CONNOISSEURCIGAR CLUBClub archive
Events and
photo stories
From the official launch to retreats, tasting experiments and conversations with people from the cigar industry.
22CONNOISSEUR’s Cuban September
Two September gatherings devoted to Cuban cigar culture: the limited Hoyo de Monterrey Monterreyes No. 4 and Sergey Neyman’s practical workshop on verifying authentic Habanos.
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21CONNOISSEUR: The Cohiba Novedosos Premiere
Club members attended the Russian premiere of Cohiba Novedosos, a Robustos No. 2 vitola created for La Casa del Habano, Habanos Specialist retailers and Cohiba Atmosphere lounges.
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20CONNOISSEUR on the Banks of the Neva
A final summer weekend in Saint Petersburg: a walk through the city’s cigar history, dinner at a private club, the Neva by night and a meeting with Artyom Erenburg.
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19Cigars Bring Cities Together
While travelling in southern Russia, club member Yulia Mironova visited Lermont’s Cigar Club in Pyatigorsk and joined aficionados from five Russian cities.
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18CONNOISSEUR: A Cigar Weekend in Fusion Style
A spontaneous trip outside the city became the club’s fourteenth gathering, bringing together cigars from a private humidor, an Italian table, dominoes, a Russian bathhouse and a quiet evening on the veranda.
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17Connoisseur Club at Festivalishche 2026 in Nizhny Novgorod
Club members attended the annual festival organised by the Chkalov Cigar Club and joined a major gathering of Russia’s cigar community.
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16CONNOISSEUR at the XVI Nicaraguan Lawn
Club members took part in one of the most prominent annual events in Russia’s cigar community.
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15The Secrets of Russian Cigars
A conversation with Artur Shilyaev about production, tobacco and the potential of contemporary Russian cigars.
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14Treasures of Edición Regional
Rare regional Habanos editions through the experience of collector Evgeny Shcherbakov.
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13Cigar ‘Mafia’ in the Open Air
The club’s first countryside retreat: a relaxed evening, a pre-release cigar and a game of Mafia.
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12A Grand-Final-Worthy Debut: Oleg Grinovsky to Represent the Baltic Region at CSWC
Club member Oleg Grinovsky placed second at the CSWC Baltic qualifier on his first attempt and earned the right to compete in the Grand Final in Dubrovnik.
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11Deceiving the Senses: The Magic of the Wrapper
A blind tasting of three identical blends finished with different wrapper leaves.
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10Cigars and Tea: The Art of Pairing
Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchills and four Chinese teas in one thoughtful tasting.
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09Tula: A Victory Day Premiere
The premiere of the Tula cigar from the Hero Cities — Victory Cigars project and a meeting with Andrey Loskutov.
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08The Cigar as an Instrument of Influence
The psychology of power, non-verbal signals and smoke etiquette with Mikhail Pelekhaty.
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07Cuba and Nicaragua: Industry Insights
Dmitry Drutsa on modern Cuba, the factories of Estelí and the tobacco of Ometepe.
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06Premiere of The Nose of the Cigar
Training the sense of smell, twenty-five fundamental aromas and a blind tasting.
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05Tobacco Around the World
Maxim Privezentsev, the journey of the tobacco leaf and a parallel tasting of the Hero cigar.
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04Mystical Cuba
Hidden layers of Cuban history, sacred traditions and the cigar’s role in the rituals of the Island of Freedom.
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03Behind the Scenes of Habanos
A private conversation about Festival del Habano, the Cuban industry and Cohiba Ambar.
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02The Official Launch of CONNOISSEUR
The club’s first open evening and Andrey Adonyev’s lecture on cigar organoleptics.
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01CONNOISSEUR Cigar Club Is Founded
How a community of FUMELIER Cigar School graduates and partners acquired its own club, name and philosophy.
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