think about when traveling with cigars, bringing them with you can be a fairly straightforward process if you know what to do. Here's a short guide on how to travel with your cigars. …

Special agents from the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco conducted a series of raids and arrests in Florida this week. The agents raided cigar manufacturers suspected of the producing and selling counterfeit cigars of the COHIBA®, Macanudo® and Partagas® cigar brands.The process began more than a year ago when General Cigar requested that the Tampa ABT investigate individuals suspected of involvement in the manufacture, distribution and sale of counterfeit cig …

The following is an interview with cigar entrepreneur Isaiah Jordan. It's not often one gets an insider's look into creating a new cigar company, so please enjoy this entertaining interview! Isaiah, what inspired you to create the Imperios Cigar Co.? Well for starters I have always had a passion for business and I only venture into fields that I am passionate about and or directly relates to me and my everyday hobbies/lifestyle. After being first introduced to the cigar wor …

How stressful it must be! What am I talking about? I’m saying it must be very stressful to agonize over which one of the many tasty cigars you smoked in 2014 that should be designated as #1. Cigar reviewers trying to build trust among their readers are telling their audience this specific cigar is the very best. Nothing is better. During the cigar reviewer’s research process, if two cigars sit at the #2 spot and a decision must be made as to which is #1, the reviewer must dig deeper …

Do others ask you why you smoke cigars? Are you curious about enjoying a cigar for the first time? Discover the #1 reason for enjoying premium cigars in our Q&A session with Jonathan David, co-Editor of  ToastedFoot.com. Jonathan and his business partner Willy Styl have been providing excellent cigar reviews and commentary since 2008. Our questions are below in bold. Jonathan, How did you come to enjoy cigars? I blame my best friend Chris. We celebrated …

After a successful launch of the Sons of Anarchy Blend last year, Meier & Dutch cigar distributors decided to launch two new versions. Both new blends will be robust and will come with unique boxes that likely will become collector's pieces. 1) SOA Clubhouse Edition KG-92) SOA Clubhouse Edition ChapelArticle: "Sons of Anarchy" Cigars Commemorate Show's Final Season …

Why should premium cigars be lumped in with cigarettes when it comes to regulation?As of late, the FDA has been trying to lump premium cigar smoking, an infrequent hobby, into the same basket as cigarette smoking. Davidoff's CEO, Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, and Jim Young, President, discuss recent FDA regulation proposals along with the state of the premium cigar industry. An interesting takeaway is that the premium cigar industry has been growing 3-4% per year globally---the o …

Are you looking for a place to relax and view cigar humidors and accessories? Northwoods Humidors is working to be that place for you.Now living in a big city, I like to relax by thinking back to my time growing up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. The picture below is a good visual of this peaceful environment. It's easy to imagine yourself quickly letting go of life's troubles in a place like that.Our goal here at Northwoods Humidors is to create a similar setting----a place to relax as you …