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Manufacturer Spotlight – Altadis

Posted in Other, tagged on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Altadis – one of the two cigar giants in the industry.  Formerly Consolidated Cigar Co., Altadis stands for Allied Tobacco Distribution.  Altadis’ most notable accomplishment is its acquisition of a 50% share of Habanos, S.A. Altadis also recently purchased JR from Lew Rothman and now has a huge retail base for easier distribution and wholesale.  As a result [...]

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Fuente Charity Auction Raises Big Bucks on Rare Cigars

Posted in Cigar News & Notes, tagged on August 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

From the recent Cigar Family Press Release: Rare Cigar Charity Auction Raises $75,852 for CFCF      The recent Cigar Family Charitable Foundation Online Charity Auction in celebration of “8-5-8″ day exceeded expectations by raising over $75,000.  Fellow cigar makers, including Jorge Padron and Litto Gomez, joined the Fuente and Newman families in donating unique and [...]

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Cuest-Rey Cabinet Selection No. 1884

Posted in Arturo Fuente, Cigar Reviews, tagged , on August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Size:  6 3/4″ x 44 Vitola: Lonsdale Wrapper:  Connecticut Broadleaf Origin: Dominican Republic From the Vault:  This has at least five years on it, but I’m not sure of the date because this was before I labeled my cigars. These cigars, made by the Fuentes for the JC Newman Co, are traditionally very mild.  Take [...]

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Dona Flor Reserva Especial Torpedo (JUL 08)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Other, tagged , on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  6 1/2″ x 52 Vitola: Torpedo Wrapper:  Brazilian Mata Fina Origin: Brazil I did not get this from Empire Cigars, I picked it up while I was at the beach this summer.  The Dona Flors are not pretty to look at.  Most Brazilian wrappers are kinda ugly.  It’s dark brown with lots of bumpy [...]

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Camacho Havana Nacionales (AUG 06)

Posted in Camacho, Cigar Reviews, tagged , on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  5 1/2″ x 44 Vitola: Corona Wrapper:  Honduran Habano-seed Origin: Honduras From the Vault: Pretty sure I got this from Empire Cigars, then Capital City Cigars, it’s been aging as I really don’t like this line… but maybe with some time resting. I always have to punch these, because if I cut it, I [...]

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Fonseca Sun Grown Cedar No. 1 (OCT 02)

Posted in Cigar Reviews, Other Brands, tagged on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  6 1/2″ x 44 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper:  Sun Grown Connecticut Origin: Dominican Republic From the Vault:  Not sure if I got this from, but it’s been in the humi for a while. This is an odd looking cigar, I think it was wrapped in cedar for a good reason.  Let me take it back, [...]

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Tatuaje News! Pete Johnson gets Freaky!

Posted in Cigar News & Notes, New Releases, tagged , , , on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

From Tatuaje’s website: Tatuaje Monster Series releasing October 31st in 13 locations. First size will be ‘The Frank’ – a Double Corona box press. 666 boxes will be created. Thirteen of the top 100 retailers will be selected via a lottery to receive an allotment of 50 boxes each. Cabaiguan Maduro will be going to [...]

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Miami Cigar is getting busier!

Posted in Cigar News & Notes, tagged , , on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Miami Cigar, distributor of La Aurora brands as well as Don Lino has just added a lot to their sales portfolio. Not only will they be distributing tha Bahia brand for Tony Borhani, but they will now be taking over the sales and distribution side of the Felipe Gregorio line for founder Phillip Wynne. See article [...]

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Ashton Classic Robusto (JUL 08)

Posted in Ashton, Cigar Reviews, tagged on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Size:  5″ x 50 Vitola: Robusto Wrapper:  Connecticut Shade Origin: Dominican Republic Derek from Empire Cigars has been giving me a hard time about giving one of his favorite cigars, the Ashton Classic, another chance.  I had told him and others that I always preferred AVOs to Ashtons because I felt that the Ashtons were [...]

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Cigar Wrappers A-Z – Sumatra

Posted in Other, tagged on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Sumatra – this is where it gets complicated for me.  Sumatra is a sub-species of “Black Tobacco”, the tobacco used in cigars (see my post on this here).  But there are several different types of wrapper leaf grown in Indonesia/Java/Sumatra and depending on manufacturer, the description “Sumatra” may mean a Sumatra leaf or it may [...]

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