Smokin’ Headlines: Nub Cigars

One of the biggest news items I’ve come across in the past weeks is the announcement of a brand new line of premium cigars named “Nub”. The new offering is the result of a partnership between Sam Leccia, recently a cigar representative for Oliva Cigars, and his fomer employer, Oliva Cigars.

In the official announcement on CigarLive forum (join it), Sam explains why he picked the name “Nub” for the new line:…

Top Shelf Signature Select – Black Label

Brand: Top Shelf Signature Select
Vitola: Toro
Length: 6.00
Ring Gauge: 52
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Country of Origin: Honduras
Price: Between $5.00 and $6.00

Brand:
This cigar is a house blend made solely for Top Shelf Cigar Company, located in Skippack, Pennsylvania. The blending of this cigar was done by Aresnio Ramos, a Cuban leaf expert and master blender. The blend was selected for its consistency and complexity by store owner Jim Cronin (his signature happens …

Padron Annivarsary 1926 Maduro #9 (Guest Review)

Congratulations to our Cigar Dossier contest winner, Ratters, one of our Fan Forum regulars.

Ratters, if you would kindly email or PM me your shipping information I’ll pass that along to Mark Neff so that you prize can be on its way.

The review that was chosen at random was of the Padron Anniversary 1926 Maduro #9. Take a look a what ratters had to say about this smoke.…

H. Upmann Signature Super Corona

The cigar up for review this week is one I picked up at a big local cigar event. But before I launch like a goateed surface-to-air missile into this review, I just want to say that if you aren’t taking advantage of the events in your area, you’re missing out. Not only are they a great way to socialize with fellow lovers of the leaf, they a great way to learn about the industry and to meet the people that …

Stogie Review New Smoker Sampler

Not terribly long ago we received a voicemail entry from Dave Hanifan in regards to coming up with a Stogie Review sampler for a new cigar smoker as well as an intermediate smoker. During the recording of Episode 25 we didn’t do such a great job of answering the question as it was asked, and we rambled off several cigars that a new and intermediate smoker might enjoy.

The purpose of this article is to answer Dave’s question the way …

Your Questions, My Answers (YQMA) Episode 26

In this episode Brian and I are joined by Chris (Ceedee) of Cigar Live and have a good time as usual. We covered the following topics as well as wondered off course on occasion to shoot the breeze and have a little fun.

1. What brand humidor should I buy?
2. I’m fighting to keep my Humidity above 58%, what is wrong?
3. Our own personal cigar.
4. Common flavors to expect out of typical wrappers.
5. How to hide …

Check this out – Week 3 (2008)

In keeping with the trend, we thought it would be a good idea to put together a list of recommended reading, listening, and watching. With that said, here is what Brian and I checked out this week.

Blogs

Cigar Inspector:
Cigar Inspector checks out the very expensive Davidoff 2000 Tubo Corona

Cigar Jack:
Jesse continues on with his innovative idea to review manufacturer websites and gives us his opinion of the Camacho website.

Cigar Monkey:
Monkey Dan once again …

My Arganese Field Trip

As you’ve probably already heard, I was recently blessed with the opportunity to spend a few days down in the Dominican Republic, touring the Arganese fields and factory. In many ways it was like a field trip back from back in my school days, only better. A field trip with adult beverages, smokes and night clubs. The kinds of things we tried to smuggle on field trips back in the day were the focal part of this education outing.…

Padilla Edicion Especial 2006 (Obsidian)

Brand: Padilla Edicion Especial (Obsidian)
Vitola: Belicoso
Length: 6.00
Ring Gauge: 54
Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Honduran
Filler: Nicaraguan and Honduran Blend
County of Origin: Nicaragua
Price Per Bundle: $99.95

Brand:
In 2006 Padilla released variety of Edicion Especial Cigars. Included were the Corojo wrapped Archilles, Connecticut wrapped en Cedro, and the Maduro Ligero wrapped Obsidian.

At the time of release the Obsidian was only available as a Toro and in limited quantities. Approximately 50,000 cigars were planned for production before …