Sadly, smoking a cigar has become a relatively rare event for me lately, as everything at home and work has been so busy. Having finally found an opportunity to enjoy a nice, long, relaxing smoke, I sifted through my coolidor looking for something truly top-shelf. A while back, our friend Keith Park of Prometheus sent […]
Cigar Bunching Methods at Drew Estate with Willy Herrera and Nick Melillo
A lot of people know that a cigar is composed of a wrapper, binder and filler, but not many understand how it all comes together. One of the most critical components in the cigar making processes is the bunching of the filler tobaccos to be rolled with a binder. At Drew Estate, they used what […]
Vallejuelo Cigar
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Habano Binder : Dominican Filler : Nicaraguan and Dominican Source : Gifted by Jeff O. Welcome to this week’s cigar review of the Vallejuelo Cigar in the gran toro size (6×54). This cigar is available in four different sizes and MSRP is $4.50 to $6.50 depending on size. This cigar in the […]
Perla del Mar
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder : Nicaraguan Filler : Nicaraguan Source : Gifted by local sales rep Dan Down and dirty first impressions review on the Perla del Mar (Pearl of the Sea) by J.C. Newman Cigars this week. I am smoking the M size (4.75×52) which our local sales rep, Dan, gifted me two […]
Herfin’ Heads: Drew Estate Liga Privada Unico Serie Velvet Rat
While down in Nicragua for Cigar Safari at Drew Estates, Brian and I were handed a bag of cigars which contained some rare releases and prototype blends made by Drew Estate. One of those cigars was the Drew Estate Liga Privada Unico Serie Velvet Rat. Described as a larger, smoother Dirty Rat, the Velvet Rat […]
A Tour Inside Subculture Studios at Drew Estate Cigars
Come with Brian and I as we take a tour of the Subculture Studios at Drew Estate Cigars with Jessi “Victims” Flores
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part Four)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part Three)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part Two)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]
An Afternoon with Marvin Samel (Part One)
Welcome back to another episode of Draper Dialogue. For this episode we got to spend An Afternoon with Marvin Samel of Drew Estate. Marvin has become a bit of a local fixture in the DC area, spending the good part of 2012 living in the area lobbying and walking the halls of Congress on behalf […]