Best Vitola: Oliveros King Havano Black Knight Mace One thing that I done differently from Cigar Aficionado in ranking cigars for the year is to distinguish ranking the blend from the vitola (size/shape). For my Top 30 list, every cigar represented a new blend (while Cigar Aficionado includes new vitolas in their countdown). However, there were […]
#6 CAO La Traviata Maduro There are six cigars to go in “30 Cigars in 31 Days” – my review of the Top 30 Cigars for 2010. Today’s installment is the 25th of the series, this leaves the Top 5 to go. As I’ve also mentioned – each of the cigars in the Top 7 […]
Jon Huber (L) at a CAO Event in Wilmington NC There had been a lot of rumors running rampant for the past couple of weeks. Today a twitter post confirmed – CAO’s Director of Lifestyle Marketing – Jon Huber is leaving CAO Cigars. The twitter post was: caocigars will be saying ‘adios’ L8r but please […]
Many people come to me asking me what is the best cigar to buy for a Christmas, Hanukkah, or New Year’s gift. Unfortunately, the first response I give them is what I term the “Standard Consulting Answer” which is “It Depends”… It depends on a few factors. Below I’ve put a table to help […]
This past Tuesday, I posted some information in regards to Tim Ozgener’s departure from CAO Cigars. In this post, I posted a reference to a press release by General Cigars to announce that Ozgener was leaving CAO. In that press release, there was some ambiguity in that release with whether or not Ozgener was leaving […]
No Doubt a product of Ozgener’s marketing For the second time in two weeks, the Cigar World has been rocked with the departure of another Cigar-ebrity. Tim Ozgener of CAO Cigars is leaving the company, and it looks like leaving the industry. The official reason by General Cigars is that Ozgener is leaving to pursue […]
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. […]
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 […]
Brookelynn Cigars’ Leland Store TV Viewing Lounge This past weekend, I took the ride down the Andrew Jackson Highway from Charlotte to the Wilmington NC Area to attend the “CAO Rock and Rolled” event held at Brookelynn Cigars. The trip had two purposes: 1) To attend an event to what I consider a “go to” […]
Stace (L), CAO Rep (M), Cigar Coop (R) Every person loves cigars seems to have their favorite brand. For myself, it is CAO. I really did not get exposed to CAO until I moved to North Carolina two years ago. My next door neighbor gave me a Brazilia and someone gifted me some CAO Visions. […]
