This weekend I’m bringing you something a little different. It is a review, but not of a cigar. Instead it’s a review of a movie about cigars. And probably one you haven’t come across before. (Unless you spent a lot of time at film festivals in the past year or so.) It’s called Los Tabaqueros: […]
Birth of a Rolling Table: Part 3
This is th conclusion of the Birth of a Rolling Table Series, which includes Part 1 and Part 2 As my father and I neared completion of the latest Rolling Table, we had to decide on how to present it to Sam. We anticipated that the table would be completed by May 1, which coincidentally […]
Birth of a Rolling Table: Part 2
Continuation of Birth of a Rolling Table: Part 1 At some point while working on the rolling table, I had a discussion with Dave that Sam might need a second table. The idea was that just in case the original table got lost in transit or broken during transport, a second table was waiting in […]
Birth of a Rolling Table: Part 1
In early March of this year I made plans to head out to a local cigar shop and have a cigar with a friend. After arriving at the shop and getting about half way into a cigar, we began to talk about the new line of Nub Cigars by Sam Leccia. This friend of mine, […]
Contest: Win a Xikar Prize Pack
For the month of May, we will be running an easy contest to give away a Xikar Prize Pack.Courtesy of Xikar To enter, simply place your email address in the box below. Once entered, you will receive email updates on new posts that appear here on Stogie Review. One random winner will be selected from […]
Contest Winner for the Month of April
Last month we announced a contest to win a box of Jameson Petit Corona Cigars courtesy of Jameson Cigar Company. To win all you had to do was leave a comment on contest announcement at the Stogie Review Hefspace page.
NACSF Guide For Cigar Store Freeloaders Review
A couple of weeks ago I was smoking my way through a local cigar shop grand opening event when I bumped into a fellow named Dave. Dave, it turns out, is the former cigar shop owner and is now the author of a blog called Havana Bananas, which, as the website states, covers the topics […]
Hollywood vs. The Cigar Industry
This is not about Hollywood attacking the cigar industry, as the title may imply. It probably should be. There undoubtedly is a strong, anti-cigar bias in movies. To quote the Editor’s Note in the latest edition of Cigar Press magazine: Pop culture is largely responsible for defining and creating a negative image of the quintessential […]
Contest: Win a box of Jameson Petit Corona Cigars
For the month of April, we will be running an easy contest to give away a box of Jameson Cigar Company Petit Corona.
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars Book Review
Wow, that’s a heck of a headline, isn’t it? It’s kind of appropriate, because I’m taking a look at a heck of a book this Saturday. Min Ron Nee’s An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Post-Revolution Havana Cigars is commonly referred to as “the Bible of Cuban Cigars.” Judging by the size of the book, I can […]