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August 31, 2011 Edgar Cullman

Cigar Weekly member Zman, brings a short reminder of the life of cigar industrly legend Edgar Cullman. This remembrance was taken from Zman's posts in the Smokin Post, Cigar Weekly Community Forums and Discussion Groups. Read more...
August 31, 2011 Jose Blanco now Senior VP at Joya de Nicaragua

The esteemed José Blanco, the former director of sales for La Aurora has moved from the Dominican Republic to Nicaragua. Blanco, 61, retired from the oldest cigar company in the Dominican in June after 29 years with company. At the time, it was believed Blanco would not stay idle long and today, Dr. Alejandro Martinez-Cuenca announced that Blanco was joining Nicaragua’s oldest cigar company as Senior Vice President. Read more...
August 16, 2011 CW Member Review Gurkha Cellar Reserve XO

CW Member Jacob Krell (jsnake) submits this Member Review of the 6x60 XO model of the Gurkha Cellar Reserve Line. Orignally posted on jsnake's blog and the Reviews Forum of Cigar Weekly, this review was chosen by the editor for publication. Read more...
March 21, 2011 Cigar Paradise in Nicaragua!

Join Cigar Weekly's Contributing Editor Neil Noffsinger (Roadhawg) for his description of a memorable four-day cigar lover’s tour of Esteli, Nicaragua - one of the great tobacco growing regions. Read more...
February 14, 2011 Ybor City Cigar Festival 2010

CW Contributing Editor Tom Chapman (tchapchap) traveled again to Tampa to attend the Ybor City Cigar Festival. He writes to update us on this year's festivities. Read more...
November 10, 2010 The Perfect Review?

CW Contributing Editor Jason Bolt (jb) outlines for us a recipe for constructing the perfect review of a cigar. As it turns out, the environment you smoke the cigar in may have more impact on your enjoyment of it (or lack thereof) than you might think. Read more...
August 16, 2010 IPCPR - Bayou Style!

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Frank Seltzer (Mowee) brings his impressions, high points and low points of this year's International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers trade show from New Orleans, Louisiana. Read more...
August 16, 2010 Local Flavors #4: Mike's Cigar Room, Conroe, Texas

Although there are many 'seasoned' CW members, there are also those who are fairly new to our wonderful world of cigars and related topics. This installment of Local Flavors provides the opportunity for some great perspective from a man who has been involved with cigars, pipes and tobacco since he fired up his first pipe in college in 1975! He has survived the 'Bust Years' as well as enjoyed the 'Boom Years', and has a unique view on business that may surprise you. Recently, CW Contributing Editor Neil Noffsinger (Roadhawg) sat down with Mike McCoy, owner of Mike’s Cigar Room in Conroe, Texas (a northern suburb of Houston), to fire one up and learn about the history and current success of a true cigar B&M entrepreneur. Read more...
June 25, 2010 Steven John Faccenda-Toje 1957 to 2010

Cigar Weekly has recently felt the keen sting of loss. One of our giants has been called home, at 53 years old, altogether too early of an age, as we count years. His family, still young, and growing; he and his wife were looking forward to many more years together. We have lost a friend, a brother, a fellow lover of the leaf. We have lost a man who did more to build the community of Cigar Weekly than almost anyone else, with the exception of founder Daniel Bienkowski (DanB) and current ownership. May Toje, rest in God's Peace. Read more...
June 15, 2010 Review: Adorini Sorrente Deluxe Humidor, Part One

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Tim Hartmann (xrundog) is intimately familiar with the construction and repair of humidors. Tim was recently asked to receive and review one of Adorini's new humidors. This article comprises Part One of a two part series. (Tim will be sending the humidor on to another CW member for a further review to be published here later.) Read more...
March 26, 2010 The Smokers Strike Back

CW Contributing Editor Frank Seltzer recently attended the third annual Pro Cigar Festival held in the Dominican Republic. In addition to getting an inside look at cigar-making operations, attendees were also treated to the fine arts of blending tobacco for cigars. Read more...
February 10, 2010 A tour of Ybor City's Cigar Heritage

CW Contributing Editor Tom Chapman (tchapchap) recently made a trip to Ybor City, the historic cigar-making district of Tampa. He was treated to an inside tour of the industry, both from a historical and a current perspective. Tom now shares the details of that tour with us. Read more...
January 15, 2010 Montecristo Relief Organization Haiti Earthquake Relief

Cigar Weekly contribting editor Frank Seltzer (Mowee) is reporting,this morning, on Altadis USA charity efforts for the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the recent earthquake which has shattered that nation. Read more...
January 15, 2010 Scandinavian Tobacco Group to Merge with Swedish Match

Cigar Weekly contributing editor Frank Seltzer is reporting this morning that Scandinavian Tobacco Group and Swedish Match are planning to merge later in 2010. This will in effect merge American cigar giant General Cigars and Nashville based CAO. Read more...
January 13, 2010 Cigar Weekly Editorial: Why is Habanos S.A. Deleting Smaller Cigars

It has recently been revealed that Habanos S. A. continues to make changes to its catalog and is eliminating quite a few smaller models. Many of these are popular with "avid" smokers around the world and have been highly regarded for decades. Yet they are being eliminated in favor of the recent move toward new models with ring gauges in excess of 54. Cigar Weekly contributing editor Mcgoospot analyzes this trend in a CW editorial Read more...
December 18, 2009 A 'Taste' of Ybor City

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Neil Noffsinger (Roadhawg) recently sampled the sights, sounds, smokes and culinary offerings of Ybor City, Florida at the 11th Annual Cigar Heritage Festival. Come along with him as he describes the weekend events and activities in historic Ybor City. Read more...
December 09, 2009 15th Annual Post Turkey Day Crawl

Join Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Frank Seltzer (mowee) in looking back at one of America's classic cigar events, the Dallas/Fort Worth Post Turkey Day Cigar Crawl. Read more...
October 15, 2009 Local Flavor #3: Elite Cigars

Those of you who spend a lot of time on the road, either as professional drivers, business travelers or vacationers may have noticed the "Elite Cigars" signs outside of various SunMart Travel Centers throughout Texas, Arizona and Wyoming. If you have wondered whether or not you can really purchase quality cigars, or if this is just a marketing gimmick, you will find this article interesting. Recently, CW Contributing Editor Neil Noffsinger (Roadhawg) sat down with Jim Kaden, Director of Operations for Petroleum Wholesale, to share a smoke and find out about the unique positioning and business strategy employed by Elite Cigars. Read more...
August 31, 2009 Garcia My Father Factory Opens in Nicaragua

The hottest cigar-makers in non-Cuban cigars, José 'Don Pepin' Garcia and his family members, opened their new 'My Father' factory this past weekend in Nicaragua. CW's Frank Seltzer (Mowee) was on hand, and brings this report. Read more...
August 27, 2009 Dispatches from the IPCPR 2009 #4: Characters, Collaborators and CBS

CW's 4th installment of the week from the 2009 International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association Trade Show sees Editor-in-Chief Thomas Bender (TommyBB) bringing the sights, sounds, aromas and real 'smoke' from the show floor in his hometown. Read more...
August 18, 2009 Dispatches from the IPCPR 2009 #3 : Common Threads

A third installment of the week from the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association trade show for 2009. Editor-in-Chief Thomas Bender (TommyBB) and Contributing Editor David "Yogi" Dean bring the sights, sounds, smells and smoke from the show floor in New Orleans. Read more...
August 16, 2009 2009 IPCPR Wrap-up

CW Contributing Editor Frank Seltzer (Mowee) offers his unique perspective on the 2009 International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' trade show from New Orleans. Read more...
August 10, 2009 Dispatches from the IPCPR 2009 #2

A second installment of the week from the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association trade show for 2009. Editor-in-Chief Thomas Bender (TommyBB) brings the sights, sounds, smells and smoke from the show floor in his hometown. Read more...
August 10, 2009 Dispatches from the IPCPR 2009

This is the first installment of the week from the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers' Association trade show for 2009. Editor-in-Chief Thomas Bender (TommyBB) brings the sights, sounds, smells and smoke from the show floor in his hometown. Read more...
August 03, 2009 An Interview With Jonathan Drew

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Richard McRae (mealstrom) chats with Jonathan Drew, founder of the Drew Estate Cigar Company. Mr. Drew shares the history behind his many lines of premium cigars as well as his thoughts on trends in the cigar business. Read more...
June 30, 2009 CW Guest Commentary CRA on South Dakota

Glynn Loope of the Cigar Rights of America organization comments on the state of affairs and democracy action in South Dakota. Read more...
June 26, 2009 Cigar Weekly Members Commentary: Allow Market Choices

Cigar Weekly member Tony Palazzolo (tonycsmoke) was recently published in the St. Louis Beacon. His editorial was a revealing, no-nonsense look at the after effects of a smoking ban, and enlightening about the economic harm as well as the second-hand smoke studies which are not as damning as perceived. Read more...
June 22, 2009 Wrapper Transplanting: Partagas Cuban Wrapper Transplant to an Oliva Serie V Lancero Filler and Binder

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Scott Glenn (bipolar) offers us a bold, and perhaps controversial, experiment... What would happen if you transplanted the wrapper from a Cuban Partagàs to the binder, filler and ligero of a domestic Oliva Serie V Lancero? Enjoyable smoke or 'Frankencigar'? Read more...
June 17, 2009 CW Commentary FDA Control Over Tobacco

Cigar Weekly's editorial staff and membership provide a commentary on recent legislation passed by the U.S. Senate and ratified by the House or Representatives making tobacco a "controlled substance" under the regulatory purview of the Food and Drug Authority. Read more...
May 11, 2009 Local Flavor #2: Serious Cigars Houston, Texas

Cigar Weekly Contributng Editor Neil Noffsinger sits down with Ron Lesseraux, owner of Serious Cigars and the Cellar 17 wine shop in Houston, Texas, for a discussion about trends in the cigar business. Read more...
May 04, 2009 Cheapskate's Choice: El Mejor Emerald Churchill

Join Cigar Weekly's Contributing Editor Tom Chapman (tchapchap) for the fourth installment of his popular column dedicated to the value-conscious cigar enthusiast. Read more...
April 30, 2009 Don Fernando Leon

Fernando Léon Asensio died at the age of 87 at his home in Santiago, Dominican Republic after a prolonged illness. Don Fernando, as he was known, was the son of Eduardo Léon Jimenes -- the founder of La Aurora. Read more...
March 19, 2009 Smoking Cuban Cigars and Eating Swiss Chocolates in Los Cabos

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor (and wife to owner Gil Ellis) Claudia Ellis treats us to magical pairings of Grauer chocolate and Cuban cigars, and does it all from the sunny beaches of Baja, California. Read more...
March 05, 2009 Pro Cigar Festival 2009

Join Cigar Weekly's Frank Seltzer (Mowee) as he recounts his experiences during the second annual Pro Cigar Festival, held recently in the Dominican Republic. Read more...
February 26, 2009 Family Tradition

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Jim Olson (gui_tarzan) recounts how a personal passion for cigars had its roots planted generations ago in his family. Read more...
February 12, 2009 Building a cabinet humidor from scratch

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Aaron Hines (qajariaq), an accomplished designer and craftsman, offers us an inside view of his project to create a functional and uniquely beautiful cabinet humidor. Read more...
February 04, 2009 Obama Signs SCHIP

Time Magazine and other outlets are reporting the SCHIP signing ceremony.In his remarks, President Obama mentions this is a first step toward government provided (Socialized) medicine in the United States. Read more...
January 23, 2009 Ernesto Perez-Carillo to Leave el Credito

Frank Seltzer is reporting this afternoon that long time guiding force and owner of el Credito, maker of La Gloria Cubana, Ernesto Perez-Carillo leaving his company and it's parent company General Cigars-Swedish Match. Read more...
January 19, 2009 Cheapskate's Choice: 5 Vegas Series 'A'

Join Cigar Weekly's Contributing Editor Tom Chapman (tchapchap) for the third installment of his popular column dedicated to the value-conscious cigar enthusiast. Read more...
January 16, 2009 SCHIP in Congress

Representative Dave Camp, of Michigan's 4th District, spoke out in Congress against the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Read his remarks, and see how they voted. Read more...
January 08, 2009 Carlos Torano Sells to CAO Parent Co. CW Editorial

Nobel Cigars, a subsidiary of Scandinavian Tobacco (parent of Henri Wintermans and CAO) has purchased Latin Cigars Nicaragua and Latin Cigars Honduras. These factories were owned and managed by Carlos Toraño and Oliva. Read more...
January 08, 2009 Local Flavor #1: Shelly's Back Room, Washington DC

CW Contributing Editor David Carpenter (dcarp) inaugurates a new Cigarticle series.CW's editors will profile local smoking establishments and interview the tobacconists. This premiere article features Washington D.C.'s Shelley's Back Room. Read more...
December 29, 2008 Cigar Heritage Festival

CW Contributing Editor Neil Noffsinger (Roadhawg) recently attended the 10th Annual Cigar Heritage Festival in Ybor City, Florida. Join him as he recounts the weekend, and provides highlights of the festival and the other events taking place with fellow BOTLs. Many agree that the Ybor City historic district of Tampa is the heart and foundation of the cigar industry in the United States. Read more...
December 22, 2008 Cheapskate's Choice: Punch Rothschild

There's nothing quite like a really good cigar. On this, we can all agree. Sometimes though, excessive cost puts a bit of a damper on the experience. Join Cigar Weekly's Contributing Editor Tom Chapman (tchapchap) as he continues his new column dedicated to the value-conscious cigar enthusiast. Rest assured, it's worth the read! Read more...
December 11, 2008 Looking for Lewis Tobacconist

New Cigar Weekly member Ed Tuite shares his find, a hidden gem to a visitor in the Twin Cities. Read more...
November 26, 2008 Big Smoke Las Vegas, 2008

CW Contributing Editor Neil Noffsinger (Roadhawg) recently attended the Big Smoke 2008 in Las Vegas. Join him as he recaps the event and provides highlights of a cigar lover's week in Sin City. You can almost hear the slots and see the haze of blue smoke over the crowd. Read moreâ€Â¦ Read more...
October 27, 2008 Cheapskate's Choice : Indian Tabac Super Fuerte

There's nothing quite like a really good cigar. On this we can all agree. Sometimes, though, excessive cost puts a bit of a damper on the experience. Join Cigar Weekly's Contributing Editor Tom Chapman (tchapchap) as he inaugurates his new column dedicated to the value-conscious cigar enthusiast. Rest assured, it's worth the read! Read more...
October 20, 2008 The Cigar Shop

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Scott Moore (smoore) describes what makes the local cigar shop a true home away from home for the cigar enthusiast. Read more...
October 14, 2008 Cigar Weekly: A Friendly Port in the Internet Cigar Forum Storm

An Editorial from the Publisher of CW... Cigar Weekly, one of the oldest independent online cigar communities, has been in existence since 1997. The board that Dan Bienkowski started, and the reasons he did so, have remained paramount to what we, his successors, strive to maintain today. â€ËœDanB' opened these forums as a place where civil discourse could take place, where smokers could fairly assess and discuss any and all brands of cigars without recrimination, and where opinions contrary to â€Ëœconventional wisdom' could be offered. Cigar Weekly's efforts to maintain a civil and welcoming atmosphere, and to make Cigar Weekly the 'Switzerland of cigar boards', still reside at the forefront of our endeavours. With the recent upheavals affecting some of our â€Ëœcompetitors' in the online cigar community, the ownership, administration, editorial staff and moderators of Cigar Weekly would like to take this opportunity to invite any disaffected folks to explore the discussions here at CW. We would also like to welcome back those who, for various reasons, may have migrated elsewhere in the interim. We believe we have much to offer both groups. Read more...
August 29, 2008 Women Smokers' Group Release Survey Facts

In a press release from spokesperson Heather Haddad (l0venpeace) the recently-incorporated Association for Women Cigar Smokers alerts interested parties as to the results of their current research survey. Read more...
August 22, 2008 Daniel Miranda, 38

Daniel Miranda of Miami Cigars, son of Nestor and Marianna Miranda Miranda succumbed to brain cancer this morning in Miami, after a four year fight. Read more...
August 21, 2008 Vintage Cigars?

Is 'vintage' a good descriptor of cigar tobacco and the resultant cigars? Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Frank Seltzer (Mowee) investigates the word 'vintage' and its applicability to cigars. Read more...
August 18, 2008 General Cigar Appoints GM of Business Ventures

General Cigar, a subsidiary of Swedish Match, has announced, via a company press release, the appointment of a new General Manager of Business Ventures. Richmond, VAâ€"General Cigar is pleased to announce that Debo Mukherjee joined the company as general manager of business ventures, effective August 11, 2008. Read more...
August 08, 2008 Paradox of Smoking in UK : Finely Aged Cubans

The news that a self-employed painter and decorator taking a break in his own van and sharing a fag with his mate had the dubious honour of being the first to be fined for smoking at his workplace made for a good silly season story. Greater Manchester councillors want to use their powers under local government legislation to impose local age restrictions in local cinemas to classify any film that "glamorises smoking" as over 18, regardless of other content that might be glamorising gratuitous sex and violence. But not much of this is new to Simon Chase, marketing director at Habanos UK agent Hunters & Frankau, from when he learned the trade. Read more...
July 31, 2008 House of Reps. Pursuing Tobacco Regulation

In this report from the Associated Press, the House of Representatives has passed its first bill--Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act--to have "health authorities" regulate tobacco on the Federal level. Read more...
July 30, 2008 Drugstore tobacco sales under fire

Ann Zimmerman of the Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that the City of San Francisco is making an effort, through the Board of Supervisors, to ban the sale of tobacco products at drug-stores, pharmacies, and other retailers that sell pharmaceuticals or other health-related services. Read more...
July 29, 2008 CRA to Hold Fundraiser

Cigar Rights of America will hold a fundraiser in August to raise money for the smokers' rights organization. The Meeting of the Masters will be held in New York on August 19th, 2008 to kick off the CRA Freedom Tour. Read more...
July 24, 2008 Cigar Weekly 2008 Blind Review #2

Reyes Family Cigars Premier Perfecto (5.5 x 58) Compiled by Doug McGuire (Mad Dawg) The story of this atypical review necessarily begins in late 2007, when Frank Santos (Marketing Director for Reyes Family Cigars) sent me a cigar for a personal review. Frank told me only that this was a prototype blend for a new cigar line that Reyes Family Cigars (â€úRFCâ€Â) was in the process of developing. Read more...
July 24, 2008 Imperial Tobacco Delists on NYSE

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ("Imperial Tobacco") today announces its intention to voluntarily delist its American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") from the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and terminate its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). Read more...
July 21, 2008 Is Marathon Runner 101 or Only 94?

Are cigars key to longevity in the UK? Second article inside a week documents another senior still plugging along smoking cigars and drinking. The strange tale of Buster Martin: When he ran the London Marathon this year at the reputed age of 101, he was hailed as the oldest person ever to complete one. Then it emerged that he might be 'only' 94. So who is he? And can Patrick Barkham track down the truth behind . . Read more...
July 17, 2008 IPCPR Former RTDA 2008

Cigar Weekly Contributing Editor Frank Seltzer (Mowee) recounts the highs and lows of this year's International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers gathering in Las Vegas. Read more...
July 17, 2008 Whisky, cigars and a long, happy life

DEFIANT Jack Priestly is still puffing on cigars and downing whisky at the age of 100. The retired baker has puffed an estimated 153,000 cigars and 715,400 cigarettes since his first drag at the tender age of nine. His other vice is whisky, which he took up on the advice of his mother-in-law. He has taken a tot in his tea for 75 years and never looked back. Read more...
July 07, 2008 Cigar Weekly 2008 Blind Review #1

The following description of the Casa Toraño Lancero Maduro was provided by Bruce Lewis, Brand Manager â€" Toraño and Dunhill Cigars: The Casa Toraño Maduro was introduced late last year but first orders were filled in the early part of this year. It is not a limited release, but what I would refer to as an exciting new release for Toraño. In the first few months of this brand being available to the public, the response and feedback has been extremely positive. Cigar Aficionado have already awarded it two ratings in the 90's. The cigar features a naturally fermented CT Broadleaf maduro wrapper which brings a sweet, rich flavor and aroma to this medium bodied smoke. A Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan and Dominican filler complete the blend. As you are aware, there has been increasing interest in the Lancero size and this was one of the reasons to introduce this cigar in this size. More importantly, though, the Lancero size in this blend allows consumers to fully appreciate the rich, sweet characteristics of the maduro wrapper. The Lancero is 7â€Â x 38 and all sizes in the Casa Toraño Maduro line are handmade in Nicaragua. Read more...
June 18, 2008 Imperial Tobacco Interim Report

Imperial Tobacco has issued their 2008 Interim Report. Click where it says "Read more...." to see highlights and a link to the entire report. Read more...
June 13, 2008 Story of the Tatuaje Black

Pete Johnson tells a lovely story on how he came to the decision to make the Tatuaje Black in homage to a Gentleman. Read more...
June 06, 2008 If I feel like having a cigarette, why shouldn't I?

Another editorialist, from the Independent" begins to push back at the encroachment of the "Nanny State" and "advocates." Read more...
June 04, 2008 Cigar Rights of America

Finally, someone besides the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR,) formerly the RTDA (Retail Tobacco Dealers Association,) is organizing to defend cigar smoking, cigar smokers, and the cigar industry. FIGHTING TO PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM TO ENJOY CIGARS * â€úLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happinessâ€Â * â€úLand of the Freeâ€Â * â€úNo Taxation Without Representationâ€Â Read more...
June 03, 2008 For the Love of Cigars in Tulsa

The lore and allure of a fine cigar smoked in a great venue with good friends and exemplary libations, tempts smokers to drive hours for their refuge. Read more...
May 30, 2008 Capitol Hill Premium Cigars Leads WaPo Report

In a feature article on private gatherings and clubs at Washington D. C. pubs and watering holes, the lead group is the upstairs lounge at Capitol Hill Premium Cigars & Tobacco. Chris Utley, a mechanical contractor, pays $450 a year to belong to an exclusive members-only lounge above Capitol Hill Premium Cigars & Tobacco, where cigar aficionados can hang out and enjoy a drink and a smoke. Utley estimates he has been in almost every day since December, when the tobacco shop opened. "It's the whole atmosphere," he says between puffs on an enormous Cuba Aliados cigar and sips from a snifter of cognac. He gestures at the leather couches, the flat-screen TVs, the older men joking at the bar. "It's real relaxed. Everybody knows your name." Read more...
May 30, 2008 Smoking? It's seriously good for the Treasury, Macmillan told Eden

Newspapers in Great Britain are reporting on the release of formerly confidential papers.The newly public documents include memos and notes during the government of Prime Ministar Harold Macmillan, a pipe smoker, who downplayed the dangers of smoking. For the record, Macmillan lived to be 93 years old. Here is the Independent's Jonathan Brown's take on the subject. Read more...
May 22, 2008 Cigars and Smokers to Perish Predicts Piece in Toronto Sun

The demise of smoking, and men who smoke, is predicted in the Toronto Sun, as is proof of overpriced goods, and the slow decline of a legendary tobacconist. Read more...
May 22, 2008 Ontario Smoking Laws More Harsh on the Law-Abiding than Criminals.

Anybody wonder if they'll ever actually put smokers in jail? Give them time because if you weren't already feeling like a pariah, wait until June 1! The Toronto Sun published this article noting that new laws on the books in Canada treat legal tobacconists with more restrictions and fines than black market tobacco sellers. Read more...
April 15, 2008 Pro-freedom, not pro-smoking club

Essayist and Editorialist tempts fate in newly banned Fort Wayne, Indiana. Read more...
March 18, 2008 Reyes Family Cigars Launches New Website.

At the end of November, Puros Indios went through major changes, the public changeovers continue today with a new, improved web site coming online. Read more...
March 06, 2008 A Trip to the Mexican Riviera and Playa del Carmen

CW Contributing Editor Michael Connelly (ConMan) documents a well-photographed week spent with his wife on the Mexican Riviera. Read more...
December 04, 2007 CAO to Be Exclusive Distributor for Torano and Dunhill

December 4, 2007 Also, more developments in the cigar industry, CAO International has announced a distribution partnership with Carlos Toraño, Inc. Both concerns, "are pleased to announce that the companies have entered into a strategic distribution agreement whereby CAO will become the exclusive U.S. distributor for all Carlos Toraño Cigar brands. At the same time, CAO will also become the exclusive distributor for all Dunhill Cigar brands. The agreement will be effective January 2, 2008." CAO was purchased by European tobacco giant Henry Wintermans in early 2007. Read more...
November 30, 2007 PUROS INDIOS BECOMES REYES FAMILY CIGAR

Coming into the final months of the calendar year, during the retail frenzy of "holiday shopping" in the American milieu, events are happening in the cigar industry. Occurrences are being reported that many casual smokers might miss. Those cigar smokers "in-the-know," however, would consider them to be important news. Read more...
November 01, 2007 Trek to Honduras: Cigars from Seedlings to Smoke

In mid-September, several BOTL's (Brothers of The Leaf) from Houston made a pilgrimage to Honduras with the objective of learning as much as possible about the growth, production and manufacture of our favorite leaf, on a trip hosted by a Houston area B&M (Elite Cigars) and the staff of Rocky Patel Cigars. Neil Noffsinger (Road Hawg) chronicled the trip in words and photos and submits the following article for your leisure perusal. Read more...
July 24, 2006 Cigarticle: RTDA report Las Vegas 2006

CW Member Frank Seiltzer (Mowee) reports on RTDA 2006 in Las Vegas Read more...
June 12, 2004 Trip to Camp Camacho - Part 2

On a recent trip to Honduras, Cigar Weekly member David Cooper (DaveC) had an opportunity to visit and document his experience at Camp Camacho, as well as spend some time with Christian Eiroa from Caribe Imported Cigar. He was joined on this trip by his pals from Tobacco Plaza in Great Neck, NY. The following is the second of two parts. Read the first part here. Read more...
March 13, 2004 Mardi Gras and Cigars in Mobile, AL

Cigar Weekly member Todd Crandall (sevenmag) attended the lesser known Mardi Gras festivities in Mobile, AL, where Mardi Gras in America actually started. Here he presents us with a review of the parades and the cigars he enjoyed while attending. Read more...