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The New Partagás Factory
The cigar-making facility may have moved to a new location in Havana, but the spirit of the famous Cuban cigar brand lives on.
Havana’s Humidor Heaven
Humidores Habana builds some of Cuba’s most elaborate wooden sculptures, designed to store the country’s greatest cigars.
The Six-Day Cohiba Party
The black-and-gold curtained walls darkened the gigantic Pabexpo ballroom, the setting for the final night of the 18th Festival del Habano. The words of Cuba's most iconic brand, …
Abel’s Long Journey Home
Abel Expósito Diaz, the former assistant director of the cigar shop at the Partagás Factory in downtown Havana, wants nothing more than to put the last three years behind him. He …
Sampling Smaller Havanas
Cuba’s new sampler presents famous brands in an intriguing size
A Passion For Seeds
In the back patio of Eumelio Espino Marrero's humble home, Triunfo struts around, showing off the proud result of nearly 20 years of his owner's hobby: creating a "bonsai …
The World of Cuban Cigars
Robustos. Partagás. Cohiba Robustos Supremos or Partagás Gran Reservas. Cohiba Behike 56. Those were the most common answers from Cuban cigar retailers around the world in a …
Cuba's New Tobacco Ambassador
The men at the elevators at Cigar Aficionado's New York City offices last summer looked like any other group of cigarmakers—wearing guayaberas or sleek fashionable outfits and …
Vegueros Appears at Last
Patience is a virtue, especially in the cigar business. Cigar tobacco doesn’t like to be rushed, and going from seed to smoke takes years. But if you’ve been waiting on Cuba’s new …
