Kristoff Cigars

Kristoff cigars were founded in Miami, Florida in 2004 and has since gained a reputation for producing high-quality cigars with unique blends and interesting packaging.The founder, Glen Case, was inspired to start the company after he became a cigar enthusiast himself. He wanted to create cigar...

Tuesday 13 February, 2024

Plasencia

The Plasencia brand has only been on the market since 2017, however, they have been making your favourite cigars for many years without you even realising it. In 1865, Don Eduardo Plasencia emigrated from the Canary Islands to start growing tobacco in Vuelta Abajo, Cuba, where he operated a small...

Thursday 25 January, 2024

Rocky Patel

Rakesh “Rocky” Patel entered the cigar business in a rather unconventional way compared to many of today's prominent cigar-makers who are often continuing a family tradition. In the early 1990s, Rocky was working as an entertainment and product liability lawyer in Los Angeles. A prev...

Tuesday 01 August, 2023

Gurkha

Gurkha cigars are considered the Rolls Royce of cigars around the world, which is why many celebrities and even royalty enjoy them daily. With some of their price tags at £25,000 for a box of cigars through to their interesting names and artistic packaging, it is easy to see why they are ...

Tuesday 07 March, 2023

Padron

Padron cigars have a very interesting back story, beginning in the mid 1800s when Damaso Padron immigrated from the Canary Islands to Cuba and worked in the fields of a tobacco farm in Pinar del Rio. After saving enough money, the Padron family were able to purchase a small farm and t...

Wednesday 08 February, 2023

Inka Secret Blend Cigars

The Story Having been in the cigar industry for many many years, we decided it was time to create our own brand, and we weren't happy until we found a blend that we were 100% satisfied with, believe me, its a lot harder than you think! Unbelievably, there are no other cigars on the market...

Thursday 29 December, 2022

New Regius Limitada Cigars

Regius Cigars Ltd was founded in 2010 by a small group of cigar enthusiasts in London. They produce elegant, hand-made cigars the old fashioned way with modern technology and advanced, innovative cultural methods. Since conception, they have been highly credited by the world’s leading cig...

Monday 19 December, 2022

Zippo

The story of Zippo begins in the early 1930s when George G. Blaisdell was at the Bradford Country Club in Pennsylvania watching his friend struggle awkwardly to use a cumbersome lighter. He was impressed how the lighter worked even in the wind due to the chimney, but the design and appearance w...

Wednesday 30 March, 2022

Xikar

We consider cigar smoking a lifestyle rather than a hobby, each cigar manufacturer are trying to top each other with unique blends and combinations, however the accessory industry has also been stepping up its game by adding state of the art technology and luxury to cutting and lighting cigars. ...

Tuesday 15 March, 2022

Luxury Brands - Macallan

In 1824 Macallan was one of the first distillers in Scotland to be legally licensed, since then, they have become one of the world leaders in single malt whisky. The distillery was founded by Alexander Reid, a barley farmer and school teacher. Farmers had been making whisky on their S...

Thursday 30 December, 2021

Luxury Brands - Highland Park

Ten miles from the Northernmost reaches of the Scottish mainland lie the 70 (or so) Islands that make up Orkney, 20 of these are in fact inhabited. The islands are be remote and the weather is very wild however the climate is temperate and the people are creative and which makes it the perfect place...

Monday 20 December, 2021

Luxury Brands - Glenfiddich

Glenfiddich is one of a few Distilleries still family owned to this day. For 20 years William Grant had a dream to create the ‘best dram in the valley’ and with the help of his family he was able to achieve that dream. In the summer of 1886, William with his nine children by his s...

Friday 26 November, 2021

Luxury Brands - The Dalmore

The Dalmore distillery was established by Alexander Matheson in 1839, who after 28 years decided it was time to pass on the distillery to new owners, Andrew and Charles Mackenzie came forward. Andrew and Charles were descendants of the Mackenzie clan, who in 1263 saved King Alexander III from the fu...

Thursday 18 November, 2021

Luxury Brands - The Balvenie

The name Balvenie means village of luck and this village is very lucky to have such a beautiful distillery. The Balvenie whiskies tend to keep their flavours defined to a certain character, they most commonly are sweet with honey and vanilla notes. These flavours get combined with flavours of differ...

Thursday 04 November, 2021

Luxury Brands - Vauen

Vauen create some of the most unique and beautiful pipes available on the market, for over 160 years they have been innovators of the industry from the Diamond pipe which is made using a 3D printer to the Auenland collection which is inspired from the Lord of the Rings books/films. Vauens his...

Thursday 21 October, 2021

Luxury Brands - Neerup

The Neerup name actually comes from the creator Peder Jeppesen grandmother's family name. Peder has been making pipes for over 25 years working at the legendary Erik Nording factory of which is where he learned all the steps of pipe making and decoration. This was just a step in his quest...

Friday 08 October, 2021

Luxury Brands - Dunhill Pipes

Dunhill pipes are renowned amongst all pipe smokers, they are considered the ultimate luxury for the pipe smoker. In 1907 Alfred Dunhill opened his first tobacco shop on Duke Street in London, he started out by importing his tobacco pipes until 1912. From 1912 he introduced the White Spot whi...

Thursday 30 September, 2021

Luxury Brands - Ardor Pipes

Ardor pipes date back to 1911, when the four Rovera brothers - Carlo, Cornelio, Frederico, Franscesco began to manufacture Briar Pipes in Varese, Italy. They produced numerous styles of pipes, ones that people had never seen before under the Rovera name which were sold all around Europe. When they f...

Thursday 23 September, 2021

Luxury Brands - Elie Bleu

In 1976 the Elie Bleu workshop was created in the heart of the Faubourg Saint Antoine, France. It quickly became known as the cradle of Parisian cabinet making. By the 1990’s the cigar market was booming in the USA. It was during this boom that an American journalist discovered the Elie...

Friday 03 September, 2021

Luxury Brands - Dunhill Humidors

The name Dunhill has always been associated with luxury. Since 1893 when Alfred Dunhill took over his fathers saddlery business he targeted the luxury market, even when he went into automobiles the extravagance was still there. Today, Dunhills standards are exactly the same, just in different catego...

Friday 20 August, 2021

Luxury Brands - Davidoff Humidors

Zino Davidoff actually invented the desktop humidor, it was created as a necessity for storing the world's best cigars. As Zino himself believed each cigar was a work of art, he refused to cut corners or even take chances when it came to his cigars knowing it would affect the smoking experience....

Tuesday 03 August, 2021

Luxury Brands - S.T. Dupont

One of our Favourite brands of cigar accessories is S.T. Dupont. Since 1872 S.T. Dupont have created ultra premium and beautiful cigar accessories. They create and design their cutters to offer absolute luxury and functionality, their highly engineered cutters are spring loaded with razor sharp blad...

Thursday 22 July, 2021

Luxury Brands - Peter James Cigar Cases

Have you ever been relaxing in a beautiful location ready to enjoy an amazing cigar? Imagine you’re sat there, you get your precious cigar out of your pocket, you reach for a lighter out of another pocket, you try to find your cutter and realise you have forgotten it, now you’r...

Thursday 08 July, 2021

Luxury Brands - Les Fines Lames Knives

It was a rainy day, Pierre, a social media entrepreneur, treated himself to his first cigar of 2009. Whilst sitting on the terrace of a cafe enjoying his cigar he made his first step into the world of cigar accessories by looking for the perfect cut for his vitolas. Pierres grandfather was a gardene...

Thursday 24 June, 2021