Premium Cigars offer a world of flavors for us to sample. Problems arise communicating those flavors to others. Common vocabulary helps.

Premium cigars do not have to be boutique cigars, nor do boutique cigars need to be premium cigars!

What do Storm Boen, Perique Tobacco, Drew Estate, Mark Ryan, Brody Fontenot, and Bailey's Cigar Room have in common? Read on!

This article will focus on the more standard shapes (parejos) and sizes. Vitola is a name for a typical size parejo.

We offer some suggestions on premium cigars to pair with you favorite premium tequila or tequila based drink.

The United States dominates the worldwide Tequila Industry! Tequila sales have actually surpassed American Whiskey. But what to smoke?

Cigars your friends may enjoy can be cigars that you don't like. We each have a unique set of taste buds and cigars are enjoed in context.

The best place to learn about cigars and pipes is Tobacconist University.

We're not even sure what to call this cigar. However, the picture got us thinking about premium cigar shapes and sizes.

You can bite off the end of your cigar like in old movies, you can pull the pigtail on some cigars, or you can use a tool.

A good cigar will be well made and easy to draw.

Each of us will still experience a cigar differently, but a common terminology should make it easier to discuss what we are tasting.

Complexity is a subjective way to observe the depth and breadth of a cigar's flavors and aromas.

You'll often read about a cigar having particular notes. The real topic is cigar flavor.

Premium cigars are handmade entirely from whole-leaf tobaccos. Their nicotine content can not be measured in a laboratory setting.

Body, in terms of flavor (taste+aroma) profile, does not necessarily correlate with the Strength of a cigar.

Aroma, or bouquet, is the smell from a burning cigar may be a cigar's the most overlooked attribute.