Although it’s certainly easy to make a mild cigar, it’s difficult to make a mild smoke that’s actually interesting and flavorful. Joya de Nicaragua, Nicaragua’s oldest producer of premium cigars, has accomplished this blending feat with its Número Uno L’Ambassadeur, a light cigar
Vauen Caro series pipes are designed by Markus Bischof and feature a contemporary design perfect for the pipe collector who wants to remain cutting-edge modern. These German-made pipes all take the 9mm Dr. Perl Junior Filters and feature high-quality briar and a
Although it’s certainly easy to make a mild cigar, it’s difficult to make a mild smoke that’s actually interesting and flavorful. Joya de Nicaragua, Nicaragua’s oldest producer of premium cigars, has accomplished this blending feat with its Número Uno L’Ambassadeur, a light cigar
While most serious cigar smokers are well-aware of Tatuaje, fewer know that brand owner Pete Johnson has an experimental arm called L’Atelier where he produces less traditional, more offbeat products. From that subsidiary came La Mission L’Atelier, a spin-off from the core L’Atelier line. As far
When Rubin brothers Alec and Bradley decided to follow in their father’s footsteps and start making cigars of their own, we were admittedly a little skeptical. But here we are with the Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper Robusto making an auspicious appearance on
One day in the early 1990s, Carlos Fuente Jr. was thumbing through the dictionary looking for inspiration. He had a new cigar brand in the works but it needed a name. Fuente found a good word: opulent. Then he found an even better one
At first glance, the E.P. Carrillo Pledge Prequel may look like just another dark, box-pressed cigar fighting for shelf space at your local retailer, but there’s a story behind this extraordinary smoke that started in 2014 when cigarmaker Ernesto Perez-Carrillo released another brand called La
Take everything you’ve come to know about the Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series and double it. This is precisely the experience one gets when lighting up the Hermoso, a box-pressed, short robusto with twice the cocoa, coffee and earth character normally found in