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The Zino Z-Collection Green
Zino Cigars revamps its popular Z-Collection of accessories with striking and innovative designs. Basel/Switzerland, November 2025. Zino Cigars is proud to unveil its refreshed accessories collection with the first limited drop: The Zino Z-Collection Green – a release that will appeal to aficionados looking for a complete line of accessories [...]
“Kelner LE 80” To Celebrate Henke Kelner’s 80th Birthday
Kelner Cigars proudly announces the release of Kelner LE 80, a premium limited-edition cigar created to celebrate the 80th birthday of industry legend Henke Kelner this December. This exclusive release was blended by Klaas Kelner at his Santiago factory as a tribute to his father’s enduring legacy in premium cigars. [...]
Win Your Way to ProCigar 2026 — Santiago Awaits
Cigar Press and ProCigar are teaming up to send one lucky cigar lover straight into the heart of the Dominican Republic’s most exclusive cigar event - ProCigar 2026 in Santiago. This is the trip you brag about for years. The winner will receive a ticket for the Santiago portion of [...]
Editorials
Cigar Festival Season is Here
Another year has wrapped up and the beginning of a new year marks the start festival season, with Puro Sabor the Nicaraguan cigar festival and ProCigar, the Dominican cigar festival being the two biggest. It doesn’t matter how many times you may have the opportunity to go to a cigar [...]
What Did The Cigar Industry Learn In 2025?
2025 did not reinvent cigars. Maybe it clarified and pulled back the curtain on a few things. Maybe not. The noise got louder. The basic challenges become increasingly stubborn…bordering on absurd (looking at you, California). Here are a couple of things we noticed this year. Cigars Did Not Get Cheaper [...]
Top Episodes Of 2025 – Not A Cigar Show
These are not “our favorites.” These are the five most downloaded episodes of the year. You clicked them, shared them, and apparently listened loud enough to form opinions. These are the five Not A Cigar Show episodes people quote, argue about, and text you at midnight about. Every show can [...]
Cigars Accessories
Flat Flame Lighter by LES FINES LAMES
I just returned from a trip to Spain to find a lovely gift from the team at Les Fines Lames. Initially known for their cigar-cutting knives and later for their punch bracelets, they have expanded into lighters. Frankly, this is a great move and a nice addition to their offerings. [...]
Interview with Charlie Albanetti, Creator of Abbina Craft Sipping Sodas
What goes well with a cigar? A crisp, Abbina Craft Sipping Soda. Something Charlie Albanetti knew when he set out to create a cigar pairing soda. CP - I read that you’re a foodie at heart and even got into perfumery when an illness kept you from enjoying food for [...]
Win a Nomad Grill from Davidoff!
Sorry, this contest has ended. For the latest contest, please visit here. We have to announce a giveaway that we hope NO ONE will enter, and we can keep this for ourselves. OK...FINE...it is meant for someone out there. So, without any further delay, you can (and should) enter to [...]
Cigars 101
Dirt, Sun, and Smoke: Why Your Cigar Tastes Like It Does
People love to debate all things cigars. Size, strength, LE’s vs core lines. And the debate does not even end at the stick itself. How much is ‘too much’ to spend on a cutter, lighter, or humidor? Before the fancy bands, cedar boxes, shelf talkers, and Instagram posts, it all [...]
Cigar Math: How Many Boxes Do You Really Need? (Spoiler: All of Them)
Cigar math is a dangerous subject—equal parts logic, denial, and creative accounting. Ask any cigar smoker how many boxes they really need, and you will get a ton of different answers. The truth? One box is never enough, two is barely survival mode, and by the time you’re calculating humidity [...]
Cigar Size and Shape
Cigars come in all sorts of different sizes and shapes – some have history as to their origins, while others were simply created to meet demand. Cuban cigar shapes vary from what we can find domestically. The names of Cuban shapes can vary and a lot of them are different [...]
