The La Aurora Preferidos Connecticut Broadleaf Diamond Tubes

Diamond · 5 × 54 The La Aurora Preferidos Connecticut Broadleaf Diamond Tubes is a size and blend extension of the popular Aurora Preferidos 1903 Edition brand. The use of a dark and oily Connecticut Broadleaf … Read More

Camacho

One of the newer things at the Davidoff booth was the recently released Camacho Ecuador. The cigar with the blue band and box actually came out just before the show, but it was prominently featured at the … Read More

Bubba’s Smokes

Bill Clinton has been out of office now for almost a generation (14 years) but still in the limelight of course.   He is known as someone who smokes cigars (as seen in this photo from Reuters in 1999) and where … Read More

Legendary

John Starks is a former all-star with the NBA.  Growing up in Oklahoma, he first played for Golden State then it was onto the New York Knicks and the All Star team.  Starks retired in 2002 and was the Knick’s … Read More

New from F-U

Yeah that is Fabrica Unidas, not what you were thnking. F-U is the home of the brands for Christian Eiroa  and they have been busy  showing a lot of new stuff at the past show.  Christian added some new extensions … Read More

Happy Birthday

While last year marked the 10th anniversaries of both Tatuaje and My Father cigars, this does seem to be the year of birthdays.  Manuel Quesada and his family marked 40 years in business earlier this year with the release of … Read More

Happy Oktoberfest

We have the perfect cigar to match up with your favorite Oktoberfest beers. Read More

NOLA smoking

The IPCPR has said next year’s convention will be in New Orleans.   New Orleans has been a rather friendly city for smokers, but by the time the convention rolls around, maybe not so much. City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell recently pushed … Read More

RIP Kiki

Enrique Kiki Berger passed away last week at the age of 56.  A heart attack was the cause.  Don Kiki, as he was called, got into the cigar business during the boom.  But unlike many others, he stayed … Read More

Throwback

If you are old enough to remember when Macanudos were made in Jamaica, then this year, the newest Macanudo is a true throwback.  Once Cuban tobacco became verboten, companies looked to tobaccos from other countries and Jamaica was one of … Read More

Happy 5th

As I mentioned in the IPCPR coverage, Ernesto Perez Carrillo is marking his 5th anniversary back out on his own. Ernie, as you may recall, had El Credito – the maker of La Gloria Cubana.  It was his family’s firm … Read More

Nicaragua

We all know that Nicaragua makes some great cigars. The brands there are famous…Padron, Joya de Nicaragua , Perdomo, Drew Estate, My Father among others.  While the Dominican Republic still is the leader in terms … Read More

Still Smoking in Lubbock

Last week, the Lubbock city council was supposed to vote on a new smoking ban but instead the vote was postponed indefinitely.  Not for any really good reason, but because the people in favor of the ban wanted more … Read More

Ether

The word has come to mean that pleasantly smelling anesthetic or also a solvent.  But ether is much more.  Its meanings are like the clear air in the sky beyond the upper reaches of clouds.  Astronauts flew … Read More

Nebraska still smokin for now

Back around Labor Day, I told you about how Nebraska’s cigar bars were going to have to shut down.  Seems an Omaha pool hall challenged the smoking ban and ended up getting all the exemptions removed especially for the state’s … Read More

Happy retirement (sort of) Gordon

If you subscribe to Cigar Aficionado, you may have noticed a change in the current issue. Tucked in the editor’s note is a Bon Voyage to Gordon Mott.  Gordon had been talking about cutting back for a while and he … Read More

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