Cigar Journal

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Best Cigars for Special Occasions: Milestone Smokes Worth the Moment

The best cigars for special occasions, hand-picked by our buyers: milestone-worthy luxury smokes from Cohiba Behike and Trinidad to Arturo Fuente and rare limited editions, chosen for the moments that matter.

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Best Cigars for a Wedding: Groom, Guests & Favours

The best cigars for a wedding, hand-picked by our buyers: crowd-pleasing handouts for guests and groomsmen, plus a luxury hero cigar for the groom — all ready to order by the box.

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Arturo Fuente Opus X cigars arranged in an open cedar box against a dark backdrop
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Arturo Fuente Opus X: What Makes It Legendary

It took Carlos Fuente Jr. seventeen years of agricultural failure to grow the wrapper that made OpusX. The result is the most coveted cigar made outside Cuba.

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Man lighting a premium Plasencia cigar with swirling smoke, evoking five generations of tobacco craft
Brand StoryPlasencia

Plasencia: Five Generations of Tobacco Craft

The Plasencia family has grown tobacco for 160 years. For most of that time they grew it for other people's cigars. The story of how they built their own brand is one of the more interesting in modern cigars.

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A fine Cuban cigar and its tubo on dark wood in a moody lounge, evoking the Davidoff legacy
Brand StoryDavidoff

Davidoff: The Legacy of Zino Davidoff

From a Geneva tobacconist's son to the most recognised name in non-Cuban premium cigars — the Davidoff story is the story of modern cigar craft.

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Three well-humidified cigars resting in an amber glass ashtray beside espresso on a gold table, illustrating how to store cigars
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How to Store Cigars: Humidors, Pouches and Humidity 101

Bad storage ruins more good cigars than bad smoking does. Here's how to keep your collection in the condition it deserves.

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