Review La Aurora Dominicana Toro - My journey through sun and umami
Review La Aurora Dominicana Toro. When I light up the La Aurora Dominicana Toro, I immediately feel transported to the Dominican Republic. This cigar is...
Author: Vasily
I'm the person behind Zigarren.Zone, who prefer to savour smoke rather than wave it away. When I'm not writing, I'm producing video clips and documentaries about cigars, people and everything in between.
My goal?
To give you an experience that's more engaging than any push message - with real stories, honest opinions and no PR puffery.
I believe in authenticity, good tobacco and the fact that a cigar often says more than a thousand PowerPoint slides (but PowerPoint is already out of fashion anyway).
So if you like reading what others are afraid to say - welcome to my world. We don't just smoke here. This is a place to savour.
HAPPY CIGAR SMOKE!
Review La Capitana Churchill
Review La Capitana Churchill. Sometimes you come across cigars that don't make the headlines but are a real pleasure to smoke. Just such a cigar is the...
Premium presence: Secure address listing
For specialised cigar retailers, lounges, restaurants and hotels, importers. Hello, I'm Vasilij Ratej, owner of Zigarren.Zone. My online magazine has been around since 2014, so make sure you get your...
Fuente & Meerapfel separate after three generations
I received the following media release: The Meerapfel family has been active in the tobacco trade for over 400 years. Over the centuries, our family has mastered countless challenges....
Davidoff Chefs Edition 2025 - culinary art meets cigar art
Davidoff Chefs Edition 2025: kitchen pioneers and cigar visionaries have worked together to create a unique masterpiece. Davidoff's experienced master blenders worked closely with top chefs. The result...
Review Macanudo Emissary Espana - A cigar with rare Spanish tobacco
My review Macanudo Emissary Espana surprised me positively to be honest - even though I was sceptical at the beginning. When I read that in...
World best time at the CSWC in Eisenach - Hauke Walter smokes everyone to smithereens
The CSWC - Cigar Smoking World Championship in Eisenach is history - and what a history! As part of the Big Smoke Germany, a weekend...
Conversation with a cigar and the world pauses
These are those rare moments when the world pauses. The rain falls gently. And suddenly a conversation begins with a cigar that goes deeper...
Review COHIBA LE 2021 55 Aniversario - A masterpiece
Review COHIBA LE 2021 55 Aniversario in the 3er test. First things first: in my opinion, this cigar is a masterpiece. When I tested the 2022...
150 years of Oettinger Davidoff - a unique experience for the Cigars.Zone community
What does 150 years of Oettinger Davidoff feel like? Zigarren.Zone took its readers on an exclusive tour of the Maison Davidoff - with a private tour of the house that...
Review AVO Classic Maduro - 96 points for a cigar that has it all
Review AVO Classic Maduro / An experience between espresso, umami and perfection. Sometimes you come across a cigar that makes you unabashedly disregard your own principles and...
Sold out: Blind tasting 22.11.25 at the Bürgenstock Resort
Experience a cigar without knowing what you are smoking - including soft drinks, coffee, canapés & a cigar to take home. A creation will be tasted...
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