Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Lonsdale
Size : 165 x 17 mm
Ring : 44
Wrapper : Ecuadorian Sumatra
Binder : Secret (Nicaragua?)
Filler : Secret (Nicaragua?)
Hand-Made
Price : ~$8 each
More info about purchasing Rocky Patel Decade...

Among the cigars that I ordered from the USA, this Rocky Patel Decade Lonsdale does really stand out. As the name suggests, it was created to celebrate 10 years of the Rocky Patel blend. Unlike the Vintage 1990, I totally enjoyed the smoke and can highly recommend it to amateurs of powerful, flavorful and smooth cigars.

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Our newest advertiser, CigarSwag.com, carries quality cigar accessories such as Palio/Xikar cutters, Lotus lighters, humidors, ashtrays, etc. They have a 5% discount for Cigar Inspector readers, valid on all items.

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It's September and it's time for another contest. Once again, it is generously sponsored by Duque Cigars. Thomas Hunter himself e-mailed us with the contest idea, how cool is that?

As usual, the contest is very easy to enter and it's quite creative. All you have to do is browse the selection offered at the Duque Cigars website and build your own sampler (you can select from both from singles and boxes) of your favorite cigars. Post your sampler in the comments area below. The number of cigars in the sampler is up to you. On the 1st of October, we will randomly choose a sampler and its author will get the sampler absolutely free! It's as easy as it can get. Head over to DuqueCigars.com and build your sampler! And, of course, subscribe to the RSS to be up to date.

Note: you must be over 18 years old to enter the contest.

PS You can use the code 'CigarInspector' to get a 5% discount on all orders at Duque Cigars.

Origin : Nicaragua
Format : Churchill
Size : 7.0″ x 48
Wrapper : Nicaraguan Corojo
Filler : Nicaraguan Criollo and Corojo
Binder : Nicaraguan
Hand-Made
Price : $9 each
More info about purchasing Padilla Miami cigars...

The Padilla Miami 8/11 is arguably the cigar responsible for putting Ernesto Padilla on the cigar map. And why not, he picked a master blender to make it for him. At the time this master tobacco blender wasn’t well known. He had a small factory in Miami that employed just 12 rollers. This man would quickly become the hottest name in cigars. That’s right, the Padilla Miami 8/11 was made by Jose “Pepin” Garcia. The 8/11 in the name denotes location of Pepin's factory near the corner of 8th and 11th in Miami. I did say “was made” because Ernesto and Pepin have recently parted ways, and now Pepin no longer makes any cigars for Padilla as Pepin’s business has continued to explode and he had to devote more resources towards maintaining his own products. That means the Miami 8/11 as it has existed is going away so if you are a fan, you will want to buy up as much of these as you can because the Pepin Garcia version of this stick will no longer be produced.

Read the full review of Padilla Miami 8/11 Churchill...

Origin : Cuba
Format : Robusto
Size : 124 x 19.84 mm
Ring : 50
Weight : 11.66 g
Hand-Made
Price : ~$15 each
More info about purchasing Cohiba cigars...

I was very surprised to discover that this classic has never been reviewed here at CigarInspector.com. In this post, I will try to make a summary of my smoking experiences with Cohiba Robustos from different boxes and with different age on them as this is one of the cigars that I'm the most familiar with.

Read the full review of Cohiba Robusto...

Origin : Cuba
Format : Corona Gorda
Size : 143 x 18.26 mm
Ring : 46
Weight : 11.41 g
Hand-Made
Price : ~$10 each
More info about purchasing H. Upmann cigars...

H. Upmann Magnum 46 has definitely sealed its place in my Humidor. This is a very classy cigar, with only one drawback that I could find. Overall, though, an excellent smoke.

Read the full review of H. Upmann Magnum 46...

Heather from Fumee World sent me a press-release about a survey conducted to gain a better understanding of female cigar consumers. It was created and conducted by Cigar Research and The Association for Women Cigar Smokers. There are some interesting facts, such as:

• Average female smoker smokes roughly one cigar per week
• Women are indifferent to box, band or label design and prefer purchasing their cigars online
• When smoking a cigar, women feel "powerful", "attractive", "strong", "fun" and "rebellious", whereas the vast majority of male smokers feel "peaceful"

You can download the results of the survey here.

10 weeks ago, we started publishing articles in the Stellar Stogies series by Karen. 10 major cigar brands were covered and we hope that it was a pleasant and insightful read for all of you. If you missed some of the articles, we had put together all the links in this post. Enjoy!

• Arturo Fuente
• Bolivar
• Cohiba
• Davidoff
• Hoyo de Monterrey
• Macanudo
• Montecristo
• Padron
• Partagas
• Romeo y Julieta