How Long Should I Age My Cigars?

  The benefits of aging cigars will vary from cigar to cigar. With that in mind, we can begin to consider whether our cigars are worth additional aging at your cigar merchant or in your own humidor... Some cigar experts agree that as little as one month will improve a cigar's flavour. Howeve...

Thursday 28 September, 2017

Should you age your Cigars?

  It is fairly well known in the cigar world that most premium, handmade cigars will improve with age. This is partly due to the natural oils in the cigar developing over time, as well as the flavours blending and mellowing. But, knowing what to do when aging cigars yourself can be a real mine...

Monday 21 August, 2017

Selling Your Vintage Havana Cigars

We buy vintage Havana cigars. Email cigar specialist Mitchell Orchant at sales@cgarsltd.co.uk if there are any specific cigars you are trying to source and he will probably be able to find them for you! We also offer a free valuation and sales advice service for vintage Havana ciga...

Wednesday 12 July, 2017

Cuban Cigar Box Codes

From the 1st January 2000 all boxes of Cuban Cigars have carried an ink stamp showing the first three letters of the Month and two numerals for the year this century. A word of explanation is needed on the months. They are, of course, in Spanish, so the full table looks like this Month Co...

Friday 30 June, 2017

Cuban Revolution

Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and the Cuban Revolution. By guest writer, James Leavey. Fidel Castro was born in Cuba in 1928 and became a lawyer, running his own practice until he took up the revolutionary cause. His first armed uprising with 125 insurgents was launched on the Moncada barracks in San...

Wednesday 14 June, 2017

Pre Embargo Cigars

The term Pre Embargo Cigars refers to cigars produced in Cuba, using only Cuban tobacco, before February 3, 1962 - the date President John F. Kennedy signed Proclamation 3447, which banned all U.S. trade with Cuba. Pre Embargo cigars have been the only Cuban cigars since the embargo which citi...

Monday 05 June, 2017

Limited & UK Regional Edition

As well as standard lines from Habanos, there are also limited release cigars available either exclusively in the UK i.e. Regional Editions or Limited Editions available worldwide.   Ediciones Limitadas (Limited Edition) Cigars   Since 2000, when the first four were released, Hab...

Wednesday 03 May, 2017

Castro-signed humidor at London auction

Cigar aficonados have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bid for the collection of the late Lord Steinberg, founder of Stanley Leisure, at an auction of fine and rare cigars at Boisdales Canary Wharf (pictured) in London on Monday November 28. Click the image below to view a readable pic   ...

Friday 20 July, 2012

If the value hadn't gone up, I'd smoke 'em

  Gordon Johns tells Monica Porter how, like fine wine, well-kept vintage cigars are profitable to collect and a delight to consume. It's a quirk of our times that while smoking is ever more frowned upon, the market for really good cigars just keeps getting better. One person who knows this...

Friday 20 July, 2012