Nick Perdomo made an appearance on the Cigar Dave Show this past weekend. A lot of the big names were down in West Palm Beach, Florida at the Great Smoke. As is the case, Cigar Dave had many of these names join him on the show. The segment with Nick is always one I look […]
Cigar Preview: La Aroma de Cuba Marquis
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Today Ashton announced an addition to its popular “La Aroma de Cuba” line. This one is called the “Marquis”. Actually this stick has been around for a few years, but was discontinued. In March of last year, Ashton Cigars brought back the Marquis. However, it was only available as a promotional cigar at events. The […]
Avo LE11 Update
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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, […]
2011 Preview: Master by Carlos Toraño BFC (New Vitola)
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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 […]
Cigar Preview: Avo LE 11 in the Works
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Great news for Avo Cigar fans – and especially me. I saw Edward Simon post on Twitter that an Avo LE 11 is in the works! I’ve put the Twitter post below. Forget what that publication says about a Cigar from Cuba being the 2010 Cigar of the Year. Hands down in my book – […]
2011 Preview: PDR 1878 Reserva Dominicana Capa Oscura
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Back at Lite Up Charlotte, I saw Abe Flores of PDR Cigars and he was smoking one of these. Considering I am a fan of his cigars, I knew I had to get one of these boxes. But the word was, I was going to have to wait for these at least until late November. […]
Gurkha joins the “New York Exclusive” Cigar Market
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In the past few weeks, we’ve seen Alec Bradley and Miami Cigars announce cigars that are going to be exclusive to the New York market. This means that these cigars are going to only be sold by a New York State tobacconist. It now appears that Gurkha is now the third company. The new Gurkha […]
Alec Bradley New York Information on “ACigarSmoker.com”
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Barry over at ACigarSmoker.com has posted a review of the Alec Bradley New York. This is a Cigar I discussed a couple of weeks ago. It is one of two cigars being targeted exclusively for the New York market (the other being the La Aurora Broadway). Since I do feel this is a noteworthy stick […]
2011 Preview: La Aurora Broadway Targets New York Again
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La Aurora Broadway A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that Alec Bradley was launching a new cigar line that would be exclusive to the New York market. It looks like Alec Bradley is not the only ones doing this. Miami Cigars’ has just announced the new “Broadway Line” that will be sold under the […]
2011 Preview: Alec Bradley New York
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It’s time to start to look ahead to the new cigars that will be coming out in 2011. Right now a new cigar line is being introduced by Alec Bradley called the “New York” line. Word is that a pre-release is scheduled for December 10, 2010 in New York. The plan will be for the […]