With everything going on lately, there just hasn’t been the time to get a proper cigar review ready. So no tower of burn this week. In its place, I’ve compiled some thoughts and observations on the trade show and how it went. The Overall Scene Months before tickets were booked for this year’s trade show, […]
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. […]
CAO La Traviata Maduro (Pre-Release)
Brand: CAO La Traviata Vitola: Divino Ring Gauge: 50 Length: 5.00 Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro Binder: Cameroon Filler: Nicaraguan and Dominican Origin: Nicaragua MSRP: Unknown Purchased From: Samples courtesy of Jon Huber Brand At Cigarfest 2010, Mike and I spent a little time talking to Jon Huber, Director of Lifestyle Marketing for CAO International, the […]
Walt’s Week in Smoke
E by Esencia During the IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, we had the pleasure of talking to Marc Aub of Brother of the Leaf LLC. Towards the end of the interview, Marc showed off a new cigar called “E” (which comes from the E in Esencia). Marc went on to explain that this was a […]
Second Opinions: The Top Cigars of 2011
When the various annual lists of top cigars of the year are released, it’s always a contentious issue. Everyone’s palate and preferences are different, with some people loving certain cigars that others hated, and vice versa. More than any other, the list that usually elicits the most debate and controversy is the top 25 published […]
Mike’s Top Cigars of 2011
First off I have to take my hat off to Walt for coming out and telling how it is. I don’t understand the major misconception that all bloggers get showered with free items all the time. Most of my cigars are bought from my own money or have been graciously sent to me by my […]
Delaware Cigar Festival 2011
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Fifth Annual Delaware Cigar Festival. The is organized by Gary Griffith, brand owner of Emilo Cigars, and Premium Cigar Manager of the Delaware Cigars chain of stores (In excess of twenty stores in the state of Delaware). Tickets went on sale a few months ago and […]
Walt’s Week In Smoke
CAO LX2: Last year at IPCPR the trend seemed to be all about the big ring gauges. That trend seems to be going strong today, but I digress. I’m not sure if I was given an LX2 in a 60 ring gauge at the booth or in the TBOTLCH Press Kit. Either way, I finally […]
Studio Tobac “Donkey Punch” Maduro (First Impressions)
A few weeks ago Mike and I got together to do some Cigarfest 2011 Coverage. We headed up to the Poconos a day early to attend a Studio Tobac World Tour event at Atlantic Cigar. While snapping a few pictures to post on Twitter, Bryan Scholle tapped me on the shoulder and handed me a […]
Epic Cigar Fail
This weekend I did something that many would consider Epic Cigar Fail. Before spilling my guts and confessing, let me first set the stage for this story. For the past couple of weeks my wife and I have been talking about taking a two and a half hour drive to visit my grandmother. You see, […]