Illusione Epernay

Brand: Illusione Epernay
Blender: Dion Giolito
Vitola: Le Ferm
Ring Gauge: 48
Length: 5.25
Wrapper: Cafe Rosado
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Origin: Honduras
MSRP: Aprox. $8.50
Purchased From: Gift from BigABoyd

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The Illusione Epernay is a creation of Dion Giolito. The blend of this cigar originally debut as the limited release ECCJ 15 cigar in 2008. Since production stopped on the ECCJ, the blend found a new home within the Epernay lineup. The blend is made up …

Casa Fernandez Arsenio 2009

Happy New Year! 2009 was an amazing year for me with the birth of my petite corona, for cigars and a record breaking year for Stogie Review! If 2010 is as good as the Casa Fernandez Arsenio then 2010 is shaping up to be even better. The Casa Fernandez Arsenio definitely lays a solid foundation for the year ahead. The Casa Fernandez Arsenio is a Nicaraguan Puro with a Corojo 2006 wrapper and all of its tobacco is Aganorsa leaf. …

Origen by Jesus Fuego Toro

It was probably sometime in the spring of this quickly fading year that I first heard someone mention a cigar named Origen. It was mentioned quickly, in a list of other cigars new to the market, and it sounded a little like the title of a suspenseful monster movie, “The Origen”. I took a quick look around the web for information on it, and didn’t find much. A couple of anecdotal encounters with the mysterious Origen on some cigar forums, …

Top 10 Cigars 2009 (Fan Forums Edition)

Another Top 10 list here on Stogie Review but this one is very special. I actually enjoy this list more than my own. Its not a list based on one opinion. Its a list based on the opinions of the members of the Stogie Review Fan Forums. This Top 10 List is the perfect example of diversity in tastes.

Special thanks to all of the members of the Stogie Review Fan Forums and especially to Rich Meade for coordinating, …

San Cristobal by Ashton (Joint Review)

Brand: San Cristobal by Ashton
Blender: Don Pepin Garcia
Wrapper: Nicaragua
Binder: Nicaragua
Filler: Nicaragua
Origin: Nicaragua
MSRP: Between $7.25 and $12.00
Purchased From: Varies

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San Cristobal is a well known Cuban Cigar brand which has seen recent popularity as a Nicaraguan Brand. The Nicaraguan brand is made by the famed Don Pepin Garcia exclusively for Ashton Cigars.

The San Cristobal is available in eight sizes, which include a Papagayo (55 x 5.75), Fancisco (44 x 5.50)…

Top 10 Cigars 2009 (Master Cigar Technician Edition)

EDITOR’S NOTE – We go back a long way with Bob and Dale from Cigar Radio. Walt, Brian and I have made guest appearances on their weekly show. We’re always happy whenever the opportunity arises that we can feature them here on Stogie Review. I’m not as creative as Bob when it comes to introductions but Bob and Dale are much more than fellow cigar personalities, much more than friends…we consider them family. Like many families, we might only …

Selecting and Using Cigar Cutters

You may find it hard to believe, but one of the most commonly asked questions I’ve come across revolves around cutting cigars. Thinking back to my early days of cigar smoking, I can completely understand why this would be a common question. Over and over again, I would clip my cigars and wonder why I had so much trouble with them coming unwrapped.

It wasn’t until later that I discovered I was taking far too much material away when clipping. …

SR 12 Days of Christmas – Day 12 Winner

We are officially down to the wire on the Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas. The deadline for the last grouping of prizes has lapsed and all that is left is to show off the winners as we close in on Christmas Day.

For the last grouping of prizes, we asked that you show us your creative side and create a Christmas related decoration. When it was all said and done, we got some very interesting entries. …

Camacho Diploma

Brand: Camacho Diploma
Blender: Christian Eiroa
Vitola: Diploma
Ring Gauge: 50
Length: 5.00
Wrapper: Authentic Corojo
Binder: Authentic Corojo
Filler: Authentic Corojo
Origin: Honduras
MSRP: $8.95
Purchased From: Kensington Tobacconist

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The Camacho Diploma is a product of Christian Eiroa and utilizes what is called an Authentic Corojo leaf. Like most Camacho Product, these cigars could be described as a complete Puro, in the sense that all of the tobacco used is not only grown in Honduras, but grown on …

SR 12 Days of Christmas – Day 11 Winner

We are officially down to the wire on the Second Annual Stogie Review 12 Days of Christmas. The deadline for the last grouping of prizes has lapsed and all that is left is to show off the winners as we close in on Christmas Day.

For the last grouping of prizes, we asked that you show us your creative side and create a Christmas related decoration. When it was all said and done, we got some very interesting entries. …