As Jason rightfully reminded me, Habanos SA are not planning to stop their streak of cigar deletions. After the Bolivar Bonita, which we’ll all be sorry to see go away, they are now getting rid of the whole series of […]...

PUBLISHED December 2009

We all know how difficult and time-consuming comparing prices at different online retailers is. I was talking about it with a friend who knows his way around PHP, and he said he could code a simple tool that would fetch […]...

PUBLISHED December 2009

Hello everyone, I hope you all are having a great Sunday. As usual on this day of the week, no long in-depth posts or reviews, just sharing the good stuff. You probably have seen videos and pictures of beautiful women […]...

PUBLISHED December 2009

It’s quite fun so thought I should share. Everyone heard on the news about the recent changes in Tiger Woods’ life and sponsorship revenues… Well, Corona Cigars offers him some dough to get back into action 🙂 Orlando, Florida Dec...

PUBLISHED December 2009

It’s the middle of December and here comes the list of the best Cuban cigars of 2009. I had no problems selecting the #1, but the competition for positions 2-5 was quite tough. Trinidad Robusto T. This is an example […]...

PUBLISHED December 2009

Just a short note to let you know that a special edition of the European Cigar Cult Journal mag, written specially for the American market, is now available at tobacconists across the country. The good part (and the reason of […]...

PUBLISHED December 2009

Today we bring you the list of the best smokes of 2009. They are not necessarily released in 2009, it’s just the finest among the cigars we smoked this year. This list is a group project, based on opinions of […]...

PUBLISHED December 2009

Here is new list of 2009 Cuban Regional Editions. Only released or confirmed vitolas are listed. The number of cigars from Punch is impressive… as is the average ring. Bolivar 5ta Avenida – Germany – 184 mm x 50 Bolivar […]...

PUBLISHED December 2009

Here are the results of our recent polls: As you can see, we can draw one major conclusion from these numbers: although the majority still thinks that Cuban cigars taste better on average while suffering from construction issues, there are […]...

PUBLISHED November 2009

According to a CA article, Altadis and Tatuaje settled all of their lawsuits. A confidential (and I wonder how mutually beneficial) agreement was made and Pete Johnson said that he would be making “minor changes” to some of his cigars. [&...

PUBLISHED November 2009

UPDATE: the lawsuits have been settled. We haven’t seen a huge lawsuit in the cigar industry for a while, and here it is (it’s a few months old but I thought I should share) – Goliath, Altadis USA, against David, […]...

PUBLISHED November 2009

Here is a very real example of how the SCHIP cigar tax has actually affected people. Because of the drastically increased prices due to the new tax, a Florida-based cigar factory, Hav-A-Tampa, was forced to close its doors in April […]...

PUBLISHED August 2009

This is a new blend from Alec Bradley. “Vice Press” will be presented in three formats featuring extra-large ring gauges: 5 x 64 robusto, 6.5 x 62 toro and 7 x 60 torpedo. From the press release: The blend consists […]...

PUBLISHED July 2009

This year, Habanos SA will be releasing three limited editions (just like in 2008). They will hit the shelves at the end of the year and, according to pre-tastings published in the cigar press, we should get our wallets ready. […]...

PUBLISHED June 2009

This is the second recent acquisition by Davidoff – back in October 2008, Oettinger Davidoff group acquired the Camacho brand. Cusano, a cigar company located in Florida, produces Cusano and Cuvée cigars. Its sales are estimated at 5 million c...

PUBLISHED June 2009

Last Friday we had the privilege of having one of the most popular figures in the cigar industry at Empire Cigars – Don Pepin Garcia! Pepin showed up promptly at 3pm and the festivities began with Empanadas and Mojitos. Our […]...

PUBLISHED June 2009

Habanos SA recently announced which cigars will be removed from production in 2009. There are a couple of vitolas that I will miss for sure (especially the Bolivar Bonitas – stock up while they’re still available). List of Cuban cigars [&...

PUBLISHED June 2009

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DO NOT BUY FROM DUQUE CIGARS There have been some negative comments about Duque Cigars in our shops directory lately. I tried to get in touch with Thomas Hunter to see what was going on and finally […]...

PUBLISHED June 2009

The inevitable happened – SCHIP was officially introduced in House Ways & Means Committee. Cigars smokers should expect an increase of maximum $0.40 per stick. Fortunately, it’s way below $3 which was originally proposed. For more in...

PUBLISHED January 2009

To continue our “best cigars of the year” series, here goes the list of top non-Cuban cigars of 2008 (you can see the best Cuban cigars of 2008 here). This time, it is a group project – I did a […]...

PUBLISHED December 2008