Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1950-1959 — the Cuban Revolution.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them

One of the most attractive cigars I’ve smoked this year is the Viaje Oro (the j is pronounced like an h).  Viaje is a smaller company focusing on making quality hand made Nicaraguan puros, the Oro being the fullest bodied smoke in their line-up. Holding this cigar in your hand and smelling the wrapper is a real pleasure, with a seemingly veinless, lumpless, chocolate scented cigar promising an interesting smoke. Also, the Viaje band is one of the most thoughtfully designed that I’ve come across.
Origin: Nicaragua
Build: Nicaraguan binder and filler with Corojo 99′ …

A few months ago I was approached to write in a forthcoming cigar magazine entitled “Cigars In Review.”  I happily agreed, and the inaugural issue of Cigars In Review is now available online or at your favourite tobacco shop.  If your local shop does not carry it, ask them to!  Here’s a snippet of the article I wrote on shopping for a cigar ashtray.
When I started smoking cigars, I dove in head over heals, spending copious time and money on my newfound passion.  I stocked my recently acquired humidor, purchased a …

Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1945-1949 — the years following the second world war.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them

Several months ago, I had an experience smoking some Taboo cigars that we ashed into a rather ingenious tin can ashtray. Ok, it wasn’t that ingenious but it was functional and added a bit to the smoking experience. Im sure almost every cigar smoker has some similar stories of improvised ashing, especially in the early days of discovering cigars. Ashtrays can become like characters of the smoking experiece as much as humidors, lighters and cutters. We become attached to them and they are anchors for memories of good smokes.If you …

Continuing along our  Cigars in History series (via images from the Life Archive), we now cover 1940-1945 — the second world war.  If you missed the earlier posts, you can find them