In a move that was not unexpected, Gary Hyams formerly Chairman of CAO Cigars is leaving General Cigars. This move comes just a little over four years he was named to this position. With the departures of President Tim Ozgener and Lifestyle Marketing Director, Jon Huber over the past three months, this has was not […]
For a while I’ve been intrigued with sampling the Paul Garmirian line. Paul Garmirian is a Indie cigar line that tends to fall into the more expensive category when it comes to cigars. At the same time, I have not had a lot of success locating this line of cigars in Charlotte, North Carolina. Upon […]
As mentioned earlier this month, the Avo LE 11 is in the works. I’m going to direct folks to Barry at “A Cigar Smoker’s Journal” as he has a lot of great information on this cigar. As expected, this cigar will be released March 22nd – Avo Uvezian’s 85th birthday. To not steal any thunder, […]
I wanted to think of something special to put up for Post #200 on Cigar Coop. My inspiration for this came from Post #199 – when I discussed how cigar enthusiasts have to deal with substandard conditions on where they can enjoy a cigar. In that post, there was some deliberate wording when I was […]
Recently, I attended one of those “timeshare” tours where I was given a very hard push of a sales pitch to invest in a timeshare vacation property. The end result was that someone was looking at trying to pry $35,000.00 of my hard earned money for the right to enjoy a vacation at one of […]
One reason why I have opted for a “Pre-Review” as opposed to a full review is because there are times I am missing information to do a detailed assessment. My detailed assessments include I liked the cigar or not, but it also includes information about the blend and the vitolas available for the cigar. The […]
Not the best lighting – the Vegas Cubanas When the name Don Pepin Garcia is mentioned, two things often come to mind. The first is “peppery” and the second is “Nicaraguan” tobacco. I would say this is very accurate as this has become his signature for many of the cigars he is involved with blending. […]
The name Manuel Quesada is well-known to the cigar community. And when you’ve met him, you know about the passion that he brings to the table. In the past couple of years, Quesada has been associated with the highly successful Quesada and Casa Magna brands, but it was the Fonseca line where Quesada had his […]
This is some dated news that was reported in Cigar Aficionado, but still noteworthy to mention. A fire occurred this past December 23rd at the Camacho Cigars’ warehouse in Danli, Honduras. While nobody was hurt in the fire, it did destroy quite a bit of Connecticut-seed Ecuadorian tobacco. This tobacco is used to as wrappers […]
The following is an article published by Cigar Rights of America Executive Director Glynn Loope. It documents the “State of Cigar Rights” currently in the United States. The article references battles against the Pleasure Police on taxation and smoking rights. This should be required reading by any Tobacco Enthusiast. Click here for the Article. As […]
Last year was a terrific year for the Torano Family Cigar Company. Not only did Torano to take back control of its own distribution, but they also released three new cigars in 2010. The one cigar that most excited me was the Master by Carlos Torano. This cigar rated #17 on my Top 30 Cigars of […]
El Primer Mundo Connecticut A few months ago, I was blown away by AJ Fernandez’s San Lotano Connecticut cigar. I ended up ranking this cigar #8 for 2010. This cigar proved to me that a Connecticut Shade wrapper can be something special. I’ve now found a second cigar to join this club – the El […]
