Today I received a press release from the Fuente and Newman families trying to spread the word about their Cigar Family Charitable Foundation and the auction that is getting underway. Their goal is to raise $50,000.00 to support impoverished Dominican children. Embedded below is a video from last years Toast Across America, which educates us […]
A quick one on one with Christian Eiroa of Camacho Cigars
Lately I have been talking a bit about my recent trip to the Cigars International Superstore to record the Seminar with Christian Eiroa of Camacho Cigars. After the seminar I was able to sit down with Christian and kind of talk shop for a couple of minutes. While I thought it would be great to […]
Visiting the CI Superstore
Last week I made mentioned that I attended a seminar at the Cigars International Superstore in which Cristian Eiroa spoke to several groups and educated us on the Camacho brand of cigars. This was my second time at the CI Superstore and it was quite different from my first. A couple of months ago I […]
Contest: Month of August 2008
For the month of August we will be running a pretty simple contest The grand prize is a small desktop humidor filled with cigars. Courtesy of Matt from our very own Fan Forums This month we have made the entering process a little more involved than last months contest. This time around we are asking […]
We have a winner for the month of July
As I am sure many of you are well aware of, Stogie Review ran a contest for the month of July in which we were giving away a box of Nub Cameroon Box Pressed Torpedoes to a randomly selected winner. The box was generousely donated to us by RGianelli, one of our very own Stogie […]
J. Fuego Gran Reserva Corojo No. 1
Brand: J. Fuego Vitola: Corona Ring Gauge: 46 Length: 4.50 Wrapper: Nicaraguan Sungrown Corojo Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua Origin: Niccaragua Price: $7.00 Brand: In December of 2006 a new cigar began to circulate around local cigar shops as well as generate a little discussion among the cigar forums. These cigars were crafted by one Jesus […]
Man O’ War (Guest Review)
This Guest Review comes courtesy of Rich Meade from the Stogie Review Fan Forums Man O’ War (robusto) Wrapper: Ecuador (viso) Binder: Filler: Nicaraguan Location: Smoking room/Office Paired with: Sweet Tea and Water Appearance: Nice construction, wrapper is a deep chocolate brown and has a slight reddish tint to it. There are a couple veins […]
Glen Case of Exclusive Cigars talks about his line of boutique cigars
During Day 3 of the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, Brian and I got to talking to our good friends Bob and Dale of Dog Watch Cigar Radio. While talking, Bob made mention that they were talking with Glen Case of Exclusive Cigars and recommended that we head over and speak with him as […]
Learning about Camacho Cigars from Christian Eiroa
A few days ago I headed down to my parents house to pay them a visit. While I was there my father got to talking about this email he received from Cigars International in regards to a Camacho Event they had planned. The email stated that they were having Christian Eiroa, from Camacho Cigars, out […]
Interview with Gene Arganese and Joe Gannascoli
On the first day of the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, Brian and I were going randomly from booth to booth speaking with the people that we knew. As we went along introducing one another to the different manufacturers we knew we came to the Arganese booth. Sandy and Gene from Arganese immediately recognized […]