Half an hour is enough for a genuinely good cigar, provided you choose the right format. A practical guide to short cigars — which vitolas fit the time you have, what to look for in construction, and where to start across mild, maduro and full-bodied blends.

Five blends, one format, twenty unhurried minutes. Primeros by Davidoff brings the house's tobaccos and construction into a small cigar built for short breaks — here is how the Dominican, Nicaragua, Escurio and the two maduros differ, and which one suits the moment you have.

Twelve non-Cuban cigars worth your attention in 2026, led by the Arturo Fuente OpusX Fuente Fuente and taking in Davidoff's limited editions, Nicaraguan heavyweights from Oliva and Plasencia, and Honduran corojo from Aladino and Camacho. Includes the best value buys and how New World blends now compare with Habanos.

The corona and the petit corona share the same elegant ring gauge but differ in length, and that single difference shapes everything from smoking time to flavour. Here is how the two classic vitolas compare, and how to choose between them.

Ten Habanos worth buying in 2026, from the Cohiba Behike 54 down to the Trinidad Reyes, plus the everyday smokes that deserve humidor space and the limited editions currently on the shelf. Availability has recovered after several patchy years — this guide covers what is genuinely in stock, not what is merely famous.

Our definitive ranking of the fifteen best cigars of 2026, mixing Habanos and New World releases and judged on construction, balance and consistency rather than magazine scores. From the Cohiba Behike 54 at the summit to the Bolivar Petit Coronas, every cigar on the list was in our Swiss humidor when we published.