A couple of weeks before Cigarfest, I was talking with a long-time viewer of Stogie Review through Facebook. Jason and I talked about getting together for a cigar before things got hectic over the course of the weekend. On Friday, Mike and I met up with Jason, before getting started with the festivities, and headed […]
La Aurora 107 – robusto
Origin : Dominican Republic Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sun Grown Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic and Nicaraguan Source : either CigarFest or free one on April 30th deal Today, for you viewing pleasure, I have for you the La Aurora 107 robusto. This cigar is made to celebrate the 107 years of La […]
Zino Platinum Scepter Master Edition 2010 – First Impressions
Origin : Dominican Republic Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sungrown Criollo Binder : Connecticut Broadleaf Filler : Dominican Republic, Peruvian, Nicaraguan, Honduran Source : handed to me at CigarFest 2010 (1 2 3 4) Welcome to another adventure into the world of smoking cigars, with your host, Mike, taking on the Zino Platinum Scepter Master Edition 2010. […]
Arganese Uno Puro
Origin : Dominican Republic Wrapper : Dominican Republic Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic Source : Cigar.com Today’s smoke is the Arganese Uno Puro. As the name suggests, it is a pure Dominican Republic cigar. This cigar is said to be slightly infused with cognac and most places online i find it, it […]
Liga Privada T52 by Drew Estate
I’m asked from time to time what I, Don “Cruz”ado a.k.a. The Great Torpedo, thinks about a particular cigar and when asked about the Liga Privada T52 by Drew Estate I would tell them that I wasn’t a fan of them. Historically, the Liga Privada T52 always seemed inconsistent. It was always one thing after […]
La Aurora 100 Anos robusto – First Impressions
Origin : Dominican Republic Wrapper : Dominican Corojo Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Corojo and Piloto Cubano Source : gifted from barbalet Here we are again my faithful minions. I will not go into detail in this section like I did in the video about numbers, sizes, etc, so if you are curious, […]
A Passion for Puro d’Oro
I’m sure by now most of you have heard of the new Puro d’Oro offering from the folks at Davidoff. Last night I was fortunate enough to be invited by Mike Copperman to cover a Puro d’Oro launch event at his shop, Bethesda Tobacco (a CRA Great American Cigar Shop), in Bethesda MD. I’ll let […]
La Flor Dominicana Air Bender (Guest Review)
The following is a message from Tom Hello Stogie Review! As always, Ed and I offer you our monthly guest review for the month of April. A month or two ago, Ed was given some samples of the Air Bender by La Flor Dominicana. He smoked one immediately and wasn’t impressed at all. Then I […]
CAO Gold Perfecto
Origin : Nicaragua Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade seed Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Sent from a BOTL Today I have for you a review that I am shocked has not been done yet in any vitola, the CAO Gold perfecto. This cigar has been around since 1996 and they introduced a […]
Gran Habano Azteca – Second Blend (Short Ashes)
Back in February, I reviewed a pre-release sample of the new Gran Habano Azteca. In that review I made mention that I was fortunate enough to receive a few samples from Gran Habano as part of a tasting panel. To my surprise, I received a few more samples just a few weeks later. I was […]