Torano Signature, A Worth Autograph
Truth be told I like Torano cigars. Long before I started writing reviews I was buying the Exodus 1959 by the box and recommending them to friends. Almost always with great results. So, it was a pleasure a month or so ago to spend the afternoon in Miami smoking and sharing stories with Jack Torano. Know that I favored the torpedo shape he gave several cigars fromt he different blends that...
Casa Torano
A few weeks ago I visited Jack Torano at his warehouse in Miami. We shared stories and cigars. While he was talking about being able to smoke in the office, he mentioned that for most of the staff the Casa Torano was their preferred stick to smoke during the day. So I was not surprised to find that originally this cigar was only available at rolling events and was somewhat rare....
Macanudo 1968 – A Very Good Year
This is an interesting cigar. First there are many different tobaccos that make the blend, including some from Ometepe, the remote Nicaraguan island with rich volcanic soil. Secondly, the tobacco is aged in tercios, the burlap bags used to transport the tobacco bales and then placed in charcoaled wooden barrels. This also add flavor that enhances the cigar. Perhaps all of these steps...
Cusano P1 is a Bundled Delight
Cusano deconstructed To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I smoked a bundled cigar. And, if I didn’t know that this stick was a bundled product, I couldn’t have tasted a difference. Bundled cigars are frequently made using left over or scrap tobacco. It is not seconds in the sense that it is inferior in any way, but rather, it may be...
E.P. Carillo Long History- New Cigar
Ernie Carillo has a long history in the cigar business. His father, made cigars for many years after coming to this country form Cuba after the revolution and Ernie after a stint as a Jazz musician returned to the family busines – making La Gloria Cubana cigars many years ago. After a very successful run at the helm of this cigar company he sold out. Shortly thereafter he founded EP...
Camacho Havana Diademas Lives Up to its Packaging
They say that good things come in small boxes. So what do you make of something that comes in an elaborate box? Often, it is a case of overblown hype. But here, with the Camacho Havana Diademas it is not. Rather, the cigar outshines its fanciful packaging. Camacho cigars are the children of the Eiroa family. With a heritage in cigars and tobacco going back to the early 1900s in Cuba,...
