When you are thinking about pairing liquor or wine with a good cigar you want to weigh a number of factors: what’s the flavor weight in the mouth when you are pairing wine with a gourmet meal or food?? Think about how pairing a fine Habanols with any flavor of properly aged Cuban rum – […]
Cigarette smoking peaking here in the U.S. around 1997, adults were either stopping or moving to other products and in 1998 the top five organic pipe tobacco producers in the U.S. signed the Master Settlement Agreement which put more restrictions on how tobacco products could be marketed. Since that time period smoking hookah has slowly […]
Nice tutorial on how to season your humidor for pipe tobacco and cigar. Great Video about the History of Cuban Cigars Great Cigar tips for Beginners and Aficionados from the Wall Street Journal How cut a Premium Cigar from the Cigar Aficianado Cigar Store Etiquette with Ben Freedman (nicely done) Learn more: Truncated History of […]
There are more urban myths around taking care of cigars than the Loch Ness Monster – we’ve heard them all but here is our top ten list of issues you should be aware of. White Ash Means You have a Great Cigar: No/no this is an absolute falsehood. The ash at the tip of your […]
Cigar selection is somewhat a factor of personal taste; whether you are a neophyte or connoisseur, it can be overwhelming when you walk into a cigar humidor for the first time or access an online cigar store. Here is our shortlist of issues distilled from ten plus years in the business. Price is overrated when you […]
We live in an age of customization for all different kinds of products including pipe tobacco. Some of you may want to DIY (“do it yourself”) your pipe tobacco or cigars, which is easy to do. This post will give you some tips on the process, materials, source of tobacco to use, etc. Think of […]
Think about cigar flavors as being similar to how a good quality wine is assessed, graded and ranked against its competitors. Great cigar manufacturers work just as hard and put as much craftsmanship as a winemaker into their products. Each manufacturers can source a wide variety of leaves from literally thousands of growing areas on […]
We all can thank John Rolfe for the “invention” of pipe tobacco. He sourced plant tobacco seed from Trinidad and planted it in Virginia in 1612. Much of his first harvest was shipped back to England and it became the rage in court helping to popularize pipe tobacco smoking across Europe in the 1600’s and […]
As you think about selecting a premium cigar each selection process, whether you are buying one or a box is a function of these key attributes. Are you looking for a full bodied cigar with lots of flavor or something milder or in between? The body of a cigar should complement your palate, giving you […]
Windy City Cigars have been a great tobacco shop since we opened our digital doors over ten years ago. We have over five hundred plus positive reviews on BizRate, where we care deeply about our customers, offer great low prices, have a huge inventory of tobacco products and premium cigars and accessories. Most important we […]
Dessert wines complement great company, a premium cigar and a meal that can be a simple as a burger and fries or the latest gastronomical delicacy you selected from Julia Child?s last cookbook. Dessert Wine Basics for the Novice or the Gourmand Desert wines are made using extra sweet wine grapes with a fermentation process […]
Let’s get the party started properly with a song that’s been around a long/long time but no on rocks this tune better than the Boss and with the “Big Man” (now departed) on vocals and sax it’s an always must have on your playlist.? So pull out the premium cigar, grab a glass of your […]
Let’s talk about price and “quality” of the cigar in question. To be really candid, cost is immaterial to a certain extent and beauty is truly in the eyes of the beholder. (drtroublesauce.co.uk) If you’ve been smoking sticks for a long time you tastes will be a bit more developed as an aficionado versus someone […]
Native Americans have been using tobacco for religious ceremonies for thousands of years and tobacco was considered a sign of respect when offered as a gift. In fact in 1492 when Christopher Columbus showed up in America he was offered dried tobacco leaves as a gift from Native Americans, as a sign of respect. Shortly […]
Let us be the first to tell you if you’re considering taking your significant other on a long cruise be sure to bring your cigars along for the trip. More and more cruise lines are setting up cigar bars and lounges for cigar aficionados. Let’s start with the granddaddy of all cruise lines: Norwegian Cruise […]
 Five Great Premium Cigars What were referred to as classic premium cigars are making a comeback, not only in you local cigar club, but you?ll find more and more hip cigar smokers of all genders (hello ladies) and classes pulling a stick out for a smoke with a fine glass of whatever suits their […]
In this post we want to talk about how you can protect the life of a premium cigar using a humidor. Every serious cigar smoke should have a humidor for storage. Here’s why: a premium cigar is an organic product of the environment where the tobacco was grown and how it was processed, cured and […]
Everybody has a phone in his or her hands in this always on connected digital world. But, only the really cool folks have a cigar tube slipped into their jacket, bag or purse – every other accessory pales in comparison. Think of cigar tube as mini on the go cigar humidors, coming in different sizes […]
Lets face it, you wouldn’t buy a fine bottle of Cognac and take it to the ballpark and drink it with the folks hanging out with you in the upper deck section using paper cups. The same holds true for maximizing your enjoyment of a premium cigar – it deserves attention and some ritual that […]
