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Two weeks ago I gave kudos to the Oliva Cain Habano Robusto, and yesterday I treated myself to the Cain Maduro Robusto. That now leaves me with sans Cains, but after yesterday's experience I'm going to be in the market for a box to show up either on CigarMonster.com or CigarAuctioneer.com, because I definitely want more.Lik (Read More)
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I'm still scratching my head over New York City's move to ban flavored tobacco products, including flavored cigars and even pipe tobacco. It just doesn't make sense. And even if you're not a fan of flavored tobacco (and I'm not) you should still find the news disturbing. (Read More)
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This past weekend, the Famous Smoke Shop cigar store held an in-store cigar event for Capadura Cigars, an obscure, boutique premium cigar brand made in The Dominican Republic. Distributed by Luba Cigar Corporation, Capadura Cigars come in two varieties: Capadura 808, a medium-bodied cigar rolled in an Ecuadorian Connecticut (Read More)
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If you've been following this blog, then you know that Cigar Advisor has been following a potential major cigar industry announcement, which may or may not concern a possible merger between Miami Cigar Co. and My Father Cigars, Inc.The latest, according to our source is, Nestor Miranda and Rene Castaneda of Miami Cigar & Co (Read More)
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By Gary KorbAs promised last week, I smoked one of the two Oliva Cain cigars over the weekend, in this case, the Robusto in the Habano wrapper. I smoked it in the Famous Smoke Shop Retail Store on Sunday with a cup of coffee, which made a nice mix. Before I lit up, John D., who happened to be sitting next to me said, "I hop (Read More)
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Sometimes I get the idea that people think Cubans are not very savvy with their marketing and product development and that they spend most of their time just sitting around, reading the national newspaper, Gramma , and contemplating life. They think that the Cuban cigar industry is in some sort of time warp. (Read More)
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This morning I was forwarded an email from Norman Sharp, president of the Cigar Association of America (www.cigarassociation.org) to all CAA member companies, regarding the Pennsylvania tax on small cigars. To help galvanize this effort, I thought I'd pass it along:As we have reported, Pennsylvania will begin taxing little (Read More)
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It's good to be back in Havana. It's been too long. I haven't been back since early March, but I am right back into the smoke.
I had an interesting meeting with the new head of marketing for Habanos S.A., the global distribution and marketing organization for Cuban cigars. (Read More)
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Back in June of 2008, I blogged about the nub Connecticut 460. Last night, I decided to decided to have a go at the nub Cameroon 460. Cameroon is one of my favorite wrappers for its natural sweetness, when cured properly, and this original Sam Leccia/Oliva creation was right in my wheelhouse. One of the other reasons I deci (Read More)
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Last night, I had the extreme pleasure of joining The Metropolitan Society in Fairfield, NJ for their monthly cigar dinner. This is the fourth year I've attended as a representative for Famous Smoke Shop, and it's always a great time accompanied by good food, drink, cigars, and warm friendship. As always, I brought cigars f (Read More)
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By Gary KorbFinally, after a more than two week cigar hiatus due to a miserable sinus infection, I was able to get back in the smoking groove this past weekend. As I nimbly fingered through my humidors, I decided to try a couple of new cigars that debuted at this year's IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans.On Saturday, I sampled (Read More)
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The premium cigar business is not the type of industry that lends itself to investigative journalism, nor is Cigar Advisor's function much more than to bring you industry news, commentary, cigar reviews, and other pertinent information.Nonetheless, sitting around in New Orleans during the IPCPR, a couple of us concluded the (Read More)
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I smoked one of the greatest cigars ever produced on earth last night: the Dunhill Cabinetta. The robusto was produced in 1989 and was one of the last Dunhills to be made on the island before the Cubans dumped the British company and Davidoff. I have written about this before, but the Cubans wanted to control all their tra (Read More)
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I'm in a ranting mood today. Maybe it's because I've been fighting off a sinus cold for the past week and haven't been able to relax with a good cigar. That would make any avid cigar smoker a little cranky.So here's where my head's at today. As many of you know, Cigar Advisor has a Twitter page. This Twitter social networki (Read More)