Cigar & Cedar
The Vintage
Aging, collecting, the market and the fake-band trade. What time does to a cigar, and what the market does to time.
The Vintage
Montecristo Fragata: Habanos' New Travel-Retail Exclusive, Unveiled at Cannes
A 140mm x 54 Duke vitola, the first time the format has carried the Montecristo blend, arrives in 20-count travel humidors for duty-free and travel retail only.
The Vintage
The Auction Block: Where Vintage Cigars Find Their Price
From London salerooms to online bidding rooms, a small but serious market decides what rarity is worth. A tour of the houses that handle it.
The Vintage
The Price of Smoke: Building the 2026 Market Index
Nobody agrees how big the premium cigar market is, so we are building the index ourselves. Here is what the public numbers say, and how we will measure what they miss.
The Vintage
The Fake Band Trade: Inside the War on Counterfeit Cigars
Holograms, UV ink, tamper-proof seals, seized shipping containers. The fight against fake Cubans is an arms race, and the counterfeiters keep up.
The Vintage
The Science of Rest: What Time Does to a Cigar
Aging refines a cigar; it does not rescue one. What the published record actually says about the sick period, the sweet spot, and the limits of patience.