CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2013 Day 8: La Palina Cigars

Good morning and welcome to Day 8.  Before I announce the Day 7 winner, let me address a few items.  First, Jason O asked in a comment if my daughter was named after the La Aurora brand, and the answer is no.  She predates may cigar fascination by a few years, however that first box purchase was definitely influenced by the name. The box may be around somewhere and  she may have it. <sarcasm>Second, kudos to Cigar Aficionado for naming a cigar that has been in manufacture for almost 80 years as the cigar of the year<\sarcasm>. Shouldn’t consistency be a criteria? Or availability? Sheesh. Anyway, you want to to know who won the La Aurora 107 Maduro Coronas, and that person is Jeff K! Please send me your address so I can pass it on to Señor Stein. Thanks to Miami Cigar and Co. and La Aurora for everything! Let’s get Thursday rolling! 

 

Day 8

Today’s present comes to us courtesy of La Palina Cigars.  La Palina is owned by Bill Paley, and is the resurrection of his grandfather’s brand. Bill’s father, incidentally, is the founder of Columbia Broadcasting System.  The point is, Bill has some roots in the cigar business, and is making some darned tasty cigars. The winner of today’s present will receive a box of La Palina Classic Gordo.  The Gordo is a 6″ x 60 featuring a Brazilian Habano wrapper, Ecuador binder and Nicaraguan and Dominican fillers.  These are always welcome in my humidors.

 

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Thanks to Courtney at La Palina for providing today’s present!  You know what to do now!

 

Rules

Here’s how you enter: leave a comment.  That’s it, plain and simple.  Tweets don’t count, but feel free to spread the word, only comments on this page count as an entry.  Each day there will be a different prize and the winner will be drawn from that day’s comments. The winner will be announced on the next day’s post. The contest is open to everyone, even if you’ve won one of my contests in the past six months, but once you’ve won, you are ineligible to win again in this series of contests. All prizes will be mailed as soon as I get a chance to go to the post office, or whenever the sponsor decides to ship, whichever is the case, so don’t make me chase down your address!  If you won, please e-mail your contact information to craig@cigarcraig.com as soon as possible!

That’s it, leave a comment to enter and good luck. Check back tomorrow to see if you won and enter tomorrow’s contest!

 

Until Tomorrow,

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128 Responses to CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2013 Day 8: La Palina Cigars

  1. kekoa kai

    I’ve heard so much about La Palina cigars. I’d love to try them. Thanks guys.

  2. Travis

    Sounds great!

  3. Andre Barthels

    good stuff

  4. Patrick Hosler

    Good morning all, hope all are happy and well.

  5. Drew

    And heeeeere is Round 8….lets get ready toooo smoooooke uuuuuup. Boom

  6. jjo

    LOL, “indecently”? Auto-correct boo-boo. Whatever, nice prize. Thanks Craig!

    • I just pointed that out to Craig. He read it out loud and said “incidentally” and I said…no, it says indecently! LOL He blamed spellcheck. I almost didn’t tell him, just to have some fun, but changed my mind at the thought of the good folks at La Palina reading this. 😉
      Happy Holidays…
      Mrs. CigarCraig

  7. Ok..hum TransSiberian Orchestra. Yuuuum yum yum yum yuuuum yum yum yum. Ok..thats all i got. Thanx for all you do.

  8. jay

    today would be a great day to win!

  9. Countdown to Christmas and another great prize being offered. I had no clue that La Palina cigars had ties to CBS in any way. Love learning new things.

  10. KRUK

    Gary Machionne will be happy with this one too!!!

  11. Michel Vigeant

    Very nice website and blog, Craig.

  12. Paul Grammer

    Very nice!!

  13. James Osterman

    Ok I am in for round 8.

  14. Zeegar

    Me Win!!!
    SLEAPE!

    Dang spell check…I meant PLEASE

  15. Rick Bruce

    looks tasty. thanks Craig!

  16. abraxas828282

    I love those Brazilion rappers. Joe P is my favorite!

  17. Craig

    Awesome story about your daughter. Thanks die doing this.

  18. MattSRoss81

    Pretty much in agreement with you on CA’s list, Craig – a bit dumb.
    Also, love me some La Palinas!

  19. Rashied

    Please Santa just once

  20. DRawson

    Those look good! Bet they smoke up a treat!

  21. Duane Holmes

    Once again I’ll leave it to fate.

  22. Mark

    Looks lovely, thanks Craig

  23. Freakboy791

    I need to try these. I’ve heard good things about them. Mix those names up Craig!

  24. Mark VanSledright

    The La Palina Classic is a standout smoke and one of my favorites. Wow, to win a box of these beauties would be a true holiday treat. Thank you Courtney and Craig. Happy holidays.

  25. thomas totman

    I would love to try them. 🙂

  26. Agent 86

    Love Habano wrappers, never had a Brazilian Habano.

  27. Commish

    I’m making room in my humidor for these baby’s as soon as I hit “post”!

  28. Dave Yielding

    6″ x 60? A fatty for sure.

  29. Jim

    The weather here in PA is warming up which means it is stogie time! Many, these look good.

  30. Dave N

    Happy holidays Craig!

  31. Chuck Nichols

    Thanks for the giveaways!

  32. Matt Wells

    Way to go Jeff!

  33. czerbe

    I couldn’t agree with you more on the CA #1 what a joke… if you are going to put cubans on the list give them a second Cuban only list…. Plus I think they missed a lot of great smokes out there.

  34. i’d love to win me some La Palina.

  35. Rachel M

    I would love a box of these 🙂

  36. Donald Kozerow

    Love to try!

  37. Curt Williams

    Congrats Jeff….way to take one for the Ward.

  38. Dan Nugroho

    Great day 8 giveaway. I hope these make it my way. Thanks again Craig

  39. Brian Etzkorn

    would love to try these

  40. Genaro

    Just had twin girls and this would make a great celebratory gift for me. Great cigar!

  41. Marty Mitchell

    Put my name in the hat!

  42. foozer69

    love me some la palinas!! th

  43. AllenKD

    They sound like great cigars.

  44. KOPTim

    OK … this is difficult. 8 Maids ‘a milking or La Palina cigars. Hmmmm. OK, I’ll take the cigars since I’m too old for the 8 maids … whatever they are doing.
    These would be great cigars to smoke while playing Bocce – you know, smoke the La Palina while you roll as close as you can to the palinni .. or is it palinno ?
    palina, palinni, pallino – whatever !

  45. Lloyd L.

    I would have liked to win those 107 maduros… Congrats to the winner!

  46. Scott Wilson

    Great Contest

  47. Eric Fryer

    Love these beauties!

  48. Jessica Eyrich

    Good luck everyone!

  49. Michael H

    Another great giveaway…you guys are rockin’ it!!!

  50. Great contest, great cigars and Bill and LaPalina have helped us with our CRA Benefit Christmas Party. I would like to give a shout out to them for their support of CRA!
    If you are in Vegas on Sat the 21st, please come join Delicia/Cigar Vixen, Stinky and myself for an awesome Christmas Party/CRA Fundraiser and membership drive!
    https://www.facebook.com/events/550445041706721/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar

  51. Dan McCallum

    Saving the best for last……can’t wait.

  52. Chad Miller

    Hopefully today is the day

  53. Faraon Solis

    TODAY TODAY TODAY TODAY

  54. Eric Valdez

    Looks awesome! Good luck!

  55. Very nice prize brother! As many cigars as I’ve tried, I’ve not had a La Palina! However… I do have one from a bomb/trade and I think it’s time to try it out! Thanks for the memory jogger!

  56. Wayne Charron

    Me Again, thank you!

  57. 007MI6

    The La Palina Classic is a very nice cigar. Would be a very welcome win. 🙂

  58. TriMarkC

    Count me in!! Please!

  59. Douglas K

    I can’t think of anything better then scuba diving off the grandest dive boat onto the most beautiful coral reef, and then sitting topside smoking an awesome cigar with my dive buddies.

  60. Brian Impson

    Woo hoo! One of my Ward B mates won yesterday’s prize. Congrats brother. Let’s see if another can take it home today. A few of us are already in the mix.

  61. Dan Colley

    6 x 60 ????? Not sure I could get them into a traditional smoking position. Don’t give these to me.

  62. Ted "Misc"

    Happy holidays, Craig, and thanks for the blog & contests.

  63. Nathan Zimmerman

    These are on my to try list…

  64. John Butler

    Another great prize. I have not tried this one before. Looks like I have another reason to travel to my local cigar store, as if I needed one, LOL

  65. Frank Germaine

    Another great giveaway! Merry Christmas to all!!

  66. Gary Walston

    Have you heard, Christmas is coming?

  67. Sean Conroy

    Agreed, on the Monte #2 being a pretty staid choice for CA’s Cigar of the Year. I noticed the VSG and Don Carlos also made the list. Good smokes, but it’s time for some new blood–the same core cycles from year to year.

    Great contest. I’d love to win the La Palinas.

  68. Vin Bavone

    I know of someone I could share these with this holiday season.

  69. Jack Winslow

    Sweet! One of my favorites.

  70. Why do I always forget about these? Need to pick some up if I can’t win the giveaway

  71. Jerry B.

    I’m in. Thanks Craig.

  72. I have a couple La Palina cigars resting, I’ve heard great things about this brand, can’t wait to try them!!

  73. Dan Bowden

    HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

  74. Jason Fessel

    count me in…..fingers crossed

  75. Miguel Rocha

    OOOOhh Yea back for another try! Good luck everyone!

  76. Joe K

    Looks great, hope i win

  77. Arron Borger

    Crossing fingers

  78. Jeffrey Martin

    Good luck to all and Happy Holidays. Been a lot of fun to see the prizes. thanks yet again.

  79. Andrew Cusson

    6×60 is my favorite size cigar.

  80. My mouth dropped open when I saw this one. Great giveaway and what an opportunity to share with others.

  81. George Satterfield

    On the eighth day of Christmas my crazy friend gave to someone else. 8 really hard gifts to describe and a box of La Palina cigars.
    La Aurora 107’s
    6+ pounds of awesome prizes on a 2 fer Tuesday
    5+1 TORTUGA’S!!!!
    4×48 Leccia’s
    3×2 Attabey’s
    2×12 Draconian Robustos
    And a super COOL Gurkah prize PACK !!!!!!!! In a tree.

  82. DB

    Never heard of these cigars, but they do look great!

  83. Mark

    Very cool! Thank you for the opportunity.

  84. Garry Cawthorn

    One of the best review sites out there!!!

  85. Gabriel Schreiber

    Man there are some great gifts in the contest. Even if I dont win one I will be a frequnter of the blog regularly for now on.

  86. michael m

    More great smokes!

  87. Paul C.

    Great prize, hope I get lucky!

  88. paul 1954

    LaPalina always takes me back to the 50’s/60’s.

  89. Samuel Friedrich

    Merry Christmas! These prizes keep making me say ho-ho-holy crap!

  90. Gerald Robbins

    Awesome smoke ! Thanks !

  91. Tom

    Thanks For the Contest

  92. Charlie Pitarys

    Great cigars once again.

  93. John Deckard

    Try,try,try again. These would be a home run!

  94. Kyle Costanzi

    Push me higher!

  95. What a great cigar along with a great value.