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Havana Corner: The End to a Smoking Event

Havana Corner: The End to a Smoking Event

British actor Jeremy Irons stole the show on Friday night during the final event of the VII Festival del Habanos. He was one of a handful of others -- mostly cigar merchants -- …

February 28, 2005
Havana Corner: Exclusively Exclusive Cigars from Havana

Havana Corner: Exclusively Exclusive Cigars from Havana

Partagas is making some of the best smokes in Cuba at the moment, so it came as no surprise that the factory unveiled two new sizes, or vitolas , today during the VII Festival del …

February 24, 2005
Havana Corner: Two Hot New Cuban Smokes

Havana Corner: Two Hot New Cuban Smokes

Special cigars for special markets may be the big concept for Cuban smokes this year. I was in a new cigar smoker's paradise, London's El Floridita bar and restaurant, a hip Brit …

February 3, 2005
La Gloria Miami

La Gloria Miami

Under the aegis of new owner Swedish Match, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo will debut a special Miami version of his La Gloria Cuban

April 1, 2001
Fighting Tobacco Beetles

Fighting Tobacco Beetles

It's every cigar smoker's nightmare -- a close encounter with tobacco beetles. These pinhead-sized insects can turn a humidor full of precious cigars into an unsmokable mess.

July 10, 2000