Blind tasting experiment: 2 connoisseurs. 4 cigars. 0 sight.
What if your tastes are fooling you all the time? Then just ask yourself one question: What is real and what are you imagining? 👇...
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Villiger Söhne Holding AG appoints new CEO
Pfeffikon/LU, 04.05.2026 - The Board of Directors of Villiger Söhne Holding AG appoints Christoph Schüpbach as the new CEO of the Villiger Group and thanks the previous Managing Director Clemens Gütermann, who...
EDITION 26/05: Cigars against know-it-alls - Smoke instead of „Well, actually...“
There are people who enter a room like a software update: nobody wanted them, but suddenly everything is different - and worse. You say: „Have a nice evening.“...
Review Davidoff Puro Dominicano Perfecto
Review Davidoff Puro Dominicano Perfecto / A Dominican Puro - Davidoff with a black ring that doesn't hesitate for a second - and delivers immediately. Spoiler alert: I'm...
AVO changes everything: EXPRESIVO is here
Basel, Switzerland, 18 April 2026 / AVO Cigars today unveiled AVO EXPRESIVO, a new line of cigars. It expands the brand's portfolio with a multi-terroir blend...
H. Upmann Regalias - The flavour of distant tropics
Have you ever smoked a cigar in the tropics, where the air is humid, where salt lies on the skin and the evening slowly fades away like...
Gilbert de Montsalvat 18: What begins as a birthday ends (almost) in a state of emergency
A birthday. An invitation. And a night that ends somewhere between pleasure and madness. Why is the cigar dedicated to the hippopotamus? Here is the explanation from...
NEW: Edición limitada Flor de Copán 1795
230 years of tobacco tradition in one cigar - but what is really behind the Flor de Copán 1795? In the year 1795 in Santa Rosa de...
Gilbert de Montsalvat Year of the Hippo Review - The hippo strikes back
A cigar that shouldn't actually exist. And that's exactly why it exists. What we experienced at the event ... simply unbelievable. Short summary for quick classification...
EDITION 26/04: Cigars against drama - smoke instead of „We need to talk“
Drama never starts big. It starts with „Ok, I've got a minute.‘ Full stop. That's not a full stop. That's a trap. Then comes: “We need to talk....
Meerapfel MEIR Churchill Review: Blind test shows a completely different cigar
A Cameroon wrapper, matured for over 30 years. Tobacco that has been allowed to age for decades. In the end, this cigar leads to a much bigger question than just a...
Cigar perception and sensory perception: How knowledge shapes your taste
You look at a cigar - and think you see what it is. But in reality, something else happens. Even before you take your first puff...
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