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Cigar of the Year Awards 2021

January 7, 2022

Cigar of the Year, COTY 2021

Cigar of the Year Awards 2021 Cigar Dojo's selections for the best-performing cigars of 2021. This list includes the Top 10 Cigars of the Year, Top 5 Limited Edition Cigars, and Exceptional Awards for other no... Read More...

Cigar of the Year Awards 2020

Jordan Guttormson

January 15, 2021

Cigar of the Year, COTY 2020

Cigar of the Year Awards 2020 Cigar Dojo's selections for the best-performing cigars of 2020. This list includes the Top 10 Cigars of the Year, Top 5 Limited Edition Cigars, and Exceptional Awards for other no... Read More...

Cigar of the Year Awards 2019

Jordan Guttormson

January 3, 2020

Cigar of the Year, COTY 2019

Cigar of the Year Awards 2019 Cigar Dojo's selections for the best-performing cigars of 2019. This list includes the Top 10 Cigars of the Year, Top 5 Limited Edition Cigars, and Exceptional Awards for other ... Read More...

2018 Cigar of the Year Awards Announcement Show

Eric Guttormson

January 8, 2019

COTY 2018, Smoke Night Live

Episode 178 of Smoke Night LIVE will be the biggest show of the year! Yes folks, it's time for the Dojo to announce our picks for the best cigars of 2018. We will discuss our Top 10 list, as well as the top 5 l... Read More...

Cigar of the Year Awards 2018

Jordan Guttormson

December 26, 2018

Cigar of the Year, COTY 2018

Cigar of the Year Awards 2018 Cigar Dojo's selections for the best-performing cigars of 2018. This list includes the Top 10 Cigars of the Year, Top 5 Limited Edition Cigars, and Exceptional Awards for other ... Read More...

Cigar Dojo Top 10 Cigars of the Year 2017

2017 Cigar of the Year Awards

Jordan Guttormson

January 5, 2018

Cigar of the Year

2017 marks the sixth year-end evaluation from Cigar Dojo. Much has changed in the industry, with price increases and the beginnings of government regulation being the most apparent. One aspect that has remained... Read More...

Exceptional Cigar Awards 2017

Jordan Guttormson

January 5, 2018

Blog

At Cigar Dojo, our year-end list takes a unique approach, limiting the results to include only cigars that are regularly available (no limited editions, etc.) and under a certain price range. This way, we feel ... Read More...

The Best Cigars to Smoke While Golfing

Steve Stevens

October 3, 2017

Featured, Blog

Mark Twain, the venerable author, humorist, and cigar smoker, disliked golf and is widely attributed to calling the game “a good walk spoiled.” Arnold Palmer, one of the greatest and most characteristic profess... Read More...

Cigar Dojo 2016 Cigar of the Year Awards

Cigar of the Year 2016

Jordan Guttormson

January 13, 2017

Cigar of the Year

2016 was an exhausting year for the cigar industry. In our five-plus years exploring the world of premium cigars, we've never seen anything quite like it! For starters, the looming proposal by the FDA to regula... Read More...

Prototypical Cigars – Which Cigars Best Represent Their Country?

Jordan Guttormson

December 13, 2016

Featured, Blog

Categorizing the world's best cigars is often easier said than done—it's like naming your favorite band or movie—relying on so many other variables, such as the mood, pairing, price point, etc., that it becomes... Read More...

15 Cigars to Smoke Before You Die

Jordan Guttormson

June 13, 2016

Featured, Blog

Typically, your average bucket list involves traveling or accomplishing some feat of athleticism, with objectives that are challenging enough to keep you chugging along, yet not so difficult that you kill yours... Read More...

The World’s Best Maduro Cigars

Jordan Guttormson

March 22, 2016

Featured, Blog

We've polled 13 of the industry's leading cigar professionals, including brand runners, retail experts, blenders, bloggers, factory owners, and overall cigar personality extraordinaires—asking them to name thei... Read More...

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