Cigar Aficionado Ratings Scraper - Scores & Tasting Notes

What does Cigar Aficionado Ratings Scraper do?

Cigar Aficionado Ratings Scraper extracts data from Cigar Aficionado, the reference magazine for cigar ratings, with a database of 23,000+ tasting notes. Give it a cigar's rating URL and it returns the 100-point score, size, strength, wrapper/binder/filler origin, price, and the full tasting note — plus every other independent tasting of the same cigar across different issues, so you can build a score history over time.

No login, no CAPTCHA. Runs on the Apify platform with API access, scheduling, monitoring and CSV/Excel/JSON export.

Why use Cigar Aficionado Ratings Scraper?

• Retail & inventory — pull real scores and tasting notes to enrich a cigar shop's catalog.
• Collecting & investing — track how a cigar's score has moved across tastings/years.
• Content & recommendations — power a "top rated cigars" feature with real, current data.
• Market research — compare strength, size, and origin across brands at scale.

How to use Cigar Aficionado Ratings Scraper

1. Go to the Input tab and paste one or more Cigar Aficionado rating URLs (e.g. https://www.cigaraficionado.com/ratings/27175/name/c-l-e-corojo-11-18-figurado).
2. Leave discover recent cigars on to also pull in the latest "Cigar of the Week" picks automatically.
3. Toggle related tastings (score history) on or off — it's billed separately.
4. Click Run. Download results as JSON, CSV, or Excel from the dataset viewer.

Input

• Cigar rating page URLs — direct Cigar Aficionado rating pages.
• Also discover recent cigars — automatically crawl the "Cigar of the Week" archive for more.
• Max Items — cap on how many cigars to process (10 on free plan).
• Related tastings (score history) — toggle the score-history extra.

Example input:

{
    "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.cigaraficionado.com/ratings/27175/name/c-l-e-corojo-11-18-figurado" }],
    "discoverRecent": true,
    "maxItems": 10,
    "includeRelatedReviews": true
}

Output

The dataset contains up to two record types per cigar:

• Cigar record — name, score, size, strength, wrapper/binder/filler origin, price, tasting note.
• Related review record — one row per other independent tasting of the same cigar, with its own score and issue date.

{
    "recordType": "cigar-record",
    "name": "Cohiba Medio Siglo",
    "score": 90,
    "size": "Miscellaneous",
    "length": "4\"",
    "ringGauge": "52",
    "strength": "Medium-Full",
    "country": "Cuba",
    "price": "£64.30",
    "tastingNote": "There's a reddish, tawny hue to this short robusto..."
}

You can download the dataset in various formats such as JSON, HTML, CSV, or Excel.

Data table

Field	Description
name	Cigar name
score	100-point rating score
size / length / ringGauge	Shape, length (inches), ring gauge
strength	Mild to full-bodied
filler / binder / wrapper / country	Tobacco origin by component
price	Real price at time of tasting
issueName	Magazine issue and date the tasting appeared in
tastingNote	Full tasting note text
relatedRatingId / relatedScore / relatedIssue	Other independent tastings of the same cigar (score history)

Pricing / Cost estimation

This actor uses Pay Per Event pricing — you only pay for the record types you actually request. The cigar record is the primary event; the related-tastings score history is an optional add-on, only charged when turned on.

A run of 50 cigars with related tastings on typically costs the equivalent of 50 cigar records plus a handful of related-review records per cigar (most cigars have 0-4 prior tastings).

Tips or Advanced options

• Leave discovery on for a quick way to see fresh data without knowing exact URLs in advance.
• Turn off related tastings if you only need the current score, to save on cost.
• Schedule it — combine with Apify scheduling to catch new "Cigar of the Week" picks automatically.

FAQ, disclaimers, and support

Is this legal? This actor only extracts publicly available rating and review information already published by Cigar Aficionado on its own pages.

Why do some cigars have no related tastings? Not every cigar has been reviewed more than once — the actor returns exactly what's published, no invented history.

Found a bug or want extra fields? Open an issue in the Issues tab or contact us for a custom scraper tailored to your sourcing pipeline.