Gift Guide No. 1 — Guyabera: A Perfect Shirt
The cigar industry is a fascinating world. It is filled with all kinds of people. The overwhelming majority of the industry is small business; family business. And no one represents family business better than Berta, The Guayabera Lady. Guayaberas are the traditional Cuban shirts, worn for every occasion and just everyday. As a middle aged Jewish guy from Boston, I couldn’t...
Oliveros King Havana Maduro
It’s always nice to meet nice people in the cigar business. And even more so when they are successful. Oliveros and SWAG are a cigar company with many years of success behind and ahead of them. Some months ago I had the pleasure to meet with Fabian, their director of Marketing at his offices in North Miami. He took the time to tell me his story and show em the line of cigars....
Quesada Oktoberfest – Kaiser Ludwig
I don’t think that we write about cigar and beverage pairings enough. I am mostly a purist – when I smoke for review I rarely drink anything during the smoke. Diet Coke afterwards, but almost never anything while I am smoking. If I’m smoking with friends in an after dinner situation, I’m a bourbon drinker. I am not, for better or worse, a beer drinker....
News & Notes
(Fort Lauderdale, FL) – November 19, 2012: After much anticipation, the Gurkha 125th Anniversary Edition cigar is shipping to cigar stores nationwide! This special cigar is particularly significant as 2012 commemorates the 125th Anniversary of the Gurkha cigar, where it was this year back in 1887 at the height of the British rule that Nepalese soldiers first began to smoke and enjoy their...
Veritas – A Nice Everyday Smoke
I’m pretty sure that sometime early next summer I will reach into a humidor and still find a cigar that I got at the IPCPR show last year. There were altogether too many cigars. But the benefit is that I have had the pleasure of smoking some great new sticks that I previously didn’t know existed. Today’s cigar is from the Veritas Cigar Company of Newark, Delaware. They...
