Cigar Accessories

Connemara 12 Year Old Peated Irish Whiskey

I picked up a bottle of Connemara 12 on a recent trip and decided to give it a try right away. In ca…

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Lotus T3 Table Lighter

Alright, I want to show off my new acquisition from LightersDirect. It’s a table top lighter;…

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Graycliff Château Grand Cru

Having had a good experience with its Vintage 1999 line, I pulled the Graycliff Château Grand Cru …

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Finders Keepers? London Mayor under Investigation Over Cigar Case

I saw this story today and wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it on over five major n…

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Camacho Coyolar Puro Rothschild

By the laws of plain economics, raising taxes or imposing tariffs on companies that sell or produce …

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Rocky Patel Edge Toro

I remember getting this stick a while and thinking, hmm… this bad boy looks like it will need som…

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Bordeaux: A Wine Pilgrimage

If you are a wine enthusiast like me, there is one trip that comes just about as close to a religiou…

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601 Habano Robusto by Don Pepin

With so many cigars out there, both old and new, it sometimes boggles my mind as to how manufacturer…

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Rocky Patel R4 Torpedo

As a big fan of Rocky Patel, I was really looking forward to sampling it’s R4 Corojo creation…

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Padilla Miami Torpedo

A relatively new comer to the cigar scene, the Padilla brand has already received accolades from we…

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GrayCliff Vintage 1999 Robusto

I admit to knowing relatively little about the GrayCliff line of cigars, since, as you could imagin…

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Cusano Corojo ‘97 Torpedo

The Cusano Corojo ‘97 Torpedo has earned great marks from prestigious publications like Cigar…

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New Cigar T-Shirts

Let’s face it. Even as anti tobacco forces attempt to ban cigars throughout the country, they …

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Camacho SLR Maduro Rothschild

I reached into the humidor this week and a relatively new addition came out, a Camacho SLR Maduro R…

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An Agenda In An Expedient Disguise

Iwas curiously watching a 1964 episode of a children’s comedy show when I suddenly realized ho…

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Trinidad Reyes (Cuba)

With the exception of the Robusto Extra, which I found much too bland, monochromatic and linear, I …

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The Balvenie 12 DoubleWood

Whenever I restock my liquor cabinet, aside from picking up my old favorites, I can never resist th…

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Punch Punch (Cuba)

This week I moved on to a full-bodied cigar that has graced my humidor from the early days of my en…

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Fine de Champagne by Hennessy

As you could’ve guessed there’s no way I was about to leave the Hennessy distillery wit…

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H. Upmann Magnum 46 (Cuba)

Who can deny that the general quality of Cuban cigars has steadily declined over the years? At the …

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Hennessy Cognac Distillery

I want to switch gears quickly here if I may and go from southern Spain to the town of Cognac in ce…

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Romeo Y Julieta No. 2 (Cuba)

Going around from tobacco shop to tobacco shop, during my vacation in southern Spain, I finally mana…

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Cohiba Maduro 5 : a new concept in Cuban cigars

It used to be that the only claim to a Cuban Maduro cigar came from infamous online shops claiming t…

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Black Patch “Reserve 2003″ Maduro Caldwell

 We found this cigar at a booth on the Kentucky Bourbon Festival Lawn while wandering around on Sat…

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Ahh… Andalusia?

There’s no hiding the fact that I’ve been spending more time at work in recent months, b…

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Cigarette sales down 3%, Cigar sales UP 30%

This article was interesting to me … mostly because it said Cigarette sales down 3%, Cigar sal…

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Federal Cigar Tax threatens us all

A federal cigar tax… That’s down right EVIL!

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Nicaragua objects to U.S. cigar tax

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Political maverick, entertainer Kinky Friedman launches cigar line

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Possible exemption for cigar bars from the Ohio smoking ban.

Folks I got a message from THE “Cigar Jack” recently. He’s fired up about a possib…

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Oliva Cigar Co. to launch new “stonger” cigar.

Cigar Insider recently had an article about Cigar Insider reports that Oliva Cigar Co. is working o…

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Kentucky Cigar Company gains momentum

Kentucky’s “The State Journal” news paper had a great article recently. A story ab…

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CAO Gold Corona

I am baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaaaaaack! After a bit of a hiatus, another review for you all! 5.5&…

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New Cameroon Litto Gomez Cigar

Cigar Aficionado report that a new cigar is on the way! Litto Gomez fans will be pleased to hear ab…

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Online Cuban Cigars?

I want to take the time to answer a very frequent email question from all across the spectrum. The q…

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Rocky Patel Cigars and Nicotine

So I was reading a nice article in the El Paso Times… (don’t ask how I find this stuff) …

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New Montecristo Cigar - Serie C

Hey folks… So sorry for the delay in posting. Work has been CRAZY! I guess we all know what th…

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Zippo Otter Cargo Box

Once again from LightersDirect, here is a nifty little accessory designed for your favorite Zippo li…

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Denver fights for it’s right to party.

A court in Denver recently declared the state’s smoking ban unconstitutional. The Judge said t…

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Oh No! - Indiana considers statewide smoking ban!

My own state has been drinking the no smoking Kool-Aid. The Indiana House has approved legislation t…

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New AVO Cigar is on the way!

First some CYA type stuff. As you know from my “Why should I read this Blog?” post I rea…

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La Unica Cigars - Here we GROW again…

More news on La Unica. Cigar Insider is reporting that J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is planning to release …

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Arturo Fuente Añejo #77 (Cameroon “Sand Shark”)

Well, I am back! I haven’t been around with a review in quite a while, so I thought it was ab…

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Rocky Patel Vintage 1992

The weather has been so great that the other night I lit the Tiki Torches, sat on my deck after sun …

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The Big Smoke - Chicago - April 10th

Is anyone going to the big smoke in Chicago? (or any of the other locations?) I’d love to go -…

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Almost Let One Slip

I can’t believe I almost let this deal slip by… anyhow I managed to get it just in the n…

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Schwarzenegger Cigars from Californa Governor Terminator

Despite the characters involved in this post this is NOT a political post. I just thought it was kin…

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