The 10 Coolest Cigar Celebrities

Carlos & Carlito Fuente– This father and son team has been dominating the Dominican cigar world for almost half a century. Their cigar lineage dates back to the early 20th century in Tampa florida, where their headquarters are still located.  … Read More

12 Very Little Known Cigar Facts

Before his first high-altitude airplane flight, Winston Churchill requested the creation of an oxygen mask that would accommodate cigar smoking. The next day he was puffing away at 15,000 feet over Berlin. They even opened the cabin window so he … Read More

Refining Your Palate

by The Cigar Expert As with cooks who become chefs, or wine enthusiasts who evolve into sommeliers, you too can elevate your cigar palate from refined to expert. We learn the most about cigars purely from experience, and anyone who has … Read More

Golf and Cigar Smoking for Dummies

Some sports are incredibly exciting to watch. Nothing beats a football running back finding a hole between piles of 300-pound linemen and gaining 52 yards, or the sheer thrill of watching a cleanup hitter in baseball cracking one over the … Read More

Single Malt Scotch & Cigar Pairings

Pairing fine Scotch and cigars is a worldwide institution.  They go together like salt & pepper, Mario & Luigi, and cheeseburgers with fried eggs.  Is that last one just me? Well, you should try it.  Anyway, the point is that … Read More

The Good Old Days of Baseball and Stogies

Baseball and cigar smoking have gone hand in hand since good old Abner Doubleday invented the sport! Starting from the late 1800’s and until the early 1970’s, the stands were filled with boisterous characters with stogies in mouths, screaming at … Read More

JR Mooresville Grand Opening: The Beginning of a New Era!

On March 20, 2015, we celebrated the official grand opening of our new JR Cigar store in Mooresville, North Carolina. While it … Read More

RIP Father

Father Theodore Hesburgh was maybe best known for running Notre Dame University. But he also for a time oversaw the Civil Rights Commission, the International Federation of Catholic Universities and several U.S. and Vatican delegations.  He passed away … Read More

Cigars Unlimited

Davidoff, whose motto is ‘Time Beautifully Filled’, has come up with a way to do that for cigar aficionados.  Read More

Good News Bad News

In Nebraska, it was thought that smoking in the state’s cigar bars would end with the dawn of the New Year.  Last year, that state’s supreme court ruled that the exemption for cigar bars to the state’s non-smoking law was … Read More

Other Smaller Smokes

Since this is a time for the smaller smokes, here are some you may have forgotten about.  The JR Ultimate is a great value cigar but many people don’t know that you can get it in a perfect winter size.  … Read More

Polar Vortex Pshaw

Ok it is winter and it is cold.  It is supposed to be cold this time of year.  But the bitter cold that has griped (Editor's Note: I think this is an appropriate typo) much of the country makes it tough to … Read More

Cigar Power

We all know how cigars can bring people together.  You sit smoking and someone comes up and asks “what are you smoking?”  and  thus beginning a conversation.  The cigar crosses pretty much all societal bounds… everyone is equal and every … Read More

Mazel Tov

Marvin Samel from Drew Estate came to Dallas this past weekend.  He held a couple of dinners with people and was talking about the Willy Herrera Esteli, the Herrera Norteño,  ACID, Liga Privada and Undercrown … Read More

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