Cigar Reviews
Reinado Torpedo
Recently, I was contacted by Antonio Lam about trying out his new cigar line. I heard some buzz about Reinado at IPCPR, but I wasn’t able to make it by his booth. Luckily, he found me on Twitter was sent me some samples of this cigar. This cigar comes in a robusto, torpedo and churchill. […]
Cigar Journal: Cuban Stock Part II
A couple of weeks ago and wrote up the first part of my review of four Cuban Stock cigars. Today I’m smoking the last two cigars that were sent to me from Cuban Stock Cigar Company. If you missed my review of the first two you can find them here. Cuban Stock Reserve Name: Reserve […]
Zino Embassy 2010 Limitied Edition Belicoso
It seems like every year someone release yet another limited edition cigar especially around the holidays. Zino has their Embassy which I missed out on last year and will how well it was received, I knew I couldn’t miss out on it this year. The Zino Embassy is released in a box of 10 with […]
Vudu by Rocky Patel
The Vudu is produced by Rocky Patel in his Tabacalera Villa Cuba, S.A. factory in Esteli Nicaragua. This cigar was blended by Amilcar P. Castro and is sold exclusively at the Famous Smoke Shop. Name: Vudu Company: Rocky Patel Made in: Tabacalera Villa Cuba, S.A. Wrapper: Mexican Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Price: $5.00/stick or […]
Bella Torres – BestCigarPrices.com
This week, I’m reviewing the second budget friend cigar sent to me by BestCigarPrices.com. This one is the Bella Torres by Havana Cuba who also make the Oliveros cigars. This cigar is the same vitola as the Medici, 4 1/2 x 60, robolo. This cigar hails from the Dominican Republic with the same ~$4.00 price […]
Cigar Journal: Cuban Stock
Recently I received a package from Cuban Stock Cigar Co. that included 4 cigars, all from various lines. Instead of doing a series of four “First-Impression” reviews I thought it would be interesting to write up what I’d characterize as journal entires for each of the cigars sent. In this post I’ll be taking a […]
Medici by Alec Bradley – BestCigarPrices.com
This week I’m doing a budget friendly review of a cigar sold exclusively by BestCigarPrices.com called the Medici. BCP sent me two samples to try and review in their new size, the Robolo. The Robolo is a short, fat gordo size of a smoke that is priced around $4.00ish. I’m quite fond of Alec Bradley […]
La Aurora Broadway
Recently, New York was hit with a hefty tax of 75% on cigars which really hurt local cigar shops. This drove up the price of cigars drastically and pushed many cigar smokers to buy their cigars online or from catalogs instead of their local shops. Because of this, La Aurora decided to bring out a […]
262 Paradigm Robusto
A couple nights ago Brian and I got together and fired up the Paradigm Robusto from 262 Cigars. When we get together for these reviews I like the video to speak for itself. Name: Paradigm Company: 262 Cigars Made in: Honduras Wrapper: Brazilian Binder: Honduran Filler: Seco and Ligero from Esteli & Jalapa, Nicaragua and […]
Cusano 15th Anniversary
Well the Cusano brand of cigars is 15 years old and to celebrate this milestone they have released 2000 boxes of their new cigar appropriately named 15th Anniversary. This stick is sold in boxes of 15 and retails for $8.99 per stick plus any state and local taxes. I’d never heard of this cigar until […]
