This is going to be a bit of a weird post. I, of course, smokes a bunch of cigars this week, and had some mixed results. I probably should follow the rule of not saying anything at all if you don’t have anything nice to say, but it’s not all negative. SOme of it is personal preference, some of it is something else. There are also some standout cigars that I’ve probably mentioned here before but merit repeating. Let’s start with the CAO Arcana Firewalker.… Continue reading
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Upmann, CAO and Black Label Trading Co. Cigars and a Rant
There seem to be few cigars in Altadis portfolio that fit my preferences. I probably say this every time I post about an Altadis cigar, and it probably doesn’t endear me to the marketing folks there! I do have some friends there that are aware of my feelings. I keep trying though. There are exceptions, and I can pretty much count on enjoying anything Altadis produces in conjunction with A.J. Fernandez.… Continue reading
News: CAO Releases “Borealis” To Canadian Market
I would normally skip a press release like this, but there’s something important about this I wanted to point out. No offense to my Canadian readers, but they represent a fairly small portion of my readership. Notice the box and bands on this new CAO release below. Not pretty or very imaginative, are they? This is what’s known as “plain packaging”, and this is how cigars have to be packaged in Canada (and Australia, I believe). In Canadian Cigar stores the windows have to be blacked out and you can’t see the cigars before buying them. They all have to have this same, drab band and box. Imagine how easy it would be to counterfeit cigars like this? If we aren’t careful in the U. S., this is going to happen here. That would suck. I may never know how this CAO cigar is, maybe one of my Canadian readers will let us know! … Continue reading
News: CAO Presents Pilón Añejo
Here’s some news from General Cigar about a new CAO cigar, which is interesting since Rick Rodriguez recently announced that he will be retiring after 22 years with the company. I’ve known Ricky for a long time, although I never get a call when he’s in the area, like right now! I’d love to have gotten to see him one last time. Maybe he’ll stop by Son’s tomorrow night, but I somehow doubt it. I’ve liked a lot of what he’s done with CAO, and I think his contributions will be missed, to the point where I wonder what will become of the line. I enjoy the Pilón line, I look forward to trying this aged version, especially up against some old Pilóns I have in my humidor! … Continue reading
News: CAO 60 Torque Announced For Holiday Season Release
I’ve had a busy week so far and went out this evening to a cigar event which I’ll talk about later. In the meantime, here’s some news from CAO about a new cigar that’s coming out for the holiday season. It’s a large cigar, 8″ x 60. Not sure that’s all that necessary, but there are a lot of people who like that big a cigar! I’ll give one a try, but it’ll take me 3 hours!
CAO 60 KICKS THE HOLIDAYS INTO HIGH GEAR WITH TORQUE
CAO never makes a quiet entrance. With its new release called “60,” the brand is firing on all cylinders, launching what will likely go down as the most bad a$$ premium cigar release of the holiday 2021 season.… Continue reading
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