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I just collaborated with Colin Ganley of CigarResearch.com to write up an article that compares Cigar Magazines. This article is not going to tell you which magazine is the best, because there ain't no such animal for every person. The magazine that is best for you will be related to your...

With the current political battles going on this year, I thought it would be a good time to consider the role that cigars have played in American politics. It seems ironic to me that, in the face of nationwide anti-tobacco legislation, we seem to have forgotten the rather important role that...

I went to an event a couple of days ago where Jesús Fuego was featuring his new cigar: Delirium. Here's an article I posted on the event. And here's a link to the photos. Jesús is as down to earth as they come. He has an incredible memory for names and faces. When he saw me again, he remembered...

Many of you may not have heard of Black Patch Cigars. I hadn't until just a few months ago. But Eric McAnallen is growing some Connecticut Broadleaf in Kentucky and is also experimenting with some other varietals in Kentucky as well. He makes a couple of long-filler cigars using Dominican and...

Like many people, I was confused about the differences between Maduro and Oscuro wrappers. Then, after I met José Blanco of La Aurora Cigars, he was talking a lot about how Maduro and Oscuro are completely different. You have probably heard of the La Aurora Barrel Aged cigars, which have Oscuro...

I just published what I consider to be a very interesting interview. I recently posted an interview with Joe Chiusano, one of the principal's of the Cusano/Cuvée cigar brands, and brother of Mike Cusano, company president. I met Joe in the Dominican Republic during the first annual ProCigar...

I'm heading to Chico, California for my son's graduation this Memorial Day weekend. Does anybody know if there are any cigar shops in Chico? Doc

You probably have noted , as have I, that there are a lot of cigar blogs out on the internet, they all do slightly different things, most have reviews, some have news, and some have videos, and articles. It’s a lot to keep track of. So I decided to create a feed page for selected blogs. It’s...

Many of you know that I have launched myself on a quest to create educational videos on the entire process of the development of a cigar. Lots of you have already seen my first video: Making a Cigar, which debuted a couple of months ago. This video covers the process from leaf stripping...

I just posted an article on a La Aurora event at Anto's Cigar Lounge in Long Beach, California. A couple of week ago, La Aurora was promoting their debut of a new cigar called the Aurora Barrel Aged. Below: these are freshly rolled Barrel Aged cigars with uncut foot. What I thought was cool...

If you listen to the Stogie Fresh 5 podcast, you will know that I recently featured the Kentucky Twist, a cigar made in the U.S. of A. In Kentucky, as a matter of fact, by Kentucky Gentlemen Cigars. Well, I really like that cigar and it turns out that the KGC Company puts out some very fine...

Photo above: Doc and Hendrik Kelner, president of Davidoff In early March, I was lucky enough to attend the first annual ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic. I have recently published an article and photos of the three day event. This was my second trip in as many months to the...

This is the third of three parts relating my experiences in the Dominican Republic. In my latest article, I talk about my day spent with Gene Arganese of Arganese Cigars. Arganese is a new company (about a couple of years) that has made some pretty quick progress. They quickly outgrew one...

This second article in a series, is about my visit to the Davidoff Factory in Santiago, Dominican Republic. I have to tell you, I was blown away by the experience. I didn't think I would be so impressed because I have visited 8 factories in 4 countries over the past year, and I thought that I...

Video gets used a lot on the web, but not always to the best effect. For example, I have seen many videos of people rolling cigars, but I was always dissatisfied because there was little or no information on what I was seeing and why it was important. The great thing about video is that it helps...

I just recently returned from the Dominican Republic where I visited La Aurora, Davidoff, Cusano and Arganese Cigars. I plan to publish a series of three articles, including many photos and a photo slideshow of each phase of my trip. The first article is published here. During my trip, I was...

I just recently published an article titled "Cigar Aging Advice" that features, among others, our own Club Stogie gorilla Moki, who is quoted at length in the article. It was written by a regular contributor and retired journalist, George Edmonson. Enjoy! Doc

I would like to invite all of you to listen in on my 100th episode of Stogie Fresh 5. There are not many people who have done 100 straight weekly cigar podcasts. Bob and Dale of Dogwatch are part of that club. Having finally done it myself, I feel a certain sense of pride and accomplishment and...

Yeah, that's right. Tabacalera del Oriente makes them and not only that, but they supply everybody else who uses Peruvian tobacco in their blends. I just posted an interesting interview with Bruce Zeiler, one of the principals of TdO. It's an interesting story of a start-up tobacco company...

You may have already heard me introduce the new audio segments by Jesse of CIgarJack.net on my SF5 podcast, but we are really serious about taking some cigar manufacturers to task for not providing consumers with relevant, accurate, or up-to-date information on their websites. So, Jesse has...