Fads come and go but a great "guy gift" is a joy to have on hand at holidays and Fathers Day. Not only a fan of a good smoke, author Vahe Gerard is an cigar expert, a professional cigar buyer who samples thousands of brands from all over the world (including Cuba) for his business of supplying prestigious clients throughout the world. The Gerard family owns the "Tiffany's" of tobacconists, Gerard Pere et Fils, Geneva, Switzerland. Cigars is two books in one package: Book One concentrates on the history of the cigar starting from tobacco cultivation to the handcraft of cigar rolling and includes other details of cigar culture (like how to detect a counterfeit Cuban). The second book contains detailed tasting notes on Gerard's personal selection of the best 88 cigars in the world each photographed in color especially for this publication at actual size. It also contains a list of specialist stores and cigar clubs n the US and Canada.

Vahe Gerard is well known to cigar lovers the world over through his boutique Gerard et Fils in Geneva, an absolute reference for the finest in cigars.