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New laws and the pandemic have made Cubans elusive for Americans yet again.

Light up the holidays for the smoker in your life.

Full-bodied cigars with strong smoke pack out this year’s list of winners from Davidoff to Montecristo.

Cuba hosts the annual festival from February 24 to 28.

A curated selection of the top big-brand and boutique cigars to smoke or collect now…

Contrary to popular opinion, not all Havanas are stellar stogies. Here is how to make the most of the relaxed new rules.

Ashton Symmetry This medium-strong to full-bodied cigar is the first new Ashton release in a decade and the brand’s first to contain Nicaraguan filler tobaccos. Blended by Carlos Fuente Jr., the Symmetry combines tobaccos from Chateau de la Fuente and Villa Gonzalez in the Dominican Republic and Fuente’s Un Buen Vecino farm in Nicaragua. It […]

Convivial Pursuit The art of winemaking is not unlike that of matchmaking: Success in either endeavor requires a keen understanding of relationships, as Doug Shafer, president of Shafer Vineyards, well knows. In 1984, after becoming the winemaker at his father’s estate in the Stags Leap District, Shafer made the propitious decision to hire Elias Fernandez […]