I am the managing editor at Cigar Dojo, making sure all cigar reviews and articles meet the Dojo standards. Aside from my major passions (premium cigars and Kentucky Straight Bourbon), I enjoy photography/videography, as well as playing ice hockey and spending time with my family—which currently includes two boys, two girls, and one amazing wife.
In the Wild West of cigar storage (i.e. 10 to 20 years back), cigar hobbyists were limited in terms of larger-scale options on the market. Sure, there were the cabinet-style setups, but those often look like th... Read More...
Last week, Miami Cigar & Co. announced a special celebration event, which will take place on Saturday, July 8th, during the PCA trade show in Las Vegas and will celebrate not only the 25th anniversary of th... Read More...
Among the newcomers at this year's PCA trade show will be Sacrificio Cigars, a new company from award-winning hospitality icon Julio Cabrera.
Julio is a trained cantinero (a well‐respected form of bartender ... Read More...
Twenty twenty-three is already shaping up to be a busy year for Foundation Cigar Co., as the company has announced its next core-line offering only one week after revealing the more limited Charter Oak Pegnatar... Read More...
After BurnR is the first cigar collaboration between the Dojo and Fratello Cigars, combining both companies' ties to space exploration (you read that right!).
It's well known that Fratello's Omar de Frias sp... Read More...
Continuing the long-running Firecracker series from United Cigar Group and Two Guys Smoke Shop, United has announced the Black Bomb Firecracker cigar, which will debut at next month's PCA trade show in Las Vega... Read More...
It'll be nearly five years without Drew Estate at the industry's largest annual trade show, but the company has now announced its return for next year's event in March 2024.
It was in Jan. 2020 that news bro... Read More...
Premium cigars; American whiskey; heavy metal; celebrity collaboration; triple-maduro tobacco recipe: there's clearly a lot going on with Drew Estate's latest core-line release... let's take a deeper dive.
T... Read More...
Quickly approaching the summer season, AVO Cigars is set to launch the next cigar in this year's limited series: AVO Seasons Limited Edition Series 2023.
The series was first announced in March with the spri... Read More...
Long a proponent of tobaccos from the Connecticut River Valley, Foundation Cigar Co. has now opened a new office on the grounds of a 300-acre farm in the famed growing region, which is owned by Dunn & Foste... Read More...
The producers of Hand Rolled: A Film About Cigars will be debuting the next chapter in the cigar-centric documentary at the 2023 PCA trade show next month.
Originally released as a feature-length film, the s... Read More...
Coming together for the first time, Cigar Dojo and Fratello Cigars have collaborated on the limited-edition After BurnR cigar—a special project with deep ties to each entity's unique histories.
With Cigar Do... Read More...