Amid Cuba’s months-long fuel and electricity crisis, one of the island’s most iconic exports is feeling the pinch: cigars.
For decades, Cuban cigars have sat at the top of the heap when it comes to prestige, craftsmanship, and outright desire among serious smokers. The name alone carries weight. And now, with geopolitical ...
HAVANA, Cuba — Cuba’s annual cigar fair, which was set to be held the last week of February, has been postponed organizers said Saturday, as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages ...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s legendary cigars, hand-rolled from the finest tobacco leaves, have long captivated connoisseurs, and now a growing number of enthusiasts recognize the vital importance of humidors ...
The Cuban Cigar Gets More Expensive to Ship — And the World Is Starting to Feel It For cigar enthusiasts outside the United ...
DALLAS — A few hundred feet from a Hong Kong tailor, several fast food joints and an Albertson’s in the Casa Linda neighborhood of East Dallas, Jose Hernandez is rolling cigars. Hernandez, 34, grew up ...
The Habanos Festival, the annual cigar fair in Havana, Cuba, has been postponed as the island nation faces a fuel shortage that has disrupted travel to the country, the festival's organizers announced ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Milagros Diaz has been rolling cigars for 48 years, so long she cannot even smell tobacco anymore, and she is thrilled that the U.S. market is finally opening up for her handmade ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Packing long cigars into a white box picturing Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a Cuban man delicately places a thin wax-paper stamp of quality inside. He then finishes the job with ...