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Room 101 Namakubi Limited Edition Papi Chula

Matt Booth, the owner of Room 101, brought out a new limited edition cigar called the Namakubi.  I really love the ideas and art behind the Room 101 line because ever since I was a young teenager I’ve been interested in Japanese culture, especially the samurai.  I was a practitioner of Aikido for many years […]


MACANUDO MILLIONAIRE CONTEST WINNERS JET TO VEGAS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN $1,000,000 AT THE PLAYBOY CLUB

Richmond, VA—Macanudo®, America’s best-selling premium cigar brand, announces John Muirhead of San Antonio, Texas is the national essay contest winner of the third annual Macanudo Millionaire contest. Muirhead and his guests, three fellow veterans, will fly to Vegas this weekend to play for the million-dollar prize. Muirhead is a native Texan and military veteran who […]


Proper way to roll a cigar

Thank you to the beautiful torcedor that tried to teach me how to roll a cigar. This is a video of her rolling a cigar the proper way.


Cigar rolling attempt, take 2!

Here is my second, but not any better, attempt at rolling a cigar at General Cigar with my own blend. Thanks to Barry Stein from A Cigar Smoker for helping me record this video.


Cigar rolling attempt 1

Here is my first attempt at rolling a cigar at General Cigar with my own blend. Thanks to David Jones from The Tiki Bar Online for helping me record this video.


Bad way to bunch and bind a cigar

My horrible attempt at bunching and binding a cigar at General Cigar using my own blend I developed on site.


Proper Bunching Technique for a cigar at General Cigar

One of General Cigar torcedors shows me how to proper bunch and bind a cigar before putting them in the press.


Cigar Blending with General Cigar in the Dominican Republic

As many of you know, I was recently part of a trip to the Dominican Republic for cigar bloggers to visit General Cigar DR operations.  I will be posting several videos and even a picture show with all the great learning experiences we had as well as the amazing operation General Cigar has in the […]


Take Part in Famous Smoke Shop’s Beta Test for Their New Penny Auction Site, CigarSniper.com

Cigar Sniper is to cigar smokers what video games are to gamers. Cigar Sniper (www.cigarsniper.com) is a cigar-oriented penny auction website, and THE most entertaining way ever devised for cigar lovers to buy their favorite cigars and accessories.  Using guerilla warfare as the theme, Cigar Sniper is kind of like playing paintball without the mess, and promises to be one […]


La Caridad Del Cobre La Charada #5 La Monjita

This cigar garnered a lot of buzz when it first came out a few years ago and I was lucky enough to get one during our Twitter Brotherhood of the Leaf Cocktail hour at the 2010 IPCPR in New Orleans.  I stashed it away for safe keeping to let it rest after the hot, humid […]