Cigar of the Week: Henry Clay
Cigar brands that are popular today were not always at the top of the sales charts and old favorites have faded by the wayside over time. That’s the story of Henry Clay, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a cigar that should be ignored.
posted: Monday April 14th - 10:37am
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Cigar of the Week: Juan Lopez
Connoisseurs always prize finding unique brands that are made with artisanal quality, in small quantities and that hold the promise of an exquisite experience. Once they find them, some will not be satisfied with anything else. Welcome to the world of Juan Lopez.
posted: Monday April 7th - 11:13am
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Cigar of the Week: Camacho Special Limited Reserve
When you say "Camacho," a smoker’s thoughts immediately turn to the famed Camacho Corojo brand, which redefined what a full-bodied cigar was all about when it was introduced in 2000. But it’s not the only Camacho. There are others. Like the Special Limited Reserve, best known as "SLR."
posted: Monday March 31st - 12:32pm
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Cigar of the Week: Flor de Gonzalez Sandwich
The invention attributed to the fourth Earl of Sandwich - the sandwich - in the 18th Century has meanings well beyond its original definition of a piece of meat between two pieces of bread. One such usage is in cigars, where the term "sandwich filler" has come to mean smaller pieces of leaf placed or folded within long-fillers to create the interior blend of a cigar.
posted: Monday March 24th - 11:25am
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Cigar of the Week: Paul Garmirian Gourmet Series
Although he’s best known for his cigar lines, Paul Garmirian deserves the thanks of all cigar companies for the role his 1990 book – The Gourmet Guide to Cigars – played in the build-up to the Cigar Boom later in the decade.
posted: Monday March 17th - 1:10pm
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Cigar of the Week: La Aurora 1495
One of the themes of the inaugural ProCigar Festival held in Santiago, Dominican Republic, March 5-7, was the unique approach of the leading Dominican cigar makers in the way they create blends and then manufacture cigars. "One-dimensional cigars are boring," said Jose Blanco, the marketing chief for La Aurora cigars during one of his tours of the La Aurora factory, the first one founded in the Dominican Republic, way back in 1903.
posted: Monday March 10th - 12:12pm
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Cigar of the Week: Helix
The move to full-bodied cigars was on full-steam in 2002 when U.S. Tobacco created a new blend with a light-colored Connecticut wrapper and packed it in an electric blue box.
posted: Monday March 3rd - 10:53am
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Cigar of the Week: Romeo y Julieta 1875
One of the most famous brands in cigardom is Romeo y Julieta. Since it was introduced in Cuba in 1873 and especially after the legendary Pepin Fernandez took over the brand in 1903, the cigar named for Shakepeare’s tragic lovers has been one of the world’s favorites.
posted: Monday February 25th - 11:58am
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Cigar of the Week: Felipe Power
Philip Wynne is energetic and enthused when he talks about tobacco, but never more so than when he decided to use a new strain of very old tobacco on his new Felipe Power line in 2006.
posted: Tuesday February 19th - 11:03am
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Cigar of the Week: Avo Classic
Although he’s hardly a household name, Avo Uvezian’s story is well known in the cigar world.
posted: Tuesday February 12th - 11:02am
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Cigar of the Week: Puros Indios
posted: Monday February 4th - 11:29am
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Cigar of the Week: Partagas
posted: Monday January 28th - 9:39am
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Cigar of the Week: La Vieja Habana
posted: Tuesday January 22nd - 11:05am
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Cigar of the Week: Juan Clemente Classic
posted: Monday January 14th - 9:55am
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Cigar of the Week: Carlos Torano Cameroon 1916
The Cameroon 1916 blend offers the subtlety and taste that marked some of the top Cuban-made cigars of the mid-20th Century. Made in the family’s Esteli, Nicaragua factory, it’s medium-to-full in body and has a silky-smooth, sweet and caramelized flavor.
posted: Monday January 7th - 10:25am
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Cigar of the Week: Fonseca
posted: Wednesday January 2nd - 10:53am
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Cigar of the Week: Nat Sherman Host Selection
posted: Wednesday December 26th - 11:10am
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Cigar of the Week
The Chateau Real
posted: Monday December 17th - 9:45am
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Cigar of the Week: Macanudo Gold Label
posted: Monday December 10th - 11:29am
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Cigar of the Week: La Aurora Preferidos
From 1492 when Christopher Columbus’s first expedition encountered the Taino Indians to 1962, when the U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed the American trade embargo into law, Cuba was the center of the cigar industry. In fact, it essentially WAS the cigar industry.
posted: Monday December 3rd - 5:49pm
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