Gran Habano Corojo #5 Rothschild Cigar Review

The fullest bodied cigar in the entire line, Gran Habano Corojo #5 is a spicy, premium treat grown from the fertile soils in Honduras.

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Quesada Tributo Julio Cigar Review – Out of Tragedy Comes a Masterpiece

The Quesada Tributo cigar has an entirely new blend, made with a hybrid wrapper leaf grown in Ecuador that bears a resemblance to hearty, dark Ecuadoran Sumatra.

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Cigar Aficionado Top 10 Cigars of the Year 2010

After a year of puffing on some 700 new cigars, the smoke has finally settled in the Cigar Aficionado offices and they have unveiled the Top 10 cigars of 2010.

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La Flor Dominicana Ligero L-250 Cigar Review

Cigar Insider awarded La Flor Dominicana Ligero a '91' rating! due to the impeccable construction and complex flavors this cigar produces.

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Cain ‘F’ Habano Robusto Cigar Review. Believe the Hype?

The newer Cain ‘F’ cigar is a bold new Nicaraguan blend, a stout addition to the family which delivers a full-throttle array of heady, satisfying flavors.

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How To Cut and Light a Cigar

  CUTTING A CIGAR Once you have selected your cigar, you will need to cut the closed end. All Havanas have a double cap over the head end – this end goes in your mouth. If you attempt to smoke a cigar the other way around, you will find that half way through it will [...]

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ST Dupont Gatsby Luxury Cigar Lighter

  S.T. Dupont has supplied French Aristocracy, Kings, Emperors and Maharajahs with luxury items for almost a century. This distinguished company is located near the base of the French Alps where the Dupont family still resides. They are known for their trademark Chinese Lacquer finishes and this "Best Of" lighter is a stunning example. The [...]

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Saint Luis Rey Reserva Especial Churchill

  Saint Luis Rey cigars are back. Hand made in Honduras, these exquisite cigars are now once again becoming more popular. Beautifully packaged in lovely semi-boite nature boxes, Saint Luis Rey cigars achieve their renowned full flavor and aroma through a unique blend of Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Peruvian long filler tobaccos, a Nicaraguan binder and [...]

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Dec ’08 Cigar Aficionado Taste Sampling Report Card

  The Cigar Aficionado tasting panel recently rated 70 cigars in six sizes: Churchills, corona gordas, figurados, lonsdales, panetelas and robustos. Below are the top picks for each of the six sizes. TOP CHURCHILL The much anticipated La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Miami is no ordinary La Gloria cigar. Ernesto Perez-Carrillo created this brand insisting [...]

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Cigar Basics for Beginners: What You Need to Know

  In this post, we break down the most common cigar terminology you will encounter. You can consider this to be a cigar data dictionary. Composition A cigar has three parts: filler, binder and wrapper. The filler is the inner part made of tobacco leaves that are folded accordion-style by the rollers or torcedores (professional [...]

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Cigar Aficionado Top 25 Cigars of the Year 2008

  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 [...]

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Casa Magna Robusto Colorado Robusto

  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. [...]

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SCHIP Bill to Cap Cigar Tax at 40 Cents

  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 [...]

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