This is from last week, but it’s not time sensitive. If you need life insurance, check this guy out, there’s a graphic on the left sidebar of my page with a link. It’s an affiliate link, so I get a little bit of a kick-back if you end up doing business with him, but that helps keep the site going and I appreciate all the help I can get. I haven’t had too much success with the affiliate type links,… Continue reading
Before I get into the cigar, I’ve found myself noticing maybe people getting a little antsy on the Facebook groups and either providing bad information or berating people for doing things “wrong” with their cigars. In the spirit of positivity and to be helpful and educational, I’ve offered my advice where I see fit. A few examples: one poster removes the wrappers (cello) in his humidor because having plastic next to his cigars doesn’t seems natural. This was offered in what I took as a condescending way. This was my gentle response: “it’s not plastic, it’s cellophane, which is made from wood fiber and is water permeable. I figure if cigar makers are ok putting cellophane on the cigars then who am I to second guess them? If it’s an aesthetic thing and you like the look of naked cigars in your humidors, that’s another story, but there’s absolutely no functional reason not to store cigars in cellophane long term.” In another group a gentleman posted a photo of a cigar with a severe runner. He was lambasted for not touching it up, told that he was smoking in the wind, ripped up and down for what he did wrong, and he defended himself, said he tried to touch it up. I offered the following “Sometimes the Ligero isn’t placed right in the bunch and the cigar doesn’t burn right, it happens and it isn’t the poor guys fault for not touching up his burn, being in the wind or not rotating his cigars in the humidor or having bad karma or whatever. More positivity folks!” Hopefully these replies were helpful and taken in the spirit in which they were offered. When I see bad information or piling on for the wrong reasons I have trouble keeping my mouth shut.… Continue reading
I had a busy week working on a side project, and I slacked of on original content and made up for it with a bunch of news pieces through the week. So I had the luxury of smoking some old favorites, some older than others. One notable cigar was a Fuente Hemingway Classic. For along time I preferred the Signature over the Classic, it seemed like the Classics I smoked all had a metallic flavor to them I didn’t like. Granted, this was in the ’90s, and several
factors change. The box I’ve had in the humidor for the last three or four years has been spectacular. A La Sirena Trident (Churchill) from he first batch that La Zona made was equally enjoyable. Yesterday I smoked a Nica Rustica Belly from a bundle I bought at the release party in Louisville, KY in July of 2015 that was wonderful, and a Room 101 Uncle Lee from the end of Matt Booth’s Davidoff years. And then, there was the new stuff…… Continue reading
It seems like it’s been a busy news week! This is interesting to someone who’s been a fan of Hoyo de Monterrey for a long time. I used to love smoking Excalibur No.1s when I’d splurge and spend $5 for a cigar!
Hoyo de Monterrey is proud to present Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure Selección, a collection that pays homage to the country where the brand has been made for more than five decades. The Honduran puro channels Hoyo de Monterrey’s rich history and celebrates the tradition of Honduran cigars and Honduran tobacco that began in the 1950s when the Villazon Cigar Factory was established.… Continue reading
This falls outside of my usual premium cigar coverage, but Frontier is a subsidiary of Island Lifestyle Cigars, and John is a great friend of CigarCraig.com and myself, and I want to offer my congratulations. I’ve enjoyed his company many times at his shop in Limerick, PA. and appreciate his council and friendship. Of course, I am a fan of the Tommy Bahama accessories and Island Lifestyle Premium cigars, even if the Frontier lines aren’t in my area of interest.
Frontier Brands, LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of John Giese, Sr. as the Vice-President of Sales & Marketing. In a career spanning 41 years in various executive management positions within the tobacco industry, Giese has a long-established resume of building successful brands and catapulting them to success within the tobacco industry. … Continue reading
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