Cocinero Liga Especial Torpedo Cigar Review

Cocinero Liga Especial is one of Victor de la Cruz's true masterpieces. Cocinero Liga Especial is a medium-full bodied smoke bursting with complex flavors.

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Perdomo Reserve 10th Champagne Robusto Cigar Review

As the best selling Perdomo blend, Reserve 10th Anniversary is known for its consistency, flavor and quality. The smoke is superior on all fronts.

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La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte Robusto Cigar Review

The La Herencia Cubana Oscuro Fuerte is a powerhouse blend packing heat and bringing the thunder with its potent, sumptuous PA Broadleaf maduro wrapper.

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Perdomo Habano Maduro Robusto Cigar Review

Balanced and full-flavored, Perdomo Habano is the hottest blend in the Perdomo portfolio. Best of all, it comes in three choice varieties...a little something for everyone.

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Rocky Patel 1961 Torpedo Cigar Review

In commemoration of his birth year, Rocky Patel has released a new cigar called the Rocky Patel 1961, the fullest bodied cigar in the Rocky Patel line.

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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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How to Choose a Cigar

January 7, 2009

 

Since cigars have gained a resurgence in popularity, the market has been flooded. Older, more prominent family brands now share their shelf space with newer brands hoping to lure away smokers from some of the more established favorites. With so many choices it may seem daunting and yet it does not have to be. So, [...]

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