Last week, Jerry and I were discussing my current commute cigar dilemma. In the morning, when I leave my house before 5:00am, my ride to work takes roughly 35 minutes. No matter what I seem to select as a commute cigar, I always wind up throwing away a portion of it. First I tried a […]
Re+United by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo & Michael Giannini
Today I bring you something a little different than my usual Week in Smoke. Since around this time every year I usually spend a lot of time in front of a camera, I thought I’d try my hand at video cigar review. And I picked a cigar that I’ve been meaning to review for a […]
Senorial Corona Gorda No. 5
Jose Blanco, formerly of La Aurora and Joya de Nicaragua, has brought out his own cigar called Senorial. This cigar is the first from his new cigar company, Las Cumbres Tabaco, and was released in June 2014. Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Esteli, Nicaragua Filler: Dominican Piloto Cubano and Dominican Corojo This cigar was extremely well made and the […]
BG Meyer Standard Issue
Wrapper : Nicaraguan Habano Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Bought at Tobacco Company in Lemoyne Welcome to this weeks cigar review of the BG Meyer Standard Issue. I found this at a (kind of) local shop and figured I would give it a shot. This cigar is available in five sizes, Robusto […]
Casa Miranda Chapter Two by Nestor Miranda
Last week I set aside a little time to get out to Sir Stogies for a Miami Cigar Event. It has been a while since I’ve attended an event and I thought it would be a great opportunity to meet up with my local rep, Chris Lenzo, and get caught up on what I’ve missed […]
Punch Rare Corojo
Before we get into the review, I want to point out that this video is slightly dated. A couple of weeks ago I was preparing to move to my new home. Not wanting to miss a week, I recorded a review of the Punch Rare Corojo the night before my big move. On the day […]
CLE Eiroa CBT Maduro Prensado
CLE Cigars is releasing a maduro version of their successful Eiroa line called the Eiroa CBT Maduro. They are being released at the 2014 IPCPR show and feature a capa (wrapper), banda (binder) and tripa (filler) (CBT) all composed of maduro tobacco. They haven’t let anyone in on what type of tobacco they use, just […]
Luchador
Wrapper : San Andres Binder : Ecuadorian Habano Filler : Pennsylvania Ligero, Honduran Ligero, Nicaraguan and Ometepe Source : Bought at Tobacco Company in Lemoyne Welcome to a normal review this week of the Luchador by Sam Leccia. This cigar is available in five sizes, El Hombre (5×54), El Castigo (6×60), El Guapo (6×50) and […]
La Palina Goldie Laguito Especial
La Palina Goldie Laguito Especial was released earlier this year as the third vitola in the Goldie line following the No. 2 and the No. 5. The Goldie line is a tribute to women in the cigar industry and named after Goldie Paley, Sam Paley’s wife, the founder of La Palina Cigars in 1896. Rolled […]
CAO America Anthem – revisit
This week i take a look at the CAO America Anthem once again. I got a hold of a few of these and am going to try and keep them to smoke one or two a year and I figured it was July 4th, so I might as well light one up and chat at […]