A Cuban exile who came to the United States in 1996, Montagne is one of more than a dozen cigar makers in the United States that Cuba's state-owned tobacco company has tried to block from using ...

When they rip the big green leaves from the tobacco plant, Cuban farmers know they’re touching gold. The island nation’s legendary cigars have closed another year for the record books, in ...

Communist-led Cuba is struggling to maintain the supply of some premium cigar brands in the face of poor tobacco harvests and rising demand, industry experts said at its annual cigar festival.

Inside Cuba’s Festival of Havana, One of the World’s Largest Cigar Celebrations From lavish events to walking plant grounds, visitors are immersed in the culture of the centuries-old favorite.

A Cuban exile who came to the United States in 1996, Montagne is one of more than a dozen cigar makers in the United States that Cuba's state-owned tobacco company has tried to block from using ...

The consumer magazine Cigar Aficionado has estimated that the U.S. premium cigar market alone is worth as much as $2.6 billion, with Cuba hoping to snap up to 25-30 percent of that if and when the ...