Cellars For Your Smokes

March, 1981

We all know the old Kipling dictum about a cigar's being a smoke, but your favorite puff is going to last only so long unless you store it in such a way that the tobacco leaves don't dry out. And just as bourbon tastes better when poured from a Baccarat decanter, so a cigar that's been plucked from a polished-wood or precious-metal humidor psychologically smokes superior to one that's been stashed in an old tin box. Aside from looking like it was crafted for an English men's club, a great cigar...