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For quite some time the difference between Giz and influencer wanna-be's is that you want to be in Giz's podcast participating. Sharing that cigar and moment, listening to the conversations in person. The others you just want to throw haymakers so they'll just shut up. John

I travel in and out of the US and usually have Cubans in my carry on. Never had a problem.

I had one of those Avowed the Vow cigars. Would revisit that one.

This week, FOH Video Cigar Lounge Tuesday 21st 8:PM PM NY, 11:00am Wednesday local. (AEST). Grab a cigar, pop a bottle, pour a drink and let's enjoy a cigar together. This weeks discussion: Has the "Cigar Influencer" train running out of steam? I am talking about the influencer "genre" in general. What happens when you have taken all the short vids possible of yourself lighting/cutting/puffing a cigar? You start to insta/you tube short vids of you and other cigar influencers lighting/cutting/puffing a cigar together It reminds me very much of what is happening to the podcast world right now. There are so many podcasters and podcasters devoid of interesting content, that shows are taken up by podcasters interviewing other podcasters. They literally do a podcaster circuit. It is certain death So what are the next "trend/s" in the cigar world? Topic of discussion in this weeks FOH Video Room Session Tuesday night NY 8PM.

He lives larger than Jasim!

I am down to 209 lbs ( 94.8 kg for you worldly lot). My new bike will be built by the competition . I need to take my health to the next level. Arnold Swarzenegger says he will be my personal trainer.

.....certainly on my long lunch list

Another relationship done. Another house gone. You will bounce back, start again and this time build your special man cave. I mean....why should it be restricted to just a room? Pffft! The whole house will be a man cave! The whole house will be a celebration of me and my own personal style! I am going to start with these stained glass windows! I blew the budget on these stained glass windows! €55,000 EUR($63,788 USD) Micheline House Stained Glass Windows - London - Bibendum Set of two large-scale reproductions of the stained glass windows that once adorned the Micheline House in London, created after the famous posters 'Le Coup de semelle' and 'Pneu Vélo Michelin.' These compositions feature the character Bibendum, created in 1898 by O'Galop (Marius Rossillon, 1867-1946). One panel depicts the Michelin Bibendum, cigar in mouth, presenting his studded sole; the other shows him riding a bicycle while smoking a cigar. Produced by an Italian workshop, these works stand out for their vivid colours and exceptional quality of execution. Each stained glass panel is protected by a front glass pane and housed within a reinforced metal frame.

Dry, dry, dry box ‘em, yes. This is the only way I get that spiced cream, and it’s delish

A large Italian Murano red/orange glass cigar ash bowl, mid 1900's,

Patoro, great flavor. Low on the spice, incredible construction

They aspire to appalling....but I am not the doyen of taste Native American, Southwestern United States, Acoma, ca. mid to late 20th century CE. A set of 2 pottery ashtrays, one in the shape of an avian-form plate and the other a minimalist jar

https://halfwheel.com/the-consensus-2025/460719/ This is the more interesting list IMHO. Lots of forum favorites here I see, but still a store exclusive.

Hear hear pass the port my good man

CoRo - OEG JUL 23

"The progressive mania for regulating the lives of others is highly addictive." Great line Killjoys want to stub out this guilty pleasure Tobacco and Vapes Bill risks self-styled ‘public health’ lordships putting an end to the old-school charm of cigar lounges Juliet Samuel FULL LINK TO ARTICLE Monday January 19 2026, 12.01am GMT, The Times Ihave found a way to travel back in time and it’s by visiting a cigar lounge. The one I went to was small, wood-panelled and served by neat, attentive men in ties and jackets. The walls were lined with glass cases of the type a Victorian gentleman would use to display his butterflies but here were filled with perfect rows of cigars in their little gold-foil bands. On the wall hung a large portrait medallion of Sir Richard Grenville, the 16th-century explorer. I’m not much of a smoker but I held on to a cigarillo for 20 minutes, puffing at it and talking about Lords reform, feeling briefly as if I were an Edwardian gentleman. In fact, the Lords is a topic of great contemporary relevance to a cigar lounge because of a recent attempt made by some of its most sententious members to ban these very places. The vehicle was the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, that pernicious and unnecessary assault on liberty originally dreamt up by Rishi Sunak when he was prime minister and now revived, which the self-styled “public health” lordships tried to amend in November. Cigar lounges operate on the basis of an exemption to the 2007 smoking ban, which, among its more moderate provisions, concedes that someone splashing out £800 on a luxury item ought to get a chance to sample the goods. So you can’t bring your own smokes; you can only visit to try before you buy from the lounge shop. And because cigar pricing is more liberally regulated in Britain than on the Continent, London has become a hub for the luxury humidor tourist, keeping these little vignettes of old Europe alive. But the killjoys must have an outlet for their bloodlust. Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath, preaching in support of Lord Faulkner’s industry-killing amendment, begged the Lords to consider the health of the staff (those in the lounge I visited were, unsurprisingly, cigar connoisseurs) and the children (one lounge in Sheffield, she noted with horror, was actually “within 400 metres of a school”!). Their attempt to protect local children from the irresistibly alluring pull of a £70 cigar being quietly smoked in a hideaway for old men failed this time. But I’m sure they’ll be back. The progressive mania for regulating the lives of others is highly addictive.

Last nights Cigars 08' El Rey del Mundo Choix Supreme Milk Chocolate, Nutmeg, Cinnamon 14' H.Upmann Petit Coronas Licorice, Espresso, Shortbread Cookies Blah Ok Good Tasty Heavenly

I’m not convinced @LaoFan isn’t a rock star and/or drug kingpin. Lifestyle certainly checks out. Unless there’s some unknown life hack to moving to China…

Re. the LCDH in Windsor: Haven't been in ages...is it really that bad?

I used to buy the Georges de Latour's at auction. A good decade ago and they were really affordable. People weren't chasing them as they are now. They do age amazing and 30 is on a plateau that will ride for some time. I still look and bid on them, but now it's better deal on large format instead if they come around. I think '87 was the last one I drank. I don't think I have any more GL's 😒

Nah man, you need your cigar lounge extractor to be like...

Had a vertical of these on display in the wine cellar - 1992 through 1996. Just opened the 1996 Private Reserve and it was absolutely amazing. Decanted for 5 hours and it was a 97 point wine all day long. Now I will start going backwards through the vertical - who knew a NAPA wine would last 30 years!

Wow, thanks for this. Well done!

The shortage of wrappers seems real. Anyway, I've had mixed results with those kind of wrappers. Some of them were good (the thinner ones as others pointed out), some of them were terrible (thick ones on a box of RGM perlas).

no, its not legal. I've never personally had an issue with bringing Cubans back, though most of my experience is through cruising. But I still go through customs nonetheless. If you're that worried about it some people just take the bands off and put em back on after you're clear.