Come with Brian and I as we take a tour of the Subculture Studios at Drew Estate Cigars with Jessi “Victims” Flores
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part Four)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part Three)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part Two)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part One)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]
Drew Estate Cigar Safari: Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tobacco
As a fan of bourbon, one of the things that most intrigued me about my recent trip to Nicaragua on Drew Estate’s Cigar Safari tour was something so experimental, there aren’t even pictures of white-banded cigars with code names floating around the gossipnet yet. In recesses of the Drew Estate compound there are a couple […]
Nomad Cigars Fugitive II
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Habano Binder : Dominican/secret Filler : Dominican/secret Source : Sent to me by Nomad Cigar Company Hello all. This week you will get my opinion of the Nomad Cigars Fugitive II. This is the follow-up to the original Fugitive that was a limited edition and no longer available. This comes in a […]
Los Regalos Quetzal by Emilio Cigars
It truly is a great time to be a cigar smoker. So many manufacturers are bringing so many new brands to market, experimenting with new tobaccos and new blends, and we all benefit from this energy & innovation. An interesting side effect from all these new cigars being produced is that cigar makers seem to […]
Throwback Review: La Aurora Cien Anos Belicoso
This week I wasn’t in the mood to review something new. I decide to try to revisit a cigar that we’ve reviewed on here before and give my own impression of it as the “new guy”. After looking through my cigar humidor, I came across and old friend: La Aurora Cien Anos. The Cien Anos […]
Another Final Goodbye
I must have stopped and started this post a million times. The particulars don’t matter too much. I learned when we lost the Little Robusto that the “if’s” and “why’s” can drive you mad. My older brother died this past weekend. He was four years older than me which came in handy my high school […]