Carlos “Carlito” Fuente, Jr. is president of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, the largest family-owned premium cigar company in the world. Headquartered in Santiago, Dominican Republic, they employ 4,000 ...

Don’t feel bad if Covid-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions kept you from attending the XXIII Habanos Festival in Havana, Cuba this past February. They didn’t have it. And for the second year in a ...

WASHINGTON — “Have you ever had something that you knew you weren’t allowed to have? That’s how good it is. That’s a Cuban.” They could already smell them – the Cohibas, the Upmanns, the Montecristo ...

It has been a good 12 months for what are euphemistically termed New World cigar producers—that is, those makers based outside Cuba. During the past year, it has been almost as difficult to obtain a ...

The forbidden fruit, the Cuban cigar, is no longer forbidden. On Tuesday, the Obama Administration announced that Americans can now legally buy Cuban-made goods, including cigars, for personal ...

Cigar smokers are no doubt noticing a greater-than-normal influx of premium cigars in tobacco shops across America. Unfortunately, this cornucopia of cigars will subsequently be trickling down to ...

Conveniently placed in front of the cash register at Dinkytown Liquor is the Bance’s Unique, a $2 cigar that is the store’s top seller. For many customers, the lure of the Unique is irresistible.

The news that the U.S. and Cuba agreed to seek to reestablish diplomatic relations stunned the world. Reactions varied depending on one’s political bent, but cigar smokers are ever hopeful. The Cuban ...

Few men are lucky enough to do what they love and get paid for it. Stuart James is one of those men. James is owner of Sterling’s first cigar and tobacco shop, M&S Cigars, at 108 Main St. Originally ...

An older woman walked into Havana's Downtown Cigars a few weeks ago, straight up to Lee Scheel. "I'm 80 years old, and it's my birthday and I've always wanted a cigar," she said. Scheel, owner of the ...

The 2009 federal law that required the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationto begin regulating cigarettes also gave it the option of regulating cigars. Now two bills, one in each chamber of Congress, ...