Tampa has two-century-old traditions: Since 1885, Tampa has been known as “Cigar City.” Since 1904, pirates have been invading Tampa and throwing a large festival called Gasparilla. Today, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. brings both traditions together by introducing José Gaspar cigars. Handcrafted by J.C. Newman, a 127-year-old, four-generation family business, José Gaspar cigars pack a punch perfect for any pirate.… Continue reading
It seems that 2022 is in the books, and it’s 2023 now. Still no flying cars, but we do carry the entirety of human knowledge in our pockets, at the expense of education and common sense! I am blessed with a beautiful family and enough cigars to get me through for a while, so I’m not complaining. I’ve had worse years than 2022. … Continue reading
Announcing the 2022 CigarCraig.com Secret Santa! We’ve been doing this for a few years now and it’s been a lot of fun. I grudgingly participate, I don’t want whoever gets me to be concerned, just send a few of your favorites that, maybe, I haven’t smoked! For me it’s about the giving, not the receiving. I announced it yesterday on Facebook when I set it up, and several people have already signed up! Here are the details:
CigarCraig.com 2022 Secret Santa
Saturday, December 10, 2022
Sunday, December 11, 2022
USD $40
If you missed out on some others, or just want to get in on the fun, get signed up! The Elfster platform makes things really easy, so have fun! This reminds me, I need to go through my swag collection, maybe there’s some giveaways coming up!
I make an effort to smoke something really good on holidays, and Thanksgiving was no exception. I recently came into possession of some Diamond Crown Black Diamond Emerald cigars, so that was my post-feast smoke. I smoked this cigar for the first time back in March of 2019, and I loved it. It’s distinctly possible that I haven’t smoked one since, it’s a bit hard to find. These are made at Tabacalera A. Fuente, with a dark Connecticut Havana seed wrapper, over Dominican binder and fillers. The Emerald is my favored size, 6″ x 52, but also comes in a 5¼” x 56 and 4½” x 54. Maybe I’ll find the other size when I visit the El Reloj factory this Friday! When Diamond Crown came out back in the mid ’90s it was only available west of the Mississippi and were all 54 ring, considered huge then. Anyway, this continues to me a terrific cigar and oe that suits my palate. It’s got loads of dark, rich flavors, espresso notably, and I like it a lot. I’m torn between this and the Maximus as my favorite in the line. I don’t have to choose, I love them both!
This time next week I’ll be heading to the Cigar Heritage Festival in Ybor City. I have a tour of J.C.Newman planned for Friday, an afternoon herf with friends from the old Usenet group on Saturday, and then the festival on Sunday. Apparently Admission is now free (I have not seen my refund yet!), so if you’re around, stop in and look for me, I’ll be the guy with a cigar.
That’s all for today, until the next time,
CigarCraig
I am really looking forward to touring the El Reloj factory in Ybor City in a few weeks, it’s been on my bucket list! I’ll be honest, it figured into my trip more than the festival. It’s not a surprise that Eric Newman was inducted into Cigar Aficionado’s hall of fame, although I’m surprised he was the only one in the family inducted. J.C. Newman makes some great cigars, many of which are favorites of mine.… Continue reading
There was a lot of news last week, and I didn’t get to most of them, but one I wanted to touch on was from Scandinavian Tobacco Group, STG, owner of General and Forged Cigars and. Cigars International. The press release was announcing an exclusive with Southern Draw, but what I found interesting was that this was the first time I had heard of Cigora,… Continue reading
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