Monte Pascoal Interest in Brazil
We have been smoking Brazilian tobacco for some time. And it has been grown almost since Brazil was discovered. The primary growing regions are in the northern part of the country. Mata Fina, Mata Norte, and Mata Sul are all growing regions with tobacco of different properties. The Mata Fina is the best and is used for wrappers for many different cigars. It is silky and ages to a nice...
Cuban Stock Extra – Worth the Extra
Not a surprising name for a cigar company, Cuban Stock. And it’s true. All of the tobacco that they use comes from original Cuban seeds. Started almost twenty years ago, Cuban Stock has slowly grown a reputation of providing quality cigars to appreciating smokers. “For the window of time in which you are enjoying a cigar, all is right with the world and it is with this notion...
CLE Corojo – Another Great Corojo from Christian Eiroa
Christian Eiroa is a man with big ideas. He was the driving force that made Comacho what it is today and having left that behind he has moved on to other things. Bigger and better. With an idea to entrepreneurship and giving small cigar makers a chance, Eiroa opened a cigar making consortium in Miami. He has partnered with some people who wanted to make cigars by creating a factory. He...
Lou Rod, A Great Rod
Without intending to do so, I hit a home run right after the recent IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. It was a spectacular show with lots of great cigars and fun times with friends. Rather than thinking about which cigar form the show I would review first, it just happened. I have smoked a few different sticks and this was the first one where the photos were completed and all of the research...
Father and Son, A Wonderful Candy Stripe
Good things come with experience. And good things come from passion. When you combine experience and passion you get Father and Son cigars. Rolando Reyes, Sr. inspired his son for a lifetime. Since he has passed, Rolando Reyes, Jr. continues the tradition. Father and Son cigars is the culmination of the experience of Senior and the ongoing passion and enthusiasm of Junior. All brought...
Romeo Y Julieta – A Classic in a Tube
I can clearly remember the first time I smoked a Romeo Y Julieta Churchill en Tubo. It was well over thirty years and I remember it well. I was in Quebec and went into a small tobacco shop and asked for something good. The person said it was what he smoked. I think I paid about $4.50 for the stick. And it was wonderful. It was also from Cuba. A week later I was in Washington and...
