Happy Father’s Day to everyone! Later today I will smoke an Esperanza Para Los Niños torpedo, a cigar which was my traditional Father’s Day cigar for the better part of 20 years, until I smoked the last cigar out
of the box I bought in June of 2000. An old friend sent me the better part of a box earlier this year so I could continue the tradition, after taking last year off. … Continue reading
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News: CAO Launches BX3 Cigar
One more news item today, then I’ll start working on tomorrow’s post about the event I attended this week. Something new from CAO? I’ll be honest, I kind of thought with the exit of Rick Rodriguez we’d be seeing less from the brand. Of course, CAO was one of the first to popularize Brazilian tobacco in premium cigars with the Brazilia, and have done a lot with it since. I look forward to smoking this as I’ve long been a fan of the Brazilia (and 2 out of the 4 Amazon Basin cigars!).
CAO has always had a rebellious streak (think MX2, CX2, LX2), and the brand’s maverick approach to blending is taking another leap forward through its latest expression: CAO BX3.… Continue reading
News: Drew Estate’s Flying Pigs Set for Spring Release
The site has been down for a couple days for maintenance, but I’m back and catching up! Here’s some news from Drew Estate. They aren’t going to mention it, but the FLying Pig vitola was Steve Saka’s idea when he was president of Drew Estate. It’s a cool size, I have a few floating around one of my humidors someplace, maybe I’ll pull one out this weekend!
Drew Estate’s Flying Pigs have been cleared for take-off for their annual Spring release!!! One of Drew Estate’s most popular vitolas, the Flying Pigs (100mm x 60) are now available.… Continue reading
News: STG Acquires Room 101 Cigars, Hires Matt Booth
Crazy news from STG! I have it on good authority that they were in the market for a boutique cigar company to purchase, I’m a little surprised at this though. Considering the amount of money I heard thrown around, Mr. Booth would have to be mad to not consider making a deal. Obviously, he did! I’m hopeful that everyone involved makes the most of this opportunity!
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announces today that the company has acquired the Room101 cigar brand from Matt Booth and has retained Booth as creative director.… Continue reading
Villiger TAA, Punch and Partagas Cigars
I was going through some of the newer cigars I have and realized there was one I hadn’t written about yet, but more on that in a bit. I want to start off talking about the new Villiger TAA Exclusive for 2022. This
cigar is interesting for a couple reasons. Foremost, it’s made at Espinosa’s La Zona factory. Villiger has been making cigars with a lot of different companies, Joya de Nicaragua comes to mind, as well as having their own factory in Brazil.… Continue reading
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