Ben: This article, which I co-wrote wrote with Student of the Gun host and author, Park Markel, took on an interesting concept of pairing cigars with certain firearms. Many of us shoot for recreation, hunting, sport, etc and we also smoke our cigars on the range while doing it. Paul had the idea of what […]
Drink. Smoke. Eat.
Drink. Smoke. Eat. Not only three things that all go perfectly together but it is also the tagline for the soon to be opened, Civil Cigar Lounge. Civil Cigar Lounge is the brainchild of Matt Krimm and John Anderson (co-owners of the W.Curtis Draper empire) and is set to open to the public on January […]
Consumer Day? Why Not?
Earlier this year I wrote a post about IPCPR and the changes that had been put into place for Media Members called “If We Don’t Go…They Win”. And our complete coverage of the 2012 IPCPR show is something I’m very proud of and is one of the things that I think we did an awesome […]
Top 10 Cigars – TGT Editon (2012)
2012 was an interesting year for cigars for me. To be totally honest, most of the new releases that I smoked this year, didn’t really wow me. Most of the newer stuff I smoked this year falls into that category that I call “okay to pretty good”. Cigars that were decent but not memorable. That […]
Cigars International Superstore Coming to Hamburg, PA
A few months ago I began to hear local rumors of a new Cigars International location coming to town. The initial buzz was that the new location would be a Cigar Bar, much like their Wooden Match location in Bethlehem. I didn’t care to much for this news (Cigars and Over-Priced drinks don’t go hand […]
2012 Delaware Cigar Festival
Last Saturday, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the 2012 Delaware Cigar Festival at Delaware Park in Wilmington, DE. This is a terrific event put on each year by the Delaware Cigars chain of brick & mortar retail shops, managed by Gary Griffith from Emilio Cigars. The $125 admission fee included a large assortment […]
El Cruzado (Coming Soon)
Coming soon to a retailer near you the El Cruzado featuring a pre-embargo Cuban wrapper found in perfect condition in the back of a abandoned warehouse in Ohio. Each box comes complete with your own stache just like El Cruzado. Available in 37 sizes including the 4×90 War Pony. Thanks to Jose Flores Jr. for […]
Interview with Gary Griffith of Emilio Cigars
This past weekend, I headed back up to my old stomping grounds to visit Gary Griffith of Emilio Cigars at Cigar-ette City in Newark, Delaware. I bumped into Gary at the recent IPCPR trade show in Orlando, but he didn’t have a booth set up for Emilio this year and was busy running around placing […]
IPCPR 2012: Complete Digest
2012 was another banner year for the Stogie Review crew at the IPCPR annual convention. We brought a team of four to Orlando and smashed all our own records in terms of in-depth coverage of the show and interviews with the most interesting people in the cigar industry today. As Jerry mentioned earlier, we recorded […]
La Flor Dominicana New Releases And An Update
I was recently contacted by a representative of La Flor Dominicana, who wanted to share us the early scoop on some of the new products the company will be showing off soon at the 2012 trade show. Of course, some of this information has already made its way into the blogs and other media, but […]