Padron 1964 Anniversary SI-15 (Natural)

I’d like to extend my personal gratitude to Abe “Ming” Dababneh from Smoke Inn Cigars in Florida for sending me the newest installation from his 15th Anniversary Collection. If you remember correctly the first installation was the Tatuaje Anarchy. Abe is a huge supporter of us non-traditional media folks and its awesome that he values our opinions enough to send us samples. Thanks Abe. The Padron 1964 Anniversary SI-15 (Natural) is the same blend as the usual naturally wrapped …

How I Spent My Time in the DR

Many of you know that I traveled with Brian Hewitt and many other bloggers to visit the La Aurora Factory in the Dominican Republic. Great trip and I’m still going through the footage, sound bites and pictures that I captured. While the factory tour, cigar tastings and dinners were all phenomenal, the below video was by far the best day. Just hanging out on the beach with other bloggers having a great time and great amount of laughs. I want …

AVO 85th Anniversary Dinner Recap

This past Friday my good friend at W.Curtis Draper invited me and my camera to their new Bethesda location to an evening with Avo Uvezian to celebrate his 85th birthday. While Avo’s birthday was really March 22nd he’s spent his birthday month traveling and celebrating his birthday with many brothers and sisters of the leaf. To celebrate his birthday, W.Curtis Draper held a special dinner in his honor complete with an AVO 85th, AVO Companero and AVO Tesoro LE 2008…

Cigar.com Brazilian Label

Wrapper : Brazilian Maduro
Binder : I will let you guess
Filler : Nicaraguan
Source : cigar.com with my own money

I am starting off another series review for your enjoyment. This time it is going to be the Cigar.com house blends. All of these will be in the robusto size (5 x 50).

Sixth one is the Brazilian Label.

Pre-Light

Giving this Cigar.com Brazilian Label the once over and the wrapper has a nice sugary scent …

La Floridita Gold

For the past couple of years I have been on some sort of blogger marketing list for Famous Smoke Shop. Every once in a while I receive a surprise package with a couple Famous exclusive cigars. This time around my package contained a five pack of La Floridita Gold.

Up until the package arrived, I wasn’t aware that the brand existed. Coming off a Connecticut kick as a result from the outstanding EP Carrillo New Wave, I …