Sep 10, 2025•Brian Desind
California’s non-flavored tobacco ban and Texas’s S.B. 1313 law are changing the premium cigar world. By lumping handmade cigars in with flavored vapes and cigarettes, lawmakers are stripping away the art, branding, and …
Sep 07, 2025•Brian Desind
This article takes a hard look at Cigar Aficionado magazine and its famous Top 25 Cigars of the Year list. We trace the magazine’s origins under Marvin Shanken, explain how their 100-point blind tasting system works, and…
Sep 04, 2025•Brian Desind
A deep dive into the Kelner family’s legacy, the Dominican roots of Davidoff, and the rare Meerapfel Cameroon leaf that defines luxury cigars. More…
Sep 04, 2025•Brian Desind
Famed Cuban Cigar Maker Hector Luis Diaz Prieto Sits Down With Brian Desind Of Privada Cigar Club More…
Aug 07, 2025•Brian desind
Who Is Privada Cigar Club? The #1 Online Cigar Club in the World In a world flooded with commercialized cigars, impersonal samplers, and mass-market branding, one name stands above the noise: Privada Cigar Club . Launche…