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The Age of Steam, Steel, and Tobacco We picture the 19th-century cigar industry as a timeless tableau: rows of torcedores in a sun-drenched galera, fingers flying, the quiet snip of a chaveta against a wooden board. But this romantic scene was, in fact, a fortress under siege. While the world outside convulsed with the roar...

Geneva, July 1955. The world held its breath. For the first time since Potsdam a decade earlier, the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France gathered for a summit. The "Spirit of Geneva" was the hopeful slogan, but the air in the Palais des Nations was...

You've hunted for years and finally captured your white whale—a pristine, legendary cigar. Now comes the ultimate question: Do you light it, or let it rest forever? Explore the agonizing, beautiful dilemma every serious collector faces. In the quiet sanctum of a serious collector's humidor lies a box of pre-embargo...

It's more than just wood and nails. Discover the untold story of the humble cigar box—from sacred cedar forests to the hands of master craftsmen, and its final transformation into a cultural icon. In the world of cigars, all glory is given to the roll. The skilled torcedor, the fragrant tobacco,...

 Forget expensive—this is about the unattainable. Journey into the shadowy world of cigar collecting, where fortunes are spent on mythical boxes, lost pre-embargo treasure, and cigars that are more legend than leaf. For the true cigar aficionado, the journey doesn't end with finding a favorite everyday smoke. It evolves into...