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Cigar Shop Review – The Cigar Shop, Biloxi, MS
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast and wiped out our cigar shops. Two of them, the main two shops, never reopened like many businesses in our area. Most business were scared to risk a venture on the Gulf Coast after such a devastating hit. Every since that horrible day, the Mississippi Gulf […]
Press Release – Rediscover La Aurora with the 107
Avo Signature
This week I’m reviewing the Avo Signature belicoso. This cigar was originally released in 2001 as the Avo 75th Anniversary cigar and features an Ecaudorian habano sun grown wrapper grown exclusively for this cigar, a ligero binder from San Vincente and 4 different types of Dominican tobaccos for the filler. Vitola: torpedo Size: 6 x […]
Rocky Patel Event at Crescent City Cigars – 4/16/2010
This past weekend, Crescent City Cigars kicked off the annual Crescent City Cigar and Crawfish Crawl with a Rocky Patel event. Armando Ortiz, the owner of Crescent City Cigars, hosted a great event with some great deals on Rocky Patel cigars. Free food and drinks were available and the store was packed out. Its was […]
CAO La Traviata Favorito
Today we are revisiting a cigar that made our top ten list of last year. The La Traviata robusto was a site favorite and CAO has released two new sizes for the line. Jon Huber, Director of Lifestyle Marketing, was kind enough to send me a fiver of each size. Animados: 5 5/6 x 46 […]
Gran Habano Azteca Prototype ver. 2.0
Today, I’m reviewing the potential new blend for the Gran Habano Azteca maduro cigar. I reviewed the original blend on March 10, 2010 and had some suggestions for tweaks I personally would like to see. Well, Gran Habano was listening! They made some tweaks and reblended the cigar and sent me some more samples to […]
Bugatti B-1 Lighter
One of my most obsessive quests in my cigar smoking journey is the quest to find a reliable lighter. How hard is that, you say? Very damn hard. I can’t tell you how many lighters I have. Everything from gas station specials to my beloved ST Dupont X-tend. The problem is that most rarely work […]
Arturo Fuente Rosado Gran Reserva R52
Fuente released a new cigar line in December 2009 with a special rosado wrapper. This new wrapper comes from the second or third primings from the Oliva tobacco farm in Ecuador. These wrappers are then aged for 8 to 10 years before being rolled with a Dominican binder and filler and then set to age […]
Viaje Platino Edicion Limitada
This week I review the Viaje Platino EL which is an extension to the Viaje Platino line. Like the Oro EL, its the same blend as the regular Platino line, but in a special double torpedo size which is 6″ x 50. Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Grade A Cuban seed How […]
Saturday Ashes – The Crescent City Crawfish Cigar Crawl 2010
The 2010 Crescent City Crawfish Cigar Crawl has been announced. One of the major sponsors is Crescent City Cigars which is one of the main shops I frequent in my area. Saturday, April 17, 2010 With Other Events from Thursday, April 15 – Sunday, April 18, 2010 Since 1999, The Crescent City Crawfish Cigar Crawl […]
