Posts Categorized: Miscellaneous

Smoking fine cigars can get expensive, but I don’t recommend scheming for monetary compensation.  This cigar-smoking lawyer thought he had worked out the perfect crime, but ultimately paid a price far beyond the cost of his cigars.  Here’s the story: Place: Charlotte, North Carolina. “A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then… Read More

The pre-release Punisher has made its debut in a ten cigar sampler from Cigar.com.  It is still in development and unavailable for box/single purchase.  If you missed the Sneek Peek of The Punisher, it is a cigar with what appears to be a chili infused wrapper.  The review is here.

Cigars in themselves are works of art.  Handmade by artisans, even non-smokers can appreciate the physical beauty of a fine cigar.  Additionally the beauty of a cigar is usually enhanced by artistic packaging that completes its beautiful presentation.  So beautiful are cigar bands and labels that they have, throughout the twentieth century, become useful elements… Read More

The late, great Frank Zappa once said that everyone wears a uniform.  This makes a lot of sense.  The clothes we choose to wear will show the world much about ourselves.  The same can be said about a business.  All business owners put their imprint on every aspect of their establishment.  Take for example our… Read More

Located in Esteli, Nicaragua, this factory named “Tobacco Home” is more like a compound of open air buildings than a traditional factory.   Here, cigar boxes are fashioned from whole logs and delivered to various cigar companies throughout the area.  Totalmente a mano!

Brand: Coronado by La Flor (Dominicana) Vitola: Double Corona Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano (Jalapa) Box date: 2007 Blender: Litto Gomez Strength: Medium – Full Okay, I admit it…I pay attention to the Cigar Aficionado ratings.  It’s good information about good cigars and when a stick makes it to the top ten in a year’s best list, my interest is piqued even… Read More

Follow the process of cigar making at the Tabacalera Fernandez cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua.  As many as 500 loving hands touch the supple tobacco leaves in a process that dates back hundreds of years.  Sit back, lite a fine cigar, and enjoy the rich experience of cigar making.  Photos taken October, 2010.

People are creatures of habit. Some less so than others but we all tend to stay with what works.  Cigar smokers are a particularly loyal bunch, clinging to our favorite brands like cigar ash to a black dinner jacket. Some go so far as to prefer not only select brands, but vitolas as well.  This… Read More

While at the Cain F NUB Road Show, I was fortunate enough to get my hands (and lips) on a Cain F NUB.  And it was not quite what I had expected.  Sure, it was fat and stubby, but the tobacco was so smooth that, to me, it didn’t even taste strong.  Unlike the original… Read More