Filler Tobacco for Premium Cigars
by: Hendrik Kelner Photos by: Jacob Fuller Featured in Vol V Issue II 2010 A premium cigar is constructed by using 3 types of tobacco components: the filler, the binder and the wrapper. We have explored the wrapper influence on the cigar on a previous issue of Cigar Press. This time we are going to [...]
Davidoff Cigars
I slid the cellophane off of a Davidoff Millennium Blend Lonsdale and neatly clipped the cap with my teeth. I chew on it a minute wishing for a cup of coffee before spitting it to the curb. I look up and can’t believe I’m sitting in the Lobby of the Gran Almirante Hotel and Casino, [...]
Maduro – The Myth and the Method
Maduro continues to be a lose term in the cigar world. Widely used to describe any cigar with a dark colored wrapper, the term has been commonly misconstrued. It doesn’t help that some cigars being produced today call themselves maduro based on color alone. In this article we dove into the Cigar Press archives pulling [...]
Dia de los Muertos Feature
This was the feature story in the special edition “Dia de los Muertos” of Cigar Press Magazine. Written by Kellen Gorbett and Thor Nielsen. “To live in the hearts of those we leave behind, is not to die.” ARTURO FUENTE A shadow of doubt from an entire industry was cast over Carlos Fuente, Jr., in [...]
Ernesto Padilla
Cigar Press – You’ve been going through a ot of changes lately. How has Padilla Cigars been evolving? Ernesto Padilla – I feel like my company has evolved into addition areas such as manufacturing our own cigars. When I started I was known for making cigars with El Rey de Los Habanos and Pepin Garcia. [...]
ACID DONK with Scott Chester
