Welcome to the new Stogie Voice (formerly known as The Stogie Sampler). Thanks to everyone who chimed in various ways with various name suggestions for this new audio only feature. Walt reviewed the Bolivar (Dominican) back in June and since I had one of these sitting in my humidor for the last three months, I […]
Marylanders Debate Tobacco Tax Increase
So a local story from here in MD…the video focuses on the additional $1 (making it a total of $2) tax per pack for cigerettes, the tax would also affect cigars too adding an additional 25% in taxes to cigars. The video points out that a tax increase will force people to quit smoking and […]
Don Pepin Garcia Serie JJ Maduro
Switching it up a bit. One of the requests we received awhile back when I asked how we could make The Stogie Review better was to offer quick, concise, picture and audio only reviews. I guess some folks think I don’t have a TV friendly face…in our ever growing attempt to give you (our readers, […]
Belmont CA Passes Nations Toughest Smoking Ban
This is by way of and mash’d from CigarJack.net (if you’re not subscribed to Cigar Jack you’re missing out):
How much is too much?
Walt needs some rest after tackling YQMA solo (Thanks Walt!). To give Walt a breather I thought I’d post this little video (pardon the little ad at the start of the video) I found about the world’s priciest cigar. I know, old news to most but this begs some questions; How much is too much […]
Camacho Liberty 2006
I’m often asked how I feel about others who are doing video cigar reviews. I support any and all cigar related digital media where the reviewer is honest about the review and not promoting a cigar to get into good favor with “the man”.
Makers of cigars fear bill’s burn
Living The American Dream
So I’m going thru and catching up on a lot of the e-mails I received while I was MIA. One of the e-mails (I originally thought it was spam) was for this news service for blogs called TheNewsRoom. My man Jayson over there is a fan of The Stogie Review and thought we could find […]
Hoyo de Monterrey Sambrosa
Upon request, the review this week is the Hoyo de Monterrey Sambrosa EMS. This stick weighs in at 5 inches long with a 40 ring gauge and is priced under $30.00 per box of 25. The cigar is made up of an Ecuadorian Sumatra Wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf Binder, and Fillers from Nicaragua, Honduras, and the […]
CAO Vision
A few weeks ago after Jerry and I joined Cigar Live, Daniel (the forum owner), decided to hold a group tasting panel and include us. The cigar for the panel was the CAO Vision. For our second attempt at a joint review we decided to fire up the Vision and see what it provided.