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Cigar Insider Best Buys of 2009

February 11, 2010
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For the third consecutive year, Cigar Insider has dropped the number of Best Buys. They named 30 Best Buys in 2007, nine in 2008 and only eight this year. The dearth of bargains was disap­pointing, but we were pleased to find something we nor­mally aren’t accustomed to seeing—a Best Buy from Cuba. The Hoyo de [...]

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Top 10 Budget-Friendly, 90-Plus Rated Bargain Cigars of 2008

February 25, 2009

 

For those who wish to save a few dollars without sacrificing quality in their premium cigars, this list is an invaluable guide.
A bargain is defined as a cigar that costs no more than $5.00, but scored no less than 88 points, which registers as “very good” to “excellent” according to Cigar Aficionado.
Given the economy, this [...]

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Top 10 Most Desirable Women of 2009

January 29, 2009

 

Below are the Top 10 Most Desirable Women for 2009 compiled by AskMen.com. Readers and staff ranked the famous females deemed to be the year’s most alluring.
Readers are asked to look beyond sex appeal and beauty to pick women who have the characteristics they value in a potential companion, like intelligence, humor, charisma, and [...]

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Cigar Aficionado Top 25 Cigars of the Year 2008

January 15, 2009

 

Time to ring in the new year of 2009 with the latest “Top 25 Cigars of the Year 2008″ from Cigar Aficionado. The expert tasters at Cigar Aficionado have published their picks for the annual Top 25 list.

 
1
Casa Magna Colorado Robusto
Nicaragua
93

 
2
Padron Serie 1926 80 Years Maduro
Nicaragua
96

 
3
Litto Gomez Diez 2008 Chisel Puro
Dominican Republic
93

 
4
La Aroma de Cuba [...]

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Cigar Insider Best Cigars of 2008

January 7, 2009

The Cigar Insider tasting panel rated 242 cigars in 2008, and found many to be of exceptionally fine quality. Seventy-seven of the cigars we rated (31.8 percent) scored 90 points or higher, “outstanding” on our 100-point scale, up slightly from 2007, when 30.5 percent of the cigars scored in the 90s. Ten cigars scored 93 [...]

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