When March 22nd rolls around, you can be assured of two things. The first, it’s Avo Uvezian’s birthday. And the second, it’s time to visit your local retailer to pick up the next in the ongoing series of Avo’s limited edition anniversary cigars. And for a lucky few, there may be a third thing, you […]
Padron 1964 Anniversary SI-15 (Maduro)
I’d like to extend my personal gratitude to Abe “Ming” Dababneh from Smoke Inn Cigars in Florida for sending me the newest installation from his 15th Anniversary Collection. If you remember correctly the first installation was the Tatuaje Anarchy. Abe is a huge supporter of us non-traditional media folks and its awesome that he values […]
Padron 1964 Anniversary SI-15 (Natural)
I’d like to extend my personal gratitude to Abe “Ming” Dababneh from Smoke Inn Cigars in Florida for sending me the newest installation from his 15th Anniversary Collection. If you remember correctly the first installation was the Tatuaje Anarchy. Abe is a huge supporter of us non-traditional media folks and its awesome that he values […]
How I Spent My Time in the DR
Many of you know that I traveled with Brian Hewitt and many other bloggers to visit the La Aurora Factory in the Dominican Republic. Great trip and I’m still going through the footage, sound bites and pictures that I captured. While the factory tour, cigar tastings and dinners were all phenomenal, the below video was […]
AVO 85th Anniversary Dinner Recap
This past Friday my good friend at W.Curtis Draper invited me and my camera to their new Bethesda location to an evening with Avo Uvezian to celebrate his 85th birthday. While Avo’s birthday was really March 22nd he’s spent his birthday month traveling and celebrating his birthday with many brothers and sisters of the leaf. […]
Cigar.com Brazilian Label
Wrapper : Brazilian Maduro Binder : I will let you guess Filler : Nicaraguan Source : cigar.com with my own money I am starting off another series review for your enjoyment. This time it is going to be the Cigar.com house blends. All of these will be in the robusto size (5 x 50). Sixth […]
La Floridita Gold
For the past couple of years I have been on some sort of blogger marketing list for Famous Smoke Shop. Every once in a while I receive a surprise package with a couple Famous exclusive cigars. This time around my package contained a five pack of La Floridita Gold. Up until the package arrived, I […]
Partagas 150 – First Impressions
Wrapper : 34 year old Cameroon Binder : Mexican Filler : Dominican and Mexican Source : Gifted to me by Rob Griff Today I have something very special for you in this cigar is well out of my comfort zone price wise to be bought except very rarely. That cigar is the Partagas 150. I […]
Monte Pascoal Robusto
Up for review this week is a cigar I’ve been trying to get to all month, but an early and intense pollen season coupled with travel kept delaying it. (With any luck you’ll be reading this before April.) Though in truth, my interest in the Monte Pascoal extends all the way back to last years […]
La Aurora 100 Anos – Toro
Last night I stepped into my office, debating on what to review for today. I had been drawing a blank all day and wasn’t sure what route to take. I thought the best thing to do was to open up my humidor and see if anything called out to me. This was not the case […]