In the latest installment of Your Questions, My Answers, I was once again joined by Mike as we tackle a few more reader submitted questions. Just like the last time Mike and I got together, we managed to overstep our twenty-minute pre-determined time constraint and run for about thirty-eight minutes. Both questions were selected from […]
Andros – Toro
Origin : Dominican Republic Wrapper : U.S. Connecticut Binder : Dominican Republic Filler : Dominican Republic Source : Famous Smoke Shop Exlcusive I am bringing you a Famous Smoke Shop exclusive cigar today in the Andros toro. This cigar is made in 5 sizes, Churchill (7.50 x 50), Corona (5.50 x 46), lonsdale (6.75 x […]
Viaje Reserva Platino (First Impressions)
A good friend of mine does plenty of traveling for business. In his travels, he has hooked up a friend of his with me for a review I’ve done in the past. This friend of his is Hal Rubin of Empire Cigars. If you recall, I reviewed his house cigar, the La Flor Dominicana Cheroot, […]
Thoughts on the new Camacho LegendArio Connecticut
Sometime last month I was hanging out at Kensington Tobacconist chatting it up with the owner. After a little while he began separating his latest Camacho Cigars shipment to be loaded into the humidor as we continued to talk. Somewhere along the way he handed me a sales brochure that was included in the box […]
Thompson Cigar Black Label Robusto
Origin : Philippines Wrapper : Unknown Binder : Unknown Filler : Unknown Source : Thompson Cigar Exclusive Today I have a super cheap smoke review for your viewing and reading pleasure, the Thompson Black Label Robusto Natural. These are an exclusive cigar for Thompson Cigar and therefore I can not find much information about them […]
Berger & Argenti Clasico Belicoso
This week I’m back once again with a review of another product created by team Berger and Argenti, the recently released Clasico. Ordinarily I cook up some clever back story to introduce the cigar at this point, but when I checked my mental refrigerator, I found that I was didn’t have the ingredients to do […]
Perdomo Announcement – Lowering More Prices
I figured this deserved a front page post, even though you probably already heard about it. This is from the Perdomo Cigars Bulletin Board…. Friends, I promised you a major announcement and here is the first of several that are forthcoming: Below is a letter which officially announces what I have decided to do that […]
Press Release: Alec Bradley Family Blend Expanding
With today being a bit slow here at Stogie Review as a result of the long holiday weekend, I thought I’d share with you something hot off the presses. Less than a half hour ago I received an email from Alec Bradley Cigars with their latest press release. It seems there is some news on […]
Pairing Wine and Cigars: An Intermediate Guide
It is a well known fact that most cigar smokers enjoy a smoke with some form of beverage. The most common are beer (Pairings 101: Cigars and Beer), spirits (Pairings 101: Cigars and Spirits), and coffee (Pairings Coffee and Cigars: Science or Serendipity?). It seems that, for some reason, cigar enthusiasts do not think of […]
Pinar del Rio Clasico Exclusivo – Lancero – Short Ashes
About a month ago I received a nice package from Tony Casas that included 3 of these Pinar Del Rio Clasico Exclusivo Lancero’s so I figured why not do a short ashes for your viewing pleasure. Walt did a full review of this exact same cigar on May 29th, 2009. I will refer you back […]