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by CigarCraig | December 20, 2017 · 10:31 pm

Another Prime Living Article: Ora Vivo World Edition

It’s the holidays and I’m, once again, being lazy and digging into the archives to republish an article I wrote for the November/December 2014 issue of Prime Living Magazine. I think there may be another release in the Ora Vivo line in the near future!

Life is a fleeting glance and taste of beauty. We honor it… in all its forms. Ora Vivo is our salute. — Armand Assante

Armand Assante is an accomplished actor who’s appeared in more movies than I can count, some notable films are Judge Dread, Gotti, American Gangster, The Mambo Kings, I could fill this space with his body of work. One thing many of his characters have in common is cigars, and this is because Armand Assante is truly a cigar lover. Somehow he managed to fit partnering in a cigar brand into his busy schedule. Mr. Assante partnered with Victor Vitale, an ultra-boutique cigar manufacturer based in Philadelphia (now New Hampshire) and Gary Macchione, a Chicago area cigar broker, to create his legacy, the Ora Vivo Armand Assante brand. Mr. Asante says: “What we wish for ‘Ora Vivo’ is it to be our tribute and honor to the Cigar industry’s brotherhood… of cultures. We want those nations that have created the magic of cigars to be honored together, and shared, by one, such as the one Victor and Gary and I have created.” The brand made it’s debut in July of 2013, the original blend having sold out, as well as the European blend. The latest release is the World Edition, of which the 6×56 is the subject of this review. The cigar is a Nicaraguan Puro, manufactured in Honduras. The blend is comprised of tobaccos from three growing regions in Nicaragua. The wrapper is from the Jalapa valley, the binder is from Condega and the fillers a blend of Esteli and Condega tobaccos. I find this cigar to be smooth, medium bodied, well balanced, and refined. The flavors are sweet and earthy tobacco, and the construction is perfect and consistent as one would expect from a premium boutique cigar. The Ora Vivo Armand Assante World Edition is Armand’s tribute to the cigar industry, and a cigar he truly loves, and it’s a great smoke.

Don’t forget to enter the Gurkha contest! I’ll pick a winner on Sunday and have another great contest. Until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | July 6, 2016 · 8:33 pm

Ora Vivo Armand Assante World Edition Cigar

I was digging around the humidor tonight, thinking that I really hadn’t prepared anything for tonight’s post. I came across an Ora Vivo Armand Assante World Edition Toro (6″x56) that looked lonely, so I decided to put it out of its misery and skip my midweek post. Then it occurred to me that I wrote an article about this cigar for the November/December 2014 Issue of Prime Living Magazine, and decided it wouldn’t be such a bad idea to post Â it. This, as well as the rest of my articles, can be found on the Prime-Living.com website in the Gentlemen’s Room. It can also be found in print in Prime Living Magazine, available in Barnes and Noble stores in Texas, and by subscription. If your browser doesn’t support the embedded article below, it can be found here:Â http://prime-living.com/gentlemens-room/the-ora-vivo-armand-assante/

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That was easy! I have yet to see a comment on one of my articles on the Prime Living site, challenge dropped! That’s all for now, until the next time,

CigarCraig

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by CigarCraig | December 16, 2013 · 6:44 am

CigarCraig’s 12 Spectacular Days of Cigar Giveaways 2013 Day 5: Legacy Brands

Once again a nice turnout for the chance to win a box of Leccia Black Petite Rothschilds and a Leccia Tobacco t-shirt worn by Sam himself! (just kidding!). Thanks again to Sam and Jack Toraño for this spectacular present! JScott is going to be out of his mind excited to have won! Joel is a long time reader, and I might have his address around here somewhere but please send it anyway so I make sure I have it right! Maybe share one with your buddy Commish if you want! Also, Saturday’s winner has yet to e-mail, chekk12 please send your address! Of course, the bad news for both of you is that you aren’t eligible to win again until Jan 1 when I reset everything. You won, quit your whining :-). On with something very special for Day 5!

It’s Day 5 already and things are moving along nicely! Today we have more cigars of exceptional quality from Victor Vitale of Legacy Brands. Victor launched his new Tortuga 215 line at this years IPCPR trade show. It’s very exclusive as it’s on;y available at appointed merchants (BestCigarPrices.com happens to be one of them). These are made from high priming Nicaraguan tobaccos and are really, really good smokes. There’s a Four-pack of the Tortuga 215 Reserva Robustos along with a two cigar sampler containing another Tortuga 215 Reserva and an Ora Vivo Armand Assante Robusto, which is the second cigar line in the Legacy Brands stable. the Ora Vivo is a very tasty cigar as well. You may have read about it here in the last several months.

There you have it, a spectacular bunch of smokes from Victor Vitale and Legacy Brands. Many thanks to Victor for sharing these cigars with one of my lucky readers, I know I’ve enjoyed a few of both lines. You know what to do! Leave a comment to enter and check back tomorrow to see if you won.

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 are the winner, 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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