Could not help but post a couple of pictures of the La Palina Cigars. This stick is “The Babe”. What a work of art!!! The Babe contains a beautiful Costa Rican Wrapper. I put some details up on the La Palina line when I reviewed the Alison (that one contains an Ecuadorian wrapper) That is […]
Yellow Alert: Pleasure Police in Santa Clara, CA, please sign petition…
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments CRA, Pleasure Police, Yellow Alert
Your rights are being threatened big time in Santa Clara, California. I’ve pulled this from the Cigar Rights of America web-site: The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has advanced a proposal (advocated by Board President Ken Yeager) that would ban smoking in all apartments, condominiums, townhouses, and common areas within such housing. It would […]
Cigar Review: La Palina Alison
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments La Palina, Memorable, Review
La Palina Alison (Sorry for bad lighting) The race for Cigar of the Year just got that much tighter. No doubt, 2010 has been a highly competitive year for cigars. And just when I thought things were settling down, along comes La Palina to throw a monkey-wrench into things. I happened to stumble on this […]
Cigar Review: Nording by Rocky Patel
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments Review, Rocky Patel, See What You Think
Erik Nording is one of the legendary pipe crafters in the world today. Simply put his pipes are works of art. Therefore, when Rocky Patel decided to blend a cigar to honor Nording, it caught my attention. The result is the appropriately named – the Rocky Patel Nording. While I have great respect for the […]
Yellow Alert: Bismarck, North Dakota Petition to Overturn Proposed Tobacco Ban Gains Momentum
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments Pleasure Police, Yellow Alert
There has certainly been a hot bed of activity with the Pleasure Police in North Dakota. Earlier, this month the city of Minot, North Dakota rejected a Tobacco Ban that would have had a catastrophic impact on local businesses. Now the city of Bismarck, North Dakota has their own battle with the Pleasure Police. Bismarck […]
Cigar Pre-Review: Elogio LSV Robusto
William Cooper Pre-Review, Uncategorized No Comments Elogio, Indie, Pre-Review
Prior to go to IPCPR 2010, our team had a series of prep meetings on how we were going to attack the trade show. One task was to really look for the Indie Cigars that would stand out and have something special. As part of his prep work, my friend Stace had done some research […]
Cigar Event Review: Don Pepin Garcia at Outland Cigars, Charlotte NC
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments Cigar-ebrity, Don Pepin, Events, My Father, Places
Cigar Coop with “The Master”, Don Pepin Garcia As I’ve mentioned several times here, the Cigar industry follows a “Donald Trump” brand model. With Trump’s company, Trump is the face of the company – and the brand of his company. Many know icons such as: Jonathan Drew, Litto Gomez, Sam Leccia, Matt Booth, Christian Eiroa, […]
Cigar Review: La Gloria Cubana Artesanos De Tabaqueros
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments General, La Gloria Cubana, Memorable, Review
During the 2010 IPCPR, it was my opinion that General Cigars had the best year in terms of new product releases. One of the most exciting things General was doing was investing in building their existing brands. One of the brands that General was clearly focused on building as La Gloria Cubana. La Gloria Cubana […]
Cigar Place Review: Old Virginia Tobacco Company – Richmond VA
William Cooper Uncategorized No Comments CAO, Places
Today’s Cigar Store and lounge takes me to Old Virginia Tobacco Company – located in the Carytown district of Richmond, Virginia. Old Virginia Tobacco company has been in business for 30 years. They have seven stores located in Virginia. Six of the stores are located in the Northern Virginia area just outside of Washington DC. […]
Cigar Review: CAO La Traviata Maduro
William Cooper Reviews, Uncategorized No Comments CAO, Memorable, Review
In 2009, I did my first Cigar of the Year list. The way I worked this list is I selected 20 cigars that I felt warranted Cigar of the Year consideration. One by one, I opted to countdown the list by figuring out which cigar I would be most likely to part with. When it […]