Think back to the first time that you ever held a Xikar Xi Cutter. If you were like me, you probably picked it up and asked yourself “where are the fingers holes?” Before I could experiment and mangle my cigar, I was given a demonstration by a shop owner. I would like to offer you […]
The 2011 Xikar New Product Lineup
While attending the Famous Smoke Shop Cigar Expo 2011 (Cigarnival), Mike and I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with Kurt Van Keppel of Xikar (Sponsor of our Cigar Expo Coverage). We set out to record a handful of videos with Kurt. The first was The History of Xikar. The second video, […]
Rene Castenada from Miami Cigar Co
Early on during our first day at the Famous Cigar Expo, I got to talking to Rene Castenada of Miami Cigar Company. Rene was kind enough to record some video with us and highlights some of the current releases as well as some of the new products that will be hitting stores across the country. […]
History of Xikar with Kurt Van Keppel
As Cigar Expo grew closer, we reached out and began talking to Xikar about sponsoring our coverage this year. Kurt Van Keppel was happy to do it and we got to talking about featuring Xikar in our event coverage. In the first video with Xikar, we have Kurt Van Keppel giving us a little history […]
Herf’n Heads – Featuring the Alec Bradley American Classic Blend
Last week I put together a Week in Smoke. On that post I recieved a comment from Johnnyv saying that he was a big fan of the Week in Smoke series as well as Herf’n Heads. After that little pat on the back, I fired off a message to Mike to see if we could […]
Week in Smoke – TGT Edition
Another assortment of cigars this week for Week in Smoke. Feels good to be home and get back onto a regular schedule. I always look forward to this time of year as we get closer and closer to IPCPR. Releases getting announced, samples arriving at the door…new cigars to love and hate. Any new releases […]
IPCPR 2010: The Week In Review
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, […]
Xikar HC 6×60 Series First Impressions
Hello fellow cigar smokers. This week I have something very different for you. I am going to do a short blurb on each of the Xikar HC 6×60 size cigars. I was sent one of each of these cigars right after Cigar Expo to give a try and with only having one of each, I […]
AVO Heritage (Pre-Release/First Impressions)
Origin : Wrapper : Ecuadorian special hybrid Binder : Dominican Filler : Dominican and Peruvian blend Source : Ed handed to me at Cigar Expo I have for you today a cigar by AVO that will not be out until around IPCPR. It is called Heritage. I received this cigar at Cigar Expo from Edward […]
Stogie Review Update
Time was really tight this week, so instead of a video review, I decided to do a little Stogie Review update instead. In the video below I talk a little bit about some time off I’ll be taking when the baby arrives. In addition I also talk a little bit about what we have coming […]