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La Aurora Announces U.S. Relaunch of La Aurora 100 Años with New Box Design
La Aurora USA announces the relaunch of La Aurora 100 Años in the U.S. with a new box design at Total Product Expo (TPE) 2025 in Las Vegas. The same cigar that was originally launched in 2003, 100 Años celebrates 100 years of superior tobacco production and cigar excellence. Hand-crafted from 100% Dominican [...]
2024 Cigar Rights of America (CRA) Fall Freedom Sampler
It is that time again! Each year, the CRA puts together a cigar sampler to boost membership...and this one has a pretty good line-up! The sampler has a suggested retail price of $200+/-, but we have seen several different price points, so shop around. The 2024 Cigar Rights of America [...]
Cigar Family Charitable Foundation Opens New Academy of Arts
Yesterday, the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation (CFCF) celebrated the opening of its new Cigar Family Academy of Arts. With generous support from Hublot, this new center furthers the Fuente and Newman families’ goals of providing children in the Dominican Republic a diverse range of educational and career opportunities. Located in [...]
Editorials
The Heart of a Cigar Factory – The Galera
While going through back issue of Cigar Press, we stumbled across this great article written by Sam Mendez. Originally published in Volume 7 Issue 3, we had to share it once again. Whenever you enjoy a truly outstanding cigar, it means that every step, every link in that chain, from [...]
Winter Puffing: Three Short Cigars For Surviving the Cold
Ah, winter. It is the time of year when your desire to enjoy a leisurely smoke is pitted against the unforgiving reality of sub-zero temperatures. Ok, maybe not sub-zero (looking at you, Florida), but cold nonetheless. There is a BIG catch regarding smaller cigars and quicker smokes for cold days. [...]
14th Annual Cigar Rep Awards
Let's face it. The cigar reps are the hardest-working people in the industry. Not all of them have the luxury of working from home or traveling town-to-town with a Buc-ee's light always appearing in the distance. No, some people spend countless hours visiting cigar shops, listening to books on tape, [...]
Cigars Accessories
LifePod Locking Cigar Humidor – Not 007, Think Supervillain
LifePod Locking Humidor – For the Cigar-Smoking Supervillain in All of Us If you are in a world where every villain needs a lair, a cat, and an overly complicated escape plan, the LifePod Locking Humidor fits right in. The people at Vaultek (the makers of portable gun safes) decided [...]
The Cigar Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide 2024
Let’s cut to the chase. Your favorite cigar smoker probably does NOT want another ashtray, lighter, or flask. Once you get past the flashy, useless objects online or at your local drugstore, there is still a host of holiday gifts that can be home runs. Here are some of our [...]
This Cigar Flask Is Disappointing For Everyone
Several years ago, something about my personality sent the message that somehow, in addition to my cigars, I needed to travel with alcohol. Hence, the number of flasks I received over those years was enough to stock a full bar. The classic gift was trying to kill two birds with [...]
Cigars 101
Filler Tobacco’s Influence in a Cigar
A premium cigar is constructed by using 3 types of tobacco components: the filler, the binder and the wrapper. To learn more about the components, check out a more detailed article here: https://cigarpress.com/not-just-cigar/. We have explored the wrapper tobacco's influence of a cigar (https://cigarpress.com/wrapper-tobaccos-flavor/). Now we are going to be [...]
Mastering The Cigar Art Of Blowing Smoke Rings
So, you're curious about blowing smoke rings? Well, somewhere around 1995, I decided that I wanted to be able to blow smoke rings with my cigar. I didn't have a particular reason. I saw something in a movie or was bored that day. So, packed with a handful of cigars [...]
Leaf Metamorphosis
The following pictures are examples of what you may find inside the curing barns in different phases of the process. The first photo is from day 1, harvested right off of the plant. The last picture is of a fully cured leaf that is ready to be prepped for fermentation, [...]
