601 Serie Black Robusto Cigar Review

Handmade in Nicaragua, the 601 Serie Black is a medium to full bodied blend of Nicaraguan fillers that is finished with a spicy Connecticut wrapper.

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Padilla Miami Churchill Cigar Review

Padilla Miami is a very limited production boutique blend that has received high marks from Cigar Aficionado. Ernesto Padilla is among the top ten blenders in the cigar business.

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Victor Sinclair 10th Aniversario Churchil Cigar Review

Victor Sinclair 10th Aniversario is full-bodied and full-flavored utilizing tobacco that creates robust notes of spice, which carry into a very long finish.

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Romeo y Julieta 1875 Deluxe No 2 Cigar Review

The renowned Romeo y Julieta is one of the world’s best selling brands. This Dominican version is medium bodied with a smooth and crisp aroma.

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Punch Gran Puro Pico Bonito Cigar Review

Punch Gran Puro is all-Honduran with an extra-dark, extra-bold Havana-seed wrapper developed exclusively for this cigar in the rich San Agustin Valley of Honduras.

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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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Casa Magna Robusto Colorado Robusto

January 15, 2009

 

Manuel Quesada has been making cigars since 1974 as a small operation with three rollers and Manuel running the venture. Manuel’s business manufactures some of the finest cigars in the world.: Fonseca, Cubita, Jose Benito, Casa Blanca, Licenciados, La Primera, Royal Dominicana, Ricos Dominicanos among other brands that are sold in the U.S. market.

His original [...]

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SCHIP Bill to Cap Cigar Tax at 40 Cents

January 13, 2009

 

The House Ways and Means Committee introduced the newest incarnation of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) today. The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) reported in an email that the legislation would impose a revised federal excise tax on large cigars—52.4 percent, with a maximum tax cap of 40 cents per [...]

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SCHIP Bill to Increase Cigar Tax 20,000% in March ‘09?

January 13, 2009

 

Since the time of ancient Rome, the Ides of March still resonates today as a day of infamy, due to the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. But, what will happen in March 2009 will be the death of the cigar industry. That is, if the SCHIP Bill passes in Congress.
The bill calls for [...]

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Smoking Outdoors vs Smoking Indoors

January 12, 2009

I was looking over my recent posts and noticed that there were more posts on cars than cigars. What can I say: I’m a guy and like fast cars. But, actually, it’s been cold up here in the northeast. In fact, this week may only get up into the teens. Needless to say, I haven’t [...]

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Zippo Lighter Gets a Facelift

January 8, 2009

 

After 75 years, the classic Zippo is finally getting an upgrade. The Zippo Blu Lighter is a blue flame butane torch lighter that sports a great new profile but retains the trademark flint-wheel.

The lighter boasts a new patented flint wheel ignition technology that emits a powerful butane torch flame. Targeted at cigar smokers, the Zippo [...]

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One Accessory Every Cigar Smoker Needs

January 8, 2009

 

Even with the best of cigars, one of the hazards of smoking hand rolled cigars is that occasionally you encounter one that is plugged and hard to draw, offering little option but to discard it as unsmokable. Now, however, there is a solution to this form of premium cigar roulette. Drawpoker is the answer to [...]

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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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