Are cigars a commodity for the masses, or a luxury for the privileged? If you have to travel to Nassau, Bahamas to the Graycliff Hotel and Restaurant to get a specific cigar, undoubtedly that cigar is a luxury. Fortunately those of us in the masses can take moments of privilege and enjoy an extraordinary product like a Graycliff Cigar. Made since 1997 right at the hotel’s cigar lounge, the company currently employs 16 master rollers that are each repsonsible for 1 specific size that they excel at. The raw material, from just about every …

I can vividly recall walking into City Cigar in Vancouver for the first time – the sights, the smells, the people. I remember being hesitant, not because I was fearful, but because I wasn’t sure of the norms in a cigar shop or lounge.  While I’ve made more than a few visits to cigar stores since, it still can be a bit tricky to feel out the vibe in a given place.  Add to that difficulties with some states and provinces allowing smoking in cigar lounges and others not.  …