Nat Sherman Timeless – Unbanded sample (Churchill Vitola) For those who are from or lived in New York City, Nat Sherman is a legendary tobacconist located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. In addition to being a retail store, Nat Sherman carries their own lines of cigars. One of the newest cigars to be released […]
The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has now reached the Fab Five. Today’s Epic Encounter comes from one of the brand of one of the legendary figures in the cigar business – Avo Uvezian. It is the follow-up to what was my 2010 Cigar of the Year. Coming in at #5 is the Avo […]
#6 Casa Miranda Chapter One by Miami Cigars The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown is now in the home stretch. It is now time for the Super Six. Today’s epic encounter comes from Miami Cigars – who places their second cigar on the Top 30 countdown. This is a cigar that was made at […]
#7 Room 101 Namakubi The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has reached the Select Seven. The best of the best are rising to the top of the list. At #10, we had a breakthrough cigar from Room 101 Cigars with the Room 101 Connecticut. Now we come to a second entry in the top […]
The Orange Bowl has abandoned plans to go forward with a sponsorship deal with Camacho Cigars beginning this year. Apparently this was as a result of pressure from U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (IL), Frank Lautenberg (NJ) and Richard Blumenthal (CT). All apprently made a plea to the NCAA and the Orange Bowl stating that tobacco […]
E.P. Elencos Maduro Last year, E.P. Carrillo released a limited run cigar called the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2010. This cigar was actually ranked #8 on Cigar Aficionado’s Top 10 list for 2010. This cigar quickly became a favorite among cigar enthusiasts. Therefore, it was great news when E.P. Carrillo announced they were moving this […]
#8 E.P. Carrillo Core Line Maduro We have now entered the Elite Eight for the 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown. For this Epic Encounter, we have a second entry by E.P. Carrillo Cigars. E.P. Carrillo has had a busy year launching five new cigar lines. This cigar was one of the year’s highlights. Coming […]
Liga Privada Unico Serie Feral Flying Pig For the past three years, Drew Estate has released a special vitola in its popular Liga Privada series that has been called the “Flying Pig”. The first was the Liga Privada No. 9 Flying Pig, and that was followed up last year by the Liga Privada T52 Flying […]
#9 Emilio Grimalkin It is now time for what I term the “Noble Nine” in the 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown. These cigars are now getting into the territory where these are the best of the best as far as Epic Encounters go. For this Epic Encounter, we go back to indie cigar maker […]
Kristoff Kristania The cigar marketplace today is loaded with so many good choices. As a result, there always is a backlog of cigars to assess. Along the way, there have been some good cigar companies that have not made it on to this web-site. Once such web-site is Kristoff Cigars. I’ve smoked many cigars from […]
#10 Room 101 Connecticut The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown has now reached the Top Ten. As we begin the top ten, this cigar brings us to what I consider to be one of the standout Ecuadorian Connecticut Cigars of 2011. It also is what I would consider a break-thru cigar for Matt Booth […]
Viaje Fifty Fifty Red Earlier this month, I did an assessment of the Viaje Fifty Fifty Black, so I figured it was time to assess the other blend in the Fifty Fifty series – the Viaje Fifty Fifty Red. The Viaje Fifty Fifty series is intended to be somewhat of a unique cigar experience. The concept […]
