My trip to the Dominican Republic began with a detour in Miami. Instead of flying into MIA in time catch the flight down to the Dominican Republic, I hopped on an earlier flight and hung out with Jason Woods of Miami Cigar Company (our chaperon for the trip) and the other earlier arrivals in the […]
La Aurora 1495 – Brazil (Blind Tasting)
Several weeks ago I was sitting in Sir Stogies, shooting the breeze. A variety of topics were discussed, one of which was potentially holding another blind tasting. My first blind tasting held at this shop turned out well and all in attendance seemed to enjoy themselves, so I grabbed my phone and looked for an […]
Cigar.com Blue Label
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder : I will let you guess Filler : Dominican and Central American 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 […]
Oliva Serie V No 4 (Liga Especial)
Last week I was going through my usual routine of hanging out at Kensington Tobacconist and enjoying a cigar. About fifteen minutes before I was going to head out the door, Dave Wagner, VP of Sales at Oliva, walked through the door. We got to talking and I wound up spending another couple of hours […]
Cain Daytona
Up for review today is another cigar that can be found in the Studio Tobac Tour Sampler (Cain F Lancero, Cain FF, Nub San Andreas Maduro, Cain Daytona, and ST/DS-001), in the Cain Daytona. Like previos cigars in this series of reviews, I recieved these sticks as a member of the Studio Tobac Advisroy Board. […]
Prometheus Retro Lighter
Back in August, Brian, Jerry, and I were fortunate enough to attend IPCPR. While doing press coverage, we stopped over at the Prometheus Booth and were given a product tour by Keith Park. Like years past, the booth was a beautiful display of accessories and cigars, many of which I would have loved to take […]
Man O’War Puro Authentico
Cigar.com Sun Grown Label
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sumatra 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). Third […]
Week in Smoke – TGT Edition (Video)
I was going to just embed the video in the original post but I hate scrolling and I’m sure you do too. I received two requests to do this so lets see how it goes. I can’t promise that I’ll do this with each and every episode of Week in Smoke but it was fun […]
Week In Smoke – TGT Edition
Been a busy couple weeks. Two really great events in Maryland where I got to interview Ernesto Perez Carrillo at Davidus Cigars (Gaithersburg) and my yearly interview with Pete Johnson at W.Curtis Draper. Lots of smoking at both events. Then to top it off, I’m back in Atlanta and got to spend time with Brian […]