I have been interested in smoking the La Aurora ADN Dominicano since it came out, and I saw them in the local shop last week and picked one up. It also should be common knowledge that I have a long standing affinity for the La Aurora brand. This goes back to the first box of cigars I bought back in 1996, and I bought it largely because my daughter’s name is Aurora, and she might still have the box, and I might still have one of those Bristol Especiales in the humidor someplace. It’s pretty old.… Continue reading
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Dissident Bloc and Black Label Trading Co. Morphine Cigars
Oddly, or maybe not, my local shop didn’t have anything new to speak of. So I looked for cigars I hadn’t smoked yet. It’s getting harder to find those. They had some Black Label Trading Company selections, and since I had just posted about the new Morphine release, I grabbed a Morphine Lancero, along with a Dissident Bloc 7 x 43. I got home and decided to take the dogs for a walk with the Dissident.… Continue reading
News: Black Label Trading Co. Announces Seventh Release of Morphine and a Short Unrelated Editorial
I just finished taking part in another roundtable discussion for an upcoming episode of the Kaplowitz Media Podcast. I’ve been enjoying listening to Kap’s podcasts for a while, and am humbled and honored to have been included in the last two episodes. I actually feel rather comfortable among this group, I feel like I can speak candidly, although I may have spoken a bit too candidly on this episode. Kap’s sense of humor aligns with my own and I appreciate his show, especially his segment with Dion Giolito. It’s very entertaining, just, avoid the segments I appear in, I can’t stand the sound of my own voice, which is largely why I abandoned my own podcast. Now, since I haven’t smoked anything new or notable over the last few days, here’s some news from the folks at Black Label Trading Company.
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Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Decadas, Antańo 1970 and Quatro Cinco Cigars
I decided to go on a bit of a bender on some cigars from one of my favorite cigar factories. No, not that one, I’m talking about Joya de Nicaragua. Joya de Nicaragua was actually the first real factory I really had the pleasure of touring. It was early in 2011, coming up on ten years ago. I walked in smoking one of my favorites, an Antańo Dark Corojo El Martillo. It was really hot and I was nearing the band and ended up putting the cigar down as I felt some feelings coming on and the last thing I wanted was to get a case of the nicotine sweats there. It was there that I saw them rolling the Cabinettas, and Jonathan Drew had introduced us to the brand new #13 Lancero the night before, still a favorite of mine. I have a sentimental attachment to the brand, and it help that I love the cigars the make, there are very few that I won’t smoke. This extends to cigar they make for other people
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Providencia Moonwalk, Boombox and Game Over Cigars
For those of us who came of age in the 80’s, there were some things that defined the era. MTV played videos 24/7, it was like a radio station on TV. Our version of portable music was large radios with cassette decks and D cell batteries, then the walkman. Video games were in arcades and required quarters and mostly standing up. Times have changed. The guys at Providencia Cigars remember these times, as I do, and created some limited edition cigars to commemorate that decade. I still need to get together with Ray, either in person or via video chat, to compare notes, we share some common ground, I managed a record store, he was in the home video business, we are the same age more or less. He was kind enough to share some cigars with me again.… Continue reading
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