This is Part Two of Four and has a lot of great content. The story of La Verite, the “romance” in the cigar business, a Tatuaje farm, who is to blame for current pricing, could the cigar industry self regulate itself, the golden age of cigars and an explanation on fermentation. Same format as an […]
An Afternoon with Pete Johnson (Part One)
Same format as an An Evening with Benji Menendez and An Afternoon with Ernesto Perez Carrillo. This weekend Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars was in Washington DC and Bethesda MD celebrating the start of W.Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary year with the release of the Cabaiguan WCD 120 Redux. Towards the end of the afternoon, Pete […]
WCD 120 Redux Event Pictorial
My home shop W.Curtis Draper is celebrating their 125th Anniversary this year. To celebrate this milestone W.Curtis Draper will be releasing four limited edition cigars made by Pete Johnson (Tatuaje), Guiellermo Leon (La Aurora), Jorge Padron (Padron) and Carlito Fuente (Arturo Fuente). Kicking off this year’s festivities is Pete Johnson with a redux of a […]
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23 Minutes with Pete Johnson
It’s pretty interesting to note that this celebrates five years of the 20 Minutes with Pete Johnson series of videos here on Stogie Review. So first I want to thank Pete for always being giving with his time. Secondly I want to thank W.Curtis Draper for giving me a home to record for the past […]
Week in Smoke – TGT Edition
As always, I disagree with Brian Hewitt. This isn’t Padilla week on Stogie Review. Sure Brian reviewed the Padilla Artemis and I reviewed the Padilla Black Bear but I assure you, it was a coincidence. Switching things up a bit this episode of Week in Smoke, I’ve decided to do a themed version. This isn’t […]
Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) Episode 2.06
This is an old school episode of Your Questions, My Answers. All the other members were too lazy to make it so Walt and I kicked back just like we did when we first started the YQMA Series some years ago. We’ve nicknamed this episode the “my face hurts” episode as Walt and I have […]
Padilla Black Bear
The Padilla Black Bear seems to be one of those Cigars International and Cigar.com exclusives based on the popular Padilla Series 1968 blend. While I can’t confirm its the same binder and filler as the Series 1968, the Padilla Black Bear does have the popular Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper in the ever popular 6×60 size. Typically […]
Humo Jaguar
The story behind the Humo Jaguar is a simple one. The story goes that during the Honduran Cigar Festival this blend by Nestor Placenia was judged by 200 or so judges as the best blend of the Honduran Cigar Festival which I hear bears the same name as the cigar. Fast forward to IPCPR 2011 […]
La Reloba Seleccion Sumatra
One good thing about Cigar Aficionado’s Annual Top 25 List is that it occasionally puts the spot light on a popular cigar that we may have overlooked over the years. The La Reloba Seleccion Sumatra by My Father Cigars is one such cigar we’ve overlooked. Brian reviewed the La Reloba Seleccion Habano when it was […]
WTF iTunes?
This post is long overdue. Recently we’ve received a lot of questions about how to find us in the iTunes podcast directory. Well, you can’t. Thanks to our own Walt White and his “Donkey Punch” video we were removed from the iTunes Podcast Directory because of too many complaints and the video in question was […]